HC Deb 14 April 1978 vol 947 cc560-1W
Mr. Burden

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the names and qualifications of the members of his committee which produced the recently published report entitled "The Export Trade in Live Animals for Slaughter and in Further Fattening".

Mr. Bishop

The membership of the working group varied from meeting to meeting according to the aspects of the subject being discussed. Of the 26 officials who on different occasions took part, 10 were members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the remainder, who were administrators, were directly concerned with the subject of the review in the course of their work. Their names and designations are as follows:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  • A. C. L. Brown, Chief Veterinary Officer
  • C. H. Shillito, Under Secretary, Animal Health Group
  • D. R. Dow, Asst. Secretary, Sheep & Livestock Subsidies Divn.
  • D. J. Drummond, Asst. Chief Vet. Officer, Edinburgh
  • J. H. Holroyd, Asst. Secretary, Beef Divn.
  • P. M. Marshall, Regional Veterinary Officer, Edinburgh
  • Mrs. H. I. Pinkerton, Asst. Secretary, Animal Health Divn. II
  • W. H. G. Rees, Asst. Chief Veterinary Officer (Welfare)
  • G. B. Taylor, Regional Veterinary Officer (Welfare)
  • A. F. Baldry, Divisional Veterinary Officer (Welfare)
  • Mrs. A. M. Blackburn, Principal, Sheep & Livestock Subsidies Divn.
  • H. B. Brown, Principal, Animal Health Divn. II
  • A. Campbell, Divisional Veterinary Officer, Edinburgh
  • T. S. Durrett, Principal, Welsh Dept. Aberystwyth
  • K. D. M. Malik, Principal, Sheep & Livestock Subsidies Divn.
  • D. S. Stephenson, Principal, Animal Health Divn. II
  • R. Townsend, Principal, Animal Health Divn. II
  • J. H. H. Vaughan. Principal, Beef Divn.
  • F. H. Whaley, Divisional Veterinary Officer (Welfare)
  • R. H. Wilcox, Deputy Regional Vet. Officer, Edinburgh

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland

  • A. I. Macdonald, Assistant Secretary, Animal Health, Livestock and Agric. Labour Divn.
  • A. B. Scott, Principal, Livestock Products Divn.
  • T. M. Thomson, Principal, Animal Health, Livestock and Agric. Labour Divn.

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

  • J. C. Chalmers, Assistant Secretary, Animal Health, Milk and Eggs Divn.
  • H. L. Hutchinson, Deputy Regional Vet. Officer
  • G. C. Speers, Principal, Animal Health Divn.