On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:40:40 +0100, Nigel Stanley <[email protected]> wrote:
>DEFRA Sec of State Caroline Spelman has announced the abolition of IWAAC. > >Bad news. > >The press release says > >After the abolition of the *Inland Waterways Advisory Council* Defra will >develop future policy in this area. We will strengthen our relations with >stakeholders who have an interest in inland waterways. > >Except of course none of this will be done in public or published in the >same way that an external stakeholder driven advisory body does. ISTM that this announcement confirms that the restructuring of BW (+ EA Nav.?) into a charity *is* going to occur. Because if that happens, it will involve a board of Trustees of the restructured nav. authority with over 30 members, most of which will be "stakeholder" (ugh! I hate that term) representatives. Which would mean that much of the policy will be developed in a (relatively) visible manner. In other words, maybe the minister sees the new structure as taking on much of the role of IWAC, thus making the latter redundant? Just guessing. Adrian Adrian Stott Tel. UK (0)7956-299966
