§ 33. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will draw up a scheme to facilitate redeployment of civil servants between Departments of State and between geographical areas in order to maximise the return to the State from official investigation of fraud.
§ Mr. HayhoeNo, Sir. Individual Government Departments are responsible for investigating and countering fraud within their own areas of operation. They allocate members of their own staff to these duties, and
434Wof the consultation paper was placed in the Libraries of both Houses. I look forward to comments from hon. Members.
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