HC Deb 15 December 1971 vol 828 cc91-3W
22. Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the names of the people appointed to the four working parties he has set up to report in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Environment at Stockholm.

Mr. Peter Walker

Following are the names:

MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOUR WORKING PARTIES APPOINTED TO ASSEMBLE EVIDENCE FOR THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.

Lady Dartmouth's Working Party on the

Human Habitat

Chairman

  • The Countess of Dartmouth.

Members

  • Robert Jackson.
  • Professor R. Nicoll.
  • Mrs. M. Reynolds.
  • Simon Jenkins.
  • Alfred Wood.

Special Advisers

  • Max Nicholson, C.B.
  • Lord Clark.
  • Sir Ove Arup.

Sir Eric Ashby's Working Party on the Control of Pollution

Chairman

  • Sir Eric Ashby, F.R.S.

Members

  • Professor W. Beckerman.
  • Dr. K. Benson-Evans.
  • R. N. Bottini.
  • Professor R. B. Clark.
  • Dr. J. Davoll.
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  • N. A. Iliff. C.B.E.
  • J. Macaskill.
  • Dr. E. J. Richards, O.B.E.
  • Professor J Rotblat, C.B.E.
  • Sir Norman Rowntree.
  • G. Sharp, O.B.E., J.P.
  • Rear-Admiral P. G. Sharp, C.B., D.S.C.
  • Jon Tinker.
  • Professor Sir Frederick Warner.
  • B. Whitworth.

Mr. Ralph Verney's Working Party on the Management of Natural Resources

Chairman

  • Ralph Verney, J.P.

Members

  • Marchioness of Anglesey.
  • John W. Blackley.
  • J. C. Hanbury, C.B.E.
  • Professor D. K. Britton.
  • Mrs. Jean Balfour.
  • David Lea.
  • Jeremy Rowe.
  • John Eve.
  • N. V. Craven.
  • Derek Lovejoy.
  • R. J. A. Gazzard.
  • David Streeter.

Mr. Dennis Stevenson's Working Party on the Role of Youth and Voluntary Organisations in the Environment.

Chairman

  • Dennis Stevenson.

Members

  • J. Michael Buchanan.
  • Robert Carnwath.
  • Ian Fletcher.
  • D. Henderson-Stewart.
  • Richard Jennings.
  • Augustus John.
  • Miss Penny MacLucas.
  • Jonathan Holliman.

93. Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the reports of the four United Nations Stockholm Conference Working Parties on the Environment are ready for publication; and if he proposes to publish them.

Mr. Peter Walker

All four working parties expect to complete their reports early in the New Year. I intend to publish them in good time for the conference.

Mr. Sutcliffe

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many meetings Lady Dartmouth's working party on the human habitat has held with individuals and organisations to determine their views.

Mr. Peter Walker

Lady Dartmouth and members of her Working Party have made a thorough study of the literature on the human habitat, and have collected written evidence from more than 300 persons and organisations. They have as expert advisers Lord Clark, Ove Arup and Max Nicholson. They have interviewed many hundreds of people up and down the country and discussed many of the acute problems of our habitat with Professor Buchanan and representatives of the R.I.B.A. Lady Dartmouth has herself made 14 tours covering 30 towns and districts in England, Scotland and Wales. She has held seven half-day meetings at the Department of the Environment and has had several other more informal meetings of her group. I know the House would wish to thank Lady Dartmouth for the vigour with which she has tackled this task.