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Government: Strategy and Planning

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is today presenting to Parliament a Command Paper providing the Government's response to the Public Administration Select Committee's report Governing the Future published on 6 March 2007 in conclusion to its inquiry into the place of strategy and planning in government. The Government strongly welcome the PASC report and its support for strategic capability at the centre. The report provides a helpful contribution to promulgating a more strategic approach to policymaking and to ensuring departments are strategically well managed. Copies of the Command Paper have been placed in the Library for the reference of noble Lords and will be available in the Printed Paper Office.