On the 23rd of September, the same day coincidentally, as the first day of ~2,000,000 demonstrators takign to teh streets of France or walking off their jobs in reprisals for 'The Cuts' and 'Austerity Measures', the UK's Daily Telegraph published the full list of Quasi Non-Governmental Organisations (QUANGO) to be either abolished, consolidated/amalgamated or retained.
Quango cuts: full list of bodies under review.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8021780/Quango-cuts-full-list-of-bodies-under-review.htmlVery short abstract of the 3-sections.
Take a look:
To be abolishedDisability 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 BritainForeign Compensation Commission
Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
General Social Care Council
General Teaching Council for England
Genetics and Insurance Committee
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
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
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To be Retained:Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
Security Vetting Appeals Panel
Senior Salaries Review Body
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Social Security Advisory Committee
Technical Advisory Board
Technical Assessor for Compensation of Miscarriages of Justice
Technology Strategy Board
The Royal Mint
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Traffic Commissioners and Deputies
Treasure Valuation Committee
Tribunals Procedure Rule Committee
Tribunals Service Trinity House Lighthouse Service
UK Anti Doping
UK Commission for Employment and Skills
UK Trade and Investment
Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees (13 bodies)
Veterinary Products Committee
Victims Commissioner
Victim's Advisory Panel
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So you get the picture. No evident biases there ....
Here is the full list of quangos currently under review by coalition plans seen by the Daily Telegraph.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8021780/Quango-cuts-full-list-of-bodies-under-review.html
