Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:07 pm on 7 January 2010.
My constituents are extremely concerned about the quality and speed of communication between major Departments. Yesterday, it seemed to take an inordinately long time for the message to go from the Prime Minister to the Foreign Secretary, "Get out there and say something." In view of concerns about what would happen were there a greater national calamity, can the Leader of the House assure us that communication will be rather quicker in the future?