HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 cc503-4W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if in respect of the Advisory Panel, which advises on appointments to the Animal Procedures Committee, he will list members'(a) names, (b) qualifications and (c) other employments; and how often the Advisory Panel meets. [24303]

Mr. George Howarth

To date, the Advisory Panel has only met to consider candidates for the post of Chairman of the Animal Procedures Committee. The members of that panel were as followsMiss Carolyn Sinclair—Director of the Constitutional and Community Policy Directorate in the Home Office. Mr. William Mumford CB—Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Research Establishments,. Ministry of Defence, (retired); Chairman's Panel, Civil Service Selection Board, 1989–95. Professor Margaret Brazier LLB OBE—Chairman, Animal Procedures Committee; Professor of Law, University of Manchester.

A new panel will be convened shortly to consider candidates for appointment as members of the Committee. It is expected that the new panel will consist of the new Chairman of the Committee. Professor Michael Banner MA DPhil, Mr. William Mumford and an official from the Home Office. Professor Banner is the FD Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology at King's College, London.

The Advisory Panel will not meet regularly. It will meet only when new members of the Committee need to be appointed.