§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base, and which(a) publish their advice to Government, (b) publish an annual report and (c) lay an annual report before Parliament (i) under a statutory requirement and (ii) voluntarily.[20100]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordDetails of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department are listed in the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies 1995". A copy is available in the House of Commons Library.
I refer the hon. Member to my answer to him on 27 April 1995, Official Report, column 616. The information contained in that answer remains correct.
None of the advisory bodies has a statutory requirement to publish an annual report or lay it before Parliament. The following advisory NDPBs publish annual reports on a voluntary basis: the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances, the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, the Local Government Commission for England and the Property Advisory Group, the report for 1995 being its first.