§ Mr. Sharplesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a list of the boards and committees to which he appoints members other than civil servants; and if he will state the number of members serving on each such board or committee.
§ Mr. CallaghanI appoint members other than civil servants to the following boards and committees:
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Number of members (other than civil servants) Advisory Committee on the Administration of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 10 Advisory Committee on the Deprivation of Citizenship 2 Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence 20 Advisory Committee on the Protection of Birds for England and Wales 14 Advisory Committee on Race Relations Research 10 Advisory Committee on Service Candidates 9 Advisory Council on Child Care (including sub-committees) 51 Advisory Council on the Penal System 17 Advisory Council for Probation and After-Care (including After-Care and Parole Committee and Recruitment and Training Committee) 26 Boards of Visitors of Prisons, Borstals and Detention Centres About 1,000 for 80 establishments Carlisle and District State Management Advisory Committee 16 Central Committee on Common Police Services 24 Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council 35 Civil Defence Industrial Advisory Committee 6 Community Relations Commission 12 Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 9 Criminal Law Revision Committee 13 Fire Service College Board 13 Fire Service Research and Training Trust 5 Gaming Board for Great Britain 5 Higher Police Training Committee 13 Home Office Scientific Advisory Council 11 Horserace Betting Levy Board 8 Horserace Totalisator Board (formerly Racecourse Betting Control Board) 4
Number of members (other than civil servants) Irish Soldiers' and Sailors' Land Trust 4 Local Review Committees (Parole) About 680 for 65 committees Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England 1 Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland 2 Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales 1 Parole Board 20 Poisons Board 14 Police College Board of Governors 13 Police College Advisory Committee 10 Police Promotion Examinations Board 16 Race Relations Board 12 Standing Committee on Crime Prevention 19 State Management Districts Council 6 Committee of Inquiry into the Medical and Toxicological Aspects of CS 8 Departmental Committees on the Adoption of Children 18 Departmental Committee on Death Certification and Coroners 10 Departmental Committee on the Fire Service 11 Departmental Committee on the London Taxicabs Trade 8 I also make appointments to various committees in my capacity as Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland, and I will send details to the hon. Member if he wishes.