§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many (a) men and (b) women he has appointed to public bodies in the past year; and what is the total number of men and women appointed by his Department to serve on public bodies.
§ Mr. HeseltineI appointed(a) 148 men and (b) 27 women to public bodies in 1981. The total number of men and women appointed by this Department to serve on public bodies is 1,291; 1,118 men and 173 women.