§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will publish a table showing whether the public have a statutory right to(a) attend all board or committee meetings, (b) inspect the minutes of meetings, (c) inspect the annual reports, (d) inspect the annual accounts and (e) inspect a register of members' interests of each executive non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department.
§ Mr. Sproat(a) I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member on 27 July 1993, Official Report, columns 763–64.
(b) The public do not have a statutory right to inspect the minutes of meetings of any of my Department's executive NDPBs.
(c) NDPBs publish on a regular basis reports which the public can see.
(d) NDPBs publish on an annual basis accounts which the public can see.
(e) All appointments to NDPBs are made in accordance with guidance provided by the Cabinet Office and Her Majesty's Treasury, which requires Ministers to satisfy themselves that there is no conflict of interest.