Proceeding contribution from David Leslie Taylor (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 October 2007. It occurred during Debate on Public Accounts.
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My hon. Friend is right to draw out the theme that very senior civil servants do not resist the undeliverable wishes of politicians. That might, apply—poetically—to the National Audit Office itself, which is sucked into the snake-oil attractions of things such as the private finance initiative, and draws its teeth before writing critical reports of projects associated with that initiative. The NAO is not free from blame in that respect, is it?
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