§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will institute an inquiry into the circumstances in which civil servants in his Department have been giving assistance to the road haulage lobby, mindful of the paramount need for the preservation of the political impartiality of civil servants.
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§ Mr. William Rodgers:I am entirely satisfied about the political impartiality of civil servants in my Department and of their integrity in advising Ministers.