§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement about the inquiry, undertaken by the committee chaired by Sir John Mallabar, into the organisation and systems of control and accountability of large-scale Civil Service establishments engaged in production.
§ Mr. David HowellThe two Reports of the Committee have today been published as a Command Paper—Command 4713. The Interim Report is concerned with the Ministry of Defence Royal Ordnance Factories, which will fall within the scope of the new Defence Procurement Executive ; it has been referred to Mr. Derek Rayner, the Chief Executive designate of the Procurement Executive, who will be considering as part of the planning of the Procurement Executive whether there is a case for some alteration in the present rôle of the Royal Ordnance Factories. The Second Report deals with the Royal Dockyards, which are outside the scope of the new Procurement Executive ; the Government accept the broad principles of its recommendations and are considering how best to implement them.