§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department(a) hold open meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings; and whether this is in each case (i) under a statutory requirement or (ii) voluntary.
§ Mr. Sackville[pursuant to his reply, 10 January 1995,c. 128]: I regret that my previous answer did not give all the required information. This is as follows:
(a) Hold open meetings:None(b) conduct public consultation exercises:(i)under a statutory requirement:None(ii) voluntarily:British Pharmacopoeia Commission;Nutrition Task Force;(c)conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests:(i) under a statutory requirement:None(ii) voluntarily:British Pharmacopoeia Commission;Nutrition Task Force;(d) publish a register of members' interests:(i) under a statutory requirement:None(ii) voluntarily:Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products;Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food;Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials;Committee on Safety of Medicines;Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment;Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy;Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment;Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food;Consumer Products and the Environment;Medicines Commission;(e) publish agendas for meetings:None(f) publish the minutes of meetings:(i) under a statutory, requirement:None(ii) voluntarily:Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy.