Proceeding contribution from Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 November 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HC) and Debate on bill on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill
I have very much enjoyed this particularly illuminating debate. So that we understand the discussion, I should say that the amendment would take the power to appoint senior civil servants in Scotland out of the hands of the Prime Minister and put it into those of the head of the home civil service. It is a very modest measure. It is not pathetic, as the hon. Member for West Bromwich, East (Mr. Watson) says, because it would be unfair to describe the Labour party's position as pathetic, and I am not prepared to do that.
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- 498 c803-4
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Staff Conditions of employment Codes of practice Courts Conduct Annual reports Civil servants Civil service Diplomatic service GCHQ Public appointments Ministers Peers Nationality Special advisers Reform Tribunals Treaties Migrant workers Scotland Senior civil servants Civil Service Commission
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- Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
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