§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the name of the committees or commissions set up to investigate various matters for which he has responsibility and which have reported since January 1971 or which are still serving; if he will give the name of the chairman and the number of men and women members of each body, respectively; and if he will give the date
Number of Members, (excluding the Chairman) Description of Committee etc. Chairman Men Women Date of report or Date report is expected Committee on Death Certification and Coroners. His Honour Judge Brodrick. 7 1 November 1971 Inquiry into Crowd Safety at Sports Grounds. Lord Wheatley 1 — May 1972 Committee on Privacy Sir Kenneth Younger 13 2 July 1972 Departmental Committee on Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911. Lord Franks 12 — August 1972 Departmental Committee on the Adoption of Children. His Honour Judge Stockdale 7 9 October 1972 Committee of Inquiry into the Liquor Licensing Laws of England and Wales. Lord Erroll 14 1 October 1972 Report on the review of procedures for the discharge and supervision of psychiatric patients subject to special restriction. Sir Carl Aarvold 2 — November 1972 Commission on the Constitution Lord Kilbrandon 11 1 Early summer 1973 Advisory Council on the Penal System—Review of the treatment of young offenders aged 17 and over in England and Wales. Sir Kenneth Younger 15 3 Summer 1973 Committee on Mentally Abnormal Offenders*. Lord Butler 13 2 Not yet known *Appointed jointly with the Secretary of State for Social Services.