HC Deb 21 March 2000 vol 346 cc500-1W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 15 March 2000,Official Report, columns 245–50W, if he will list political affiliations, where known, of the members of each regional cultural consortium. [115725]

Mr. Chris Smith

Apart from the Chairs, who are appointed by the Secretary of State, members of the Consortiums are appointed from within each region by a variety of nominating bodies. Additional individual members may be co-opted. Where political affiliation is known—which is mainly where representatives are drawn from local Government—it is as follows:

Member Nominating body
East of England
Jeremy Clover Local Government Con
Irene Macdonald Local Government Lab
Anthony Rowlands Local Government Lib Dem
Jacqualine Russell Regional Development Agency Lab
Wendy Silby Local Government Con
Hazel Simmons Local Government Lab
East Midlands
Sandra Barnes Local Government Con
Ted Cassidy Regional Development Agency Lab
Ian Croft Local Government Con
John Dickie Local Government Lab
Ian Maclennan Local Government Lab
Fiona Martin Local Government Lib Dem
Ned Newitt Local Government Lab
Christine Rose Local Government Lab
North East
George Gill DCMS Lab
John Burton Local Government Lab
Aileen Handy Local Government Lab
Dorothy Long Local Government Lab
Winnie Lowes Local Government Lab
Bob Pendlebury Regional Tourist Board Lab
Ione Rippeth Local Government Lib Dem
Don Robson Regional Sports Board Lab
North West
John Commons Local Government Lib Dem
Guy Harkin Local Government Lab
Pam Hayward Area Museums Council Lab
Steven Matthews Local Government Lab
Graham Morgan Local Government Lab
David Newton North West Sport Lab
Peter Pimbley Local Government Con
Kath Reade Regional Development Agency Lab
Kath Robinson Local Government Lab
South East
Mary Baldwin Local Government Lib Dem
Freddie Emery-Wallis Local Government Con
Cheryl Hall Local Government Lab
Jon Hartley Local Government Lab
Heather Hawker Local Government Con
Roger Thomas Regional Tourist Board Con
South West
Robin Bush Local Government Lib Dem
Andrew May Local Government Lab
Pat Roberts Regional Tourist Board Lab
Norman Thompson Local Government Con
Viv Vines Regional Sports Board Con
Member Nominating body
West Midlands
Baroness Crawley DCMS Lab
Jeff Carpenter Area Museums Council Lab
Stephen Clee Local Government Con
Maureen Compton Local Government Lab
Phillip Davis English Heritage Lab
Elizabeth Edmonsdon Local Government Lab
John Fletcher Local Government Lab
Mike Freeman Local Government Lab
Jean Holder Local Government Lib Dem
Sir William Lawrence Regional Tourist Board Con
Carl Rice Local Government Lab
Gwyn Roberts Local Government Lab
Yorkshire
Chirs Heinitz DCMS Lab
David Ashton Local Government Con
Tina Davey Local Government Lab
David Gemmell Regional Tourist Board Lab
Sue Knowles Local Government Lab
Reg Littleboy Library and Information Lab
Pat Marsh Local Government Lib Dem
Christopher Price Regional Arts Board Lab
Peter Price Regional Sports Board Lab
Mike Pye Area Museums Council Lab
Alan Smith Local Government Lab