Public Bodies (Hansard, 11 April 2002)

§ Mr. Browne

Under section 75(3)(a) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has the authority to designate "any department, corporation or body listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967…"

The most recent list of bodies under Schedule 2 to the 1967 Act totals 237. Of these, 26 have been designated and a further 39 remain under consideration. These are:

Alcohol Education and Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Broadcasting Standards Commission
Boundary Commission
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges
Civil Aviation Authority
Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship
Committee on Standards in Public Life
Commonwealth Institute
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
Community Development Foundation
Consumer Council for Postal Services
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research
Councils Economic and Social Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Food Standards Agency
Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
General Social Care Council
HM Treasury
Home Office
Information Commissioner
Lord Chancellor's Department
Medical Research Council
Ministry of Defence
National Biological Standards Board (UK)
National Care Standards Commission
National Radiological Protection Board
National Savings (part of the Treasury)
National Environment Research Council
Office of the Director General of Fair Trading
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
Pensions Compensation Board
Post Office Users' Council for Northern Ireland
Postal Services Commission
Treasury Solicitor's Department
UK Passport Agency (part of the Home Office)
United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board
War Pensions Agency (part of the Department for Work and Pensions)
War Pensions Committees.

Of the remainder, 130 have no remit in Northern Ireland. It is not appropriate to designate a further 42 as they have no scope to affect equality in Northern Ireland (for example because their role is purely advisory). These are listed below:

Bodies with no remit in Northern Ireland
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
- Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees
- Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales
- Agricultural Wages Committees
- Apple and Pear Research Council
- Arts Council of England
- Benefits Agency
- Britain-Russia Centre and the British East-West Centre
- British Association for Central and Eastern Europe
- British Museum British Potato Council
- British Tourist Authority
- Cabinet Office
- Central Office of Information
- Certification Office for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations
- Charity Commission
- Child Support Agency
- Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
- Civil Justice Council
- Coal Authority
- Commission for Health Improvement
- Commission for Racial Equality
- Commission for the New Towns (English Partnerships)
- Committee of Investigation for Great Britain
- Competition Commission
- Construction Industry Training Board
- Consumers' Committee for Great Britain under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958
- Countryside Agency
- Court Service
- Crafts Council
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
- Crown Estate Office
- Department for Education and Skills
- Department for International Development
- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department of Health
- Development Corporations for new towns
- Disability Rights Commission
- Docklands Light Railway
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Driving Standards Agency
- Education Transfer Council
- Employment Service
- Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
- English Heritage (Historical Buildings and Monuments Commission for England)
- English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
- English Nature
- English Partnerships (Urban Regeneration Agency and Commission for the New Towns)
- English Sports Council
- English Tourist Board
- Environment Agency
- Equal Opportunities Commission
- Fleet Air Arm Museum
- Football Licensing Authority
- Forestry Commission
- Gaming Board for Great Britain
- Gas and Electricity Consumer Council
- Geffrye Museum
- Health and Safety Commission
- Health and Safety Executive
- Higher Education Funding Council for England
- Highways Agency
- Historic Royal Palaces
- HM Prison Service
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Horserace Betting Levy Board
- Horticultural Development Council
- Housing Corporation
- Imperial War Museum
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Land Registry
- Legal Services Commission
- Local Government Commission for England
- Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
- Meat and Livestock Commission Milk Development Council
- Museum of London
- Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
- Museums and Galleries Commission
- National Army Museum
- National Consumer Council
- National Employers' Liaison Committee
- National Film and Television School
- National Forest Company
- National Gallery
- National Maritime Museum
- National Museum of Science and Industry
- National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
- National Portrait Gallery
- Natural History Museum
- Office for National Statistics
- Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England (OFSTED)
- Office of the Rail Regulator
- Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
- Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
- Office of the Director General of Water Services (OFWAT)
- Oil and Pipelines Agency
- Ordnance Survey
- Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England
- Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland
- Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales
- Parole Board
- Police Information Technology Organisation
- Public Record Office
- Rail Passengers' Committees
- Rail Passengers Council
- Regional Development Agencies (other than the London Development Agency)
- Remploy Ltd
- Residuary Bodies
- Royal Air Force Museum
- Royal Armouries Museum
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now merged with English Heritage)
- Royal Marines Museum
- Royal Naval Museum
- Royal Navy Submarine Museum
- Sir John Soane's Museum
- Strategic Rail Authority
- Tate Gallery
- Teacher Training Agency
- The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses
- The Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond
- UK Sports Council
- Urban Development Corporations established for urban development areas wholly in England
- Urban Regeneration Agency (English Partnerships)
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Wallace Collection
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Bodies with no scope to affect equality
- Advisory Board on Family Law
- Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
- Advisory Council on Public Records
- Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board
- British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
- British Film Institute
- British Hallmarking Council
- Building Societies Commission
- Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
- Consumer Panel
- Design Council
- Electoral Commission
- Food Advisory Committee
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
- Immigration Services Commissioner
- Investors in People UK
- Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct
- Lord President of the Council's Office
- Medical Practices Committee
- Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee
- Millennium Commission
- National Debt Office
- National Lottery Commission
- New Millennium Experience Company Ltd
- Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA)
- Registry of Friendly Societies/Friendly Societies Commission
- Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
- Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
- Royal Mint
- Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health
- Sea Fish Industry Authority
- Simpler Trade Procedures Board
- Standing Dental Advisory Committee
- Standing Medical Advisory Committee
- Standing Nurse and Midwifery Advisory Committee
- Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee
- The Great Britain-China Centre Treasure Valuation Committee
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Women's National Commission.

Under section 75(3)(d) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Secretary of State can designate "any other person". This is not a finite list and it is not, therefore, possible to list those bodies not designated under 75(3)(d).