Business of the House (Supply)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 March 1979.

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Photo of Dennis Skinner Dennis Skinner , Bolsover 12:00, 8 March 1979

I do not take the view that faceless bureaucrats are responsible. I take the view that faceless bureaucrats are involved. I do not think we should be mealy-mouthed about the role that civil servants play in these matters, but the real kernel of it is that the two Front Benches agree to getting these things, or anything else for that matter, through without any consultation with the Beck Benchers. It is a well-known fact that in the course of the last few days my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol—[Interruption.]