HC Deb 18 December 1953 vol 522 cc120-1W
Mr. Dudley Williams

asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the recent White Paper, what arrangements he has now made for reconstituting the consumers' committees provided for under the Agricultural Marketing Acts.

Sir T. Dugdale

I have reconstituted the consumers' committee for England and Wales and also, in conjunction with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland, the consumers' committee for Great Britain, as follows:

Consumers' Committee for England and Wales

Sir George Schuster, K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C. (Chairman).

J. W. Blower, Esq., C.B.E., J.P., Chairman of the Co-operative Union.

Dame Florence Hancock, D.B.E., Trade Unionist.

R. G. Leach, Esq., C.B.E., Chartered Accountant.

The Hon. Mrs. A. Methuen, J.P., Treasurer of the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Mrs. Elisabeth Roberts, Welsh Housewife.

Stanley G. Shaw, Esq., M.B.E., J.P., ex-Treasurer and Provision Adviser, National Federation of Grocers' and Provision Dealers' Associations.

J. A. F. Watson, Esq., J.P., F.R.I.C.S., Chartered Surveyor.

Consumers' Committee for Great Britain

The members of the Committee for England and Wales together with the following members of the Committee for Scotland:

Professor J. W. Nisbet, M.A., LL.B., Professor of Political Economy, St. Andrew's University.

Mrs. M. Gibson, M.B.E., Farmer's wife and hotel proprietress.

Two further members, whose names will be announced shortly, will be appointed to the Committee for England and Wales and they will also serve on the Committee for Great Britain.

Captain Duncan

asked the Secretary of State or Scotland, in view of the recent White Paper on agricultural marketing, what arrangements he has made for reviving the consumers' committees provided for under the Agricultural Marketing Acts.

Mr. J. Stuart

I have reconstituted the consumers committee for Scotland and as my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture is also announcing today, he and I in conjunction are reconstituting the consumers' committee for Great Britain. The following is a list of the names of the members appointed to the Scottish Committee:

Consumers' Committee in Scotland

Professor J. W. Nisbet, M.A.. LL.B.

Mrs. M. Ames.

T. Brown, Esq.

Mrs. J. Gammie.

Mrs. M. Gibson, M.B.E.

Mrs. M. Small, J.P.

Councillor J. Warren.

T. G. Waterlow, Esq., C.B.E

Professor Nisbet and Mrs. Gibson will be the Scottish members of the Great Britain Committee, appointed jointly by the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Agriculture.