Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:30 pm on 2 September 2025.
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
Conservative
2:30,
2 September 2025
My Lords, previous Government Ministers made a point of making sure that the diversity which has been referred to included moving Civil Service departments to different regions of the country. Does the Minister agree that in the intern programme we also ought to reflect the diversity of different parts of our nation as opposed to the other elements she has referred to?
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