HL Deb 10 February 1999 vol 597 cc24-6WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list Royal Commissions set up since the war, with the date on which each was set up and on which each reported. [HL858]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The following Royal Commissions have been set up since the end of the Second World War:

Title Appointed Reported
Awards to Inventors 15 May 1946 13 December 1948
Justices of the Peace 24 June 1946 5 May 1948
Press 14 April 1947 3 June 1949
Lotteries, Betting and Gaming 28 April 1949 16 March 1951
Capital Punishment 4 May 1949 5 September 1953
Taxation of Profits and Income 2 January 1951 13 February 1953 9 April 1954 20 May 1955
Dundee (University College) and Relationship with St. Andrews University 3 May 1951 24 April 1952
Marriage and Divorce 8 September 1951 20 December 1955
Scottish Affairs 25 July 1952 21 July 1954
Land and Population in East Africa January 1953 16 May 1955

Title Appointed Reported
Pay and Conditions of Service in the Civil Service 16 November 1953 10 November 1955
Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency 20 February 1954 7 May 1957
Common Land 1 December 1955 11 July 1958
Remuneration of Doctors and Dentists 27 March 1957 10 February 1960
Local Government in Greater London 10 December 1957 3 October 1960
Police 25 January 1960 15 November 1960 24 May 1962
Press 1 March 1961 5 September 1962
National Incomes 5 November 1962 5 February 1965
Penal System in England and Wales 15 August 1964 Wound up May 1966
Prices and Incomes 8 April 1965 Wound up 1967
Trades Unions and Employers' Associations 8 April 1965 June 1968
Medical Education 6 August 1965 March 1968
Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 28 February 1966 1 November 1966
Local Government in England 31 May 1966 June 1969
Local Government in Scotland 31 May 1966 September 1969
Assizes and Quarter Sessions 7 November 1966 September 1969
Industrial Relations 1 March 1969 Wound up 1971 (Reconstituted as a statutory body)
The Constitution 15 April 1969 10 October 1973
Environmental Pollution* 20 February 1970 First 1971
Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury 19 March 1973 March 1978
Press 16 July 1974 July 1977
Distribution of Income and Wealth 23 August 1974 First 1975 Final 8 October 1979
Standards of Conduct in Public Life 6 December 1974 July 1976
Gambling 24 February 1976 July 1978
National Health Service 19 May 1976 July 1979
Legal Services 20 July 1976 October 1979

Title Appointed Reported
Criminal Procedure 3 February 1978 January 1981
Criminal Justice 14 March 1991 July 1993
Long Term Care for the Elderly 17 December 1997 Will report shortly
* As a standing body the Commission reports from time to time.