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A Week in Westminster for Simon Gosling… Day 3

Yesterday was my busiest day in Westminster so far. The day kicked off with an Environment and Climate Change (ECC) Select Committee Meeting in one of the Committee rooms of Portcullis House. The Committee posed questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne. The main questions were centred around the …

A Week in Westminster for Simon Gosling… Day 2

I spent half of yesterday attending seminars/talks that had been organised by the Royal Society and the other half shadowing Mr Barry Gardiner. In the morning, Sir John Beddington, gave a stimulating talk about the role of the Government Office for Science (GoS), and his role within. He introduced us to Foresight, which is the …

A Week in Westminster for Simon Gosling… Day 1

Today was very much like the first day of work at a new job. i.e. a great deal of very interesting, fascinating, and important information to take in, in a very short amount of time! My first day on the Royal Society Pairing Scheme, with Mr Barry Gardiner MP (Ed Miliband’s Special Envoy for Climate …

A Week in Westminster for Simon Gosling…

Throughout next week (31 Oct to Nov) I’ll be blogging about my experiences as one of the participants on the Royal Society Pairing Scheme. I’ll be spending a week in Westminster, shadowing Mr Barry Gardiner MP, who is Ed Miliband’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Environment and MP for Brent North. With my research expertise in …