Leveson Inquiry

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:38 pm on 25 April 2012.

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Photo of Derek Twigg Derek Twigg Labour, Halton 12:38, 25 April 2012

It seems strange that the Secretary of State brings a special adviser into the centre of Government on a very commercially difficult contract or situation, and does not know what he is doing. But may I ask the Secretary of State a very simple question: why did the permanent secretary decide that the contact point would be a special adviser and not a civil servant?