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Written statement made by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 19 July 2010 in the House of Commons, on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


Public Bodies

I would like to inform the House that an additional four of the public bodies for which my Department is responsible are to be abolished. The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP), SITPRO (Simplifying International Trade) and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) will all close in the next year. The British Shipbuilders Corporation will be abolished next summer. The functions carried out by these organisations will be passed to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. This reflects the Government's commitment to reducing the number and cost of quangos and builds on the 13 abolitions, mergers or termination in BIS funding I have already announced.


Secondary information

Type
Written statement
Reference
514 c1WS 
Session
2010-12
Related items
Departmental Public Bodies
Monday, 26 July 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Public bodies Department for Business, Innovation and Skills British Shipbuilders Corporation SITPRO Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body
Link
View this Written statement on www.publications.parliament.uk