§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral answer of 12 March,Official Report, columns 346–47, what was the role of Professor Caddy in relation to evaluating evidence concerning the crash of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. [20605]
§ Dr. Liam FoxIn 1996, Professor Caddy conducted an independent scientific review of forensic analysis cases carried out at the Forensic Explosives Laboratory— formerly the Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment—which might have been affected as a result of the contamination of a centrifuge with a high explosive, RDX. The forensic analysis of Lockerbie evidence was carried out at this laboratory. Professor Caddy's report stated
it can only be concluded that the results from all cases remain a true measure of the presence of the explosive RDX".This statement covered the Lockerbie case.