§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those bodies to which his Department makes appointments, the number of appointees and the number of these who are women.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Secretary of State for the Environment makes appointments to the bodies listed in this Department's entry in the HMSO publication "Public 61W Bodies 1984"—a copy of which is in the Library and which gives information on membership — with the following exceptions:
- Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas
- Commons Commissioners
- Development Commission
- Local Valuation Panels for England
- National Heritage Memorial Fund
- Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
- Royal Commission on Historical Monuments
- Royal Fine Art Commission
The Commission on Energy and the Environment has now been wound up.
In addition, he makes appointments to:
Total number of Appointees Women Architectural heritage fund 5 1 Building research establishments visitors panel 15 Nil Committee of inquiry into the handling of geographic information 10 Nil Committee of inquiry into the conduct of local authority business 5 1 Dartmoor steering group 1 Nil Imperial War Museum 1 Nil London & Metropolitan Government Staff Commission 5 2 National House Building Council 1 Nil National Parks planning boards and committees (7) 62 15 Ordnance Survey Advisory Board 5 Nil Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England 1 Nil Residuary bodies (7) 42 Nil Sutton housing trust 4 1 In addition there are numerous Departmental working committees on which non-civil servants are invited by the Department to serve jointly with officials. Detailed information on these Committees could only be provided at disproportionate cost.