Useful phrases to give yourself time to think while answering questions
- That’s a very interesting question. Let me think about it for a minute.
- I’m glad you have asked that question. This is what we know about that.
- A good question. We still have a lot of research to do.
- I’m sorry but I don’t have that information to hand. I will email you later.
- I’m afraid I don’t have that information to hand. Can I get back to you about that?
- I’m afraid I can’t answer that. I don’t know enough about it. You really need to speak to Steven about that.
- I’m not in a position to comment on that. I’m afraid that information is still confidential. What I can say is that we will be holding a press conference next Tuesday.
- As I said earlier, we don’t know for sure what caused the leak. We are still investigating.
- I think I answered that when I said that we were still investigating the problem.
- I did mention that earlier. I said that we were still looking for a solution.
- I don’t see the connection to what we are talking about. That seems to me to be a completely different issue.
- I’m sorry, I don’t follow you. What exactly do you mean?
- I think that is a very different issue. Safety is one thing and protecting the environment is something else.
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