Talk:Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Requested edit

Please would it be possible to add the name "Hazel Starmer" as part of the original founding team of POST, alongside Sir Gerard Vaughan, Sir Ian Lloyd and Sir Trevor Skeet,Lord Flowers and Lord Gregson? I would like to request the following edit if possible:

"In 1988, Hazel Starmer, was appointed as the first Research & Operations Manager to establish the office at 16 Great College Street, set up processes and procedures and demonstrate Proof of Concept for POST, then described as a new ‘intelligence service’ for Parliament. The first briefing papers delivered to the House of Commons and House of Lords were on "AIDS is the most important infectious public problem this century", "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill", "The Brain Drain - how seriously should MPs take it?" and "Human Embryological Research in the UK - should it be banned or permitted?”.

This was all pre-internet and I'm not wishing to shout about myself, but I believe the first briefing papers are an important part of the history of POST and unfortunately the other names who I was working with in the first years in getting POST off the ground were MPs and members of the House of Lords who sadly have passed away in old age, so there are no current verifiable sources. I do have preserved originals of all the documents and can provide photographs of them as evidence / verification.

Thank you for your help, Hazel Parrock (nee Starmer)” Hazel Parrock (talk) 10:28, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Without published verifiable sources, this is not a change we can make. If you are able to provide a link to a reliable source with the information, please let us know here and someone will be able to review the request again. I am marking this request as addressed; to re-open it, remove the "|A" in the {{request edit}} template above. Spencer^T•C 22:48, 7 March 2023 (UTC)