HC Deb 12 November 1985 vol 86 c100W
Q89. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Prime Minister if she will make proposals to allow civil servants who are asked by Ministers to draft statements to the House which those civil servants believe to be untrue, to make their dilemma known to either a Select Committee of the House or to a judicial body or to an inspector general.

The Prime Minister

No. There is no need for such proposals. If such an unlikely circumstance were to arise, it would be the duty of the civil servant to tell the Minister that he believed the statement to be untrue, and for the Minister to decide about his statement in the light of that.