HC Deb 15 June 1992 vol 209 cc402-3W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the present membership of the Scottish Economic Council, the dates on which it has met in the last two years and its terms of reference.

Mr. Lang

[holding answer 11 June 1992]: Following is the information: Membership The membership of the Scottish Economic Council is as follows:

Chairman

  • Rt. Hon. Ian Lang, MP

Vice Chairman

  • Mr. Allan Stewart, MP

Members

  • Dr. James G. Adamson
  • Mr. David A. Berridge
  • Baroness Carnegy of Lour
  • Mr. Campbell Christie
  • Sir Robert Cowan
  • Mrs. Christine Davis
  • Sir Robin Duthie
  • Mr. Ron Garrick
  • Sir Matthew Goodwin
  • Mr. Ian Grant
  • Mr. James Gulliver
  • Professor Michael Hamlin
  • Mr. Alan F. Hodgson
  • Mr. William Y. Hughes
  • Mr. J. Raymond Johnstone
  • Mrs. Barbara Kelly
  • Mr. J. Clive Lewis
  • Mr. Douglas MacDiarmid
  • Professor Donald MacKay
  • Dr. Christopher Masters
  • Mr. James Miller
  • Councillor John Mullin
  • Sir David Nickson
  • Mr. David M. Paterson
  • Mr. Peter Runciman
  • Mr. Alan Tripp
  • Professor William A. Turmeau
  • Mr. Christopher Wilkins
  • Mr. Ian C. Wood

Meetings The council has met over the past 2 years on the following occasions:

  • 16 February 1990
  • 8 June 1990
  • 19 October 1990
  • 22 February 1991
  • 7 June 1991
  • 25 October 1991
  • 21 February 1992

Terms of Reference The council provides a forum for discussion and advice to Ministers by people prominent in industrial and economic life in Scotland, on a variety of issues affecting the Scottish economy. Members arc appointed in an individual capacity and not as representatives of any particular organisation or interest.

Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant neoplasms of the colon (ICD 153) by regional health authority (RHA), 1982 to 1986
RHA 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Northern 984 932 962 908 956
Yorkshire 1,074 1,132 1,086 1,073 1,099
Trent 1,384 1,458 1,437 1,328 1,420
East Anglia 586 642 641 619 693
North West Thames 723 859 637 738 840
North East Thames 1,066 998 921 598 863
South East Thames 1,044 898 1,053 1,039 1,041
South West Thames 919 873 923 790 863
Wessex 1,014 1,116 1,078 1,022 1,045
Oxford 701 633 660 669 677
South Western 981 940 1,024 1,123 965
West Midlands 1,397 1,431 1,481 1,646 1,577
Mersey 629 642 732 696 736
North Western 1,274 1,271 1,328 1,225 1,234
Wales 832 787 877 969 767

Back to