Public Bodies (Hansard, 8 July 1994)

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

§ Mr. Sackville
The Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy and the Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department which have a statutory basis.

§ Mr. Sackville
The following is the information:

Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee;

British Pharmacopoeia Commission;

Clinical Standards Advisory Group;

Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials;

Committee on the Safety of Medicines;

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation;

Medicines Commission;

Standing Dental Advisory Committee;

Standing Medical Advisory Committee;

Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee;

Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee;

Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she 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. Sackville
The Government are required to consult the Medicines Commission prior to proposals for legislation. They are not required to publish their response to advice from any advisory bodies.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department which are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament.

§ Mr. Sackville
The British Pharmacopoeia Commission, the Medicines Commission and the Committee on Safety of Medicines.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the advisory bodies she has set up in her Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993".
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§ Mr. Sackville
The Advisory Committee on the Registration of Homeopathic Products and the Effectiveness Review of Policy on Services for Drug Misusers.

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

§ Mr. Sackville
The British Pharmacopoeia Commission, the Committee on the Safety of Medicines, the Joint Planning Advisory Committee, the National Health Service Advisory Service and the Medicines Commission.