Source · Select Committees · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Recommendation 98
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SAGE provides advice to Ministers, whose responsibility it is to make policy decisions.
Conclusion
SAGE provides advice to Ministers, whose responsibility it is to make policy decisions. However, witnesses to our Committees confirmed that during the early months of the pandemic the Government acted on the scientific advice it was given. Sir Patrick Vallance, for example, told the Science and Technology Committee on 25 March 2020 that there had been no significant disagreement between the Government and its scientific advisers on anything material.145
Government Response
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