§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Minister of Transport if he will list in the Official 297W Report the bodies to which he appoints members other than civil servants whose abolition has been announced since May; and if he will list in each case the cash savings that will result and the number of appointed members whose appointments will be terminated.
§ Mr. FowlerI will save 46 appointments from those bodies whose abolition has been announced since May 1979 to which I appoint members other than civilservants. Following is a full list of these bodies showing the number of appointments which will be abolished in each case:
Name of Body Number of Appointments Advisory Committee on Motor Cycle Rider Training Nil* Freight Integration Council 5 London Rail Advisory Committee 1 Motor Rallies Advisory Committee 20 National Ports Council 12 Railways and Coastal Shipping Committee 8 Road Safety Education Development Unit Nil* Total 46 * I have made no formal appointments. Details of the cash savings resulting from such abolition can be found in Sir Leo Pliatzky's "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies", which was published on 16 January and is available in the House of Commons Library.