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Nothing is more helpless than such a department in Parliament if it has no authorised official defender.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Nothing is more helpless than such a department in Parliament if it has no authorised official defender.”
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He argues that a government department is vulnerable without a strong advocate in Parliament.
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