§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make it his policy to publish minutes of meetings of the ECGD management board. [145320]
§ Mr. CabornIt is not intended that the minutes of meetings of the Export Credits Guarantee Department's Management Board should be published. The minutes of meetings of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council, whose role and membership were reformed as a result of the recent Review of ECGD's Mission and Status, will, however, be placed on ECGD's website.
§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what appointments have been made to the management board of the Export Credits Guarantee Department following the recommendation in the recent Mission and Status Review that outside directors should play a key role in overseeing ECGD's risk management systems; and if he will provide details of the appointment procedures followed, the salaries awarded and interests declared by the appointees. [145318]
§ Mr. CabornThe process of identifying and selecting suitable outside directors for ECGD's Management Board is still under way and no appointments have yet been made.
11WThese appointments are outside the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. But the selection procedures being used take account of the Commissioner for Public Appointments Code of Practice and Guidance and will include the use of independent assessors.