HC Deb 12 November 1987 vol 122 cc225-7W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will list the sub-committees of the Scottish Arts Council ; and if he will list(a) the male and (b) female members of each of these sub-committees, giving their names, qualifications and the length of their service on the council.

Mr. Luce

There are four women members of the Scottish Arts Council: Olga Clayton, Elaine McDonald, OBE, Jan McDonald and Ann Turner Thomson. No formal qualifications are necessary. Members are selected because they have expertise or interest in a particular field.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Minister for the Arts what are the names and qualifications of the women members appointed to the Scottish Arts Council ; and if he will list the criteria used in the selection process.

Mr. Luce

The seven committees of the Scottish Arts Council, with their members and length of service, are as follows. No formal qualifications are required.

Length of service
Years Months
Music Committee
Alexander Orr (Chairman) 5 10
Geoffrey Ball 2 10
Ian Halliburton 1 10
Peter Evans 3 10
Beth McKill 3 10
Nicholas Philipson 2 11
Jim Souness 2 11
Deirdre Hutton 3 10
Robin Miller 3 10
Linda Ormiston 10

Length of service
Years Months
Drama Committee
Jan McDonald (Chairman) 3 10
Andrew Johnstone 3 10
Norman Macdonald 8
Gerda Stevenson 1 7
John Watt 1 7
Paul Bassett 1 7
Margaret Gordon 3 10
Stephen Mulrine 3 10
Judy Steel 3 10
André Tammes 3 10
Alan Lyddiard 7
Stuart Patterson 6
Dance and Mime Committee
Keith Alexander (Chairman) 1 10
Michael Clayton 3 6
Elaine McDonald 10
Joyce Deans 2 4
Dorothy Munro 2 6
Helen Bryce 3 7
Bill Burdett-Coutts 1 1
Norma Main 3 0
Roger Spence 3 0
Art Committee
Myer Lacome (Chairman) 1 4
Isi Merzstein 10
Ann Turner Thomson 4 10
Christopher Allan 3 10
Keith Ingham 2 7
Robert McGilvray 2 7
Joyce Cairns 2 7
Doug Cocker 1 7
Duncan Thompson 3 7
Literature Committee
Stewart Sanderson (Chairman) 4 10
Iain Crichton-Smith 2 10
Willis Packard 4 10
Stewart Conn 5 1
Janis Adams 4 10
Deirdre Keaney 1 10
Deirdre Chapman 1 1
Peter Cochrane 2 10
Combined Arts Committee
Brian Ivory (Chairman) 4 10
Olga Clayton 10
Clive Andrews 2 7
Simon Mackenzie 2 7
Graeme McKinnon 4 7
Arthur Watson 2 7
Grace Grant 3 3
Elizabeth Foulkes 3 4
Joseph McGinlay 6
John Moreland 1 1
Policy and Resources Committee
Sir Alan Peacock (Chairman) 1 3
Keith Alexander 1 10

Length of service
Years Months
Brian Ivory 4 10
Myer Lacome 1 4
James Logan 4 10
Jan McDonald 3 10
Alexander Orr 5 10
Stewart Sanderson 4 10
David G. Campbell (SED ASSESSOR) 4 0

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