HC Deb 24 July 1985 vol 83 cc569-70W
Mr. Eggar

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 7 May, Official Report, column 314, if he will now take steps to provide the information on departmental committees of inquiry established from 1974 to 1979.

Mr. Butcher

Following is a list of committees of inquiry which were reported between 1974 and 1979 on topics within the present scope of my Department.

Departmental Committees of Inquiry between 1974 and 1979

1. COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE BRITISH TRADE MARK LAW AND PRACTICE (Chairman: H R Mathys Esq TD)
Set up July 1972
Reported 20 December 1973
Published May 1974
Title British Trade Mark Law and Practice: Report of the Committee Cmnd 5601 HMSO 1984

2. BRITISH LEYLAND TEAM OF INQUIRY (Chairman: Sir Don Ryder)
Set up December 1974
Reported March 1975
Published April 1975
Title British Leyland: the next decade: an abridged version of a Report presented to the Secretary of State for Industry HC 342 (1974–75) HMSO 1975

3. INFLATION ACCOUNTING COMMITTEE
(Chairman: F E P Sandilands CBE)
Set up January 1974 (reaffirmed March 1974)
Reported June 1975
Published September 1975
Title Inflation accounting: report of the Committee Cmnd 6255 HMSO 1975

4. QUEEN'S AWARD TO INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMITTEE
(Chairman: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh)
Set up November 1974
Reported September 1975
Title The Queen's Award to Industry: report of the 1975 Review Committee HMSO 1975

5. BANKRUPTCY CONVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(Chairman: Kenneth Cork FCA FICM)
Set up July 1973
Reported January 1976
Published July 1976
Title EEC Preliminary Draft Convention on Bankruptcy, winding-up, arrangements, compositions and similar proceedings Cmnd 6602 HMSO 1976

6. COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ON INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
(Chairman: Lord Bullock)
Set up August 1975
Reported January 1977
Title Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Industrial Democracy Cmnd 6706 HMSO 1977

7. COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND DESIGNS
(Chairman: The Honourable Mr Justice Whitford)
Set up August 1973
Reported March 1977
Title Copyright and designs law: report of the Committee Cmnd 6732 HMSO 1977

8. INTERIM ACTION COMMITTEE ON THE FILM INDUSTRY
(Chairman: Rt Hon Sir Harold Wilson KG, OBE, FRS, MP)
Set up April 1977
Reported 1st Report 1977

Title Proposals for setting up a British Film Authority Cmnd 7071 HMSO 1978