HC Deb 15 June 1995 vol 261 cc677-8W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received(a) supporting and (b) opposing the registration of security companies; and if he will make a statement. [28559]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

My right hon. Friend has received no specific representations on this issue. As

Chief Executives of the New Councils
New Council Salary 1 April 1995 £ Chief Executive Current position
Aberdeen City 80,000 Mr. Douglas Paterson Director of Education, Grampian Regional Council
Aberdeenshire 80,000 Mr. Alan Campbell Chief Executive, Grampian Regional Council
Angus 73,000 Mr. Sandy Watson Chief Executive, Tayside Regional Council
Argyll and Bute 68,000 Mr. James McLellan Director of Administration, Argyll and Bute District Council
Clackmannanshire The 58,000 Mr. Robert Allan Chief Executive, Clackmannan District Council
Dumbarton and Clydebank 73,000 Mr. Michael Watters District Secretary and Director of Legal and Administrative Services, Dumbarton District Council
Dumfries and Galloway 80,000 Mr. Ian Smith Chief Executive Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council
Dundee, City of 80,000 Mr. Alex Stephen Chief Executive, City of Dundee District Council
East Ayrshire 73,000 Mr. David Montgomery Senior Deputy Director of Education, Strathclyde Regional Council
East Dumbartonshire 73,000 Mr. Cornelius Mallon Chief Executive, Strathkelvin District Council
East Lothian 65,000 Mr. John Lindsay Depute Chief Executive and Director of Finance, East Lothian District Council
East Renfrewshire 65,000 Mr. Peter Daniels Chief Executive, Clydesdale District Council
Edinburgh, City of 93,000 Mr. Tom Aitchison Chief Executive, Lothian Regional Council
Falkirk 76,000 Mr. Walter Weir Chief Executive, Falkirk District Council
Fife 89,000 Dr. John Markland Chief Executive, Fife Regional Council
Glasgow, City of 96,000 Mr. John Anderson Depute Chief Executive, Strathclyde Regional Council
Highland 84,000 Mr. Arthur McCourt Assistant Chief Executive, Tayside Regional Council
Inverclyde 68,000 Mr. Graeme Bettison Senior Depute Director of Administration, Grampian Regional Council
Midlothian 62,000 Mr. Trevor Muir Chief Executive, Midlothian District Council
Moray 62,000 Mr. Anthony Connell Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Administration, Grampian Regional Council
North Ayrshire 76,000 Mr. Bernard Devine Chief Executive, Cunninghame District Council
North Lanarkshire 89,000 Mr. Andrew Cowe Managing Director, Renfrew District Council
Orkney Islands 58,000 Mr. Ronald Gilbert Chief Executive, Orkney Islands Council
Perthshire and Kinross 73,000 Mr. Harry Robertson Chief Executive, Perth and Kinross District Council
Renfrewshire 80,000 Mr. Thomas Scholes Senior Depute Director of Finance, Strathclyde Regional Council
Shetland Islands 58,000 Mr. Malcolm Green Chief Executive, Shetlands Islands Council
Scottish Borders 73,000 Mr. Alastair Croall Depute Chief Executive, Borders Regional Council
South Ayrshire 73,000 Mr. George Thorley Assistant Chief Executive, Strathclyde Regional Council
South Lanarkshire 89,000 Mr. Alastair J. H. MacNish Depute Director of Social Work, Strathclyde Regional Council
Stirling 65,000 Mr. Keith Yates Assistant Chief Executive, Central Regional Council
West Lothian 76,000 Mr. Alex Linkson Chief Executive and Director of Finance, West Lothian District Council
Western Isles 58,000 Mr. Brian Stewart Chief Executive, Western Isles Islands Council

Sources:

Local Government Staff Commission and Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authority Services.

the hon. Gentleman will know, the Home Affairs Select Committee has recently published a report on the private security industry. Although the report applies only to the security industry in England and Wales, we will give careful consideration to its conclusions and recommendations.