HC Deb 27 July 2000 vol 354 cc727-8W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list each group that is responsible to his Department, with significant and plural membership from outside the civil service, and to which the Nolan rules on non-departmental public bodies do not apply and for each such group, if it (a) is a company limited by guarantee, (b) is a charity, (c) has no formal legal basis, and (d) has some other legal basis giving details. [131238]

Dr. Howells

[holding answer 24 July 2000]I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given today by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office to my hon. Friends the Members for Eastwood (Mr. Murphy) and for Cannock Chase (Tony Wright),Official Report, column 799w. All groups listed for this Department come under category (c).