Dr. Tony WrightTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will publish a list of (1) task forces and (2) policy reviews established by his Department since May 1997 which(a) had external members recruited by way of public advertisement, and details of any person so appointed and (b) engaged in public consultation exercises, and the form that these took; [74456]
(2) if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees; [792601]
307W(3) if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. [79283]
Review Date of establishment Publication date of final report Date of termination (if applicable) Expected reporting date Expected termination date External members recruited by public advertisement Details of members recruited by public advertisement Details of public consultation exercises Review of the Current Rules of Quarantine on Imported Pet Animals 24 November 1997 23 September 1998 23 September 1998 n/a n/a Yes See the following On 9 December 1997, relevant organisations were asked to comment on a number of detailed scientific issues Review of public Analyst Arrangements in England and Wales 23 April 1998 28 October 1998 28 October 1998 n/a n/a No n/a This review was publicised by means of a News Release and drawn to the attention of 44 outside bodies with invitation to submit comments. Oral evidence taken from the 4 Organisations most directly affected (APA, LGA, LACOTS and ITSA) Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Group 8 April 1998 n/a n/a Late 1999 Late 1999 No n/a Consultation letters were issued on 23 June, 27 July and 6 October 1998 inviting submissions to the Group. In addition, 6 regional meetings and a number of national meetings have enabled views to be put directly to the Group The Advisory Group Quarantine—Membership
Chairman
Professor Ian Kennedy
Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University College London.
Members
Dr. Michel Aubert
Director of the Laboratoire d'études sur rage et la pathologie des animaux sauvage, Centre National d'Études Vétérinaires et Alimentaires, Nancy, France.
Dr. Barbara Bannister
Consultant in Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
Mr. Paul DeVile
Small animal veterinary practitioner in Eastbourne. Past president of the British Veterinary Association and the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
Dr. Chris Dye
Senior Epidemiologist at the World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland (on secondment from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).
Dr. Andrew Higgins
Scientific Director and Chief Executive of the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket.
Professor Oswald Jarret
Professor of Comparative Virology, University of Glasgow.
308W
§ Mr. MorleyThe following table sets out the details of Policy Reviews with external members established by my Department since May 1997. My Department has only one Task Force and this has no external members. None of these Reviews or the Task Force have any sub-groups, working parties or other subsidiary committees.
Professor Herbert Sewell
Professor of Immunology at the University Hospital Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University.
Sir Joseph Smith
Retired Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service.