§ Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Minister of Land and Natural Resources whether he will make a statement about the re- 160W constitution of the National Parks Commission as the Countryside Commission, as proposed in the White Paper on Leisure in the Countryside.
§ Mr. WilleyFormal reconstitution must await legislation, but I have taken the first steps towards the process of reconstitution by appointing a smaller Commission, the membership of which is shown below. The statutory responsibilities of the Commission remain unchanged, but I am sure its members will be thinking forward to the time when it has a wider responsibility.
- Lady Wootton.
- Mr. Aubrey Buxton.
- Mrs. E. Davies.
- Mr. James Fisher.
- Mr. Elwyn Jones.
- Mr. Cecil King.
- Sir William Lindsay.
- Professor O. R. McGregor.
- Mr. Peter Shepheard.