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Re: Brexit discussion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42911538
Quote:
A Brexit minister has apologised in Parliament for comments he made about the independence of the civil service.
Steve Baker said he had been told Treasury officials were deliberately trying to influence policy in favour of staying in the EU customs union.
Charles Grant, an EU policy expert said to have been the source of the claims, has since denied telling Mr Baker this.
Mr Baker told MPs he now accepted this and insisted that he had the "highest regard" for the civil service.
In a short speech in the Commons before proceedings began on Friday, Mr Baker said he wanted to set the record straight.
"As I explained yesterday (Thursday) I considered what I understood to be the suggestion being put to me as implausible because of the long standing and well regarded impartiality of the civil service," he said.
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