Public Administration Committee - First Report
Bad Language: The Use and Abuse of Official Language

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 November 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Bad official language

Political language: distorting or disguising meaning

Administrative language: alienating the public

3 Making official language clearer

Political language: mockery and models

Administrative language: improving clarity

Bad language as maladministration

Legislative language: making it plain

4 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral Evidence

Thursday 9 July 2009

Written Evidence

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Prepared 30 November 2009