§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which have a statutory basis;
(2) if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports;
(3) if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to publish their advice to the Government;
(4) if he will list the advisory bodies which he has set up in his Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993";
(5) if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament;
(6) if he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government are required to consult before legislation proposals; and in respect of which bodies the Government must publish their response to advice supplied by them.
§ Mr. LangThe readily available information on advisory bodies sponsored by my Department is contained in the Cabinet Office publication, "Public Bodies 1993", copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House. The next edition of "Public Bodies", with updated information, will be published in December. Other information on the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.