On 22/02/07, Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It is also not clear whether DEFRA still intends to find the whole > > amount of the fine from within its existing budgets. > > Presumably not, if the Government has taken the money out from elsewhere. >
I wouldn't be quite so optimistic, at least yet. It doesn't mean the Treasury won't reclaim it from future Defra money. Though if Mike is right, it does set an important precedent for next time the A bit of Defra goes haywire. -- Nigel Stanley
