§ Mr. Edward Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning if he will make a statement about the membership of the Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council.
§ Mr. CroslandAs the period of appointment of some members expires at the end of March and there are also some vacancies, I have reviewed the membership and appointed a few new members. I am circulating a full list of the members of the council in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I am glad to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the excellent work done by those members who have served hitherto.
Following is the list:
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE ECONOMIC PLANNING COUNCIL
Chairman
Sir Roger Stevens, G.C.M.G., Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University.Members
- W. Auty, M.B.E., J.P., Former Managing Secretary, Scunthorpe Co-operative Society Ltd.
- Councillor S. E. Brearley, J.P., Member, York County Borough Council.
- P. J. Butcher, Clerk, West Riding County Council.
- Alderman, J. H. Franklin, O.B.E., Alderman, Grimsby County Borough Council.
- B. C. Gillinson, J.P., Chairman and Manag- 56 ing Director, Gillinson, Dewhirst & Co. Ltd., Leeds.
- E. Hayhurst, J.P., Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union for Yorks and Midland Region.
- A. R. Hogg, Divisional Officer, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.
- Councillor L. Hulme, Member, Brighouse Borough Council.
- Alderman Sir Ronald Ironmonger, Alder-man, Sheffield County Borough Council.
- Councillor E. Johnson, Officer of the York-shire Electricity Board.
- Councillor J. C. Kilner, Member, Holmfirth Urban District Council.
- Alderman A. King, O.B.E., J.P., Divisional Organiser, Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers, Leeds; Alderman, Leeds County Borough Council.
- J. A. Lacey, Chief Docks Manager, Hull.
- W. E. Lane, Clerk, Lindsey County Council.
- D. D. Lee, Divisional Secretary, Eastern Region, Transport Salaried Staffs Association.
- J. T. Leigh, Area Vice-President, National Union of Mineworkers, Leeds.
- Professor J. K. Page, Professor of Building Science, Sheffield University.
- W. H. Sales, Former Chairman, National Coal Board, Yorkshire Division.
- Councillor T. W. Scales, Member, Doncaster Rural District Council.
- W. David Sharp, Managing Director, Critch-ley, Sharp and Tetlow Ltd., Cleckheaton.
- Alderman Mrs. J. Smith, C.B.E., J.P., Alder-man, West Riding County Council.
- R. O, Taylor, Managing Director, Crabtree-Vickers Ltd., Leeds.
- J. Wadsworth, Assistant General Manager, British Steel Corporation—Special Steel Division—Rotherham Works.
- The Hon. D. M. G. J. Willoughby, M.C., J.P., Secretary, Birdsall Estates Ltd., Mal-ton; Member, East Riding County Council.
- Some further names will be added at a later date.