§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will list in the Official 215W Report the names of organisations from which his Department regularly invites the submission of nominations of persons for consideration for appointment to consumer councils of the nationalised industries.
§ Mr. MaclennanIn the case of certain consumer councils there is a statutory requirement that a proportion of the members should be nominees of local authority associations. In filling the remaining places on these councils and in making appointments to the councils which do not have statutory local authority representation, I receive nominations from a very wide variety of sources, including individuals and consumers' and other organisations. My Department welcomes the nomination of anyone wishing to make a contribution to the work of the nationalised industry consumer councils.