Tenth Special Report
On 16 July 2008 the Business and Enterprise Committee
published its Ninth Report of the current session, Construction
matters. The Government response was sent to us on 4 November
2008 and is published as an Appendix to this Report. We were happy
to allow the Department longer than the normal two months for
a response because it had been exemplary in keeping the Committee
informed about progress and policy announcements.
We wish to put on record our appreciation of this
full and considered response. We are particularly pleased that
the Government has accepted our central recommendation that there
should be a Chief Construction Officer, tasked with ensuring that
Government acts consistently in its roles of policy maker, regulator
and major customer.
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