Human Genetics Commission Citizens' Inquiry into forensic use of DNA gets underway / Human Genetics Commission, 9 January 2008
http://www.hgc.gov.uk/Client/news_item.asp?NewsId=85
"...The inquiry will involve up to two hundred people at group sessions in Birmingham and Glasgow with the participants linked by live video. The key discussions will centre around thirty people in two linked panels meeting over a six-week period. They will be able to take evidence and direct their own research into the forensic use of DNA centred on the police national DNA database...The panels will be reinforced by up to two hundred observers from all over the country who will be able to take part in the discussions. Their conclusions will be published in the Spring."