HC Deb 26 July 1950 vol 478 cc85-6W
Mr. J. Cooper

asked the Postmaster-General whether he is yet in a position to announce the names of the members of the committee he proposes to appoint under Section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949.

Mr. Ness Edwards

The President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, with the approval of the Council, has nominated 45 persons to constitute the panel provided for by Section 9, subsection (2), of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949. From this panel I have appointed two committees, one of which I will consult before making regulations for prescribing the requirements to be complied with in the case of ignition systems of certain internal combustion engines.

The Chairman of this Committee will be Colonel Sir A. Stanley Angwin, K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., T.D., B.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.E.E., and the members will be as follow: Mr. A. H. Ball, A.M.I.E.E., Mr. H. Bishop, C.B.E., B.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.E.E., Mr. S. R. Burbidge, Sir John Dalton, A.M.I.E.E., Mr. W. J. Edwards, B.Sc., Sir Peirson Frank, M.I.C.E., F.R.I.C.S., Mr. F. Gratwick, A.C.I.S., Professor Willis Jackson, D.Sc., D.Phil., M.I.E.E., F.Inst.P., Mr. E. M. Lee, B.Sc., M.I.E.E., Dr. H. E. Merritt, M.B.E., D.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., Mr. E. L. E. Pawley, M.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.E.E., Mr. N. E. Rowe, C.B.E., B.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., Mr. G. F. Sinclair, C.B.E., M.I.E.E., Mr. T. M. H. Stubbs, Mrs. C. Renton Taylor, and Dr. S. Whitehead, Ph.D., MA., M.I.E.E.

The Chairman of the second committee, which I will consult before making regulations for prescribing the requirements to be complied with in the case of refrigeration apparatus, will be Dr. F. T. Chapman, C.B.E., DSc (Eng.), M.I.E.E., and the members will be as follow: Mr. E. G. Batt, Mr. A. H. Bennett, M.I.E.E., Mr. J. I. Bernard, B.Sc.Tech., M.I.E.E., Mr. J. S. Boyd, Mr. A. H. Cooper, B.Sc., Mrs. M. Courtney, J.P., Mr. W. J. Edwards, B.Sc., Mr. J. Flood, Associate I.E.E., Mr. F. Gratwick, A.C.I.S., Dame Caroline Haslett, D.B.E., Companion I.E.E., Mr. T. H. Kinman, M.B.E., M.I.E.E., Mr. D. A. Maurice, A.M.I.E.E., Mr. G. F. Peirson, M.I.E.E., Mrs. C. Renton Taylor, Mr. C. J. Veness, Mr. G. O. Watson, M.I.E.E., and Captain F. J. Wylie, R.N.(Retd.).

In addition to the persons named above, the President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers nominated the following members for the panel, and I will be able to call upon them for their services when at a later stage I desire to consult an advisory committee before making other regulations: Dr. T. E. Allibone, D.Sc., Ph.D., F.Inst.P., M.I.E.E., Dr. P. Bauwens, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Mr. J. R. Beard, C.B.E., M.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.E.E., Mr. C. M. Cock, A.M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., Mr. R. L. H. Ewin, Dr. J. S. Forrest, M.A., D.Sc., M.I.E.E., Captain C. Higgins, O.B.E., B.Sc (Eng.), M.I.E.E., Mr. M. O'C. Horgan, M.I.E.E., Mr. W. J. Jones, M.Sc (Eng.), M.I.E.E., Mr. C. W. Marshall, B.Sc., M.I.E.E., Mr. C. Riley, B.Sc.Tech., A.M.I.E.E., Mr. C. N. Rocky, and Mr. W. Thomson, B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E.