§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list Royal Commissions set up since the war, with the date on which each was set up and on which each reported. [HL858]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe following Royal Commissions have been set up since the end of the Second World War:
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Title Appointed Reported Awards to Inventors 15 May 1946 13 December 1948 Justices of the Peace 24 June 1946 5 May 1948 Press 14 April 1947 3 June 1949 Lotteries, Betting and Gaming 28 April 1949 16 March 1951 Capital Punishment 4 May 1949 5 September 1953 Taxation of Profits and Income 2 January 1951 13 February 1953 9 April 1954 20 May 1955 Dundee (University College) and Relationship with St. Andrews University 3 May 1951 24 April 1952 Marriage and Divorce 8 September 1951 20 December 1955 Scottish Affairs 25 July 1952 21 July 1954 Land and Population in East Africa January 1953 16 May 1955
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Title Appointed Reported Pay and Conditions of Service in the Civil Service 16 November 1953 10 November 1955 Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency 20 February 1954 7 May 1957 Common Land 1 December 1955 11 July 1958 Remuneration of Doctors and Dentists 27 March 1957 10 February 1960 Local Government in Greater London 10 December 1957 3 October 1960 Police 25 January 1960 15 November 1960 24 May 1962 Press 1 March 1961 5 September 1962 National Incomes 5 November 1962 5 February 1965 Penal System in England and Wales 15 August 1964 Wound up May 1966 Prices and Incomes 8 April 1965 Wound up 1967 Trades Unions and Employers' Associations 8 April 1965 June 1968 Medical Education 6 August 1965 March 1968 Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 28 February 1966 1 November 1966 Local Government in England 31 May 1966 June 1969 Local Government in Scotland 31 May 1966 September 1969 Assizes and Quarter Sessions 7 November 1966 September 1969 Industrial Relations 1 March 1969 Wound up 1971 (Reconstituted as a statutory body) The Constitution 15 April 1969 10 October 1973 Environmental Pollution* 20 February 1970 First 1971 Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury 19 March 1973 March 1978 Press 16 July 1974 July 1977 Distribution of Income and Wealth 23 August 1974 First 1975 Final 8 October 1979 Standards of Conduct in Public Life 6 December 1974 July 1976 Gambling 24 February 1976 July 1978 National Health Service 19 May 1976 July 1979 Legal Services 20 July 1976 October 1979
Title Appointed Reported Criminal Procedure 3 February 1978 January 1981 Criminal Justice 14 March 1991 July 1993 Long Term Care for the Elderly 17 December 1997 Will report shortly * As a standing body the Commission reports from time to time.