Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that the ability to repeat data is an essential aspect of science? One piece of published work is not enough; there must be several different attacks on a problem, and several, possibly contradictory, papers must be produced. In such situations, the problem arises of whose evidence is better than whose. That is often part of the nature of science.
Department of Trade and Industry
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Ian Gibson
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 9 July 2007.
It occurred during Estimates day on Department for Trade and Industry.
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