Work and Pensions Committee

Jim Shannon Excerpts
Thursday 8th February 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Field of Birkenhead Portrait Frank Field
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There needs to be some internal sharing of information with the Treasury, if the Department has it, and the Treasury should put a stop to any expansion until it gets the business case. I underscore what the hon. Lady says: our constituents will be on the rough end of this if it all goes wrong.

Jim Shannon Portrait Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
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To use your terminology, Mr Speaker, a pithy question: does the right hon. Gentleman feel that the process so far is IT-focused, not person-focused, and that that is the problem?

Lord Field of Birkenhead Portrait Frank Field
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I would love to say that it was IT-focused, but it is neither that nor person-focused.