HC Deb 17 March 1980 vol 981 cc50-1W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if, pursuant to the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies", he will list the six advisory bodies which his Department is to wind up.

Mr. David Mitchell

The information is as followsManufacturing Machinery Advisory Cornmittee—abolished January 1980; Electronics Components Industry Support Scheme and Instrumentation and Automation Scheme Advisory Board—abolished October 1979; Committee of Inquiry into the Engineering Profession—abolished November 1979; Iron and Steel Employees Readaptation Benefits Scheme Advisory Committee—abolished January 1980: Industrial Technologies Education and Training Committee—work will come to an end by March 1982; Furniture Development Council—no decision can be taken about the Council until the result of the current ministerial review of the compulsory research levy is known.