asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many departmental committees of inquiry he and his predecessors, including Ministers of Labour and Secretaries of State for Employment and Productivity, have commissioned since 1955; and what were the subjects the committees investigated, the dates they were established, who chaired them and the dates they reported.
| Committee | Chairman | Appointed | Reported | |
| Rehabilitation, Training and Resettlement of Disabled Persons (jointly with Minister of Health and Secretary of State for Scotland) | Lord Piercy | March 1953 | September 1956 | Cmnd. 9883 |
| Port Transport Industry, Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Schemes 1947 | Mr. Justice Devlin | July 1955 | June 1956 | Cmnd. 9813 |
| Smithfield Market; causes of Industrial Unrest | R. M. Wilson QC | June 1956 | November 1958 | SO code 36–242 |
| Truck Acts | David Karmel | July 1959 | March 1961 | SO code 36–262 |
| Ocean Shipowners' Tally Clerks; difficulties in Port of London | H. Lloyd-Williams | October 1960 | November 1960 | SO code 36–254 |
| London Transport Board's Road Services, Pay and Conditions of Drivers and Conductors (jointly with Minister of Transport) | Henry Phelps Brown | November 1963 | Interim December 1963 Complete February 1964 | SO code 36–273 SO code 36–280 |
| Yorkshire Area of the Coalmining Industry, difference involving Yorkshire Winding Enginemen's Association and National Union of Mineworkers, and National Coal Board | Sir Roy Wilson QC | December 1963 | February 1964 | SO code 36–281 |
| Dispute at Spitalfields, Borough, Stratford, Brentford and King's Cross Markets (jointly with Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) | D. T. Jack | June 1964 | July 1964 | SO code 36–287 |
| Port Transport Industry | Lord Devlin | October 1964 | First November 1964 | Cmnd. 2523 |
| Further report on Dock Workers' Wages Structure and Pay | Final July 1965 | Cmnd. 2734 | ||
| August 1966 | Cmnd. 3104 | |||
| Difference between two sides of National Council for the Omnibus Industry | Sir Roy Wilson QC | March 1965 | May 1965 | SO code 36–291 |
| Dispute between Steel Company of Wales and Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers | Prof. D. J. Robertson | November 1966 | December 1966 | SO code 36–308 |
| Labour in Building and Civil Engineering (jointly with Minister of Public Building and Works) | Prof. E. H. Phelps Brown | March 1967 | June 1968 | Cmnd. 3714 |
| Compulsory Retirement Age of Dock Workers | J. S. Wordie | January 1968 | March 1968 | SO code 36–329 |
| Dispute between Durham Local Education Authority and National Association of Schoolmasters (jointly with Secretary of State for Education and Science) | Dr. W. E. J. McCarthy | July 1969 | July 1969 | Cmnd. 4152 |
| Difference between Newlyn Pier and Harbour Prof. W. Hagenbuch Commissioners and Transport & General Workers' Union | Prof. W. Hagenbuch | December 1969 | March 1970 | SBN 11 360086 0 |
| Heathrow (London) Airport: Disruption of Operations and Industrial Relations (jointly with President of the Board of Trade) | Prof. D. J. Robertson | March 1970 | First June 1970 Final July 1970 | Cmnd. 4405 Cmnd. 4449 |
| Dispute between Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers and Transport & General Workers' Union, and Fine Tubes Ltd. | Prof. A. D. Campbell | September 1971 | November 1971 | SBN 11 360375 4 |
[pursuant to his reply, 7 May 1985, c. 360]: Following is a list of committees which have been identified as having reported since 1955. The list excludes advisory committees, departmental working parties, inquiries carried out under industrial courts and wages councils legislation and inquiries undertaken by one individual.
Committee
| Chairman
| Appointed
| Reported
| |
| Dispute at Odhams (Watford) Ltd. | Prof. G. F. Thomason | August 1974 | November 1974 | SBN 11 361069 6 |