[1] It is named after Richard Burdon Haldane, who in 1904 and from 1909 to 1918 chaired committees and commissions which recommended this policy, which has evolved over time since then.
[2] The principle has remained enshrined in British Government policy, but has been criticised and altered over the years.
Solly Zuckerman criticised it in 1971 for its artificial separation of basic and applied science, and the consequent elevation of the status of the former.
[2] In a written ministerial statement on 10 December 2010[6] the Minister for Universities and Science (David Willetts) further elaborated on the definition of the Haldane Principle.
This involves evaluating the quality, excellence and likely impact of science and research programmes.
This has been crucial to the international success of British science.Willetts also gave a further definition of how this tactical implementation might be guided.