This week, I was pleased to engage in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Evidence Week in Parliament.
Numerous leading researchers and experts were in attendance to provide rapid-fire briefings on pressing policy issues to colleagues, including housing, food supplies, energy, health and tackling inequality.
Lloyd's Register presented interesting studies on the safety of ammonia as a shipping fuel; the University of Plymouth gave evidence comparing solutions to plastic and microplastic pollution; The London School of Economics and Political Science explored the strengths and opportunities for net zero growth in the UK; and Springer Nature explained the difference made by data exchange and AI to food supply here and abroad.
The now annual Evidence Week in Parliament empowers our legislators to engage with evidence and to make better decisions on everything from energy policy to cybersecurity.
Evidence matters to people in all walks of life. It is important that experts from all sectors are able to contribute to the formation of policy and, in turn, help our Parliament and our Government to create effective legislation to address the problems of the future.
