Written question asked by Nigel Griffiths (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 February 1990. It was answered by Eric Forth (Conservative) on Friday, 2 February 1990 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

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Untitled Written question

Question

What assessment has DTI made of circumstances in which decision-making involving public safety could be compromised because of lack of openness to scrutiny by public or scientific community or by commercial secrecy of computer codes which may be involved in that decision-making & whether DTI has identified any occasions on which decision-making involving public safety has been compromised because of lack of such openness. - Inc ref to 159 c401-2W & 159 c358W.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

166 c415-6W;166 c413-4W

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Disclosure of information Codes of practice Software Computers Safety Standards specifications Software Engineering Interdepartmental Committee Software Engineering Working Party