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Written Answers to Questions
Thursday 11 April 2002
NORTHERN IRELAND
Plastic Baton Rounds
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps have been taken to dispose of L5A7 plastic baton rounds; and how many have been retained for future use. [17763]
Jane Kennedy: All stocks of L5A7 baton rounds held by the police in Northern Ireland have been disposed of to the Ministry of Defence and none have been retained for future use.
Public Bodies
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those public bodies that are not designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. [38295]
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
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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.
- 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
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- 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
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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
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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.
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