Civil Service Impartiality Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Civil Service Impartiality

Mark Jenkinson Excerpts
Monday 6th March 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Quin Portrait Jeremy Quin
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I will conduct the analysis first and then I will be better informed as to exactly what took place, but as I say, this could be cleared up by the Labour party quite swiftly.

Mark Jenkinson Portrait Mark Jenkinson (Workington) (Con)
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A woman of integrity and a self-proclaimed Mr Rules. Does my right hon. Friend agree that in refusing to publish the timeline of the meetings, they have trashed both of those reputations?

Jeremy Quin Portrait Jeremy Quin
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I think that is the case, sadly. I think it is, but it could easily be changed by simple publication.