 Infrastructure remained the responsibility of the regions until the "Organisation for Quality" initiative in 1991, when this too was transferred to the sectors.In the early 1980s, under the government of Margaret Thatcher, the possibility of more Beeching-style cuts was raised again briefly.In 1983 Sir David Serpell, a civil servant who had worked with Dr Beeching, compiled what became known as the Serpell Report which called for more rail closures.