§ 41. Mr. Dalyellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's relationship with the Committee of Public Accounts of the Government's decision to instruct civil servants not to answer questions from Select Committees about the conduct of individual officials; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe Committee of Public Accounts takes evidence from accounting officers appointed by the Treasury. The Committee has been specifically assured by my Department that the Government's response to the Defence Committee is not intended to alter in any way the accounting officers' relationship with them.