Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

That is an important aspect of the question. Are civil servants protected from improper pressure, for example? Do they have the protection of the code? If they do not, what is their protection? The hon. Gentleman is right. Many of the bodies concerned are charged with making judgments with which the Government of the day might not agree, which makes it even more important for us to know whether they are covered. On amendment 10, I hope that the Government can provide a better explanation of their position than they did on the previous amendment. I shall not comment now on new clause 33, which has been grouped with my amendment, except to say that we agree, of course, with the part of it that demands that the Government tell us who counts as a civil servant.