Quango cuts: full list of bodies under review

JoeCrystal

Well, from what I understand, they are not going to abolish British Waterways, that is just silly. I went over to British Waterways website and they published a press release on it:

The Coalition Government has already declared its interest in changing British Waterways’ from a public corporation into a new civil society, or charitable, body, as stated by waterway minister Richard Benyon MP earlier this year.

Basically, it is becoming a charity.

ILW

marklv wrote: »

It's not just about behaviour, it's about respect. Teachers are no longer respected, and if you are not respected how on earth can you expect those over whom you have authority to do as you say? The modern culture is one of excessive freedom, libertarianism and even licence. The abolition of corporal punishment was what started the decline in standards. Without a stick you can't use the carrot properly. Kids need to know that they will be rewarded for good work and conduct, but they also need to know that they will be punished for evil behaviour and laziness.

They could just recruit teachers who can demand respect. Some can and some can't no matter how many courses they go on.

carolt

bendix wrote: »

So far you've only focused on saving every quango you've talked about.

Are there any you are prepared to let go?

Yes - re-read my OP.

There seem o be several I've never heard of, whose purpose seems hard to define/justify at best.

The point of my OP was to look at the full list in some detail and analyse if dogma was leading to a situation where important/sensible quangos were binned in the general enthusiasm for a policy of quangicide.

22225

i'm glad they're getting rid of teaching council. as a teacher i know i can be sacked by my Head. in my contract this includes behaviour out of school that brings the school into disrepute so all the tlc is is a kangeroo court. i have to pay for membership every year although i get a contribution in my salary - which i am taxed on.
every year i get a stupid probably not cheap to make magazine full of preaching about diversity and equality and grandma sucking egg articles such as the tlc funding a pilot and rolling out a very exciting project - "the learningconversation". the whole blimmin mag was abot encouraging us to have learning conversations with other teachers in any cosy, informal situation -not eg on a course, but forinstance, in a staffroom, why not have a chat about tweaking your lessons, find out anything quite useful that has worked for tothers around you, maybe get some advice over a behaviopur prob thatyou arestrgging with. this is called a "learning conversation". THANKS FOR THAT i've been at university for 4 years plus primary schools are oestrogen hives therefore my colleagues and i are actually happy to talk to each other. sorry for rant bu i'm glad they've gone.

ofsted should be kept but less focus on non-teaching elements such as health and safety (they are starting to take it to extremes)

tomterm8

Generali wrote: »

From the list being abolished


I'm a very keen cyclist and I have never heard of these people:

Cycling England
.

I've heared of them, they are basically responsible for cycle paths.

Does anyone know what the agricultural wages board does?

neverdespairgirl

Generali wrote: »

Cycling has become quite fashionable. That will have something to do with it. Probably also public transport and roads being poor too.

Cycling in London has become a lot more popular, even though public transport has improved dramatically.

neverdespairgirl

tomterm8 wrote: »

I've heared of them, they are basically responsible for cycle paths.

Does anyone know what the agricultural wages board does?

I do!

There are long-standing and very complicated agricultural minimum wages, which are different from the national minimum wage, and have loads of different catagories.

They used to be set in each county, and are now done nationally.

OH recently had a case where he had to look it all up.

1sue23

I live on a boat and pay my mooring fees and licence ,mooring in Skipton costs around £2000 a year on top of that it is about £60.00 a month for a licence . mainly due to bad management a part of the Leeds Liverpool canal has been closed this summer affecting many local businesses ,not only boat hire due to cancellation of holidays but also the trade that goes with this, many are struggling to survive ,British waterways say this is due to the shortage of rain ,we boaters say different and that it is caused by bad managment of the waterways ,you dont have to go far to find evidence of this ,if funding is cut I do wonder what will happen to the waterways .

jd87

tomterm8 wrote: »

I've heared of them, they are basically responsible for cycle paths.

I'm pretty sure local councils are responsible for cycle paths actually.

Hereward

mbga9pgf wrote: »

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I am hoping they also bin OFSTED and instead let teachers get on with their jobs, instead of the rafts of paperwork that currently is required to meet government "standards". Why not let them just teach?The extra cash saved from binning the quango and ofsted will generate cash to employ many, many more teachers. Class size is the single most important factor (assuming teaching standards are fine, which they are).

Having read the whole thread, I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned yet that Ofsted doesn't just inspect schools. It also inspects Childminders, Nurseries, Children's homes, Further Education Colleges, etc (http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/About-us). I'm fairly certain that if someone was hurt in one of those environments then we, the general public, would be up in arms about how the government didn't regulate these types of establishment to make sure that people were safe.

For what it's worth, Ofsted isn't a quango either, its a government department (page 3: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/content/download/11315/133473/file/Ofsted%20Resource%20Accounts%20200910.pdf)