Mr. BowlsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what conclusions he has reached following his consideration of the Surveyor General's Organisation as a possible candidate for executive agency status.
§ Mr. MacGregorI have decided that the Surveyor General's Organisation—SGO—should be a candidate for executive agency status. The necessary preparatory work is in hand with a view to the organisation becoming an agency on 1 April 1994. The agency will be called the Marine Safety Agency. I intend shortly to issue a consultation document on the scope for increased private sector participation in the survey and certification work currently done by the SGO.