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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Please see the links under related documents on the right-hand side of the screen to:

• the main Science Review report;
• annexes to the report;
• information about the Science Review of Defra (background, terms of reference, etc.);
• which organisations were invited to submit their views;

Steering Panel Membership

Sir David King, Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, OSI (Chair)
Prof Sally Davies, Director of Research & Development, Department of Health
Ms Sue Duncan, Government Chief Social Researcher, Cabinet Office
Prof John Beddington CMG, Defra Science Advisory Council & Imperial College
Prof Brian Legg, National Institute for Agricultural Botany
Prof Donald Ritchie CBE, Environment Agency & University of Liverpool
Prof Susan Owens OBE, University of Cambridge
Prof Georgina Mace OBE, Director of Science, Institute of Zoology
Prof Quintin McKellar, Royal Veterinary College
Prof Brian Hoskins CBE, University of Reading
Prof Jane Plant CBE, Imperial College
Prof Roy Haines-Young, University of Nottingham
Dr Bernie Bulkin, UK Sustainable Development Commission