HC Deb 30 March 1955 vol 539 cc38-9W
Mr. Godber

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now announce the names of the members of the Committee of Inquiry into Horticultural Marketing.

Mr. Amory

I am very glad to say that the following persons have agreed to act as members of the Committee of Inquiry into Horticultural MarketingViscount Runciman, O.B.E., A.F.C. (Chairman). Mrs. N. L. Beer, J.P., member of the Manchester City Council and of the White Fish Industry Advisory Council. Mr. F. W. Charles, C.B.E., partner in the firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., chartered accountants. Mr. H. Douglass, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Professor D. S. Hendrie, Principal of the West of Scotland College of Agriculture. Professor E. F. Nash, Professor of Agricultural Economics in the University College of Wales. Mr. S. V. Swash, M.C., Chairman of Messrs. F. W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd. The terms of reference of this Committee, whose inquiry will cover both Great Britain and Northern Ireland, were given in my reply on 3rd February to a Question by the hon. Member for Shoreditch and Finsbury (Mr. Collins).