Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 9 November 2005.
Philip Hollobone
Conservative, Kettering
11:30,
9 November 2005
The Secretary of State's Department has been criticised for the use of consultants in Malawi and for the extensive expenses that were built up. Can he tell the House how many consultants his Department employs around the world and what safeguards are in place to ensure that their expenditure is effective?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
