HC Deb 27 June 1994 vol 245 cc450-2W
Mr. Kilfoyle

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

Mr. Michael Forsyth

None.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which have a statutory base.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The National Advisory Council on the Employment of Disabled People and the local committees for the employment of people with disabilities, of which there are 60 in England, Scotland and Wales, were established by the Disabled Persons Employment Act 1944.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports;

(2) 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. Michael Forsyth

None.

Mr. Kilfoyle

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

Mr. Michael Forsyth

None, although the Department voluntarily consults these bodies as appropriate.

Mr. Kilfoyle

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

Mr. Michael Forsyth

None.