§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will introduce legislation to make it a statutory requirement for(a) the Advisory Committee on National Health Service Drugs, (b) the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food, (c) the Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, (d) the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy, (e) the Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorships, (f) the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment, (g) the Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment and (h) the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, to lay an annual report before Parliament. [24203]
§ Mr. SackvilleThere are no plans to introduce legislation to make it a statutory requirement for any of these bodies to lay their annual reports before Parliament. The following bodies already publish their annual reports through HMSO:
- Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food;
- Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment;
- Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship;
- Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.
- Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.
The annual report for the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy is available from the body itself. Reports from the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment are published by HMSO, although not necessarily annually.
The Advisory Committee on National Health Service Drugs does not publish an annual report. Its recommendations are made to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State who considers them in the formulation of policy.