Defence Select Committee hearings can reveal how budget limits shape the case made for a procurement decision. Civil servants may have to defend an agreed policy even when everyone in the room understands the weakness of the argument. The remark separates an official's institutional duty from the merits of the decision being defended. It offers a brief view of how constrained defence choices are presented to Parliament.
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When budget limits shape official defence testimony
Defence committee testimony may require civil servants to defend procurement choices driven by budget constraints.