HC Deb 08 November 1989 vol 159 c638W
Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to ensure that computer codes involved in the decision-making process involving public safety are(a) reliable and (b) open to scrutiny by (i) the public and (ii) the scientific community.

Mr. Waddington

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to a question from him by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Mr. Forth) on 6 November 1989 at columns401–2. The Home Office is one of the Departments represented on the interdepartmental working committee on software engineering.