§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel he expects to appoint;
(2) how many of the nominees for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel have been (a) rejected and (b) appointed; and if he will list the names and sources of nomination of the appointees so far;
(3) how many nominations he received for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel; and from which sources these nominations came.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answers 6 February 1995]: We expect in due course to appoint between 40 and 50 members to the appeals panel.
385WWe have received 212 nominations from the following sources:
Source Number Public Appointments Unit (OPSS) 40 British Medical Association 15 British Dental Association 1 Trades Union Congress 12 Chief Whip's Office 6 Victim Support 2 Department of Health 19 Welsh Office 7 Self-nomination 110 The following have so far been appointed to the panel:
Name Source of nomination Chairman Mr. M. Lewer QC Existing Member of CICB Members Sir Derek Bradbeer OBE Existing Member of CICB Mr. D. J. Brown Public Appointments Unit Miss D Cotton QC Existing Member of CICB Mr. K. Drummond QC Existing Member of CICB Dr. A. Fingret Public Appointments Unit Mr. D. J. L. Gabbitass Public Appointments Unit Dr. H. E. Godfrey British Medical Association Mr. F. J. Howard Trades Union Congress Mr. J. Leighton Williams QC Existing Member of CICB Ms G. Lindley Public Appointments Unit Mr. C. Lindsey QC Existing Member of CICB Mr. H. Lumsden Public Appointments Unit Lord Macaulay of Bragar QC Existing Member of CICB Mr. D. S. Mackay QC Existing Member of CICB Mr. H. J. Malins Public Appointments Unit Mr. J. R. Miles Self nomination Mr. T. A. Molloy Trades Union Congress Mr. M. Park CBE Existing Member of CICB No nominations have been formally rejected, but no further appointments will be made until the final outcome of the legal challenge to the tariff scheme is known.