HC Deb 16 July 2002 vol 389 cc172-4W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the public consultations undertaken by her Department since June 2001, stating in each case the(a) number of respondents and (b) percentage of those specifically consulted who responded. [60142]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 10 June 2002]The consultations undertaken by the Department since June 2001 are as follows:

  • Commission proposal for a directive on the working conditions of temporary (agency) workers;
  • Company Investigations: Powers for the 21 Century;
  • Concerns about gas prices and possible improvements to market efficiency;
  • Developing Energy Policy—Key Issues for Consultation for the White Paper:
  • Directive 2000/53/EC on End of Life Vehicles;
  • Directors' Home Addresses;
  • Directors' Remuneration;
  • Discussion document on Electronic Signatures Directive Implementing Regulations;
  • Discussion Paper on a Possible Producer Responsibility Model for Used Tyres;
  • DTI Reviews: Structure and Priorities and Business Support; EC Green Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility;
  • EC Green Paper on the review of the ECMR;
  • Employment status in relation to statutory employment rights;
  • Final consultation on Fixed Term Work;
  • Flexible working;
  • General Product Safety Directive;
  • Guidance on applications for resolution of disputes over third party access to Oil and Gas Infrastructure;
  • High Performance Workplaces: The Role of Employee Involvement in a Modern Economy;
  • ICANN and the Management of the Internet Domain Name system;
  • IT Security Industry in connection with the Private Security Industry Act;
  • Joint DTI/DCMS consultation on the Draft Communications Bill;
  • Maternity and parental leave, and paternity and adoption leave and pay;
  • Modernising The Consumer Credit Act 1974;
  • Modernising trading standards;
  • Proposal on the EU Statute for a European Co-operative Society;
  • Proposals to Tighten Consumer Protection against Short Measure of Draught Beer and Cider;
  • Proposed amendments to Part-Time Workers Regulations;
  • Proposed changes to the legislation that deals with price marking of food and drink served in bars, restaurants and cafes;
  • Proposed changes to the Price Marking (Food and Drink on Premises) Order 1979;
  • Reform of EC Competition Regime;
  • Report of the Task Force on Car Servicing and Repair;
  • Review into the case for Government support for cleaner coal technology demonstration plant;
  • Routes to Resolution: Improving dispute resolution in Britain;
  • Second Consultation on Proposed Modifications to Licence Conditions and Ofgem Guidelines;
  • Second consultation on the Directive 1999/44/EC on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees;
  • The DTI Race Equality Scheme;
  • The E-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC): draft implementing Regulations and interim guidance for business;
  • The preliminary decision to add new user groups to the approved users list in the Airwave mm02 Telecommunications Act licence;
  • The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999;
  • The process for identifying the GB system operator (GBSO);
  • The UNIDROIT/ICAO Draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment;
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  • Towards Equality and Diversity: Implementing the Employment and Race Directives;
  • Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (TUPE) reform;
  • Treasury Shares;
  • Under-Investment in University Research Infrastructure;
  • Young Workers Directive.

Figures for the number of respondents and the percentage of those specifically consulted who responded are not held centrally. All DTI consultation documents are posted on the Department website and that of the Central Office of Information to ensure we consult as widely as possible.