Plot: Jim Hacker is not happy with a report his department is writing for the Cabinet's Think Tank on reducing the number of civil servants. He wants the report to state that the DAA is aiming at a phased reduction of the Civil Service with 200,000 people. When his civil servants however have drafted and redrafted the report this message gets lost.
He therefore decides to write the report himself. Sir Humphrey learns about this through Bernard and is infuriated. He cannot prevent Jim Hacker from planning to send this report to the Think Tank, even though he tries very hard.