HC Deb 21 February 1966 vol 725 cc30-2W
Mr. Boston

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what further progress he has made with his review of the South-East; and when he expects to announce the composition of the South-East Economic Planning Council.

Mr. George Brown

I have now set up the Economic Planning Council for the South-East region with the terms of reference set out in my announcement of 25th February, 1965.

The following have accepted my invitation to serve on the South-East Council:

Chairman

M. F. Hackett, O.B.E., Chairman, North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.

Members

E. G. Allen, J.P., Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union.

C. C. Barker, Alderman and Chairman, Hertfordshire County Council; Director, Letchworth Garden City Corporation.

R. G. Beldam, Member Woking Urban District Council; Chairman and Managing Director, Beldam Asbestos Co. Ltd.; Special Member, National Board for Prices and Incomes.

L. Blakeman, Personnel Director, Ford Motor Company.

Brigadier Sir Richard H. A-G-Calthorpe, Bt., C.B.E., D.L., J.P., Vice-Chairman, Hampshire County Council and Chairman, County Planning Committee.

D. N. Chester, C.B.E., Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford.

A. J. Coles, Assistant Divisional Organiser, Amalgamated Engineering Union; Member Gravesend Borough Council.

H. A Collinson, Managing Director, Leicester Lovell & Co. Ltd.

H. J. Colman, Chairman, Hawthorn Baker Ltd.

Professor A. C. L. Day, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics; Part-time Member British Airports Authority, Member Transport Advisory Council.

J. S. Cripps, Editor, The Countryman; Member Witney (Oxon) Rural District Council.

Mrs. E. Denington, Chairman of Housing Committee, Greater London Council.

J. Donaldson. O.B.E., Farmer; Director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Professor J. H. Dunning, Professor of Economics, University of Reading.

R. Edmonds, Chairman, New and Expanding Towns Committee, Greater London Council.

B. Fry, Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union; Member Port of London Authority.

M. Fuller, Member Kent County Council.

Dr. P. G. Hall, Reader in Geography, London School of Economics.

N. Harris, Alderman, Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council; Chairman and Managing Director, Juno Group of Industries.

Professor L. F. Henriques, Director of the Research Unit for the Study of Multi-Racial Societies, University of Sussex.

C. T Higgins, Chairman, Planning and Communications Committee, Greater London Council.

F. T. Hussey, Member of Board of British Travel and Holidays Association; Alderman, Hastings County Borough Council.

W. A. Hutchinson, Divisional Officer, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.

J. Jacques, J.P., Chairman, Co-operative Union.

C. H. Jourdan, Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Parker-Knoll Co. Ltd.

L. Lane, Director of The Civic Trust.

H. C. Lawrence, Alderman, Luton Borough Council.

D. McKenna, O.B.E., Chairman, Southern Railway Board; General Manager of Southern Region, British Railways.

D. Perkins, Director General, Port of London Authority.

G. Powell, Architect, Chamberlain Powell and Bon.

F. B. Roberts, Editor of "Engineering".

Professor P. J. O. Self, Profesosr of Public Administration, London School of Economics.

F. V. Waller. Chairman and Managing Director, Adwest Group Co. Ltd.

H. W. Wells, C.B.E., President, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Chairman of the Commission for the New Towns.

R. West, Member Berkshire County Council.

L. G. Wright, J.P., London District Secretary, National Union of General and Municipal Workers.