Re: Govt publications

[Laurence and Leanne Knight <>]

David Parker wrote:
> 

> 
> Frankly, and I'm not picking on any Franks here, if a minister signs off on
> something he is then responsible for it. If he doesn't want to be, well he
> shouldn't sign off on it.

Have you got any idea how much correspondence crosses a minister's
desk?  I think ministers have more important things to do than to read
the correspondence that goes out under their names [most public servants
write replies to "ministerials" on at least a semi-regular basis, and
write ministerial speech notes on an occasional basis].  Ministers,
would of course take more care with important things, like cabinet
documents ...

Regards, Laurie

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