Re: House of Commons Report


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The EFRA report on the debacle that is the implementation of the SFP.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmenvfru/107/10
702.htm

"It will seem strange to many in the rural economy that right at the top
of Defra no price for failure has been paid by the now Foreign
Secretary. Leaving others to get on with the day to day delivery of
services should not remove the obligation from the holders of high
office to do more than just apologise and mouth the words "I am taking
responsibility". It should be the case that when a Department fails to
deliver a key programme right at the heart of its fundamental
responsibilities the holder of the office of Secretary of State should
not be rewarded with promotion but its reverse. New ministerial
guidelines should now be drawn up to make it even clearer that if
individuals are prepared to accept the glories that come with high
office they also know precisely what to do if fundamental Departmental
failure occurs."

But will we see Ministers throwing themselves on the sword? Somehow, I
doubt it. Maybe a blazing caravan pyre.... :-)

The conclusions page is fun!

I was more than amused to note that one of the unpublished submissions was

RPA Sub 07b Country Land and Business Association (CLA) - supplementary
memorandum

Now if the politburo are consistant, after five years of Huw insisting that
it did not exist, Malcolm will get hold of a copy probably from the RSPB and
circulate it to Jim and others without permisssion, Jim already knows what
it says. He probably wrote it.

On a more serious note, it proves what I have always known - "If you can't
or won't sack, you will be unable to manage."

It is deeply disturbing that once again the taxpayer is going to be heavily
fined for the shortcomings of Maff-Defra civil servants. One expects no
better from Ministers. They are completely shameless.


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Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

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Steve Rawlings




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