Submitted on Saturday 25th April 2020
Rejected on Friday 5th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Publish minutes, including attendance, for SAGE meetings
The highest standard of openness and accountability should apply to the most important committee during the Covid19 crisis: the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). We call for minutes of meetings, including a list of attendees, to be published to explain the basis for government policy
The Government Office for Science Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees says that ‘all committees are expected to publish, as a minimum, programmes of work, meeting agendas, minutes, final advice’ and we believe SAGE should adhere to this.
The scientific method requires transparency and openness to challenge. When policy relies heavily on science it is essential in a democracy that citizens can know what the scientific advice was and where political considerations took precedence.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government Office for Science has published the minutes from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) meetings up until the beginning of May: www.gov.uk/government/news/government-publishes-sage-minutes
We have published the following petition, which you also might like to sign:
Release unredacted minutes of SAGE group meetings: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/321416
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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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