Lieut.-Colonel Bromley Davenportasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the desirability of maintaining and improving the efficiency of the Civil Service to deal with the new conditions, he proposes to set up a working party to review this field in the same way as other working parties are to review various sections of industry.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallNo, Sir. I do not consider that the circumstances are similar; but in any event, responsibility for the efficient working of the machine of Government must rest in the main with Ministers in charge of Departments.