HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 cc1-2W
Mr. Allan

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman. [46837]

Mr. Hoon

The information requested is set out in the table.

Inquiry/review Date established Chair
An inquiry into access to civil justice March 1994 Conducted by Lord Woolf
Review of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) October 1996 Sir Jeffrey Bowman
Review of the law relating to profits of crime March 1997 Professor Gareth Jones, Vice-Master, Trinity College Cambridge (sole reviewer)
Review of civil justice and legal aid June 1997 Sir Peter Middleton