Armed Forces Pay Review Body

HC Deb 25 June 1999 vol 333 c482W

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about appointments to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. [89005]

The Prime Minister

I am pleased to announce that I have today appointed Mr. John Davies and Mr. Michael Ward as new members of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body and re-appointed Mrs. Kay Coleman, OBE, for a second three year term. These are the first appointments to this Pay Review Body conducted under the Peach Code of Practice on appointments to public bodies. I should also like to inform the House that Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde has assumed the Chairmanship of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body, having previously served as a member.