§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many extra civil servants will be required by his Department on health matters as a result of 183W reorganisation of the health service in Wales
§ Mr. Peter ThomasIt is too early to make detailed estimates.
§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish the membership of the steering committee set up by his Department for the reorganisation of health services in Wales; and how many members of this steering committee are members of the Welsh Hospital Board and are chairmen of the board's various committees.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe present membership is given below. It includes the chairman of one of the Welsh Hospital Board's committees. All members serve in a personal capacity rather than as representatives of particular organisations.
STEERING COMMITTEE
Chairman: Mr. D. G. McPherson, Under Secretary, Welsh Office.
Dr. P. Alwyn-Smith, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, Senior Administrative Medical Officer, Welsh Hospital Board.
Mr. L. G. Denner Brown, LDS, General Dental Practitioner. Secretary, Welsh Committee for Dental Affairs.
Mr. I. Davies, LIB, Clerk, Anglesey County Council.
Mr. M. Davies, FHA, FSS, Group Secretary, Bro Morgannwg HMC.
Mr. T. I. Davies, FHA, FACCA, FCCS, Treasurer, Glantawe HMC.
Dr. A. J. Essex-Cater, MRCS, LRCP, DCH, DPH, DIH, FRAI, Medical Officer of Health. Monmouthshire County Council.
Mr. G. Evans, President, Association of Welsh Executive Councils.
Mr. J. R. Evans, CSW, Director of Social Services, Cardiganshire County Council.
D. G. Murray Jones, MBE, MRCS, LRCP, General Practitioner. Chairman, General Medical Services Committee (Wales).
Mr. W. R. Jeffcott, CBE, JP, Chairman, University Hospital of Wales (Cardiff) HMC.
Lord Kenyon, CBE, LLD, DL, JP, Chairman, Wrexham, Powys and Mawddach HMC.
Mr. E. Lyons, MB, ChB, DOMS, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Clwyd and Deeside HMC.
Mr. J. M. Malone, District Organiser, National and Local Government Officers Association.
Councillor E. G. Morgan, Member, Health Committee, Carmarthenshire County Council.
184WProvost J. P. D. Mounsey, MA, MD, FRCP, Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine.
Mr. A. E. Newell, OBE, FIMTA, FSAA. Former Secretary, Welsh Hospital Board.
Dr. C. L. Perry, BSc, MB, BCh, DObst, RCOG, MRCGP, General Practitioner, Haverfordwest.
Mr. C. Roberts, FIMTA, FRVA, Chairman, Finance Committee, Welsh Hospital Board, Treasurer, Radnorshire County Council.
Miss N. Thomas, OBE, TD, SRN, SCM, A Deputy President, Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom.
Mr. P. D. White, FHA, Secretary, Association of Clerks of Executive Councils (Wales).
Professor W. M. Williams, MA, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University College of Swansea.
Miss J. M. Young, SRN, SCM, HVCert, Chief Nursing Officer, Pembrokeshire County Council.
§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales when the White Paper on National Health Service reorganisation in Wales will be published.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasI am publishing it today. Copies are available in the Vote Office.