§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo 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. WaddingtonI 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.