§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many departmental committees of inquiry he and his predecessors, including Ministers of Health, Ministers of Pensions and National Insurance, Ministers of Social Security and Ministers of National Insurance, have commissioned since 1955; and what were the subjects the committees investigated, the date they established, who chaired them, and the dates they reported.
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§ Mr. John PattenThe information available from central records, which covers only the period since the Department of Health and Social Security was established, is in the table.
Departmental Committees of Inquiry 1968–1985 Subject Investigated Date Established Chairman Date Reported The death of David Tomlinson at Paddington General Hospital in July 1967 February 1969 D. J. Stinson Not known The administration and conditions at Farleigh Hospital July 1970 Major Tasker Watkins October 1970 The administration and conditions at Whittingham Hospital February 1971 Sir Robert Payne November 1971 The care of patients at South Ockendon Hospital May 1972 J. Hampden Inskip, QC March 1973 The cause of the fire and action taken at the Coldharbour Hospital on 5 July 1972 July 1972 Desmond Vowden, QC August 1972 Medical and nursing practices between 1970 and 1972 in some wards of Napsbury Hospital October 1972 Dr. R. R. Bomford November 1972 The care and supervision provided by local authorities and other agencies in relation to Maria Colwell July 1973 T. G. Field-Fisher 1974 The cause of the fire at Fairfield House, Edwalton, Notts on 15 December 1974 December 1974 K. G. Jupp July 1975 The nursing and care of the mentally handicapped July 1975 Mrs. Peggy Jay 1979 Patient care and staff morale at Normansfield Hospital February 1977 M. D. Sherrard, QC 1978 The non-accidental death of DArryn Clarke August 1978 John Hugill, QC November 1979 Treatment of children with cancer at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and the Christie Hospital January 1979 Lady Marre June 1979 The organisation and facilities at Rampton Hospital July 1979 Sir John Boynton November 1980 The proposed closure of Cowley Road Hospital, Oxford August 1979 Professor A. J. Willcocks September 1979 Non-accidental death of Paul Brown March 1980 Michael Morland, QC December 1980 The outbreak of food poisoning at Stanley Royd Hospital in August 1984 November 1984 John Hugill, QC Continuing The death of Michael Martin at Broadmoor Hospital January 1985 Miss Shirley Ritchie Continuing