Proceeding contribution from Richard Bacon (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on Public Accounts.

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I agree with the right hon. Gentleman about the BBC's ““Restoration Village”” programme. Pulham St Mary, the village in Norfolk where I live, made it to the last 12. I am pleased to say that it has just received a lottery grant. As for the Rural Payments Agency, one person did take responsibility. When Johnston McNeill finally appeared before the Committee, he gave a surprisingly good account of what he had done. However, we gained the clear impression that, as chief executive, he had not only taken the rap but been hung out to dry, and that others in DEFRA and the agency, far from taking responsibility for what had happened, got away scot-free and prospered elsewhere.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 481 c502
Session: 2007-08
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Costs Banks Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Budgets Finance Investment Government departments Financial markets Government shareholding Privatisation Public sector Public expenditure Private finance initiative Nationalisation National Audit Office Public private partnerships Ministry of Defence Taxation Committee of Public Accounts Risk assessment QinetiQ Office of Government Commerce Capital markets Olympic Games 2012
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