§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade who were the members of his Department's deregulation task forces; and what criteria determined their selection to participate in the deregulation review.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonA complete list of deregulation task force members has been placed in the Library of the House. There were no formal selection criteria. The chairmen were invited to participate as people of standing within their sector and they chose members who represented various groups within those sectors.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when the report and the recommendations of the deregulation task forces will be published.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThe recommendations of the deregulation task forces will be published shortly. The task forces will not be publishing a formal report.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total cost of his Department's deregulation task forces investigation.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThe salaries of the civil servants in the task force support unit and related administrative costs amounted to £165,000.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade who advised the deregulation task forces on matters relating to health and safety at work during the course of their investigation.
§ Mr. Neil Hamilton[holding answer 11 January 1994]: Matters relating to health and safety at work were considered by a cross-sectoral group of task force members which invited and received submissions from a wide range of interested parties including individual companies, trade associations, consultants, voluntary organisations and schools. The group also had extensive discussions with the Health and Safety Executive.