§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to state in the OFFICIAL REPORT the membership of all committees and working parties at present in session appointed by his Department.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe committees and working parties, other than standing advisory bodies and those consisting only of officials, are as follows:
Interdepartmental Committee on the Business of the Criminal Courts
Chairman: The Hon. Mr. Justice Streatfeild, M.C.Members: Mr. J. Roland Adams, Q.C.: Mr. T. H. Evans, C.B.E.; Dr. T. C. N. Gibbens; Mr. J. G. Harries; Sir David Hughes Parry, Q.C.; Professor W. J. H. Sprott; The Baroness Wootton of Abinger; Miss Nora Wynne, O.B.E.Departmental Committee on the Probation Service
186WChairman: Sir Ronald P. Morison, Q.C.Members: Mr. A. J. Chislett; Mr. G. C. Lightfoot; Mrs. I. M. H. MacAdam, M.B., Ch.B., J.P.; Councillor J. Mains, O.B.E., J.P.; Alderman E. E. Mole, J.P.; Mr. T. A. F. Noble, M.B.E.; Miss R. N. Pearse, O.B.E.; Mr. N. J. Skelhorn, Q.C.: Sheriff J. Aikman Smith; Alderman P. J. Smith, M.B.E., D.L., J.P.: Mr. H. F. R. Sturge; Dr. J. D. Sutherland, Ph.D.. M.B., Ch.B., D.P.M.; Miss E. L. Younghusband, C.B.E.. LL.D., J.P.Departmental Committee on Magistrates' Courts in London
Chairman: Judge C. D. Aarvold. O.B.E., T.D.Members: Mr. R. H. Blundell; Mr. W. D. Cooper; Mr. R. R. Pittam; Lady Pugh; Mr. W. T. C. Skyrme, C.B.E., T.D.; Mr. F. C. Trehern.Working Party on the recruitment and training of approved school staffs
Members: Miss D. G. Anderson, M.B.E.; Lady Michelmore; Mr. T. F. Tucker; Mr. R. H. Adams; Miss M. Barker; Mr. J. S. Gittins; Miss B. M. Baxter; Mr. F. A. Ebert and 10 officials.Working Party on the operation of the Regulations dealing with payment of Counsel and Solicitors allocated under the arrangements for legal aid in the criminal courts
Members: Mr. Sproule Bolton; Mr. C. Leo Burgess, C.B.E.; Mr. W. O. Carter; Mr. R. Lancaster; Mr. E. J. T. Matthews; Mr. P. M. Vine and 2 officials.Working Party on the marking of road tank vehicles used for the bulk conveyance of dangerous substances
Members: Mr. W. A. Bridge; Mr. A. Bibby; Mr. G. Le M. Gosselin; Mr. J. A. McMullen; Mr. R. R. Robinson; Mr. R. A. Sawtell; Mr. C. W. Hill; Mr. G. C. Wesson and 5 officials.Working Party on inflammable substances
Members: Lieut.-Commander J. H. Fordham; Mr. G. Eastham; Mr. A. Glen; Mr. A. N. Schofield; Mr. L. Garside; Mr. A. W. Paramor: Mr. J. R. Roberts; Mr. J. A. Ainsworth; Mr. R. P. Hare; Mr. J. K. H. Cunningham; Mr. A. S. Mays; Mr. W. Wood; Mr. J. H. Nicholson; Mr. F. Bailey; Mr. W. Thomson; Mr. A. B. Craig; Mr. T. Cairns; Mr. R. F. Pollock; Mr. A. H. Nisbet: Mr. J. L. Graig and 8 officials.Working Party on the Cremation Regulations
Members: Mr. F. G. Herbert; Mr. A. C. McMillan; Mr. W. H. Jones; Mr. P. H. Jones; Mr. G. A. Noble; Mr. E. J. D. Field: Mr. L. J. Evans and 7 officials.Working Party on Civil Defence Uniform
Members: Mr. B. Kenyon: Mr. A. G. Field, O.B.E.; Alderman H. Lock Kendell, J.P.; Mr. E. R. Hambrook; Mr. J. E. Fishwick and 3 officials.