HC Deb 09 February 1994 vol 237 c283W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria were used in the appointments of(a) Pauline Neville-Jones to the post of political director of the Foreign Office and (b) Paul Lever as chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Mr. Goodlad

The selection board's criteria were the same as those used in any other apointments for officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—namely, their skills, experience and qualities as measured against the requirements of the job in question and the field of available candidates.