HC Deb 29 November 1996 vol 286 c409W
Sir Roger Sims

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [7355]

The Deputy Prime Minister

I chair five ministerial committees of the Cabinet, as followsThe Ministerial Committee on competitiveness (EDC), The Ministerial Committee on the co-ordination and presentation of Government policy (EDCP), The Ministerial Committee on the environment (EDE), The Ministerial Committee on local government (EDL) and The Ministerial Group on the millennium festival (GEN 36).

I am a member of a further 11 ministerial committees of the Cabinet, as follows: The Ministerial Committee on economic and domestic policy (EDP), The Ministerial Committee on defence and overseas policy (OPD), The Ministerial Committee on nuclear defence policy (OPDN), The Ministerial Committee on Northern Ireland (NI), The Ministerial Committee on the intelligence services (IS), The Ministerial Committee on home and social affairs (EDH), The Ministerial Committee on public expenditure (EDX), The Ministerial Committee on the Queen's Speeches and future legislation (FLG), The Ministerial Sub-Committee on European questions (OPD(E)), The Ministerial Sub-Committee on terrorism (OPD(T)) and The Ministerial Group on countering benefit fraud (GEN 40).