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Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored byhis Department (a) have a statutory base, (b) publish their advice to Government, (c) publish an annual report and (d) lay an annualreport before Parliament; and if he will indicate in each instance whether this is under a statutory requirement. [21719]Mr. Howard: The following advisory non-departmental public bodies are sponsored by my Department:(a) are on a statutory basisAdvisory Council on the Misuse of DrugsAnimal Procedures CommitteeFirearms Consultative CommitteeParliamentary Boundary Commission for EnglandParliamentary Boundary Commission for WalesPoisons BoardPolice Negotiating Board.(b) publish their advice to GovernmentAnimal Procedures CommitteeFirearms Consultative Committee{1}Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England{1}Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales{1}.(c) publish an annual report and lay it before ParliamentAnimal Procedures Committee{1}Firearms Consultative Committee{1}Metropolitan Police Committee.{1} In these cases, the bodies concerned meet a statutory requirement. In other cases, the bodies act voluntarily.In my reply of 14 March 1996 at column 711, I indicated that the Poisons Board and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugspublished their advice to Government. I regret that was incorrect. |