§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the bodies, statutory and otherwise, for which he is responsible which sell a good or service, or whose activities have a direct bearing on the prices charged for goods and services, or which have any responsibility for monitoring any prices.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe following bodies for which I am responsible sell a good or service. For most of them this is incidental to their main activities:
- Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education
- Agricultural Research Council
- Arts Council of Great Britain
- British Film Institute
- British Institute of Recorded Sound
- British Library
- British Museum
- British Museum (Natural History)
- Business Education Council
- Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges
- Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
- Council for Educational Technology
- Council for National Academic Awards
- Crafts Council
- Imperial War Museum
- Medical Research Council
- Museum of London
- Natural Environment Research Council
- National Film School
- National Gallery
- National Maritime Museum
- National Portrait Gallery
- National Youth Bureau
- Schools Council
- Science Research Council
- Sir John Soame's Museum
- Social Science Research Council
246 - Tate Gallery
- Technician Education Council
- Wallace Collection
None of the other bodies for which I am responsible engages in activities which have a direct bearing on the prices charged for goods or services. None of the bodies for which I am responsible has a responsibility for monitoring any prices.