Peter Bone
Main Page: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)(12 years, 9 months ago)
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Vince Cable
As far as I am aware, Professor Ebdon has never advocated the use of quotas. He is certainly not on record to that effect.
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
This is a case of Parliament v. the Executive. On only two occasions have Select Committees not endorsed a senior appointment, one of which was under Labour. When we were in opposition, we created merry hell about it and said that the Executive were ignoring Parliament. What is different this time?
Vince Cable
What is different is that the Executive are not ignoring Parliament. We are aware of the criticisms that were made of Professor Ebdon’s interview and we have asked him to appear on a regular basis before the Select Committee to demonstrate that he has its full confidence. That is what is different.