§ Mrs. Beckettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what organisations are regularly consulted by the Social Security Advisory Committee, the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council and the Occupational Pensions Board, respectively.
§ Mr. MajorWhen regulations are referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee, the committee generally initiates a consultation exercise in which all interested parties are invited to apply for copies of the consultation document and to submit representations. I understand that the committee maintains several lists of organisations with an interest in social security matters; a main list and six secondary lists grouped under subject headings. For each consultation exercise, organisations are selected from the secondary lists according to the subject of the regulations and a copy of the consultation document is sent to these selected organisations and to all those on the main list. All the lists are regularly updated and I have placed a copy of the current version in the Library, together with lists of the organisations regularly consulted by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council and the Occupational Pensions Board.