Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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I was glad that Professor Hyland referred to the Government's STEM education policy statement about nurturing ethical behaviour, among other things. I always think of Churchill's dictum that scientists should be on tap but not on top. How will the national children's science centre deliver on those ethical ideas? It may be a question for all the witnesses because we did not touch on the issues of ethics. We only have to think of the history of the 20th century and the behaviour of German doctors in concentration camps, for example.

The reality is that there is knowledge that we use today and benefit from that was obtained unethically. There are many areas of contested science such as embryo research, all sorts of issues that are very highly charged, both politically and ethically.