The guidance has been tightened up considerably. Taxpayers find it quite offensive that a body that is not democratically accountable should use taxpayers' money, in some cases, to hire lobbyists to lobby Government to give it more taxpayers' money. We have taken urgent steps to ensure that that does not recur.
Public Bodies Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 July 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Bodies Bill [Lords].
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