HC Deb 16 May 1986 vol 97 cc583-4W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the names of his expert advisory committees, the scope of their remits, together with an indication of those in respect of which the members are required to sign a declaration under the Official Secrets Acts.

Mr. Hayhoe

The names of my expert advisory committees which are classified as non-departmental public bodies are given on pages 36–38 of the MPO publication "Public Bodies 1985" published by HMSO ISBN 0 11 430008 9., a copy of which is available in the Library. A list of other advisory committees, not included in that publication, is given in the table. The Official Secrets Act applies to all official information whether or not a declaration has been signed. The Department does not normally call for a declaration to be made by members of advisory committees but it is generally the practice to make it clear, in letters appointing members to advisory committees, that the Official Secrets Act will apply.

Expert Advisory Committees not listed in "Public Bodies 1985"

  1. 1. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
  2. 2. Advisory Committee on Dialysis Equipment
  3. 3. Advisory Committee on Gene Modification Therapy
  4. 4. Central Manpower Committee (Medical and Dental)
  5. 5. Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation and the Environment
  6. 6. Committee on Research into the Behavioural Aspects of Smoking and Health
  7. 7. Community Medicine Inquiry
  8. 8. Dental Advisory Committee
  9. 9. Ethylene Oxide Working Party
  10. 10. Hospital Building Joint Liaison Committee
  11. 11. Information Advisory Group
  12. 12. Intermediate Treatment Fund
  13. 13. Leprosy Opinion Panel
  14. 14. Manpower Advisory Committee (Community Medicine)
  15. 15. Maternal Mortality Committee
  16. 16. Medical Advisory Committee
  17. 17. Microbiology Advisory Committee
  18. 18. Overseas Doctors-Study Group
  19. 19. Planning and Design Study Group for New Residential Accommodation for the Elderly
  20. 20. Project Control Study Group
  21. 21. Regional Secure Units Working Group
  22. 22. Review of HM(71)49—Safe Handling of Foul and Infected Laundry
  23. 23. Study Group on the Review of Audit in the National Health Service
  24. 24. Technical Development Team for Demountable Storage
  25. 25. Transplant Advisory Panel
  26. 26. Working Groups for Pathology Laboratory Equipment
  27. 27. Working Group on the Safety of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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  28. 28. Working Party on Containers and Closures for Sterile Fluids
  29. 29. Working Party on Project Cost Data Banks

The remaining bodies all fall within the ambit of the Chief Scientist's Office:

  1. 30. Building and Engineering Research and Development Committee
  2. 31. Children's Research Liaison Group (Care)
  3. 32. Children's Research Liaison Group (Health)
  4. 33. Elderly Research Liaison Group
  5. 34. Forensic Psychiatry Research Liaison Group
  6. 35. Homelessness and Addictions Research Liaison Group
  7. 36. Local Authority Social Services Research Liaison Group
  8. 37. Mental Handicap Research Liaison Group
  9. 38. Mental Illness Research Liaison Group
  10. 39. Nursing Research Liaison Group
  11. 40. Physical Disablement Research Liaison Group
  12. 41. Small Grants Committee
  13. 42. Social Security Research Policy Committee
  14. 43. Supply Research Liaison Group