§ Mr. David HeathTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. [9675]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 25 July 1997]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire, (Mr. Pickthall) on 18 June, Official Report, column 174; and to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mr. Bradley) on 24 July, Official Report, column 693.