asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 25 January (
WA 181), why they
were not informed by Professor P G Blain, before his appointment to the Organophosphate Working Party of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, that from 1994 to date he has been acting as an expert witness for Dundas and Wilson of Edinburgh in the case of Brian Anderson v. Neil Constable; and what action they propose to take. [HL816]
Professor Blain has not acted as an expert witness for Dundas and Wilson since 1994, four years before the Working Group was established. During the time he served on the Working Group he was not involved in any pending litigation relating to organophosphates.