§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the members of the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland whom he has appointed since May 1979, together with their occupational background and political and religious affiliations, where known, and their geographical base; and if he will give the same information about those whom they replaced.
§ Mr. ButlerAppointments to and departures from the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland, since May 1979, are as follows: I do not believe it would be appropriate for me to publicise further personal details of the members.
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Equal Opportunities Commission Appointments Since May 1979 Name Geographical Area Date of appointment/reappointment Mrs. Margot G. Neill Chairman Belfast 12 September 1979 10 September 1980 1 September 1981 Mr. M. T. Clarke BSc DIP ED Belfast 12 September 1979 10 September 1980 Mr. Robert G. Cooper LLB County Down 12 September 1979 10 September 1980 1 September 1981 Mrs. Nan Douglass Belfast 12 September 1979 10 September 1980 Mr. Robert T. Ferris DBS, ATCL, AMBIM County Antrim 12 September 1979 Mrs. Phyllis Bateson Belfast 12 September 1979 10 September 1980 Mrs. Beatrice Boyd County Down 12 September 1979 13 October 1980 Mr. Albert Broomhead County Fermanagh 12 September 1979 10 September 1980 1 September 1981 Mr. T. D. Douglas Belfast 15 November 1979 10 November 1980 1 September 1981 18 November 1983 Mrs. Inez McCormack Belfast 15 November 1979 10 September 1980 1 September 1981 Ms. Bronagh Hinds Belfast 22 November 1979 10 September 1980 1 September 1981 Mr. Claude H. Bigg County Armagh 4 February 1981 1 September 1981 Mrs. Gladys Gallagher Belfast 1 September 1981 Mrs. Caroline Kelly County Fermanagh 1 September 1981
Name Geographical Area Date of appointment/ reappointment Mrs. Janet Trewsdale County Down 1 September 1981 Miss Dorothy M. Wadsworth FIPM Belfast 1 September 1981 Mrs. K. Muriel I. Wilson County Antrim 1 December 1981 Mr. James I. Eccles JP AMIMI County Down 6 July 1982 Mr. Robert B.Neilly MA Belfast 26 November 1982 Mrs. Collette Quigley County Londonderry 26 November 1982 Mrs. Marie Mooney County Londonderry 3 October 1983
Members of Equal Opportunities Commission Whose Terms of Office Expired Since May 1979 Name Geographical Base Date of Termination of appointment Dr. Florence Pinkerton Belfast 31 August 1979 Mrs. Nan Douglass Belfast 31 August 1980 Mr. Robert T. Ferris County Antrim 31 August 1980 Mrs. Phyllis Bateson Belfast 31 August 1981 Mrs. Beatrice Boyd County Down 31 August 1981 Mr. Michael T. Clarke Belfast 31 August 1981 Mrs. Margot G. Neill Belfast 30 November 1981 Mrs. Caroline Kelly County Fermanagh 15 February 1982 Mrs. Gladys Gallagher Belfast 1 August 1982 Mrs. Collette Quigley 24May1983 County Londonderry Miss Dorothy M. Wadsworth FIPM MBE Belfast 31 August 1983 Mr. Claude H. Bigg County Armagh 6 March 1984