§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 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 private company, (b) is a charity, (c) has no formal legal basis and (d) has some other legal basis, giving details. [131180]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 18 July 2000]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, to my hon. Friends the Member for Eastwood (Mr. Murphy) and the Member for Cannock Chase (Mr. Wright) on 27 July 2000, Official Report, column 799W, concerning the publication of a report on Government task forces, reviews and ad hoc advisory groups.
None of the DCMS-related reviews or bodies included in the report has any formal legal basis.