Ethnic Monitoring

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Service – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 January 1991.

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Photo of Nicholas Soames Nicholas Soames , Crawley 12:00, 28 January 1991

Is my right hon. Friend aware that in the United States of America positive discrimination of the kind advocated by the hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) has proved to be a total disaster? Does he agree that it would be quite improper, and totally against the interests of the very high-quality civil service that we have in this country, to allow promotion on any basis other than merit?