HC Deb 28 July 1997 vol 299 c8W
Mr. David Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the quangos within his Department's responsibility which he has to date announced his intention(a) to abolish and (b) to make subject to a significant element of democratic accountability. [9673]

Mr. Tom Clarke

[holding answer 25 July 1997]: My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has announced a review of quangos with the aim of reducing their overall number and proposes to issue a discussion paper on how democratic oversight of unelected public bodies might best be enhanced. We shall consider the future of all the bodies in the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as part of the departmental spending review.