APPENDIX 3
Letter dated 25 May 2000 from the Chairman
of the Committee of Public Accounts
Many thanks for your letter of 18 May alerting me
to your Committee's inquiry into the future of POST.
As someone with a close interest in scientific
and technological issues, I have kept aware of the progress of
the Office and have received its reports. They are easily comprehensible
and succinct.
I am aware of the tenuous relationship under
which POST operated before it was located within and directly
funded by Parliament. The current situation must surely allow
for better forward planning and more effective service for the
House, its Select Committees and Members individually.
For the future, I would see the Office, within
the Clerk of the House Department, becoming even more attuned
to the needs of individual departmental select committees as well
as maintaining a range of topical studies.
David Davis
Chairman
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