David Cragg wrote: > I seem to remember that the only reason BW were moved to > DEFRA in the first place was that one of Tony's lords so loved > them that he took them with him when he was moved from > John Prescott's Ministry of Everything.
This is a popular misconception, I think. BW has been part of the Department for the Environment since at least the 70s, passing in due course to Prescott's DETR and then to DEFRA. Richard
