Tuesday, January 09, 2007

The Smith Institute and Number Eleven

Graphic shamelessly stolen from Guido.

Of interest to Mr Guido Fawkes of this parish, from today's Hansard (not yet published...)

Mr Keith Simpson (Con, Mid Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which charities have held meetings at 11 Downing Street since December 2005.

Mr Keith Simpson (Con, Mid Norfolk): On how many occasions since December 2005 the Smith Institute has held meetings at 11 Downing Street and who attended each.

John Healey (Financial Secretary to the Treasury): I will let the Honourable Member have a reply in due course.

It is hardly rocket science to answer two simple questions like that, is it? Do I detect the sound of shredded attendance lists...? Perhaps we'll get this answer from John Healy...

John Healey (Financial Secretary to the Treasury): The answers could only be obtained by reforming the shredded lists at disproportional cost...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/01/08/do0802.xml

Is relevant , no doubt you read this. Good stuff Iain

Anonymous said...

Aren't public records supposed to be kept 5 or 6 years or something like that?

Anonymous said...

No No Iain - the answer is not available in the format requested. (The format being a simple answer to a simple question).

Guido Fawkes said...

Easy Iain, I may start writing about West Ham...

Anonymous said...

Hasn't Gordon promised a humbler, more 'open' style of government or some such toss? This does kind of give the lie, rather emphatically, to that improbable vision from the Fat Controller.