§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if the number of quangos previously overseen by the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the former Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions will reduce following the establishment of her Department. [291]
§ Margaret Beckett[holding answer 25 June 2001]There are no current plans to do so, but the need for each non-departmental public body is regularly reviewed.