HC Deb 07 February 1958 vol 581 c218W
Mr. P. Thomas

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he is now able to announce the full membership and terms of reference of the proposed Advisory Water Committee for Wales.

Mr. H. Brooke

I am pleased to say that the following have accepted my invitation to serve on the Welsh Advisory Water Committee:

  • (Chairman) Alderman Lloyd O. Owen, J.P. (Chairman, Montgomeryshire C.C. Water Committee).
  • Alderman I. Y. Glynne, O.B.E., M.C. (Chairman, Bangor B.C. Water Committee).
  • Mr. Moses Griffith, M.Sc. (Agricultural Consultant, Caernarvon).
  • Councillor J. D. K. Lloyd, O.B.E., M.A., F.S.A. (Montgomeryshire C.C., Member of Historic Buildings Council for Wales).
  • Councillor Jenkin F. John, J.P. (Glamorgan C.C., Chairman of Planning Committee).
  • Councillor Tom Jones, F.V.I., J.P. (Merionethshire C.C.).
  • Councillor F. D. G. Jones (Milford Haven U.D.C., Past Chairman. Prescelly Water Board).
  • Dr. W. Idris Jones, C.B.E., Ph.D. (Director General of Research, National Coal Board).
  • Councillor T. O. Nicholls (Radnorshire C.C.).
  • Professor Alun Roberts, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Professor of Agriculture and Botany, University College of North Wales, Bangor).
  • Mr. R. B. Southall, C.B.E., J.P. (Director, National Oil Refineries, Llandarcy).
  • Professor Brinley Thomas, O.B.E., M.A., Ph.D. (Professor of Economics, University College of South Wales, Cardiff).
  • Alderman J. R. Wardell, O.B.E., J.P. (Newport C.B.C., Past Chairman, British Waterworks Association).
  • Capt. G. A. Wright, O.B.E., M.C., M.I.W.E. (Clerk and Chief Executive Officer, Dee and Clwyd River Board).
  • As I announced on 16th December, 1957, the Committee's terms of reference will be:

"To advise the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs as may be required by him from time to time on matters connected with the conservation and use of water resources in Wales."