HC Deb 31 July 1956 vol 557 cc123-4W
Mr. Crouch

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now announce the names of the members appointed to the Committee to look into the problems of the Meat and Livestock Industry.

Mr. Amory

Yes. I am glad to be able to inform the House that the following persons have agreed to act as members of the Technical Advisory Committee on Meat Research.

  • Sir George Wilson (Chairman).
  • The Earl of Antrim, Member of the Council of the Ulster Farmers' Union.
  • Mr. A. J. Austin, Butchery Manager, London Co-operative Society.
  • Mr. E. J. Baldwin, O.B.E., Ex-President of the Institute of Meat.
  • Colonel L. B. Bennett, O.B.E., M.C., President of the Imported Meat Trade Association.
  • Dr. B. K. Blount, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
  • Mr. T. C. Brechin, Past President of the Scottish Federation of Retail Meat Trades' Associations.
  • Mr. E. C. Conn, Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
  • Mr. H. R. Davidson, Farmer and agricultural journalist.
  • Mr. David Galloway, Vice-Chairman of Multiple Meat Traders' Association.
  • Mr. Frank Gerrard, National College of Food Technology.
  • Dr. John Hammond, C.B.E., Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food/Agricultural Research Council.
  • Mr. George Hedley, Ex-President, Scottish National Farmers' Union.
  • Mr. Maurice Passmore, Producer and meat expert.
  • Professor Alex Robertson, Professor of Veterinary Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Edinburgh.
  • Mr. J. H. Rodmell, President of the English Federation of Retail Meat Traders' Associations.
  • Mr. E. Roll, C.B., C.M.G., Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Mr. T. J. Shaw, M.C., Managing Director
  • (Marketing), Fatstock Marketing Corporation.
  • Mr. H. Shilleto, Chairman of Livestock and Wool Committee of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales.
  • Mr. W. Shubert Jones, J.P., Chairman of the Welsh Committee of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales.
  • Sir William Slater, K.B.E., Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council.
  • The Viscount Trenchard, M.C., Director, T. Wall and Sons Limited.
  • Mr. H. Whitby, Department of Agriculture for Scotland.
  • Mrs. Hilda Whitlow, Housewife and journalist.
  • Mr. James Williams, President of the Federation of Wholesale Fresh Meat Traders.

Professor H. G. Sanders and Dr. N. C. Wright, the Chief Scientific Advisers of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for agriculture and food respectively, will assist the Committee as assessors.

The terms of reference of this Committee were given in my reply on 23rd April to a Question by the hon. Member for Erith and Crayford.