HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 c889W
Dr. Wright

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department(a) hold open meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings; and whether this is in each case (i) under a statutory requirement of (ii) voluntary.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

[holding answer 16 December 1994]: The answers to each part of this question are:

  1. (a) None.
  2. (b) The Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force and the Technology Foresight Steering Group.
  3. (c) The LINK Steering Group and the Technology Foresight Steering Group.
  4. (d) The Advisory Committee on Advertising, which is sponsored by the Central Office of Information, for which the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has Ministerial responsibility.
  5. (e) None.
  6. (f) None.

In each case, it is voluntary.

None have a statutory requirement for any of the above.

My Department also sponsors the Standing Committee on Standards in Public Life, which will determine its own procedures. It has already conducted public consultation exercises, and has announced its intention to take evidence in public.