HC Deb 12 February 1971 vol 811 cc285-7W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will enumerate all the Departmental committees of inquiry or commissions coming under the responsibility of his Department and indicate the dates on which these were set up.

Mr. Maudling

Following is the information asked for. It includes both standing bodies and bodies appointed to consider a particular issue:

  • Advisory Committee on the Administration of the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876–1913.
  • Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence—October, 1966.
  • Advisory Committee on the Protection of Birds for England and Wales—1954.
  • Advisory Committee on Race Relations Research—May, 1969.
  • Advisory Committee on Service Candidates—1963.
  • Advisory Council on the Penal System—September, 1966.
  • Advisory Council for Probation and AfterCare—June, 1968.
  • Carlisle & District State Management Scheme Advisory Committee—February, 1969.
  • Central Committee on Common Police Services—1948.
  • Civil Defence Industrial Advisory Committee —1964.
  • Commission on the Constitution—April, 1969.
  • Committee on Long Term Communcations—1966.
  • Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council (England and Wales)—1948.
  • Committee on Privacy—April, 1970.
  • Committee on Death Certification and Coroners–1965.
  • Committee on Programmed Learning in the Fire Service—May, 1967.
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  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Board—1964.
  • Criminal Law Revision Committee—1959.
  • Community Development Project: Central Steering Group—May, 1969.
  • Community Relations Commission—November, 1968.
  • Electoral Advisory Conference—1947.
  • Fire Services Central Examinations Board—1958.
  • Fire Service Building Development Group Development Committee—1965.
  • Fire Service Building Development Group Steering Committee—1965.
  • Fire Service Research and Training Trust—1940.
  • Gaming Board for Great Britain—October, 1968.
  • Horserace Betting Levy Board—1963.
  • Horserace Totalisator Board—1963.
  • Home Office Standing Committee on Crime Prevention—January, 1967.
  • Home Office Scientific Advisory Council—November, 1965.
  • Inner London Juvenile Courts Consultative Committee—1945.
  • Immigration Appeals Tribunal—July, 1970.
  • Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust—Appointed as necessary.
  • Joint Committee on Adoption Practice—1966.
  • Local Review Committees (one at each prison)—Appointed under the Criminal Justice Act, 1967.
  • London Cab Trade Consultative Committee—March, 1966.
  • Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Northern Ireland and Wales—January, 1966.
  • Police College Board of Governors—1947.
  • Police Promotion Examinations Board—1956.
  • Police Advisory Board for England and Wales —1965.
  • Police Council for the United Kingdom—July, 1970.
  • The Parole Board—November, 1967.
  • The Poisons Board—1933.
  • Police Building Development Group Steering Committee—October, 1967.
  • Police Building Development Group Development Committee—October, 1967.
  • Police College—Advisory Committee to the Board of Governors—1948.
  • Probation and After-Care Research Advisory Committee—November, 1967.
  • Race Relations Board—February, 1966 (Reconstituted November, 1968).
  • Standing Advisory Committee on Deprivation of Citizenship—Appointed as necessary.
  • State Management Districts Council—1921.
  • Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances—1965, 287 Visiting Committees for certain prisons and all remand centres—Appointed under the Prison Act, 1952.
  • Boards of Visitors for all penal establishments not covered by a Visiting Committee (see above)—Appointed under the Prison Act, 1952.