HC Deb 27 March 1952 vol 498 cc73-5W
Mr. W. J. Taylor

asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names of the members and terms of reference of the National Advisory Committee on the Employment of Older Men and Women; and when he expects to receive the committee's report.

Sir W. Monckton

This is a standing Committee which will keep under constant review the various problems involved in promoting the employment of older men and women. It will advise from time to time on the various aspects of the question and I do not contemplate receiving one final and comprehensive report. The Committee has its first meeting next week.

The terms of reference of the Committee are "To advise and assist the Minister of Labour and National Service in promoting the employment of older men and women."

The following persons have been appointed to serve on the Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir Peter F. Bennett, O.B.E., J.P., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and National Service.

Members

  • Mrs. E. M. Abbot, Treasury.
  • Dr. A. B. Badger, The Gas Council.
  • Sir Frederic Bartlett, C.B.E., F.R.S., Director of the Psychological Laboratory, Cambridge and Honorary Director of the Nuffield Research Unit into the Problems of Ageing.
  • Dr. G. E. Godber, D.M., F.R.C.P., Ministry of Health.
  • Mr. D. H. W. Hall, Deputy Chairman, National Council of Social Service. Acting Chairman, National Old People's Welfare Committee.
  • Mr. R. Howat, Department of Health for Scotland.
  • Sir William Lawther, J.P., National Union of Mineworkers.
  • Mr. A. H. Mathias, C.B.E., Chairman, Retail Distributive Trades Conference.
  • Dr. E. R. A. Merewether, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.I.H., F.R.S. (Edin.), Ministry of Labour and National Service.
  • Mr. H. Plowman, Town Clerk of Oxford.
  • The Dowager Marchioness of Reading, G.B.E., C. St. J., Women's Voluntary Services.
  • Sir Frederick Rees, Vice President of the Unversity of South Wales and Monmouthshire.
  • Mr. A. Roberts, C.B.E., Amalgamated Association of Card. Blowing and Ring Room Operatives.
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  • Miss E. M. R. Russell-Smith—Ministry of Health.
  • Dr. J. H. Sheldon, M.D., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Director of Medicine, the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton.
  • Mr. M. R. F, Simson, Secretary to the National Corporation for the Care of Old People.
  • Dame Mary Smieton, D.B.E.—Ministry of Labour and National Service.
  • Sir Richard Snedden, C.B.E., Chairman, British Employers' Confederation's "Industrial Organisation" Standing Committee.
  • Dr. Donald Stewart, M.D., F.R.C.P., Chief Medical Officer of the Austin Motor Co. Ltd.
  • Sir Ronald J. Thomson, President of the Association of County Councils in Scotland, 1948–50.
  • Professor R. M. Titmuss, Professor of Social Administration in the University of London.
  • Mr. J. Whalley, C.B.—Ministry of National Insurance.
  • Sir Harold Wiles, K.B.E., C.B.—Ministry of Labour and National Service.
  • Mr. T. Williamson, C.B.E., J.P., National Union of General and Municipal Workers.
  • Mr. L. G. Wilson, O.B.E., Chairman, Wool (and Allied) Textile Employers' Council, Chairman, British Employers' Confederation's "Factories" Standing Committee.

The Secretary of the Committee is Mr. J. Howie Mitchell, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 80–82, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1.