§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many departmental committees of inquiry he and his predecessors, including Presidents of the Board of Trade, Ministers of Technology, Secretaries of State for Trade, Secretaries of State for Industry, Secretaries of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, Ministers of Posts and Telecommunications and Ministers for Aerospace, have commissioned since 1955; and what were the subjects the committees investigated, the dates they were established, who chaired them and the dates they reported.
§ Mr. ButcherFollowing is a list of committees of inquiry which have been reported since May 1979 on topics within the present scope of my Department. In view of changes in the machinery of government, it would require disproportionate expenditure to produce a list going back to 1955.
317W
Set up Title Reported 5 INTERIM ACTION COMMITTEE ON THE FILM INDUSTRY (Chairman: Rt. Hon. Sir Harold Wilson, KG, OBE, FRS, MP) April 1977 Proposals for the setting up of a British Film Authority Cmnd. 7071. HMSO, 1978. 1st Report 1978 The financing of the British film industry. Cmnd. 7597. HMSO, 1979. 2nd Report June 1979 Statistics, technological developments and cable television. Cmnd. 7855. HMSO, 1979 3rd Report March 1980 Film and Television cooperation. Cmnd. 8227. HMSO, 1981. 4th Report April 1981 Distribution of films for exhibition in cinemas and other means. Cmmd. 8530. HMSO, 1982. 5th Report March 1982 6 IT SKILLS SHORTAGES COMMITTEE (Chairman: Mr. John Butcher MP) 1983–84 The human factor—the supply side problem. DTI, 1985. 1st Report July/August 1984 Changing technology—changing skills—shortage at technician level. DTI, 1985. 2nd Report January 1985 7 MATERIALS ADVISORY GROUP (Chairman: Mr. John Collyear) August 1983 A programme for the wider application of new and improved materials and processes (NIMP): the report of the Collyear Committee. HMSO, 1985. February 1985 8 PREVENTION OF FRAUD (INVESTORS) REVIEW COMMITTEE (Chairman: Professor L. C. B. Gower) July 1981 Review of investor protection: a discussion document. HMSO, 1982. Discussion document: Review of investor protection: Report: Part 1, HMSO, 1984. January 1982 (Also published:—Financial services in the United Kingdom: a new framework for investor protection. Cmnd. 9432. HMSO 1985.) Report: January 1984 9 REGULATION OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFITABILITY (Report by Professor Stephen C. Littlechild) October 1982 Regulation of British Telcommunications profitability. Dol, 1983. February 1983 10 REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (Chairman: Sir Douglas Lovelock KCB) April 1983 Review of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. Cmnd. 9139. HMSO, 1984. December 1983