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» Thursday, June 17, 2004

Sutton Report/Immigration

Asked how the Government would respond to the management failures in the Home Office as identified by the Sutton report today, the PMS said the report showed that there had been significant failings in terms of how the European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) applications had been handled. A great deal of work had already been done to improve the operation of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND). The Home Secretary would be taking further action to ensure that such a situation could not happen again. The PMS added that Mr Blunkett would be holding interviews this morning in which he would comment directly on the report.

Asked if the Government would consider ending disciplinary procedures against so-called ‘whistleblowers’ in the light of the Sutton report, the PMS said that it would not be appropriate to comment on disciplinary issues involving Foreign Office personnel for obvious reasons.

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The disciplining of ‘whistle blowers’ reminds me of a subsidiary company in the USA that I visited one day to discover that they had sacked their Software Quality Assurance manager. When I enquired as to his ‘crime’ I was told that he was finding too many faults in the software – My response cannot be posted on this blog…..
Inept and fearful managers cause more problems than a roomful of unhappy subordinates.
Comment by Roger Huffadine — 18 Jun 2004 on 10:29 am | Link

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