Part of Civil Aviation Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:45 am on 7 July 2005.
‘(1)The Secretary of State shall, by regulation, establish a system for the independent monitoring of consultative committees established under section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), to ensure—
(a)that Department of Transport guidelines on consultative committees are produced, pursuant to section 35 of the 1982 Act,
(b)fair representation of the full range of local interests, providing that does not make the committee of a size that it precludes it from functioning effectively, and
(c)that the appointment of the chairman and secretary of the committee are sufficiently independent.’. —[Mr. Brazier.]
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