Public Bodies (Hansard, 5 July 1994)

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government are required to consult before legislation proposals; and in respect of which bodies the Government must publish their response to advice supplied by them.

§ Mr. Sproat
There are no advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department which the Government are required to consult before legislation proposals, and none to whose advice the Government must publish a response.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to publish their advice to Government.

§ Mr. Sproat
None of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department is required to publish the advice that it gives to Government.
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§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament.

§ Mr. Sproat
My Department sponsors only one advisory non-departmental public body, the Royal Fine Art Commission. This produces an annual report, although there is no requirement for it to do so or to lay it before Parliament. The report for the 1993 calendar year has just been published and presented to Parliament.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the advisory bodies which he has set up in his Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993".

§ Mr. Sproat
No advisory non-departmental public bodies have been set up under the sponsorship of my Department since publication of "Public Bodies 1993".

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports.

§ Mr. Sproat
My Department sponsors only one advisory non-departmental public body, the Royal Fine Art Commission. It produces an annual report, although there is no requirement for it to do so. The report for the 1993 calendar year has just been published and presented to Parliament.