§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Lord Privy Seal if the will list in the Official Reportthe names of bodies to which the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs appoints members, other than civil servants, that have been established since May 1979, giving the names of those appointed to each and the estimated annual cost in each case.
§ Mr. RidleyNo new bodies have been established. However, under the terms of the Crown Agents Act 1979, the new incorporated Crown Agents came into existence on 1 January 1980. The appointed members of the Crown Agents are:
- Mr. Sidney Eburne (Chairman)
- Mr. John Goble (Deputy Chairman)
- Mr. Peter Bulfield
360 - Mr. Alan Frood
- Mr. Kenneth Johnson
- Sir Leslie Kirkley
- Sir Gordon Mackay
- Mr. Douglas Williams
The annual salary costs related to these appointments is about £57,500. The latest available figure for operational costs for the Crown Agents is £22.65 million