§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to publish their advice to Government.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythNone.
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which have a statutory base.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe National Advisory Council on the Employment of Disabled People and the local 451W committees for the employment of people with disabilities, of which there are 60 in England, Scotland and Wales, were established by the Disabled Persons Employment Act 1944.
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports;
(2) if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythNone.
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government are required to consult prior to legislation proposals; and in respect of which bodies the Government must publish their responses to advice supplied by them.
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§ Mr. Michael ForsythNone, although the Department voluntarily consults these bodies as appropriate.
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the advisory bodies which he has set up in his Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993".
§ Mr. Michael ForsythNone.