HC Deb 22 March 1996 vol 274 cc384-5W
Dr. Wright

To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings (i) under a statutory requirement and (ii) voluntarily. [20115]

Mr. Horam

[holding answer 12 March 1996]: The advisory non-departmental public bodies that

  • Hold open meetings;
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: are none;
    2. (ii) voluntarily: are none;
  • that conduct public consultation exercises;
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: are none;
    2. (ii) voluntarily:
      • The British Pharmacopoeia Commission;
      • and the Physical Activity Task Force;
  • that conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests:
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: are none;
    2. (ii) voluntarily:
      • are British Pharmacopoeia Commission;
      • the Physical Activity Task Force;
      • and the Standing Committee on Pharmacy Postgraduate Education;
  • that publish a register of members' interests:
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: are none;
    2. (ii) voluntarily:
      • are the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products;
      • The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food;
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      • the Committee on Safety of Medicines;
      • The Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment;
      • the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition policy;
      • the committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment;
      • the Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food Consumer Products and the Environment;
      • and the Medicines Commission;
  • that publish agendas for meetings:
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: are none;
    2. (ii) voluntarily: are none;
  • and publish the minutes of meetings:
    1. (i) under a statutory requirement: are none;
    2. (ii) voluntarily:
      • Is the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy.