The Science Advisory Council (SAC) provides Defra with expert, independent and published advice on science policy and strategy. The SAC – chaired by Professor Christopher Gilligan – communicates this advice to Professor Ian Boyd, the Chief Scientific Adviser, and through him, to Ministers.

The Science Advisory Council is a non-departmental public body that has been reconstituted following an independent review.

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• The Science Advisory Council met on 31st January 2013 for a quarterly meeting. The papers will be shortly available.
• The Science Advisory Council met on 11 September 2012 for a quarterly meeting.
• The Science Advisory Council met on the 26th June 2012 for a quarterly meeting.
• The Science Advisory Council met on the 24th April 2012 for a quarterly meeting.
• The Science Advisory Council met on the 12th January for the first of 2012 quarterly meetings.
• The first meeting of the reconstituted body took place on 21 September 2011.