Submitted on Saturday 7th January 2017
Published on Monday 23rd January 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 22
Senior Ministers should be available to mainstream media during crises...
With self-evident crises (like the NHS or Southern Rail) the Minister with that brief should be directly answerable.
I have lost count of the number of times I've heard phrases like 'we asked for a comment but no one was available.'
Clearly we don't need to interrogate Ministers on their shoes or their trousers (leather or not) - this would be petty.
When something serious is unfolding, however, they should be immediately available and answerable.
Some Ministers (eg Jeremy Hunt) seem to see their job as some kind of sinecure: not good enough.
We don't need written statements - they can't be interrogated. Nor a junior sacrificial lamb (eg Chris Philp). We need the Minister with overall responsibility.
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