HC Deb 19 June 1989 vol 155 c2W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Prime Minister (1) what restrictions are placed on the appointment of civil servants, past or present, to quasi-judicial jobs such as regulators where those civil servants may be privy to preferential information on the nature of the job;

(2) what restrictions are placed on the appointment of civil servants, temporary or permanent, to quasi-judicial jobs such as regulators;

(3) what guidelines are issued to departments for the appointment of regulators and other governmental quasi-judicial appointments.

The Prime Minister

In general, Ministers are free to decide who should be appointed and the manner and methods of identifying suitable candidates, subject to any statutory or constitutional requirements affecting the individual case. Full information about the job is made available as a matter of course to all those being considered for appointments.