I am aware that the law has changed because of a High Court decision which was fought all the way to the Supreme Court by the Office of Public Works. The record is very patchy. Parts of the Office of Public Works construct wonderful buildings but, when it comes to building public offices, it seems that a Stalinist socialist realism takes over and big, ugly square blocks are landed wherever is most convenient for the Office of Public Works. If decentralisation of administration is to go ahead, the buildings should at least be worthy of and appropriate to the towns in which they are located.