Professor Tom Keane:

Fortunately, I did not have to do that and, therefore, I did not have to defend it. That was a decision made by the cancer forum or a group working under the direction of the forum. I would not want to speak to the detail of those discussions other than to say that I was handed a list and informed about the recommendation that was being adopted. I expressed that I thought that was sensible. In an ideal world it might not have looked like that but based on the practicalities at the time it was probably the best solution available.

I was not involved with making that decision.