The hon. Gentleman can tell them that a bold move was made in the 1980s: the setting up of such things such as agencies, which are at one remove from Government and carry out executive tasks. It is an agency that is carrying out this work.
Rural Payments Agency
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Beckett
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 March 2006.
It occurred during Urgent question on Rural Payments Agency.
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