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Telephone 0373 723425

Mr Archic Hamilton, MP,

House of Commons,

London, SWIA OAA

30 The Hidi

Surrava

KT18 SJJ

15th Hav, 1992

Dear Mr Hamilton,

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I ·ead with extreme annoyance,

item lu this morning # Sunday rimes alleging that the Foreign Office had COMMIS== sioned Some £7,000 worth of ceremonial garb For Chris Patten to wear Governor of Hong Kong.

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Obviously if true, this pales into insignificance in the context C+ the Foreign Office s spending generally but I would

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know, firstly whether the allegation is true and, secondly, what You and your colleagues

intending to do about the contu i. 10

profligacy of the Civil Service

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Hopefully, you will have noticed that literally hundreds thousands) of Civil Servants are employed full-time expense, to monitor and criticise the work of others in the public sector but who appear to make Tittle positive contribution Society themselves and who

ear o be totall beyond the control of Ministers

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I apologise if my one appears to be a trifle strident but I am extremely rustrated with yet another Conservati ve administration thac has promised minimal state intervention

lower taxation and which appears to be completely unable

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Yours sincerely,

P. A.

(Mr P.A.Wright)