4 Departmental Responses
71. The MoD is to be commended for responding to
all our reports, within or shortly after the agreed two month
deadline. It cannot be said that the Government has always responded
to our recommendations as positively as we would wish, but on
the whole the responses have been reasonable in quality. However,
there does appear to be a tendency for the Government not to take
account of the evidence base for our conclusions and recommendations.
For the
future, we would hope that the Government's responses will deal
more fully with the whole argument contained in the report, and
not restrict themselves to the bold recommendations and conclusions;
and it would be pleasing if they could be more generous in acknowledging
where our inquiries have contributed to changes in Government
policy.
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