It is no surprise that Parliament is held in such low esteem when Ministers and their Civil Servants can't be bothered to get their facts right.
Here a response, published yesterday (7th July 2008), to a question from LibDem Transport Spokesman Norman Baker.
Baker had asked for an update on the progress of the Competition Commission's investigation into the ROSCOs.
In a written answer Tom Harris (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Glasgow South, Labour) said:
The Competition Commission are due to notify their provisional findings during the course of this month. The investigation timetable is set out on their website:
www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2007/roscos/pdf/core-timetable.pdf
Don't bother following the link because the one given in the written answer doesn't work.
Perhaps just as well because the date given by the Minister for the publication of the provisional findings is at variance with that published on the CoCo website.
On the 7th July Tom said:
"The Competition Commission are due to notify their provisional findings during the course of this month (July)".
The Competition Commission says:
"August - Notifying provisional findings and (if required) possible remedies."
As misleading Parliament is a grave offence perhaps an apology from the Minister might be in order; followed by the ritual disembowelment of some of his more Spencer like Civil Servants who, it would appear, couldn't be arsed to read what the CoCo website actually said.
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