HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc128-9W
Dr. Wright

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department(a) hold open meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings; and whether this is in each case (i) under a statutory requirement or (ii) voluntary.

Mr. Sackville

[holding answer 16 December 1994]: The information is as follows:

  1. (a) hold open meetings: None
  2. (b) conduct public consultation exercises: British Pharmacopoeia Commission; Nutrition Task Force;
  3. (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests: British Pharmacopoeia Commission; Nutrition Task Force;
  4. (d) Publish a register of members' interests: Committee on Safety of Medicines (on a voluntary basis); Medicines Commission (on a 129 voluntary basis); The advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food; Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment; Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment; Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food. Consumer Products and the Environment; Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy; Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials; Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products;
  5. (e) publish agendas for meetings: None
  6. (f) publish the minutes of meetings:
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: None
    2. (ii) voluntarily: Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy.