HC Deb 17 February 1966 vol 724 c306W
Mr. S. C. Silkin

asked the Prime Minister if he will now announce the names of the Chairman and members of the Royal Commission on the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921.

The Prime Minister

Yes. The Counsellors of State, acting on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, have approved that the following persons should be appointed members of the Royal Commission to review the working of the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921:

The Right Honourable Lord Justice Salmon (Chairman). Lord Justice of Appeal since 1964. Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, 1957–64.

Mr. J. B Butterworth, J.P., Vice-Chancellor of Warwick University since 1963. Fellow of New College, Oxford, 1946–63.

Lord Goodman, Solicitor. Chairman of the Arts Council since 1965.

Mr. W. L. Heywood, C.B.E., Former Secretary of the Dyers', Bleachers' and Textile Workers' Union and of the National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade. A lay member of the Restrictive Practices Court

The Right Honourable Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, C.H., M.V.O., M.C., Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, 1941–45, and Secretary of State for Scotland, 1951–57.

Mr. Dick Taverne, Q.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Lincoln since 1962.

Professor H. W R Wade, LL.D., D.C.L., Professor of English Law, Oxford University since 1961. Member of the Council on Tribunals, 1961 and Relationships Commission, Uganda, 1961.