§ Mr. Patrick ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his answer of 31 January to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Spring),Official Report, columns 617–18, what appointments he has made to the new Library and Information Commission. [30934]
§ Mr. DorrellI am pleased to be able to announce the following appointments to the Library and Information Commission:
- Douglas Adams—author
- Mark Wood—Reuters
- Dr. Sandra Ward—Glaxo
- Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey —chairman of Chadwyck-Healey Publishing
- Rabbi Julia Neuberger—Camden and Islington community health service NHS trust
- Professor Judith Elkin—head of University of Central England school of information studies
- Councillor Eddy Arram—Croydon borough council
- Dr. Brian Lang—chief executive, British Library
- Derek Law—director of information services and systems, King's college London
- Dr. George Chambers—formerly chairman of the Northern Ireland CBI
- Dr. Robert McKee—director of libraries and arts, Solihull metropolitan borough council
- Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer—chairman of the former LISC(E) and of the British Library's Advisory Committee on the research and development department.
I am confident that with the breadth and depth of experience this membership represents, the new commission is well equipped to deal with all the issues on which I originally anticipated it working.