Lord Michael Forsyth

WS Questions

1. 35 - Would he have expected R&D to have included R&D in regards to product safety?

   1. Would he agree that should have been a priority at all times?

Now-WS

1. CABO0000196

   1. Page 2 - Why would the government "undoubtedly wish to adopt a reasonably low profile"?

   2. Page 5 - "It would be extremely damaging to the Government to be linked with the proposed research" - Can he elaborate on this?

   3. Page 5 - "The Government would be extremely vulnerable to criticism if it had failed to commission research work for which there was a clear scientific need" - Would he have agreed with that point?

      1. Would he agree, in principle, that this point would hold true if, for example, the government (/a public body) was producing a product which it knew *could* be dangerous. And so, there was a clear scientific need to make said product safer. “The Government would be extremely vulnerable to criticism if it had failed to commission research work” to make that product safer?

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   1. Can he provide any recollections he has about his trip to San Francisco? Did he have any particular observations following that trip?