A HIT list of 177 taxpayer-funded bodies to be abolished in a “bonfire of quangos” has been drawn up, it emerged yesterday.
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/201460/Billions-saved-in-bonfire-of-the-quangos-/
This story is running with most of the press this morning, so there must have been a briefing..
but before I start saying thank god, I want a copy of the detailed list, so that I can check it against contacts in the EU bodies that will inevitably take over responsibility for the remits that these quangos had, to see whether it is a genuine cull, or simply a movement of responsibility to the EU institutions.
i.e. Health Protection Agency, there are equivalent EU bodies that do the same work, the European Medicines Agency & European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and there is an Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) although that equates to the Dept of Health in the UK.
I imagine the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will also fit into the list above as will the 30 health bodies that will be cut or have their functions transferred to the Department of Health.
If we are looking at killing off UK institutions in favour of EU agency control over their remits, then the EU bodies for most of them are already there. The British Council (probably a genuine cull), Environment Agency (European Environment Agency (EEA), Competition Commission (DG Competition), Design Council (not sure), Energy Savings Trust (Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators), Equality and Human Rights Commission (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Forestry Commission (European Environment Agency (EEA)) and the Office for Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) are among the 94 publicly funded bodies whose fate has yet to be decided would all fit into that target group.
How would the power be transferred? Each EU agency assuming the UK remits would liaise via the Committee of the Regions to feed their instructions and decisions back to local authorities in the UK who would then manage the implementation.
So expect the UK political announcements to be along the lines of… we are giving responsibility to local authorities etc, to bring decision making closer to the people… Smoke and bloody mirrors.
And its not just about the money although god knows it needs cutting, its about saving what is left of this country of mine, but it looks like our Euro-sceptic Tories are in the final phase of the 40 year programme of power transfers to the EU right now…
As I kept telling people, all those arrogant quislings who thought they were on to a winner, money money money, non jobs for life… well, now their work is done, now they have broken the back of England, they are and always were expendable, no longer needed and will be thrown on the scrap heap with those who have gone before them…
Industry by Industry they have taken the quislings for suckers…. now its the public sector and the quangos…
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The full list:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8021780/Quango-cuts-full-list-of-bodies-under-review.html
Administrative Justice and Tribunal Council
Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections
Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies
Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites
Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships
Advisory Committee on Organic Standards
Advisory Committee on Packaging
Advisory Committee on Pesticides
Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection
Advisory Committee on the safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs
Advisory Council on Libraries
Advisory Group on Hepatitis
Advisory Panel on Local Innovation Awards
Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate
Agricultural Dwelling House Committees (16 bodies)
Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales
Agricultural Wages Committees (15 bodies)
Air Quality Expert Group
Alcohol Education and Research Council
Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
Appointments Commission
Audit Commission
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
British Nuclear Fuels
British Shipbuilders
British Waterways
Capacity Builders
Caribbean Board
Churches Conservation Trust
Commission for Integrated Transport
Commission for Rural Communities
Commissioner for the Compact
Committee on Agricultural Valuation
Committee on Carcogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
Committee on Medical Aspects of Air Pollutants
Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment
Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
Committee on the Safety of Devices
Commons Commissioners
Consular Stakeholder Panel
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
Courts Boards (19 bodies)
Crown Court Rule Committee
Cycling England
Darwin Advisory Committee
Disability Employment Advisory Committee
Disability Living/Attendance Allowance Advisory Board
Disabled Persons’ Transport Advisory Committee
Expert Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS
Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards
Farm Animal Welfare Council
Food from Britain
Foreign Compensation Commission
Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
General Social Care Council
General Teaching Council for England
Genetics and Insurance Committee
Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the Purchase of Wines
Government Strategic Marketing Advisory Board
Health Protection Agency
Hearing Aid Council
Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee
HM Inspectorate of Court Administration
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Human Genetics Commission
Human Tissue Authority
Independent Advisory Group of Sexual Health and HIV
Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy
Independent Living Fund
Independent Review Panel for the Classification of Borderline Products
Independent Review Panel on the Advertising of Medicines
Infrastructure Planning Commission
Inland Waterways Advisory Council
Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisations
Legal Deposit Advisory Panel
Legal Services Commission
Legal Services Ombudsman
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation*
Main Honours Advisory Committee
Maqistrates’ Court Rule Committee
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
National Housing and Planning Advice Unit
National Information Governance Board
National Joint Registry Steering Committee
National Policing Improvement Agency
National Standing Committee for Farm Animal Genetic Resources
National Tenant Voice
National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts
Office for the Civil Society Advisory Bodies
Olympic Park Legacy Company*
Pesticides Residues Committee
Public Guardian Board
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
Railway Heritage Committee
Regional Development Agencies (8 bodies)
Renewables Advisory Board
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
School Food Trust
School Support Staff Negotiating Body
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition
Security Commission
Security Industry Authority
SITPRO
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
Standards Board for England
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property
Sustainable Development Commission
Teachers TV Board
The Theatres Trust
Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation*
UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee
UK Film Council
Union Modernisation Advisory Fund
Veterinary Residues Committee
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Board
West Northamptonshire Development Corporation*
Women’s National Commission
Zoos Forum
* = Responsibility devolved to relevant Local Authority
Public bodiess to be privatised (4 bodies)
Construction and Skills Training Board
Engineering Construction Industry
Film Industry Training Board
The Tote Board
Public bodies to be merged or consolidated (Maximum of 129 bodies reduced to Minimum of 57)
Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, (101 bodies – to be reduced to 49)
Central Arbitration Committee, Single Arbitration Panel
Certification Office, (as above)
Competition Appeals Tribunal, Single Tribunals Service
Competition Service, (as above)
Copyright Tribunal, (as above)
Police Advisory Board, (as above)
Police Negotiating Board, (as above)
Police Arbitration Tribunal, (as above)
Rent Assessment Panels, (as above)
Residential Property Tribunal Service, (as above)
Valuation Tribunal for England, (as above)
Valuation Tribunal Service, (as above)
Crown Prosecution Service, Single Prosecution Service
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, (as above)
English Heritage, Single Heritage Body
National Heritage Memorial Fund, (as above)
National Heritage Lottery Fund, (as above)
Football Licensing Authority, Single Sport Body
Sport England, (as above)
UK Sport, (as above)
Gambling Commission, Single Gambling Regulator
National Lottery Commission, (as above)
Ofcom, Single Communications Regulator
Postcomm, (as above)
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, Single Immigration Body
Pensions Ombudsman, Single Pensions Regulator
Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman, (as above)
Serious Organised Crime Agency, Merged into National Crime Agency
Public bodies still under review (94 bodies)
Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
Advisory Council on Public Records
Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts
Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board
Animal Procedures Committee
BBC World Service
British Council
British Hallmarking Council
Building Regulations Advisory Committee
Carbon Trust
Chief Coroner of England and Wales
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
Children’s Workforce Development Council
Civil Justice Council
Coal Authority
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Community Development Foundation
Competition Commission
Consumer Council for Water
Consumer Focus
Covent Garden Market Authority
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Design Council
Diplomatic Service Appeals Board
Exports Credit Guarantee Department
Energy Savings Trust
Environment Agency
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Family Justice Council
Firebuy
Forestry Commission
Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
Historic Royal Palaces
Homes and Community Agency
Horserace Betting Levy Board
Independent Safeguarding Authority
Industrial Development Advisory Board
Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Law Commission of England and Wales
Leasehold Advisory Service
Local Better Regulation Office
National Museums and Galleries (18 bodies*)
National Army Museum
National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services
National Employer Advisory Board
National Forest Company
National Museum of the Royal Navy
Natural England
Office for Fair Access
Office for Fair Trading
OFWAT
Partnership for Schools
Public Lending Right Committee
Public Trustee Youth Justice Board
Rail Passengers’ Committee
Remploy, Ltd.
Renewable Fuels Agency
Royal Air Force Museum
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the Design of Coins, Medals, Seals and Decorations
Sea Fish Industry Authority
Student Loans Company
Tenant Services Authority
The National Archives
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner
The Pensions Advisory Service
Training and Development Agency for Schools
UK Atomic Energy Agency
UK India Round Table
UK Supreme Court
Visit Britain
Visit England
Young People’s Learning Agency
Lawson, that was quick. Thanks very much.
I will now get working on getting the background info…hmm, it may take some time.. but get it I will.
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The Regional Development Agencies (on the above list), Regional Assemblies (in England) and Regional Government Offices have all been mentioned as possible candidates for the chop.
But the EU requires regional structures, bypassing central government, for administering its discretionary grants (when they give us a bit of our own money back to do something they want us to do). The treaty obligations to do this have not changed.
I have heard a whisper of “regional leadership groups” of councillors but have not had time to find out anything about them.
It will all now begin to focus on the Regional Grand Committees, set up by Blair it has until now simply been a regional forum for Westminster MP’s.
We may now see some of the RDAs powers (which are extensive, and cannot be abolished as they are created under EU Directives) transferred to these Regional Grand Committees, where a new bureaucracy will grow up around them.
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/grandcommittees/
Even their name smacks of Soviet planning…
EDIT: I have just noticed that the Standing Order for Regional Grand Committees expired in April 2010, and has not been renewed.
OK, open speculation again as to how the Coalition is going to Regionalise England to keep within the terms of the Maastrict Treaty.
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