§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the non-departmental public bodies in existence on 1 May 1997 that(a) have been disbanded, (b) will be disbanded in the next 12 months, (c) have had their functions transferred to (i) another non-departmental public body and (ii) a democratically elected body, (d) have been renamed but continue to perform a similar role and (e) have been unchanged; if he will indicate in (c)(ii) the relevant successor body; what new non-departmental public bodies have been established since 1 May 1997; and how many non-departmental public bodies his Department currently is responsible for. [53866]
§ Mr. HoonNone of the Lord Chancellor's Department's non-departmental public bodies has been disbanded since 1 May 1997. The Supreme Court Rule Committee and the County Court Rule Committee will
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