§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list(a) the members of the Board of Directors of the Environment Agency and their declared party political affiliations and (b) appointments made to the Board of Directors of the Environment Agency since 1 May 1997 and their declared party political affiliations. [111105]
§ Mr. MeacherThe current Board members are:
- Sir John Harman (Chairman)
- Barbara Young (Chief Executive)
- Councillor Colin Beandwood
- Mr. Ted Cantle
- Mr. Andrew Dare CBE
- Mr. John Edmonds
- Professor Richard Macrory CBE
- Mr. Gerald Manning OBE
- Professor Peter Matthews
- Professor Jacqueline McGlade
- Ms Sara Parkin OBE
- Professor Donald Ritchie
- Dr. Lyndon Stanton
- Mr. Gareth Wardell
- Professor Lynda Warren
Members of the Environment Agency's Board are required to complete questions in their application form about political activity, and not their political affiliation unless they are politically active. These application forms are held by my Department, and four reflect political activity at the time of appointment. Sir John Harman has declared his affiliation to the Labour Party, but resigned his party political positions after being appointed as Chairman of the Agency's Board. In her application for the post of Chief Executive, which carries with it automatic membership of the Board, Baroness Young listed her position as working Labour peer, but she resigned the Whip upon her appointment. John Edmonds has declared membership of the Labour Party National Policy Forum and Commission, and Councillor Colin Beardwood has declared that he is 525W a member of the Labour Party and serves on Worcestershire County Council and West Midlands Regional Chamber.
Gareth Wardell, who was the Labour MP for Gower until May 1997, was appointed by the then Secretary of State for Wales.
No other Board member who has been appointed since 1 May 1997 has declared any party political activity. The only appointments made to the Board since 1 May 1997, excluding the above, were Mr. Alan Dalton and Mr Chris Hampson, the latter on his appointment as Deputy Chair of the Board. They have completed their appointments and are no longer on the Board.
Consent reference number Consent holder and crop Nearest village, town or parish Grid reference of release site 99/R21/6 Novartis Seeds Ltd Stone, Worcestershire SO 853 748 (now Syngenta) Ramsey, Cambridgeshire TL 293 877 Fodder beet Bradenham, Narfolk TF 933 084 Raynham,Norfolk TF 887 258 Banham, Norfolk TM 072 889 00/R33/6 Aventis CropScience UK Ltd Bramham, North Yorks SE 446 418 (now Bayer CropScience UK Ltd) Shellingford, Oxon SU 306 945 Oilseed rape Thorganby, Lincolnshire TF 192 965 Sand Hutton, North Yorks SE 675 583 Meden Vale, Notts SK 604 706 Felton, Herefordshire SO 561 486 Melbourn, Cambrifgeshire TL 389 428 Piccots End, Hertfordshire TL 049 095 Banham, Norfolk TM 088 883 01/R8/4 IACR Rothamsted Harpenden, Hertfordshire TL 124 136 (now Rothamsted Research) Wheat 01/R29/3 John Innes Centre Barley Colney, Norfolk TG 179 077 02/R4/12 Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Ltd. Potato Thornhaugh, Peterborough TF 074 009 02/R36/01 IACR-Long Ashton Harpenden, Hertfordshire TL 124 136 (now Rothamsted Research) Wheat 01/R33/11 Aventis CropScience Ltd. Little Bolligton, Cheshire SJ 714 872 (now Bayer CropScience Ltd.) Great Moulton, Norfolk TM 165 902 Oilseed rape Alveston/Loxley, Warks SP 231 535 Farm Scale evaluations Piccotts End, Hertfordshire TL 048 098 Bincombe, Dorset SY 692 841 Narfferton, East Riding of Yorks TA 015 620 Burdon, Tyne and Wear NZ 205 367 Oakenshaw, Durham NZ 205 367 Hinton Waldrist,Oxon SU 379 993 Smarden, Kent TQ 882 397 Throganby, Lincolnshire TF 213 972 Burgh on Bain, Lincolnshire TF 227 876 Bagley, Shropshire SJ 398 268 Kilnwick Percy, East Riding of Yorks SE 841 497 Laxton, East Riding of Yorks SE 792 276 Lowthorpe, East Riding of Yorks TA 087 602