§ Lord Grabinerasked Her Majesty's Government:
92WAWhat plans they have to appoint a successor to Lord Haskins as Chair of the Better Regulation Task Force. [HL3282]
§ Lord Macdonald of TradestonI have appointed David Arculus, non-executive Chairman of Severn Trent plc, as the new Chair of the Better Regulation Task Force. His appointment takes effect on 1 April 2002 and will be for a period of three years. The position is unpaid and will take up one-and-a-half days per week.
The Government would like to put on record their gratitude to my noble friend Lord Haskins for chairing the task force since its inception four-and-a-half years ago and building it into what it is today. He and the task force have achieved a great deal. We and the country owe them a debt of gratitude for their hard work and commitment to the cause of better regulation.