Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will respond to EDM 925, Professionalism and value of the British Civil Service.

The Government believes that the four key values outlined in the Civil Service Code - integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality - enable the UK Civil Service to carry out its responsibility to provide objective advice to Ministers without fear or favour. The Code requires all Civil Servants to put the obligations of public service above their own personal interests; be truthful and open; base advice and decisions on rigorous analysis of evidence; and act solely according to the merits of the case, serving equally well governments of different political persuasions.