"In his wild desperation to find friends to support State-led science, Jim Anderton has misled Parliament," ACT Deputy
Leader Ken Shirley said today.
"Yesterday in the debate on the Prime Minister's statement responding to Bill English, Jim Anderton claimed that the
Head of Diatranz - a leading biotechnology company - was supportive of his State-led innovation strategies and would be
attending and addressing a biotechnology conference organised by his Ministries.
"Today I have been assured by the Managing Director of Diatranz, David Collinson, that no-one from Diatranz has been
invited to attend or address Jim's conference. Mr Anderton has either mixed up his companies or he is making it up," Ken
Shirley said.
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