HC Deb 06 December 1977 vol 940 c621W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which bodies he consults in making lists of persons eligible for public appointments.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The Home Office maintains no central list but has access to, and consults as necessary, a central list of people considered suitable for public appointments that is maintained by the Civil Service Department's Public Appointments Unit. Additionally, where it is appropriate to the appointment, or in some cases as a statutory requirement, there is consultation with bodies having a special interest in a particular field. Such bodies include local authority associations, the TUC, the CBI, individual trade unions, learned societies and trade and professional associations.