Comments on: The death of public enquiries http://www.owen.org/blog/256 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Barder http://www.owen.org/blog/256/comment-page-1#comment-1133 Brian Barder Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:30:21 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=256#comment-1133 This is indeed a major scandal -- both in substance, and in the procedure whereby it was smuggled onto the statute book with the connivance of the Opposition but almost entirely without public or parliamentary debate. The full text of the Act is online, starting at <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/20050012.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/20050012.htm</a>. With so many other outrageous things going on, and so many questions waiting to be answered on a huge range of other controversial issues, it's hard to see how the harm done by this cynical fait accompli can be undone. Despair! <strong>Brian</strong> This is indeed a major scandal — both in substance, and in the procedure whereby it was smuggled onto the statute book with the connivance of the Opposition but almost entirely without public or parliamentary debate.

The full text of the Act is online, starting at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/20050012.htm.

With so many other outrageous things going on, and so many questions waiting to be answered on a huge range of other controversial issues, it’s hard to see how the harm done by this cynical fait accompli can be undone. Despair!

Brian

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