HC Deb 27 November 1945 vol 416 cc1260-4W
Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which public company boards His Majesty's Government appoints directors; and if he will state the names of the appointees and the boards on which they serve, respectively.

Mr. Dalton

, pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 13th November, 1945, Vol. 415, c. 1916), supplied the following statement:

List of companies to which the Government appoints directors together with the names of the directors so appointed (excluding those operated for public purposes as part of the administrative machinery of Government and Statutory bodies whose boards are wholly appointed by the Government).
Company. Directors appointed by His Majesty's Government. Department by which appointment is made.
Oceanic Steam Navigation Realisation Co., Ltd. S. Malcolm Baird, Esq. Treasury.
Royal Mail Lines, Ltd.
North Wales Power Co. Ltd. Brig.-Gen. R. F. Legge, C.B.E., D.S.O. Treasury.
Electricity Distribution of North Wales and District, Ltd.
Tata Power Co. Ltd. L. A. Halsall, Esq. Treasury.
Athens Piraeus Electricity Co. R. M. Meikle, Esq. Treasury.
Electric Transport Co. (of Athens)
James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. S. Malcolm Baird, Esq. Treasury.
Bowatcr's Newfoundland Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd. A. A. Ritchie, Esq. Treasury.
United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, Ltd. Sir Francis Joseph, Bt., K.B.E., D.L., M.I.Min.E. Treasury.
Sir Frank H. Nixon, K.C.M.G., C.B.
A. C. Beatty, Esq.
J. H. Hambro, Esq.
C. P. Lister, Esq.
L. C. Paton, Esq.
E. J. Shearer, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., M.C.
A. D. Campbell, Esq., C.B.E
E. H. Lever, Esq., F.I.A.
Suez Canal Company Rt. Hon. the Earl of Cromer, G.C.B., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O. Treasury.
Rt. Hon. Lord Hankey, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.
A. R. Fraser, Esq., C.M.G.
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd Sir George L. Barstow, K.C.B. Treasury & Admiralty.
Sir Edward H. Packe, K.B.E.
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Ltd. Sir George L. Barstow, K.C.B. Treasury & Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Sir William Gavin, C.B.E.
E. L. Mitchell, Esq., C.B., C.B.E.
Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation Ltd. Sir Joshua Ross-Taylor Treasury and Department of Agriculture for Scotland.
S. G. Brown, Ltd. A. A. Rowse, Esq., M.I.M.E., M.Inst., C.E., M.I.A.E., M.I.E.E. Admiralty.
F. W. Gale, Esq.
Fairmile Marine Co. Ltd. Sir A. Noel C. Macklin Admiralty.
Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne, C.B., C.M.G.
W. Medd, Esq., C.B., O.B.E.
Frank Curtis, Ltd. D. McKellar, Esq., F.C.A. Admiralty.
A. J. Stubbings, Esq.
F. Curtis, Esq.
Aircraft Precision, Ltd. A. Hacking, Esq., O.B.E. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production.
E. R. Armelin, Esq.
G. A. Todd, Esq
Broadway Engineering Co Col. E. D. Basden, M.C Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production.
F. W. Halliwell, Esq.
Erskine Tool Co. Ltd. N. S. Murray, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production.
John McClurc, Ltd. M. Campbell, Esq.
S. F. Shuttleworth, Esq.
Industrial and Mechanical Engineers, Ltd. A. W. Rippon, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production.
A. P. H. Aitken, Esq.
J. Boden, Esq.

Company. Directors appointed by His Majesty's Government. Department by which appointment is made.
Melbourne Engineering Co. (Melbourne) Ltd. C. G. Twallin, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
H. E. Slawson, Esq.
R. Matthews, Esq.
Rendan Manufacturing Co. (Great Britain) Ltd. A. Stewart, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
A. E. France, Esq.
E. F. Robson, Esq.
Coleman Foundry Equipment Co., Ltd.= T. H. Board, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
Heavy Duty Bearings Ltd. T. H. Board, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
Major C. M. Carrngton
Hydran Products Ltd. W. E. Ridsale, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
R. G. Mills, Esq.
Redman Tools & Products Ltd. G. A. Todd, Esq Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
Charles E. Jones Ltd. S. Sanders, Esq. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
H. D. Bell, Esq., F.C.A.
E. T. Granger, Esq., F.C. A.
South Wales Forgernasters Ltd P. E. Thomas, Esq., O.B.E., LL.D. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
E. T. Granger, Esq., F.C.A
J. D. Julien, Esq.
T. Stuart Overy, Esq.
Short Bros. (Rochester & Bedford), Ltd. E. D. A. Herbert, Esq., O.B.E. Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production —cont.
S. H. Brown, Esq.
Sir John S. Buchanan, C.B.E.
C. P. T. Lipscomb, Esq.
J. L. Parker, Esq., O.B.E.
D. W. Wiseman, Esq.
E. B. Bowyer, Esq.
Nottingham & Clifton Collieries, Ltd. Sir Charles Reid Ministry of Fuel and Power.
E. D. A. Herbert, Esq., O.B.E.
F. Skevington, Esq., M.B.E.
J. & J. Charlesworth Ltd. H. Danby, Esq. Ministry of Fuel and Power.
Crawshaw & Warburton Ltd. Major J. G. Scowler Ministry of Fuel and Power.
Glass Houghton & Castleford Collieries Ltd. [Major H. M. Hudspeth, D.S.O., M.C. Ministry of Fuel and Power.
Pontefract Collieries Ltd.
Yorkshire Coking and Chemical Co. Ltd.
British Sugar Corporation Ltd. Lt.-Col. Sir Francis H. Humphrys, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.I.E. Ministry of Food and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Sir Louis J. Kershaw, K.C.S.I., C.I.E.
Major J. Leslie, D.S.O., M.C
Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Ltd. R. H. Wilson, Esq. Ministry of War Transport.
David Mac Bray ne Ltd. Lt.-Col. N. MacLeod, C.M.G., D.S.O. Scottish Office.
In addition to the companies included in the above list, appointments are made by Government Departments to the boards of a number of other bodies in the following three categories:
(a) Bodies created by statute for a specific purpose whose boards are wholly appointed by the Government, e.g., the Central Electricity Board, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and British Overseas Airways Corporation.
(b) All statutory port and harbour authorities, on the boards of which one or more members are appointed by the Ministry of War Transport.
(c) Bodies sponsored by the Government to discharge functions connected with wartime schemes of administration to which the Government appoint directors or members, e.g., certain of the companies formed in connection with the activities of the Ministry of Food and the Board of Trade.