HC Deb 25 May 1944 vol 400 cc945-6W
Mr. Boothby

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, as Sir William Beveridge has finished writing his book on full employment after the war, he will now withdraw the Treasury Minute and permit civil servants to discuss this and kindred subjects with him.

Sir J. Anderson

No, Sir. As I explained in the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Rugby (Mr. W. J. Brown) on 7th December last, the ruling to which my hon. Friend refers was no more than a restatement in this particular case of the general principles governing the conduct of civil servants.