Select Committee on Public Administration Third Report


LIST OF WITNESSES

Page
Tuesday 2 December 1997
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN
Mr Michael Buckley and Mr John Tate 1
Tuesday 16 December 1997
OFFICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
The Rt Hon Dr David Clark MP, and Mr Charles Ramsden 13
Tuesday 20 January 1998
CAMPAIGN FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Mr Maurice Frankel 46
Tuesday 3 February 1998
OFFICE OF THE DATA PROTECTION REGISTRAR
Mrs Elizabeth France and Mr Francis Aldhouse 61
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN
Mr Michael Buckley 74
Tuesday 3 March 1998
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
The Rt Hon The Lord Irvine of Lairg and Mrs Sarah Tyacke 84
Tuesday 31 March 1998
NATIONAL CONSUMER COUNCIL AND CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION
Ms Diana Whitworth, Ms Marlene Winfield, Mr Benet Middleton and
Ms Olivia Klevan109
Tuesday 7 April 1998
HOME OFFICE
The Rt Hon Jack Straw, MP, and The Lord Williams of Mostyn, QC 123

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Submitted by Page
Campaign for Freedom of Information 28
Data Protection Registrar 56
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 72
Public Record Office 80
Home Office120

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN VOLUME II
Submitted Page
 1.Cabinet Office (Office of Public Service) 1
 2.Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1
 3.Department for Culture, Media and Sport 3
 4.Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4
 5.Export Credits Guarantee Department 6
 6.Department of Social Security 9
 7.Department of Trade and Industry 12
 8.Employment Service 15
 9.Highways Agency 16
10.The Insolvency Service 18
11.Marine Safety Agency 21
12.Medical Devices Agency 22
13.Medicines Control Agency 24
14.NHS Pensions Agency 27
15.Patent Office 29
16.Pesticides Safety Directorate 32
17.Planning Inspectorate 35
18.HM Prison Service 36
19.Radio Communications Agency 39
20.Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) 41
21.The Coal Authority 43
22.Countryside Commission 45
23.Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority 46
24.English Heritage 48
25.English Nature 53
26.Environment Agency 56
27.Equal Opportunities Commission 60
28.Funding Agency for Schools 61
29.The Further Education Funding Council 63
30.Health and Safety Executive 64
31.The Millennium Commission 67
32.Monopolies and Mergers Commission 68
33.National Heritage Memorial Fund 74
34.National Radiological Protection Board 77
35.Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority 78
36.Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 80
37.The Rural Development Commission 81
38.Serious Fraud Office 82
39.United Kingdom Passport Agency 83
40.The Arts Council of England 84
41.National Lottery Charities Board 90
42.Sea Fish Industry Authority 92
43.Broadcasting Standards Commission 93
44.Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER) 93
45.Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) 95
46.Ian Byatt, Director General, Office of Water Services 97
47.Police Complaints Authority 99
48.United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 102
49.Professor Sir Colin Berry, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Pesticides 104
50.Professor Janet M Bainbridge, Chair, Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes 104
51.British Potato Council 106
52.Construction Industry Training Board 107
53.Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board 108
54.Medical Practices Committee 108
55.Metropolitan Police Committee 109
56.National Institute for Biological Standards and Control 110
57.Police Negotiating Board 112
58.Public Health Laboratory Service 115
59.Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) 116
60.Secretary to the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions (CAC) 119
61.Severn Trent plc 120
62.Yorkshire Water 120
63.Water Services Association 121
64.Eastern Group plc 122
65.Northern Electric plc 126
66.Hyder plc and SWALEC (South Wales Electricity Board) 126
67.South Western Electricity plc 130
68.Electricity Association 131
69.Centrica plc 132
70.British Energy plc 134
71.PowerGen 136
72.Stewart Ashurst, Chief Executive, Essex County Council 138
73.David Radford, Chief Executive, Somerset County Council 139
74.Katrine Sporle, Chief Executive, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 140
75.Dundee City Council 140
76.Manchester City Council 141
77.Scottish Borders Council 142
78.South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council 144
79.Dr Ross Anderson 145
80.Professor Vernon Bogdanor 145
81.Centre for Utility Consumer Law 148
82.Des McConaghy 150
83.James Michael 153
84.Mrs Jane Pearson and Dr David Clark 156
85.Electronic Data Systems Limited 161
86.Group 4 Limited 162
87.Newspaper Society 164
88.Royal Historical Society 168
89.Defence League of British Pensioners and War Veterans (DPV) 168
90.Borough of Hackney 171
91.Warwickshire County Council 171
92.British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering 173
93.National Foster Care Association 174
94.Shelter 175
95.Ministry of Defence 176
96.Northern Ireland Office 178
97.David Davies, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment 180
98.Robert Hazell 180
99.Intervention Board 190



 
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