Orders of the Day — Parliamentary Control of Expenditure (Reform) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:08 pm on 28 January 1983.

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Photo of Mr Eldon Griffiths Mr Eldon Griffiths , Bury St Edmunds 1:08, 28 January 1983

I can confirm precisely what my right hon. Friend has said. I had some responsibility in the Department of the Environment for the British Transport Docks Board, the National Freight Corporation, the British Waterways Board and, to a great extent, British Rail. It was never possible adequately to obtain from those organisations what I needed to know as a Minister.