[Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] — Ministers and Civil Servants

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 2:30 pm on 30 October 2008.

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Photo of Andrew Tyrie Andrew Tyrie Conservative, Chichester 2:30, 30 October 2008

That is indeed a different issue. If that bevy of Cabinet Secretaries were worried about that disconnection, I am sure that they would stress the point. However, they are not; instead, they are stressing the perception that the civil service has become politicised. Will the hon. Gentleman speculate as to why on earth civil servants spend so much time worrying about a perception that he alleges is false?