Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Wednesday 25th June 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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The hon. Lady is making assumptions about what will happen to those jobs which I have no reason to believe are justified. If the quality of the work and the efficiency at Newport is as good as she believes, I am sure that the management of SSCL will want to look carefully at retaining jobs there.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Which part of which Department has provided the most fertile ground for efficiency savings?

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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That is a very good question, but if I were to go through that in elaborate detail, you would cut me short, Mr Speaker. There are opportunities for efficiency savings right across Government and the public sector. We have made significant progress, but, as my hon. Friend would expect, there is considerably more that can and should be done.