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Written question asked by Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench) on Thursday, 30 November 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Independent Industrial Strategy Council

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will hold formal meetings with ministers for each devolved administration as to the background, experience and skills expected of any person appointed by the devolved administrations to enable industrial issues pertaining to each of those countries to be articulated effectively in the proposed independent Industrial Strategy Council.

Answer

The Industrial Strategy Council will be independent. It will be responsible for putting the right evaluation and reporting structures in place and make recommendations to government on industrial strategy.

We will begin the process to establish the Council as soon as possible. We expect Council members will be invited on the basis of their expertise, experience and skills. We expect the Council’s membership to be multidisciplinary and include leading business men and women, investors, economists and academics with wide ranging knowledge of local, national and international perspectives. Our aim is for it to start work in spring 2018.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3769
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Devolution Independent Industrial Strategy Council
Link
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