HC Deb 09 December 1966 vol 737 cc390-1W
Mr. Patrick Jenkin

asked the Minister of Power if he will list the committees, working parties and the like which are currently sitting, but excluding those which are composed only of civil servants, showing the number of civil servants who have been allocated to work full-and halftime, respectively, on each.

Mr. Marsh

The information is as follows:

  • Ministerial Co-ordinating Committee.
  • Advisory Council on Research and Development.
  • Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board.
  • Industrial Coal Consumers' Council.
  • Domestic Coal Consumers' Council.
  • Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee.
  • Energy Advisory Council.
  • Mining Qualifications Board.
  • National Joint Pneumoconiosis Committee.
  • Organising Committee for the National Steel Corporation.
  • Explosives in Mines Committee.
  • Advisory Committee on Rescue Work and Rescue Apparatus.
  • Electrical Measurement Technical Advisory Committee.
  • Committee for the Siting of Power Stations. Working Party on the Standardisation of Electrical Plant.

One civil servant is employed full time for the Organising Committee for the National Steel Corporation and three halftime for both the Industrial Coal Consumers' Council and the Domestic Coal Consumers' Council. Staff of my Department are also concerned part-time (not amounting to half-time) with the other bodies mentioned above as well as in day-to-day contacts and discussions with the industries for which I am responsible.