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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Phillips Excerpts
Wednesday 19th June 2013

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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I think the hon. Lady should speak to her Front-Bench team, who recently said they were not against the NCS. I think they saw the numbers on the very positive impact it has on young people, and I hope she will support that too. Youth services around the country do not have to be cut. There are lots of other options for local authorities—to mutualise, to look at other delivery models—and we stand ready to support them in that.

Stephen Phillips Portrait Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con)
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5. What progress he has made on abolishing quangos.

Nick Hurd Portrait The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr Nick Hurd)
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To date, the number of public bodies has been reduced by more than 240, through abolitions and mergers, and by the end of the spending review period in March 2015, the Government will have reduced their total number by a third.

Stephen Phillips Portrait Stephen Phillips
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I congratulate my hon. Friend on what he has managed to achieve so far, but how will he ensure that we never see the explosion in the number of these unaccountable bodies that we saw under the last Government?