HC Deb 25 October 1955 vol 545 cc19-20
34. Mr. Vaughan-Morgan

asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet appointed the members of the Standing Industrial Health Advisory Committee; and whom he has appointed.

Mr. Watkinson

Yes, Sir. The first meeting of the Committee was held on 18th March last and there have been three subsequent meetings. With permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement showing the composition of the Committee.

Mr. Blenkinsop

Could the hon. Gentleman at least say whether there is any representation from medical officers of health or those with wide experience of this work on the local authority side?

Mr. Watkinson

There is a very wide representation on this Committee, and I am circulating a list of its members in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

Industrial Health Advisory Committee

Chairman: The Minister of Labour and National Service.

Deputy Chairman: Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, K.C.M.G., C.B., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service.

Members

Mr. A. E. Huffam, Mr. W. C. Mitchell and Mr. W. W. Visen: British Employers' Confederation.

Sir Alfred Roberts, C.B.E., Mr. G. H. Lowthian, M.B.E. and Mr. A. McAndrews: Trades Union Congress.

Mr. Frank Gilbert, O.B.E., M.Inst.T.: Nationalised industries.

Dr. R. S. Aitken. M.D., D.Phil., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.P. (Ed.), F.R.A.C.P.: Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom.

Dr. T. Bedford, D.Sc., Ph.D.: British Occupational Hygiene Society.

Mrs. I. G. Doherty, S.R.N. Industrial Nursing Cert.: Royal College of Nursing.

Professor R. R. Lane, M.D., F.R.C.P.: Royal College of Physicians, in agreement with the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Society of Apothecaries.

Dr. R. Nightingale, M.B., Ch.B.: Association of Certifying Factory Surgeons.

Dr. L. G. Norman, M.D., B.Sc., M.R.C.P., D.P.H. and Dr. J. A. L. Vaughan Jones, C.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., J.P.: British Medical Association.

Mr. C. W. Prout: Member, National Health Executive Council and National Health Local Advisory Council.

Dr. R. S. F. Schilling, M.D., D.P.H., D.I.H.: Association of Industrial Medical Officers.