§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government who are the current chairmen and directors of the National Building Agency; by whom they were recommended; what are their qualifications; and what fees they receive.
§ Mr. MacCollAppointments are made by the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales acting jointly. The names, qualifications, and fees of the chairman, deputy chairman and directors are as follows:
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£ General The Lord Bourne, G.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G., Chairman (part-time) (appointed March, 1964) 4,000 p.a. Mr. John Bedford, O.B.E. (Chairman, Debenham's Ltd.) Deputy Chairman (part-time) (appointed March, 1964) 500 p.a. Mr. A. W. Cleeve Barr, F.R.I.B.A. (Architect), Managing Director (full-time) (appointed March, 1964) 6,300 p.a. Mr. H. Brummitt, O.B.E. (Clerk of the Seaton Valley Urban District Council) (appointed July, 1966) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. H. J. Cruickshank, C.B.E., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., F.I.O.B. (Chairman, Gilbert-Ash Limited) (appointed July, 1967) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. Peter Dunican, M.I.C.E., M.I.Struct.E. (Consulting Engineer) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. Victor Feather, C.B.E. (Acting General Secretary, T.U.C.) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. W. Sinclair Gauldie, F.R.I.B.A., P.P.R.I.A.S. (Architect) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. S. Johnson-Marshall, C.B.E., B.Arch., F.R.I.B.A. (Architect) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. David Llewellyn, F.I.O.B. (Managing Director, Walter Llewellyn and Sons, Ltd.) (appointed February, 1968) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Dr. J. W. Macfarlane, D.L., J.P., Ph.D., Wh.Sc, C.Eng., F.I.E.E., F.I.Mech.E., F.R.S.E. (Convener, Renfrew C.C.) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Alderman J. B. Maudsley, C.B.E. (Solicitor. Alderman, Maidenhead Borough Council) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. L. C. Patterson, F.R.J.C.S., F.I.Arb. (Quantity Surveyor) (appointed July, 1967) Director (part-time) 500 p.a.
£ Alderman Sir Frank Small, C.B.E., D.L., J.P. (Vice-Chairman, Nottinghamshire C.C.) (appointed March, 1964) Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. K. M. Wood, B.A., F.C.A., F.I.O.B. (Chairman, Concrete Ltd.) (appointed July, 1966 Director (part-time) 500 p.a. Mr. J. A. Pymont, F.I.O.B. (Industrial Adviser to the Minister of Housing and Local Government) (appointed March, 1969) Director (part-time) unpaid
§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what functions, other than the appraisal of industrialised building systems, are currently undertaken by the National Building Agency.
§ Mr. MacCollThe main functions of the Agency continue to be as described in the statement in the House of 9th June, 1967 of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy.
In Scotland the Agency is also assisting the Scottish Education Department in the co-ordination of programmes for the building of residential school hostels and for extensions to school buildings.
In Northern Ireland the Agency is also carrying out, in conjunction with the appropriate Ministries, management consultancy work for Government Departments and New Towns, and certain hospital programmes.