HL Deb 08 May 1958 vol 209 cc155-8WA
LORD DYNEVOR

asked Her Majesty's Government whether they are now in a position to announce the names of the members of the Advisory Council on Rabbit Clearance.

THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD (EARL ST. ALDWYN)

My right honourable friends the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food are glad to be able to announce that the following have accepted their invitation to serve as members of the Council:—

  • Lord St. Aldwyn—Joint Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Chairman).
  • Mr. H. Collison—General Secretary, National Union of Agricultural Workers.
  • Professor J. B. Cragg, M.Sc.—Professor of Zoology, Durham University; Chairman, Pest Infestation Research Board.
  • Major J. E. M. Dugdale—Farmer in Wales.
  • Mr. B. C. Engholm—Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Lt.-Col. W. Forbes, C.B.E., D.L.—Convenor of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Landowners' Federation.
  • Lt.-Col. J. C. Lockwood, T.D., J.P.—Treasurer, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
  • Mr. J. C. Wallace Mann, C.B.E., J.P.—Farmer; a former President of the National Farmers' Union of Scotland.
  • Mr. Malcolm Messer, C.B.E.—Editor of Farmers' Weekly.
  • Mr. G. B. Redmayne—Farmer in Hampshire.
  • Col. N. V. Stopford-Sackville, O.B.E., T.D.—Landowner in Northamptonshire; Chairman of County Agricultural Executive Committee.
  • Mr. J. C. Sandford, M.A.—Secretary, British Rabbit Council.
  • Mr. R. B. Verney, J.P.—Vice-Chairman, Country Landowners' Association.
  • Mr. W. D. Vernon, J.P.—Chairman, Spillers Ltd.
  • Col. J. C. Wynne Finch, C.B.E., M.C., J.P.—Chairman, Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission; Member of the Nature Conservancy.

The Council's terms of reference are: To keep the rabbit problem in all its aspects under constant review and to advise on measures for expediting rabbit clearance".

The work of the Council will include that previously carried out by the Myxomatosis Advisory Committee and the Humane Traps Advisory Committee.

The Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Agriculture would like to take this opportunity of saying how grateful they are to the members of those committees for their valuable work on pest control.

House adjourned at ten minutes past six o'clock.