Departments differ
I should have commented earlier on the eventual outcome of the unprecedented High Court decision in the Sakhalin case which I have written about in the past.
A few days ago the Independent on Sunday on the content of the internal government documents that the has eventually been forced to disclose to .
And what is the shocking truth that has now been revealed? That government departments sometimes disagree with one another.
In 2003 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had substantial concerns about the 'potentially devastating effects' of the , a huge and highly oil and gas development in the Russian Far East, because it would be bad for the local whales.
On the other hand the Department of Trade and Industry, as it was at the time, had no concerns. And ECGD then decided to proceed with financial support for the project.
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