Looking at the “to be abolished” list, there are a few where I wonder why on earth did we need that in the first place:

Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products – Reconstitute as a Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) committee of experts

Surely you just need one doctor saying “it doesn’t work”.

There are a few more, but anybody else spotted good ones (or am I the only person sad enough to be browsing the list?)

I love the way the spin on this has changed from Saving tax payers money, to making government more accountable 🙂

There are a few theyve already got rid of that are coming back too…………

Day 1: Why do we have a QUANGO for buying PC’s for schools, surely they can do that themselves?

A few days ago: We need to centeralize buying to reduce costs.

It’s great! 🙂

Heres a linky to the Quangos and the ones being quangoised out of existence,

http://www.number10.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010-10-14-Public-bodies-list-FINAL.pdf

28 pages but interesting reading, all in a itemised format.

This one sounded like fun 😀

The Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the Purchase of Wines will also be abolished, but ministers are considering whether another body should continue its work.

the Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the purchase of Wines sounds like a good one to be part of (hic)

The recommendation to get a National Trust-like charity to manage the waterways is scary.

What the hell is a Quango???

quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation

Thank you kuco. Anything with such a long convoluted name should be
Scrapped

aka non-departmental public body…

Thats okay, shame I work for one of them 🙂

Sorry dude if I had known that I would have stopped at thank you

Nah don’t worry were joke about it at work 🙂

Anything with such a long convoluted name should be Scrapped

Oh. Bye bye BBC, Ordnance Survey, British Library, Channel 4 – I’d miss you, though it seems hoykalot wouldn’t.

British Waterways are really keen to be separate from government interference, according to a bloke on the telly tonight.

Quango – spends tax payers money but not accountable to Parliment…

bw please god no they cannot organise for sh1t they make council workers look lik ethey have a work ethic.
they are restricted on charges and legally bound to maintain stuff. They can probably jsut see pund signs as they overcharge boaters – about £200 per ten foot of boat per year at present + mooring fees. was about £50 ten year ago

I heard a couple of months ago BW were wanting to go to a Trust. They are very keen on getting the Navigation on the River Nene off the Environment Agency but that will also mean dealing with the water regulating (flood prevention)side of it as well.

The Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the Purchase of Wines will also be abolished, but ministers are considering whether another body should continue its work.

CaptJon – Member
The recommendation to get a National Trust-like charity to manage the waterways is scary.

Why?

Are you saying that NT do a bad job?

Sounds as though there’s a lot of dross going. Good thing too.

CaptainFlashheart – Member
The Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the Purchase of Wines will also be abolished, but ministers are considering whether another body should continue its work.

I trust you won’t be disadvantaged CFH 😉

Don’t get me started on BW… bunch of incompetent muppets! They have spent so much time and effort touting the “third sector”(charity). Good luck to them!
Boaters on the other hand…. really the best answer would be to drain the bloody thing and fill it in. 👿

Julian, my personal cellar is well stocked! 😉

I think they are a great little van, I’d buy one!

redthunder – Member
I think they are a great little van, I’d buy one!

*applauds!*

why is it better to have a trust running things rather than a quango?

Quango – spends tax payers money but not accountable to Parliment…

They are.

They are accountable to Parliament via the Minister responsible for the department. And they are accountable for the money voted by Parliament through Departmental Select Committees and the Public Accounts Committee.

My personal favourite is the Construction Industry Training Board being transferred over to the private sector.

Because of course the private construction sector is deeply concerned that young jobless school leavers should be given the opportunity to learn a skill/trade.

Despite the fact that it is much cheaper and easier for them to import cheap already trained skilled labour from eastern Europe and elsewhere.

*rolls eyes*

….pure unadulterated vandalism