Ms Marie Culliton:

They may not have had sufficient expertise in laboratory medicine, and the way laboratories are organised and controlled and their capacity when making the decision. I do not say they were not medical doctors. I am sure a number were involved. They may have used experts from the UK but the configuration of laboratories in the UK and, indeed, in other parts of Europe, differs from the configuration in this country. The qualifications of the scientists in this country are the envy of the rest of Europe, and yet our qualification was put to one side and the contract awarded on a cost basis.