§ Mr. Eric ClarkeTo ask the Prime Minister if he will publish an updated list of Ministerial Committees of the Cabinet. [55929]
§ The Prime Minister[pursuant to his reply, 21 October 1998, c. 1123–35]: The Minister of Transport was inadvertently omitted from the composition of the Ministerial Committee on Economic Affairs. The correct composition for this committee is as follows:
- Ministerial Committee on Economic Affairs (EA) Composition
- Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Secretary of State for Education and Employment
- President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
- Minister for the Cabinet Office
- Secretary of State for Scotland
- Secretary of State for Health
- Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury and Chief Whip
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- Secretary of State for Wales
- Secretary of State for Social Security
- Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
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- Minister of Transport
- Minister of State, Cabinet Office
- Other Ministers are invited to attend for items in which they have a departmental interest. The Chief Scientific Adviser attends for issues relating to science and technology.
Terms of Reference
To consider issues relating to the Government's economic policies".
§ Mr. CashTo ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the allocation of European matters to Cabinet committees and Ministerial sub-committees in the period since 1992, listing changes in that allocation and the reasons for them. [57020]
§ The Prime MinisterThe composition and terms of reference of Cabinet Committees and their Ministerial Sub-Committees were first published by the previous Government on 19 May 1992,Official Report, columns 110–18. Since then updated details of these Committees have been published periodically, most recently on 21 October 1998, Official Report, columns 1123–35, when I announced the details of the Ministerial Committees which I have established to date. European Union matters will be considered by these Committees from time to time. The principal Committee for considering questions relating to the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union is the Ministerial Sub-Committee on European Issues which is chaired by the Foreign Secretary and which reports to the Ministerial Committee on Defence and Overseas Policy.