Examination of Witnesses (Questions 420
- 421)
TUESDAY 7 JULY 2009
BILL RAMMELL
MP, RT HON
LORD MALLOCH-BROWN,
KCMG, MICHAEL FOSTER
MP, MR RICHARD
TEUTEN, BRIGADIER
GORDON MESSENGER
DSO, OBE, ADC, AND MR
NICK PICKARD
Q420 Mr Havard:
Then there is a Green Paper published in February, and then a
policy established in the new Parliament following on whenever.
Bill Rammell: That is right, and
there is obviously the opportunity for this Committee to input
its views and examine witnesses, I would have thought, in the
run-up to the Green Paper.
Q421 Chairman:
So you are ruling out an October election!
Bill Rammell: I never rule anything
out, Chairman!
Chairman: I am not meaning to be in the
least insulting when I say that I was not expecting this evidence
session to be nearly as interesting as it has proved to be. I
am, and we are, very grateful to all of our witnesses for being
extremely helpful. It has been most interesting, and you were
as open as you can be in the circumstances about an extremely
important and difficult issue. Thank you very much indeed to all
of you.
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