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Rural Payments Agency

My Lords, the noble Lord’s predecessor, the noble Lord, Lord Bach, repeatedly told us that staff in the Rural Payments Agency were working incredibly hard and for long hours to get the payments through. But according to newspaper reports, in the Newcastle office at least, staff seem to have been swinging naked from chandeliers and drinking champagne. Will he prevail upon the chief executive, Mr Cooper, to ensure that, fun-loving though these people may be, they get back to do the work they are paid for?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
683 c909 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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