Volume 15: Government and Public Administration
Index

A

abattoir inspection  2

abattoirs, regulatory enforcement

abolishing, functions

abuse of power

accountability, Departments

accountability, distinguished from responsibility

accountability, MAFF

Accounting Officers

Accounts Commission for Scotland

Acheson, Sir Donald  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Acts of Parliament  2

Acts of Parliament, proposed

ADAS see Agricultural Development and Advisory Service

Adjournment Debates

administrative practice, good

administrative staff, relationship with professional staff  2

administrators, MAFF

administrators, roles

adverse reactions  2

advisers, BSE crisis

advisers, external

Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens

Advisory Committee on Pesticides

Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Foods

Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances

Advisory Committee, Council of Ministers

advisory committees  2,  3

Advisory Committees, independence

affirmative resolution procedure  2

Agencies  2,  3,  4

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Agriculture and Allied Industries Advisory Committees

agriculture portfolio

AHG

AIDS unit

ALARA

ALARP

Andrews, Sir Derek  2

animal diseases

animal feedstuffs

Animal Health

animal health  2,  3,  4

Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division

Animal Health Act 1981  2

Animal Health and Veterinary Group  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Animal Health and Veterinary Group, MAFF

Animal Health and Welfare Veterinary Section

Animal Health and Welfare Veterinary Section, MAFF

Animal Health Division, MAFF

Animal Health Group  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Animal Health Group, MAFF  2,  3

Animal Health Policy Group  2

animal health veterinarians

animal health, Government policy

animal health, MAFF responsibilities

animal health, professional advice

Animal Medicines Division

animal products, export and import

animal welfare

animals, export and import

Annual Report on the State of the Public Health

appraisal systems, civil servants

Armstrong Memorandum  2,  3,  4

Armstrong, Sir Robert

Asscher, Sir William

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Meat Hygiene

Assistant CVO

Assistant Secretaries

Assistant Secretary, DH

Association of County Councils

Association of District Councils  2,  3

Association of London Authorities

Association of Meat Inspectors

Association of Metropolitan Authorities

Attridge, Mrs Elizabeth  2,  3,  4

Audit Commission

auditors, local authority finance

B

baby foods, manufacturers

Baker, Mr Keith  2,  3

Banks Report

Banks, Mrs Terri

bans, Specified Bovine Offal  2,  3

BATNEEC

Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost

bias, decisions

bids, for work

Bills  2

Bills, procedure

Bills, stages

Biological Products and Standards Department

Borough Councils, Northern Ireland

bovine eyeballs

bovine materials, use in medicines

Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990  2

Bovine Offal (Prohibition) Regulations 1989  2,  3

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988

bovine tissues

breeding, from BSE-infected cattle

Bridges, Mr Brian

Brown, Mrs Jane

Browning, Mrs Angela

BSE research programme

BSE, CMO's role

BSE, decision-making under uncertainty

BSE, DH response

BSE, division of responsibilities  2,  3,  4

BSE, European legislation

BSE, human exposure

BSE, impact of deregulation

BSE, key measures

BSE, local authority involvement

BSE, Orders and Regulations

BSE, period (1986-96)

BSE, policy-making

BSE, possible link with vCJD

BSE, problems

BSE, subordinate legislation

BSE-infected cattle, breeding from offspring

BSE-infected cattle, risk to human health

budgets, departmental

business activities, effects of Government decisions

business rates

business, regulatory impact  2,  3

C

Cabinet

Cabinet committees  2

Cabinet Legislation Committee

Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Office  2

Cabinet Office Deregulation Unit

Calman, Sir Kenneth  2,  3,  4

capital assets, local authorities

capital expenditure, local authorities

Capstick, Mr Charles  2

Carden, Mr Richard  2

cattle, ruminant protein removal from diet

cattle, subclinically infected

Cawthorne, Dr Richard  2

CBA

CCAs see compliance cost assessments

Central Science Laboratory

Central Veterinary Laboratory  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Central Veterinary Laboratory, prior options review

certificates

chairs, advisory committees

Chancellor of the Exchequer

charges

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health  2

Chief Executives

Chief Executives, Agencies  2

Chief Executives, Executive Agencies  2

Chief Executives, local authorities

Chief Information Officers

Chief Information Officers, departmental

Chief Medical Officer  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

Chief Medical Officer, DH  2

Chief Medical Officers

Chief Scientific Adviser

Chief Scientist (Agriculture and Horticulture)

Chief Scientists' Groups

Chief Veterinary Officer  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

Chief Veterinary Officers

children, and BSE

City Councils, Northern Ireland

civil servants

civil servants, accountability

civil servants, appraisal

civil servants, duty to Ministers

civil servants, duty toward Government of the day

civil servants, evidence to Select Committees

civil servants, functions

civil servants, guidance on PCA investigations

civil servants, impact of deregulation

civil servants, judicial review

civil servants, Ministerial briefing

civil servants, policy development

civil servants, reduction in numbers

civil servants, roles  2

civil service

Civil Service Code  2,  3

Civil Service Commissioners

civil service commissioners

civil service, constitutional role

CJD

CJD Surveillance Unit

CJD, DH position

Clarke, Mr Kenneth

classifying medicinal products

CMP3 (Child Health, Maternity and Prevention)

commerce, legislative requirements

Commission Decision 90/261/EEC

Commission for Local Administration in England

Commission for Local Administration in Wales

Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland

Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials (CDSM)

Committee on Safety of Medicines

Community Charge

competition, with private sector

compliance cost assessments  2,  3

Comptroller and Auditor General

Compulsory Competitive Tendering

consultant advisers, BSE crisis

consultation, on Bills

consultation, within MAFF

Consultative Committee on Research into Spongiform Encephalopathies

Consultative Council on Local Government Finance

Consumer Panel, MAFF

consumer protection  2

Consumers' Association  2

consumers, views on deregulation

contracting out  2

contracting out, local government services

cost assessment analysis

cost-benefit analysis  2,  3

Council of Ministers

Council Regulation No. 3508/92

Council Tax

councillors, surcharge

counties

County Councils  2

Courts, scrutiny of Government

Courts, statutory interpretation

Crawford, Mr Iain  2

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Cruickshank, Mr Alistair  2,  3

cultural barriers, administrators/veterinarians

Cumberlege, Baroness

Cunningham, Mr Roy  2

Curry, Mr David

D

debates, House of Commons

Decision 90/261/EEC

decision-making

decision-making, MAFF

decision-making, scrutiny

Decisions, EU

delegated legislation

Department for Education and Employment

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

Department of Education and Science

Department of Employment

Department of Health  2,  3,  4,  5

Department of Health and Social Security  2

Department of Health, administrative and medical divisions

Department of Health, advisers

Department of Health, Agencies

Department of Health, demarcation of responsibilities

Department of Health, external advice  2

Department of Health, Medicines Division

Department of Health, Ministers

Department of Health, organisation charts

Department of Health, Permanent Secretary  2

Department of Health, professional advice

Department of Health, reduction in staff

Department of Health, reduction in staffing levels

Department of Health, relationship with local authorities  2

Department of Health, reorganisation  2

Department of Health, structure

Department of Health, 'wider Department'

Department of Social Security

Department of the Environment  2

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Department of Trade and Industry  2

Department of Transport, Agencies

Departmental Deregulation Units

Departmental planning

Departments, accountability

Departments, charging for services

Departments, clearance of policy

Departments, Deregulation Units

Departments, hierarchies

Departments, Information Divisions or Directorates

Departments, maladministration

Departments, relations with local authorities

Departments, resources

Departments, review of functions

Departments, Select Committees shadowing

Deputy Secretaries

Deputy Secretary

Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994

Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill 1994

Deregulation Initiative  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

deregulation timeline

deregulation, BSE and  2

deregulation, impact on officials

Dickinson, Mr Brian

direct effect, European legislation

Directive 91/497/EEC

Directives, EU

Director of the CVL

Director of the Medicines Control Agency

Director of the Veterinary Field Service

Director-Generals

Directors

District Councils

District Councils, Northern Ireland

District Councils, Scotland

districts

Divisional Management

Divisional Management Boards, DH

doctors, professional advice

Dorrell, Mr Stephen  2,  3