Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (Hansard, 25 April 1994)

§ Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment for what period members of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee are appointed; and in what circumstances a member of the committee can be dismissed before the expiry of that period.

§ Mr. Atkins
Members are usually appointed for a three-year term which can be terminated at the discretion of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment, for Wales and for Scotland.

§ Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the statutory impediments to the abolition of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee.

§ Mr. Atkins
There are no statutory impediments.

§ Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library a copy of those rules of conduct, of the kind referred to in paragraph 11.16 of the Cabinet Office's 1992 publication "Non-Departmental Public Bodies: a Guide for Departments", which apply to members of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee.

§ Mr. Atkins
The rules of conduct referred to in paragraph 11.16 of the Cabinet Office's publication, "Non-Departmental Public Bodies: a Guide for Departments", apply to the staff of NDPBs. The terms and conditions of appointment of Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee members are based on the guidance given in the Cabinet Office's "Guide on Public Appointments Procedures", copies of which are already available in the Library of the House.