§ 48. Mr. Manderasked the Lord Privy Seal the membership of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition; to what extent its advice is being taken; and whether he will give an assurance that vested interests will not be allowed to interfere with the application of scientific discoveries?
§ Mr. AttleeMy hon. Friend is, no doubt, referring to the Scientific Food Committee, presided over by the President of the Royal Society, Sir William Bragg, and I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the membership of this committee. A number of recommendations on a variety of subjects connected with food have been put forward by the committee. It is not possible within the scope of a Parliamentary answer to enumerate the subjects on which their advice is being taken. The answer to the last part of the Question is in the affirmative.
§ The names of the remaining members of the Committee are:
- Sir Alan Anderson, G.B.E.
- Professor A. W. Ashby.
- Professor E. P. Cathcart, C.B.E., F.R.S.
- Mr. Henry Clay.
- Professor F. L. Engledow, C.M.G., F.R.S.
- Mr. W. Gavin, C.B.E.
- Sir Edward Mellanby, M.D., F.R.S.
- Sir John Boyd On, F.R.S.
- Professor J. A. Scott-Watson.
- Professor D. S. M. Watson, F.R.S. (Secretary).