LORD HASKINS' Rural Delivery Review will help improve the way rural policies are delivered and make a real difference to local people, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett said today.
Welcoming the publication of the first outcome of Lord Haskins work - the seven guiding principles (see Notes to Editors below) - Mrs Beckett said:
"I am very grateful for all the work Lord Haskins has done so far, meeting hundreds of individuals and organisations throughout England, as well as visiting Scotland, Wales, France, Germany and Belgium. The principles he has developed are a very useful first indication of his thinking and are consistent with existing work across government bringing services closer to local people, for example through devolution and decentralisation.
"We want to see real improvements in service delivery to rural people and we expect the Rural Delivery Review to build on these principles to produce imaginative and effective proposals. We now look forward to receiving Lord Haskins' final conclusions in the autumn."
