Paul Flynn questions impartiality of Commons committee looking at Treasury's decision to publish civil service advice
A senior Labour MP has walked out of a Westminster committee hearing in an angry dispute over the release of Treasury advice on a currency union after Scottish independence.
Paul Flynn, a well-known maverick on Labour's backbenches, had been prevented from putting repeated questions to the head of the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake, on whether the Treasury permanent secretary, Sir Nick MacPherson, had broken civil service rules by publishing his advice to ministers about the dangers of a deal on sterling.
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