Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Departmental Scientists.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-01-06/debates/10010655000091/DepartmentalScientists
Hugh Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) scientific advisers and (b) civil servants in scientific posts there are in his Department. ( 301926 )
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Joan Ruddock
The Department has a Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor David Mackay. In addition, there are three independent committees that advise the Department on scientific and other matters. These are: the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (15 members); the Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies (15 members); the Committee on Climate Change (eight members). The Department also receives advice from a number of other bodies. These include: Energy Technology Institute; Carbon Trust; and UK Energy Research Centre.
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