According to
an
extract of
the proposal from AGB
research
objective
of
the
Study
to
McNair: "The primary
is
collect public opinion on the issues (and options) discussed in
the Green Paper
options)",
The material
words
"issues are
(and
But when the Questionnaire was later drawn up by AGB
of 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
the options discussed in the Green Paper.
surveys on
views public
on
The
F3
of
in issue material
whether direct elections should
Section
be
question
introduced in
was,
of
course,
1988.
But
Paper,
completely
failed
adopting
contained in the said paragraph 163 of the summary to
with
Questionnaire, the
in
the 4 options
the Green
deal to
the issue,
with the
unfortunate
result that it
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
contained in 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