Appendix 4: Letter from Lord Birt to Dr Tony Wright
MP
2 November 2005
Thank you for your letter of 27 October.
You will be now have seen Sue Gray's letter to your
Clerk of 31 October.[16]
As you will see, the Prime Minister has decided that Stephen Aldridge,
Acting Director of the Strategy Unit, is best placed to deal with
your questions relating to strategic thinking and planning in
Government. As the Acting Director of the Strategy Unit, Stephen
is ideally placed to explain how strategic thinking is undertaken
at the centre of Government. Stephen has also agreed a date of
15 December for his evidence session.
You refer to my interview in the Guardian and the
McTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, and that
these engagements demonstrate that my current duties clearly do
not inhibit me from undertaking some public speaking. As I am
sure you will appreciate, both the lecture and the interview reflected
my experience in broadcasting rather than my role as an unpaid
adviser to the Prime Minister.
Lord Birt
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