{"id":459,"date":"2017-03-17T16:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T16:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=459"},"modified":"2021-08-18T09:16:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:16:54","slug":"public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee-16th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=459","title":{"rendered":"Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, 16th March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John Whittingdale, Conservative, Maldon<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the establishment of inquiries, my hon. Friend will be aware that the <\/span><a title=\"Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/glossary\/?gl=23\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-underline: none;\">Secretary of State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture,_Media_and_Sport\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-underline: none;\">Culture, Media and Sport<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is considering whether to reconvene the Leveson inquiry, which has already sat for 15 months, at a cost of more than \u00a35 million, to examine events approaching 10 years ago. What advice would he give to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secretary_of_State\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-underline: none;\">Secretary of State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bernard Jenkin Chair, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As perhaps should have been done with the child sex abuse inquiry, I suggest that the <\/span><a title=\"Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/glossary\/?gl=23\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-underline: none;\">Secretary of State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> comes to this House to ask for a Committee to be set up. Let us have an inquiry into the inquiry before we get stuck on the tramlines of legality and appointing people. She should look before she leaps and accept that Governments should not be able to establish inquiries to get themselves out of inconvenient difficulties. <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_House\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-underline: none;\">The House<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is here to assist such scrutiny, and it should be here to provide oversight so that an inquiry is properly conducted in a timely fashion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Whittingdale, Conservative, Maldon&nbsp; On the establishment of inquiries, my hon. Friend will be aware that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is considering whether to reconvene the Leveson inquiry, which has already sat for 15 months, at a cost of more than \u00a35 million, to examine events approaching 10 years ago. 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