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In September 2010, the Science Media Centre contributed to a Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on the use of scientific advice and evidence in emergencies. The inquiry’s report, published on 2nd March 2011, said that while science was used effectively to aid responses to emergencies, it was not good enough for scientific advice to only sought after events have struck