The Off Topic Topic

[crazy canuck]

One of the advantages of the American system over a Parliamentary system is they can appoint cabinet members who have some expertise.  So why not appoint someone who is both a good manager and has at least some subject matter knowledge.

If you can have both, that's great, although I'd prioritize management over SME.  That said, I think that the pool of people who are good managers, who have a good base knowledge within their department, who are actually capable of effectively managing people who know much more about their field of expertise than they do (which isn't an easy thing) and who are aligned with the policy direction of the administration might be very small.  Particularly for this administration. 

Yes, that is all accurate.  I was responding to your more open ended question about whether experience matters. 

[Tamas]

Question to Brits: our house was built in 2009, is there an authority/organisation that would have the detailed schematics/design of it archived that I could request the copy of?

[Maladict]

Question to Brits: our house was built in 2009, is there an authority/organisation that would have the detailed schematics/design of it archived that I could request the copy of?

Not a Brit, but I assume whatever authority issued the building permit will have archived the drawings.

[Josquius]

Your solicitor should have gotten this sort of thing right?
At the least as far as land borders goes anyway.
Actual housing plans.... Yeah. Don't think there's anything public.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The Land Registry will hold basic plans, more detailed plans will be held by the council that granted planning permission.

[Tamas]

Thanks. I do have land borders and such just not detailed plans.

[crazy canuck]

Typically approved plans will only be retained by the approving authority for a set period of time, and likely not back that far, so you may be out of luck.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah absolutely not my area but my instinct would be they're unlikely to retain it beyond any statutory limitation period. Might be archived somewhere but I'm not sure about that or how you'd get it.