HC Deb 29 November 1994 vol 250 cc664-5W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will name the current members of the Advisory Committee on the Acceptance of Business Appointments by Crown Servants, indicating their occupation and background and which other public and private sector board posts they hold.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

The members of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments are:

  • The right hon. the Lord Carlisle of Bucklow QC - Chairman
  • The Lord Bridges GCMG - Deputy Chairman
  • Sir John Blelloch KCB
  • Sir Denys Henderson
  • Sir Charles Huxtable KCB CBE
  • Sir Robin Ibbs KBE
  • The right hon. Peter Shore MP
  • The right hon. the Lord Thomson of Monifieth KT

Lord Carlisle, Lord Thomson and Mr. Peter Shore are senior parliamentarians and former Ministers, Lord Bridges is a retired diplomat; Sir John Blelloch is a retired senior civil servant; Sir Charles Huxtable is a retired senior Army officer; Sir Robin Ibbs is Chairman of Lloyds bank; Sir Denys Henderson is chairman of ICI and the ZENECA group.

Three members of the advisory committee hold public appointments in other advisory bodies sponsored by my Department: Sir John Blelloch is a member of the Security Commission; Lord Thomson is a member of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee and the Standing Committee on Standards in Public Life; Mr Peter Shore is a member of the Standing Committee on Standards in Public Life. Details of other public and private sector board posts held are a matter for individual committee members, and are not sought as a matter of course by my Department.