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"Inevitably, the Commission's investigabloas have placed
in its hands materiel which is irrelevant to Its Termo
Such material will not be put lu evidence
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of Reference.
and will not be distributed to persons appearing at the
bearings.... There is another category of material which
the Commission has in ita possession, namely, material
which may or may not have relevance to the Commission's
Inquiry, and which the Commission will not put in evidence
unless and until it becomes clear that such material is of
relevance, because it is of a character to damage individuals
referred to in it."
In his "mid-term" speech to the Commission of Inquiry on the
19th of December, 1980 Beveridge said :
"I want briefly to turn to the evidence of H Lindsay
His evidence has possible relevance and I omphasize that
because it is for your Lordship alone to know and determine
whether or not in fact that evidence had any relevance or
value at all
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In terms of the Salmon Report Beveridge's initial intentions
were the correct approach. His mid-term speech clearly indicates the
the abandonment of that approach in favour of a policy of allowing any
line of enquiry to be pursued in the hearings and then to have the
Commissioner dacide what evidence was relevant or irrelevant in his Report (long after the evidence on the subject has been publicly aired
/ and reported
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