HC Deb 11 March 1931 vol 249 c1158
67. Mr. MILLAR

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can state the names of the members of the new Fishery Board for Scotland and the interests represented on the Board?

Mr. W. ADAMSON

The composition of the new board, as intimated to the Press yesterday, is as follows:

Mr. George Hogarth, Chairman.

Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie, K.C., Sheriff of Ayrshire, Legal Member and Deputy-Chairman.

Professor D'Arcy W. Thompson, C.B., F.R.S., Scientific Member.

Sir Malcolm Smith, K.B.E.

Mr. William W. Carstairs.

Mr. W. J. Merson, Provost of Buckie.

Mr. George Slater, C.B.E., of Aberdeen.

The board has been constituted so as to secure adequate representation of the various sea fishing interests of Scotland.