HC Deb 19 June 1978 vol 952 cc41-2W
Mr. Woodall

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer who were the members of the Lord Committee which reported to the Government on industrial democracy in the nationalised industries; and why the committee's findings were not made available for public consideration and debate in the same way as the Bullock Report.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The nationalised industries policy committee, formerly chaired by Mr. Lord, is a standing interdepartmental committee of officials under Treasury chairmanship which advises Ministers on policy questions related to the nationalised industries. It would not be appropriate to name the members of the committee. The committee prepared a number of papers for Ministers on industrial democracy and the Government's views, which were reached after consultation with various bodies including the TUC and the nationalised industries themselves, are contained in the recent White Paper on industrial democracy (Cmnd. 7321).