§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make an announcement about the future membership of the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterYes. Three members of the Agency will be retiring when their present appointments expire on 9th August. To fill their places I have invited Mr. P. C. Allen, a Deputy Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., and Mr. Michael Milne-Watson, C.B.E., Chairman of the North Thames Gas Board, to accept appointment as members of the Agency. The retiring members are Mr. A. C. Bull and Sir Thomas Chadwick, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., both of whom have served with the Agency since its inception in 1953, and Sir Thomas Frazer, C.B.E., who has been a member of the Agency since 1955. I should like to take this opportunity of recording the Government's appreciation of the great value of the 121W services which the retiring members have given to the Government during their time with the Agency.