But the commitment was carefully worded to guarantee "the continuation of the Barnett allocation for resources".
Invariably, these include accusations of gender imbalance in the allocation of custody, or the fact that the male suicide rate is several times higher than it is for women.
Currently they're in 18th, level on points but behind Chivas USA due to Chivas having more wins, but even the traditional off season reward for sucking, the allocation money, high ranking in all the various drafts that take place in MLS can't be properly enjoyed as we'll all have to watch Vancouver using TFC's first SuperDraft pick, a legacy from that ill fated Eric Hassli trade back in 2012.
Even more absurdly, central government's budgetary allocation is only about half of the Ministry of Rural Development's own estimates of the "approved person days as per the labour budget".
Their allocation emerged after Labour peer Lord Donoughue asked the government how many shares were sold to the banking advisers who advised on the price of the flotation.
Labour said the money was an allocation of funds already announced, adding "the whole exercise reeks of pork barrel politics in which the Treasury promise to throw money in key marginal seats".
"Following recent unhelpful speculation surrounding his potential allocation, [Ashley] is determined to ensure that there is the maximum number of shares available for the eligible employees," he said.
[But] the government's fund for fighting people trafficking is 0.00006% of the total budget allocation".
That kind of market clout gave Pimco the ability to move markets: I remember tracking him down in the mid-1990s to confirm that he had recently made a fresh allocation to long-term Treasuries.
Some of the key areas identified by the Lewis review were better allocation of resources and ensuring business practices were in keeping with best practice principles in the broadcasting sector.
He wanted ministers to reverse spending cuts that were being lined up in homeopathic medicine, urged them to conduct a trial of complementary medicine in England, and demanded a say over the allocation of taxpayers' money for community projects.
