tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post1205886160976702888..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Government 's contempt for Parliament laid bare in written "answer"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-79682667795073356592007-01-11T18:15:00.000+00:002007-01-11T18:15:00.000+00:00surely the money wasted working out it would cost ...surely the money wasted working out it would cost to much to answer could be <br />used to answer the question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-75913665124164823892007-01-11T12:51:00.000+00:002007-01-11T12:51:00.000+00:00that's very funny. I like that.
theyworkforyou.co...that's very funny. I like that.<br /><br />theyworkforyou.com informs me that the phrase 'disproportionate cost' has appeared in Hansard 1,618 times since July 2001.<br /><br />The top 5 users are all current or ex ministers:<br />Adam Ingram (MoD) - 414 times <br />Patricia Hewitt (Health) - 289<br />Lewis Moonie (Ex-MoD) - 263<br />Yvette Cooper (DCLG) - 262<br />Bev Hughes (DfES) - 253Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-62111843345384881312007-01-11T10:55:00.000+00:002007-01-11T10:55:00.000+00:00Admittedly I am assuming a level of competence and...Admittedly I am assuming a level of competence and engineer style thought processes on a civil servant.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-34853278561041933432007-01-11T10:54:00.000+00:002007-01-11T10:54:00.000+00:00Jonathan, I agree some questions are stupidly comp...Jonathan, I agree some questions are stupidly complex and I've said so in the past. I also agree fully on the point about the library too.<br /><br />On the point about this question, given that all questions are in electornic form, it would take a matter of minutes to write a script that searched for how many time the phrase "disproportionate cost" was used. There's no way it would take up £700 of time to do.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-33451357467699366002007-01-11T10:44:00.000+00:002007-01-11T10:44:00.000+00:00I know I shouldn't be, but I just can't not-laugh ...I know I shouldn't be, but I just can't not-laugh at that.<br /><br />It makes you wonder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-87972195071031064662007-01-11T10:24:00.000+00:002007-01-11T10:24:00.000+00:00Now then Dizzy - I was the man responsible for dra...Now then Dizzy - I was the man responsible for drafting answers to PQs asked about a certain company. Some questions were absolutely stupid, and you wouldn't have wanted you taxpayers money spent on my salary trying to format statistics in one format then another then another to please an MPs.<br /><br />Hence the phrase - the answer isnt available in the format requested.<br /><br />What I find appalling is answers which will say the answer has been placed in the Commons Library - which the public can never see! Tut Tut!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-40256390908365052212007-01-11T10:05:00.000+00:002007-01-11T10:05:00.000+00:00Speechless....Speechless....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com