Rabbit Clearance (Advisory Council) (Hansard, 8 May 1958)

§ Mr. John Hare

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I are glad to be able to announce that the following have accepted our invitation to serve as members of the CouncilLord St. Aldwyn—Joint Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Chairman). Mr. H. Collison—General Secretary, National Union of Agricultural Workers. Professor J. B. Cragg, M.Sc.—Professor of Zoology, Durham University; chairman, Pest Infestation Research Board. Major J. E. M. Dugdale—Farmer in Wales. Mr. B. C. Engholm—Under-Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Lieut.-Colonel W. Forbes, C.B.E., D.L.—Convener of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Landowners' Federation. Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Lockwood, T.D., J.P.—Treasurer, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. J. C. Wallace Mann, C.B.E., J.P.—Farmer; a former President of the National Farmers' Union of Scotland. Mr. Malcolm Messer, C.B.E.—Editor of Farmers' Weekly. Mr. G. B. Redmayne—Farmer in Hampshire. Colonel N. V. Stopford-Sackville, O.B.E., T.D.—Landowner in Northamptonshire; chairman of County A.E.C. Mr. J. C. Sandford, M.A.—Secretary, British Rabbit Council. Mr. R. B. Verney, J.P.—Vice-Chairman, Country Landowners' Association. Mr. W. D Vernon, J.P.—Chairman, Spillers Ltd. Colonel J. C. Wynne Finch, C.B.E., M.C., J.P.—Chairman, Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission; member of the Nature Conservancy.

The Council's terms of reference are "to keep the rabbit problem in all its aspects under constant review and to advise on measures for expediting rabbit clearance."

The work of the Council will include that previously carried out by the Myxomatosis Advisory Committee and the 122W Humane Traps Advisory Committee. The Secretary of State for Scotland and I would like to take this opportunity of saying how grateful we are to the members of those committees for their valuable work on pest control.