§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [20089]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 12 March 1996]: The School Teachers Review Body has a statutory base. Its reports, containing its recommendations to the Government, are published under a statutory requirement and laid before Parliament. Similarly, the other pay review bodies'—covering the armed forces; doctors and dentists; nursing staff, midwives, health visitors and professions allied to medicine; and senior salaries—recommendations are published and laid before Parliament, but not under any specific statutory requirement.
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§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department(a) hold public 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 meeting and (f) publish the minutes of meetings (i) under a statutory requirement and (ii) voluntarily. [20106]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 12 March 1996]: The pay review bodies take evidence from the interested parties. The School Teachers Review Body does so under a statutory requirement. The other pay review bodies do so voluntarily.