The Earl of Haddingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Williams of Mostyn on 2 March (WA 131), whether they will list all past members of the Home Office Firearms Consultative Committee, giving their background and dates of service with their attendance record and reason for resignation or termination for whatever reason; and whether they will give the attendance records of all current appointees. [HL1008]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe membership of the Firearms Consultative Committee, including the background and qualifications of individual members, has been published each year in the Committee's Annual Report, copies of which are available in the Library.
Details of attendance have been published in the Committee's Annual Reports since 1995, but attendance records for individual members since the Committee was established in 1989 could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Members are appointed for a fixed period. Reasons for resignation are a confidential matter between the Home Secretary and the member concerned. No appointments have been terminated prematurely by the Home Secretary.