When governments pass legislation it is worth bearing in mind how many scientists there are represented. Not because the content of the legislation may have scientific content, although that is also an issue, but because training in a science develops the assessment of evidence and leads to evidence based practise.
This is a breakdown of the number of cabinet members and number of scientists in various governments as of 15/05/16.
Note that economics is not classified as a science, because it isn’t one.
UK
22 Members, No Scientists
France
19 Members, No Scientists
Germany
16 members, 2 scientists
Angela Merkel (Physics), Johanna Wanka (Maths)
Ireland
18 members, 2 Scientists
Leo Varadkar (Medicine) Denis Naughten (Food Microbioogy)
Italy
17 members, 1 Scientist
Graziona Del Rio (Medecine)
Spain ( a little out of date – hard to keep up)
19 members 3 scientists
Jorge Fernanendex Diaz (Industrial Engineering) Ana Pastor Julain (Medecine/Surgery) Isabel Garcia Tejerina (Engineering agronomics)
China
26 members (state council) 6 scientists
Xi Jinping (Chemical Engineering) Liu Yandong (Chemistry) Li Liguo (engineering) Lou Jiwei (computer science) Chen Lei (Metallurgy) Zhou Xiaochuan (Automation/Systems Engineering)