I wrote this on Monday evening:
Elected representatives v Unelected Quangos
I asked a senior Tory, now in the House of Lords, why there were so many unelected quangos like the Highways Agency, the Child Support Agency and yes, the Environment Agency. His reply was instructive. "Under Mrs Thatcher we were finding as ministers that we couldn't finish our Boxes before the next ones arrived. Eventually, to save our sanity, someone came up with a half way house. Ministers would be...