HL Deb 14 July 1998 vol 592 cc14-5WA
Lord Oliver of Aylmerton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

  1. (a) of which Cabinet committees the Lord Chancellor is currently chairman;
  2. (b) of which Cabinet committees the Lord Chancellor is currently a member; and
  3. (c) of which committees, recognised in the answers to (a) and (b) above, or other Cabinet committees, his predecessor was either the chairman or a member in the 12 months immediately preceding the general election of 1997.
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Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The Lord Chancellor is chairman of the following Cabinet committees:

  • Ministerial Committee on The Queen's Speech and Future Legislation (QFL);
  • Ministerial Committee on Devolution to Scotland and Wales and the English Regions (DSWR);
  • Ministerial Sub-Committee on Incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights (CRP(EC));
  • Ministerial Sub-Committee on Freedom of Information (CRP(FOI));
  • Ministerial Sub-Committee on House of Lords Reform (CRP(HL));

The Lord Chancellor is a member of the following Cabinet committees:

  • Ministerial Committee on Public Expenditure (PX);
  • Ministerial Committee on Local Government (GL);
  • Ministerial Committee on Home and Social Affairs (HS);
  • Ministerial Committee on Legislation (LEG);
  • Ministerial Committee on Constitutional Reform Policy (CRP).

The Lord Chancellor's predecessor, in the 12 months immediately preceding the general election, was not a chairman of any Cabinet committees but was a member of the committees listed below.

  • Ministerial Committee on Home and Social Affairs (EDH);
  • Ministerial Committee on The Queen's Speech and Future Legislation (FLG);
  • Ministerial Committee on Legislation (LG).