§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible and which have been abolished, or whose abolition has been announced, since the publication of "Public Bodies 1983".
§ Sir Keith JosephThe intention to abolish the Schools Council and the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education was referred to in "Public Bodies 1983". Both have now been abolished. The Genetic Manipulation Advisory Group as been reconstituted as the Advisory Committee on Genetic Manipulation, and responsibility has passed from the Department of Education and Science to the Health and Safety Executive.
§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that have been introduced or announced too late to be included in the list published in "Public Bodies 1983".
§ Sir Keith JosephThe intention to establish the Secondary Examinations Council and the School Curriculum Development Committee was referred to in "Public Bodies 1983". Both have now been established, as has the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Proposals have been announced for establishing the Voluntary Sector Consultative Committee and a national youth advisory council.