Helen Goodman
Main Page: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Monday 17th January 2011
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text
(13 years, 4 months ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate Read Hansard Text
Mr Pickles
As the hon. Gentleman knows, a number of other Departments have taken that initiative. I look forward to seeing the whole Government follow where councils lead—[Interruption.] I am relaxed about that. It is up to individual Departments, but there are already a number that publish expenditure above £500.
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
Does not the Secretary of State realise that that is an absurd bureaucratic regulation? Durham county council has calculated that it will take two full-time officers to fulfil that requirement, at the same time as the Secretary of State is cutting £100 million from the budget. [Interruption.] What is the purpose of such pointless posturing?