§ Baroness ELLESasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the names and qualifications of the members of the Joint Working Group on the Distribution and Supervision of Oral Contraceptives, set up under the Department of Health and Social Security; and to list against each member the main organisations with which he or she is connected.
§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLAs I stated in my reply to my noble friend Lord Houghton of Sowerby on 14th October 1975, the Working Group on Oral Contraceptives was set up on the invitation of my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Social Services and my right honourable and learned friend the Secretary of State for Wales by the Central Health Services Council, the Medicines Commission and the Committee on Safety of Medicines. Members were drawn from these bodies, and from the Standing Medical, Nursing and Midwifery, and Pharmaceutical Advisory Committees and subsequently from the newly created Committee on the Review of Medicines. The Group will report to the three sponsoring bodies and the Committee on the Review of Medicines, which will convey their conclusions to my right honourable friends.
998WAMembership of the Working Group has changed slightly since October 1975 and the following are the names of the present members of the Working Group, their qualifications and the main organisations with which they are associated:
The right honourable Baroness Robson of Kiddington, JP (Chairman), Chairman S.W. Thames Regional Health Authority, Chairman Board of Governors of Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Member of the Central Health Services Council.
Miss E. R. D. Bendall, MA, PhD, SRN, RSCN, RNT. Registrar of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, Member of the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee.
Professor Sir Stanley Clayton, MD, MS, FRCS, FRCOG. Professor of Obstetrics King's College Hospital, Chairman of the former Standing Maternity and Midwifery Advisory Committee, former Member of the Central Health Services Council and of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee.
W. M. Darling, Esq., OBE, FPS. Retail Pharmacist, former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Member of the Medicines Commission, Member of the Central Health Services Council, Chairman of the Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee.
Miss M. Davis, SRN, SCM. Regional Nursing Officer for Oxford Regional Health Authority, Member of the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee.
Professor Sir Richard Doll, OBE,FRS, DSc, MD, FRCP. Regius Professor of Medicine. Oxford University, Chairman of the Adverse Reactions Sub-Committee of the Committee on Safety of Medicines.
Miss P. Greening, SRN, SCM, HV, Cert. Area Nursing Officer for Birmingham Area Health Authority (Teaching), Member of the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee.
Miss E. J. M. Leigh, FPS. Retail Pharmacist, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, former President of the National Association of Women Pharmacists, Member of the 999WA Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee.
Dr. G. M. Morris, MRCS, LRCP, DObst, RCOG. General Practitioner, Member of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee.
Dr. G. Murray Jones, OBE, LRCP, MRCGP. General Practitioner, Member of Glamorgan Local Medical Committee—South Glamorgan Area Health Authority, Member of the General Medical Services Committee, Member of the General Medical Services Committee (Wales), Member of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee.
Mrs. J.G. Page. Member and former Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the National Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital, Member of the Leeds Western District Community Health Council, former Member of the United Leeds Hospitals Board of Governors, teacher in a Unit for Rubella Children in Leeds, Member of the Central Health Services Council.
Professor E. T. Penrose, MA, PhD. Professor of Economics, University of London, Member of the Medicines Commission.
Mr. J. G. Roberts, FPS. Regional Pharmaceutical Officer for Mersey Regional Health Authority. Member of the Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee.
Professor J. S. Scott, MD, FRCSE, FRCOG. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds, Member of the Committee on Safety of Medicines.
Professor Sir Eric Scowen, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCS, FRCPE, FRC Path, former Professor of Medicine, St. Barthomew's Hospital, Chairman of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, Chairman of the Committee on the Review of Medicines.
Professor O. L. Wade, MD, FRCP. Professor of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Birmingham, Member of the Medicines Commission.
Professor G. M. Wilson, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPE. Regius Professor of Medicine and Consultant Physician Department of Medicine, Western 1000WA Infirmary, Glasgow, former Member of the Medicines Commission, Chairman designate of the Committee on Safety of Medicines (Serving on the Group in a personal capacity).