§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the bodies within the responsibility of her Department currently required by legislation to lay a report before Parliament. [33564]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 9 March 1998]: I am not aware of any bodies within the responsibility of my Department which are currently required by legislation to lay a report before Parliament in their own right. However, a number report to me and I am then required to lay their report before Parliament. They are:
- Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
- Atomic Energy Authority
- British Shipbuilders
- British Steel Corporation
- Certification Officer
- Coal Authority
- Commissioner for Protection against Unlawful Industrial Action
- Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members
- Director General of Electricity Supply (OFFER)
- Director General of Fair Trading (OFT)
- Director General of Gas Supply (OFGAS)
- Director General of Telecommunications (OFTEL)
- Monopolies and Mergers Commission
- National Research and Development Council
- Post Office
- Post Office Users' Councils.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will publish a list of non-departmental public bodies(a) she has abolished since 1 May 1997 and (b) she has established since 1 May 1997; and what are the planned annual running costs of those that have been established since 1 May 1997. [34832]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 17 March 1998]: Since 1 May 1997, my Department has abolished one non-departmental public body—the Advisory Committee for the Joint Environment Markets Units. It has also established one—the Spectrum Management Advisory Group. This Group is an advisory body and will not need running costs provision.