MPs is now firmly policed, the new exercise will probably focus on the executive itself, especially on New Labour's growing use of political appointees and the injury this is said to have inflicted on the independence of the civil service.

ECONOMIST: A very British sleazebuster

Although the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, a group of personal-injury lawyers, called for an indefinite moratorium on civil suits related to the attack, its members are unlikely to turn away potential clients for long.

ECONOMIST: The insurance bill