It also provides advice to a Minister of the Crown upon request, concerning how to measure socio-economic disadvantage, social mobility and child poverty. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/notes/division/5/6/12 iiThe Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 established the Scottish Committee on Climate Change which allows Scottish Ministers to establish a Scottish Committee on Climate Change, or to designate an existing body to exercise advisory functions, should it be decided that this is appropriate. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/contents Ross Armstrong of Warmworks said-
The fuel poverty advisory panel should be looked at as an ideal instrument to make that accountability happen; in the context of the reporting framework, it could play a similar role to the one that is exercised in relation to the examples that you mentioned.13Local Government and Communities Committee.