Patrick Vallance

Stories

Made science minister for Keir Starmer government.^[1]
Former Government chief scientific adviser.^[2]
Joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.^[2]
Described the COVID-19 MRNA vaccines as "safe and effective".^[3]
Climate change will kill more people than COVID-19.^[4]
We should sacrifice meat and flights for sake of climate.^[5]
Has £600,000 shareholding in firm contracted to develop vaccines.^[6]
Said it was a mistake to present the public with worst case scenario projections to justify lockdowns.^[7]
Argued to the COVID-19 inquiry that his scientific opinion was not given enough weight in comparison to the economy.^[7]
Described people who wanted to end lockdowns sooner as "Pro death squad".^[8]
Told the COVID-19 inquiry that the UK should have gone into lockdown earlier.^[9]
Calls for net zero to have immediacy of search for Covid vaccine.^[10]
Head of the government Science and Engineering.^[11]
President of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline.^[11]
On the board of the UK Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research from 2009 to 2016.^[11]
Honorary degrees from Imperial College London, University of Glasgow and York University.^[11]
Wrote in his diary that SAGE has completely rewritten the science advice.^[12]
Described the Prime Ministers desire to remove lockdowns as "very worrying".^[12]