§ 35. Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will consider extending market testing to a range of his own Department's activities.
§ Mr. HowardMy Department is already market testing a range of its own activities, of which the main ones are listed in the citizens charter first report (Cm 2101). But that list also includes the testing of some services which have been provided to the Department by hitherto monopoly suppliers.