§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment 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 or (ii) voluntary.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 16 December 1994]: The Department sponsors the following advisory non-departmental public bodies:
The National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities;Committees for the Employment of People with Disabilities (sixty local committees);Supported Employment Consultative Group;Race Relations Advisory Group.None of these hold their meetings in public, or make minutes or agendas public, carry out public consultation or have a register of members' interests. They are bodies set up by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to advise him and the Department on particular matters.