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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Very disappointing to learn that EH has survived, and the QUANGO
axe has fallen a little short! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=Default0><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Retain </span></font></b><font
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on grounds of performing a technical function which should remain independent
from Government </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’d rather hoped that the government might dig a
little deeper into their activities and consider whether and how they deliver ‘value
for money’ in the current climate. So perhaps now is the time to be offering
suggestions for further cost reduction opportunities to our MPs (possibly more
effective than indulging in debates with EH at expensive London venues). If the
details (and cost) of some recent cases with bells were more widely known, I am
not sure there would be many votes for continuing to support that particular
kind of expenditure / tax redistribution as a priority, or yet frustrating what
is often voluntary work and contributions by the ‘Big Society’. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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