§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all the advisory committees whose members are appointed by him; and, in respect of each such committee, how many of the members are women and how many are men.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is as follows:
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Appointments as at 1 July 1983 Name of Body Chairman Deputy etc Members Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee M1 — M17 Advisory Committee for the National Pituitary Collection M1 — M6 F1 Advisory Committee of Assessment of Laboratory Standards M1 — M10 F1 Advisory Committee on Audiological Equipment M1 — M6 Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances F1 — M4 F2 Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards M1 M1 M18 Advisory Committee on Irradiated and Novel Foods M1 — M12 Advisory Committee on Vocational Training Allowances M1 — M2 F1 Advisory Group on Cardiothoracic Equipment M1 — M4 F1 Advisory Group on Hepatitis M1 — M7 F2 Advisory Group on Orthopaedic Implants M1 — M11 Advisory Panel on Anaesthetic Equipment F1 — M5 F1 Advisory Panel on Dialysis Equipment — — M4 Advisory Panel on the importation of Sexually Explicit Films for Health Purposes M1 — M6 F1 British Pharmacopoeia Commission M1 — M12 Central Advisory Committee on Rural Practice Payments — — M5 Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions M1 — M25 F1 Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials M1 — M16 F1 Committee on Gynaecological Cytology M1 — M7 F3 Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy M1 — M10 F1 Committee on Radiation from Radioactive Medicinal Products M1 — M6 Committee on the Review of Medicines M1 — M18 F1 Committee on the Safety of Medicines M1 — M18 F1 Computer Based Accident and Emergency Records Project Steering Committee — — M5 Co-ordinating Committee on Medical Aspects of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment — — M5 F1 Dental Rates Study Group M1 — — Development Team for the Mentally Handicapped M1 M1 F1 — Health Services Human Growth Hormone Committee M1 — M9 F2 Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health M1 — M12 Industrial Injuries Advisory Council M1 — M15 F2 Informal Working Group on Effective Prescribing — — M8 Inquiry into Human Fertilisation F1 — M9 F6 Joint Committee on the Medical Aspects of Water Quality F1 — M12 F1 Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation M1 — M21 F1 Joint Group on Performance Indicators — — M5 Laser Safety Working Party — — M5
Name of Body Chairman Deputy etc. Members Maternity Services Advisory Committee F1 — M7 F6 Medicines Commission F1 — M16 F1 Micros for GPs Project Coordination Committee — — M8 NHS National Property Advisory Group — — M2 Pacemaker Advisory Group M1 — M5 F1 Postgraduate Training Allowance Advisory Committee M1 — M4 Radiological Advisory Committee M1 — M9 Social Security Advisory Committee M1 — M8 F4 Standing Dental Advisory Committee M1 — M14 F1 Standing Medical Advisory Committee M1 — M28 F3 Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee F1 — M4 F19 Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee M1 — M10 F2 Steering Group on Health Services Information F1 — M2 United Kingdom Transplant Management Committee F1 — M7 F1 War Pensions Committee (81) M76 F5 — M1,362 F428 Working Group on Asian Health Care — — M13 F9 Working Group on Trials of Early Detection of Breast Cancer M1 — M2F5