§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for each of the last four years, the departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by Ministers 137W which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman. [44363]
Committee/Review Date established Chairman/Review Body Review of Food Related Scientific Services in Scotland May 1998 Professor Morag C. Timbury Advisory Committee on the Co-ordination and Provision of Education for Severe Low Incidence Disabilities April 1998 Professor Sheila Riddell The Beattie Committee—review improvement of skills and employability for young people with special needs April 1998 Mr. Robert Beattie MBE Expert Panel on Sex Offending March 1998 Lady Cosgrove Review of GPs Out of House Service March 1998 Mrs. Deirdre Hutton Waiting List Support Force March 1998 Mr. Tom Divers Commission on Local Government and the Scottish Parliament January 1998 Mr. Neil McIntosh CBE Investigation into Complaints by Members of Parliament against the Scottish Ambulance Service December 1997 Mr. Owen Clarke Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Inquiry (appointed by MAFF) December 1997 Lord Justice Phillips National Review of Resource Allocation December 1997 Professor Sir John Arbuthnott Review of aspects of Gaelic Broadcasting December 1997 Mr. Neil Fraser Inquiry into Diesel Spill at Burncrooks Water Treatment Works December 1997 Mr. Robert Fraser OBE Review of an Eye Transplantation/CJD incident in 1997 November 1997 Sir William Stewart FRS Mental Welfare Commission Investigation into the Care and Treatment received by Philip McFadden October 1997 Dr. J. A. T. Dyer Time Intervals Working Group—To consider improvements in the workings of the children's hearings system July 1997 Mrs. Sally Kuenssberg Report on Dispute between Argyll and Bute Council and West Dunbartonshire Council over Disaggregated 1995–96 Notional Budget following Local Government Reorganisation February 1997 Mr. Sam Craig Sports Ambassadors Scheme January 1997 Mr. David Sole The Pennington Group—report on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli 0157 in Central Scotland, the implications of food safety and the lessons to be learned November 1996 Professor Hugh Pennington Children's Safeguard Review July 1996 Mr. Roger Kent National Committee of Inquiry into Further Education (Jointly appointed by DfEE, WO, NIO and SO) May 1996 Lord Dearing The Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 12 March 1996 (Tribunal of Inquiry) March 1996 Lord Cullen Task Force on Underachievement in Scottish Schools March 1996 Mr. Hamish Robertson CB MBE Inquiry into the Appointment of Chief Officers in North Lanarkshire Council December 1995 Mr. D. I. K. MacLeod WS Study of the Development of the Film and Television Industry in Scotland November 1995 Hydra Associates Study of Film Finance in Scotland November 1995 Hydra Associates Scottish Salmon Strategy Task Force November 1995 Lord Nickson Inquiry into the Appointment Practices of Monklands District Council July 1995 Mr. W. A. Nimmo Smith QC External Review of State Hospital Inquiry Report into Incident in December 1994 involving patient at the State Hospital May 1995 Dr. Rosemary Cope Scottish Avalanche Information System Review May 1995 Mr. Andrew T. F. Gibb