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July 25, 2006
Waiting to be served
By my calculation we are long overdue a report from the MLA on the state of library buildings. The research project was given to consultants last August and completed in October. We have to assume that the results are pretty unpleasant and for that reason the MLA and the Ministry of DCMS don't want to publish. (Either that or they simply can't find the office pen)
Also the famous Price Waterhouse Cooper report which we already know completely evades all the main issues about the costs of the Library Supply Chain is now overdue.
There is a habit of waiting until the Parliamentary summer break to issue reports so that there is no political discussion about them. MLA and DCMS did that last year with their response to the Select Committee report and the PKF report. Now they have done it again with these two important projects.
They clearly answer to no one, which is of course the best kind of work if you can get paid a lot for doing it.
Posted by Tim Coates at July 25, 2006 8:30 AM