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Safeguards for proper Government decision making inquiry

Inquiry


In its report on the Lessons Still to be Learned from the Chilcot Inquiry the Committee recommended that in the future:

"There should be a mechanism of written Ministerial direction, similar to that used by Departmental Accounting Officers, reflecting the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary and other senior officials to ensure that proper procedure is followed as set out in the Cabinet Manual."

This was to ensure that important decisions, such as whether to take part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, were more likely to be subjected to robust and informed scrutiny within Government through the process of formal consideration by the Cabinet and its committees.

The Government failed to address this recommendation in their response to the Committee's report, and so the Committee has decided to carry out a further inquiry on these issues.

Work news

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Key Chilcot lesson must be implemented, says PACAC
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report on government decision making published
29 May 2018
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Submissions wanted on government decision-making safeguards
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee launches inquiry into government decison-making
8 February 2018
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