§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list for each Government enforcement agency covered by his Department's code the dates on which their codes of practice were published and made available to the public.
§ Mr. Neil Hamilton[holding answer 15 March 1994]: The table sets out the dates on which each of the enforcement agencies listed in "Working with Business" published their code of practice. The table also shows the date from which each code was available since many agencies had their codes available to business while preparations for publication were underway.
Following my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's seminar on deregulation on 19 January, it was agreed that all remaining enforcement agencies would finalise their codes by April 1994.
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Enforcement agency Available to business Published Health and Social Services Board Inspectorate of Registered Nursing Homes (NI) 6— 6— Scottish Home and Health Department. Approval under Section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 and Registration of Pregnancy Advice Bureaux (SO) 14 January 1994 14 January 1994 HM Industrial Pollution Inspectorate (SO) 29 April 1994 29 April 1994 HM Inspectorate of Pollution 22 March 1994 22 March 1994 Home Office Drugs Branch 1 April 1994 1 April 1994 Horticultural Inspectorate (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate 1 January 1994 18 February 1994 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) 5 April 1994 5 April 1994 Inland Revenue 2— 2— Licensing and Inspection under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 5 January 1994 5 January 1994 Meat and Livestock (SO) 22 April 1994 22 April 1994 Medical Devices Directorate 28 December 1993 4 January 1994 Medicines Control Agency 31 December 1993 1 January 1994 Medicines Inspectorate 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Milk and Milk Products Quality Assurance Division (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 National Rivers Authority 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 23 December 1993 23 December 1993 Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Occupational Pensions Board — by April 1994 Office of Fair Trading 19 January 1994 19 January 1994 Pharmaceutical Inspectorate (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate 1 January 1994 18 January 1994 Plant Health Inspectorate (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Poisons Inspectorate (NI) 3— 3— Potato Inspectorate (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Radiocommunications Agency (Radio Investigation Services) End December 1993 End December 1993 River Purification Boards (SO) 7— 7— Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SO) 10 January 1994 12 January 1994 Sea Fisheries Inspectorate 1 January 1994 6 April 1994 Seeds Inspectorate (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Surveyor Generals Organisation (now—Marine Support Agency) 8— March 1994 The Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority (GLP MA) 11 January 1994 11 January 1994 Trading Standards Inspectorate (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Traffic Area Offices April 1994 April 1994 Transport Licensing and Enforcement (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Vehicle Certification Agency April 1994 April 1994 Vehicle Inspectorate April 1994 April 1994 Veterinary Services (NI) 1 January 1994 1 January 1994 Wine Standards Board 1 January 1994 11 February 1994 1—Delay due to changes in governing legislation. 2—Intend existing Citizen's Charter documents to form basis of Code. 3—Covered in a United Kingdom wide code. 4—Committed to complying in full once position has been finalised under the Deregulation and Contracting out Bill. 5—Existing publications were updated to bring them into line with Code. 6—Withdrawn by Department of Health. 7—Two codes published 10 February 1994 and 6 December 1993. Five others in preparation. 8—Publication timed to coincide with launch of Agency on 1 April 1994.