HC Deb 07 July 1994 vol 246 cc293-4W
Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to publish their advice to Government.

Mr. Eggar

None.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament; and if he will list them.

Mr. Eggar

None, except that the Secretary of State is required to lay before Parliament a copy of the annual report issued by the Director General of Telecommunications and this includes a report by the Advisory Committee on Telecommunications for England.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the advisory bodies which he has set up in his Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993".

Mr. Eggar

"Public Bodies 1993", published in December 1993, lists non-departmental public bodies in existence at 1 April 1993. The following advisory non-departmental public bodies have been established by my Department since then:

  • Energy Advisory Panel
  • Advisory Committee for the Joint Environmental Markets Unit
  • Advisory Committee on Coal Research

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade 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. Eggar

None.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory basis; and if he will list them.

Mr. Eggar

None, except the Industrial Development Advisory Board and the Advisory Committee on Telecommunications for England.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports.

Mr. Eggar

None except the Advisory Committee on Telecommunications for England.