§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which(a) the Government are required to consult prior to legislative proposals and (b) the Government are required to publish their response to advice supplied by them. [21860]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansOf the Lord Chancellor's Department's advisory bodies, the Insolvency Rules Committee and Land Registration Rule Committee have to be consulted about relevant rules and the Council on Tribunals must be consulted before procedural rules are made for any tribunal specified in schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 and on procedural rules made by the Chancellor or the Lord Advocate concerning statutory inquiries.
The Government are not required to publish their response to advice from these bodies. Although there is no legal requirement to consult the Advisory Council on Public Bodies, it generally is consulted on legislation affecting public records. The County Court Rule Committee, Supreme Court Rule Committee, Family Proceedings Rule Committee and Crown Court Rule Committee actually make rules and the Lord Chancellor is a member of all but the first.