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According to an extract of the proposal from AGB
of the Study is to
public opinion on the issues (and options)
McNair: "The primary
collect
the Green Paper
research
objective
discussed in
The material
words are
"issues (and
options)".
of
But when the Questionnaire was later drawn up by AGB
conducting McNair, it became clear beyond doubt that instead
2 surveys on public views on the issues discussed in the Green
Paper, AGB McNair had conducted 2
surveys
the options discussed in the Green Paper.
on
views public
on
The
issue material
whether direct elections should
be
in question
of was,
introduced in 1988.
course,
But
Section
F3 of
the
in Questionnaire,
adopting
the 4 options
contained in the said paragraph 163 of the summary to
the Green
Paper,
completely
failed
deal to
with
the
issue,
with the
unfortunate result
it that
was
simply not
put
to
the
respondents.
Section
F3
of the
Questionnaire
in relation
to
direct elections
was
copied
almost word
for word
from
the
options
in contained
the said paragraph 163,
including the
precise order in which those options appear in the Green Paper.
According to the experts, therefore, this
subtle but
unwarranted
change
of
emphasis
from "issues" to "options" has