HC Deb 18 December 1967 vol 756 cc324-30W
Mr. Beaney

asked the Postmaster-General which local bodies were asked to put forward names for consideration for appointment to the local radio councils for Leicester, Merseyside, Nottingham and Sheffield; and how many nominations were received from each of these bodies.

Mr. Edward Short:

Certain bodies such as local authorities, universities, councils of churches, etc., were individually invited to make suggestions for membership of the local Broadcasting Councils but in addition I issued through the Press a general invitation to all organisations and individuals to put forward names. The response was:

LEICESTER LOCAL BROADCASTING COUNCIL
Nominating Bodies Nominations
1. Billesdon Rural District Council 1
2. Blaby Rural District Council 1
3. Board of Deputies of British Jews 1
4. Braunstone Community Association 1
5. British Broadcasting Corporation 24
6. British Council of Churches 2
7. Catenian Association 4
8. Catholic Radio and Television Centre 1
9. Farr, John, M.P. 3
10. Leicester Evangelical Council 4
11. Leicester. City of, Education Department 4
12. Leicester Co-operative Society, Education Committee 1
13. Leicester County Borough Council 9
14. Leicester County Council 4
15. Leicester University 3
16. Lutterworth Rural District Council 1
17. Musicians' Union 1
18. National Council of Women 1
19. National Federation of Community Associations 1
20. National and Local Government Officers Association 1
21. Oadby Urban District Council 2
22. Trades Union Congress 5
23. Wigston Urban District Council 3
MERSEYSIDE LOCAL BROADCASTING COUNCIL
Nominating Bodies Nominations
1. Association of Freelance Press Agencies 1
2. Bebington, Borough of 2
3. Billinge-and-Winstanley Urban District Council 2
4. Birkenhead County Borough Council 1
5. Bishop of Liverpool 2
6. Bootle, County Borough of 2
7. British Broadcasting Corporation 15
8. British Council of Churches 8
9. Carlisle. Mark, M.P. 1
10. Catholic Radio and Television Centre 1
11. Cave, Norman Mr. 3
12. Cheshire County Council 2
13. Crosby, Borough of 1
14. Crosby Borough Chamber of Trade 1
15. Crosby Ratepayers' Assn. 1
16. Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Assn. 3
17. Ellesmere Port, Borough of 1
18. Formby Urban District Council 3
19. Fortescue, Tim, M.P. 1
20. Hoylake Urban District Council 1
21. Huyton-with-Roby Urban District Council 3
22. Johnstone, J. Mr. 1
23. Kirkby Urban District Council 2
24. Lancashire County Council 3
25. Liberal Party Chairman 1
26. Litherland Urban District Council 1
27. Liverpool County Borough Council 2
28. Liverpool University 3
29. Merseyside Civic Society 1
30. Merseyside Free Church Federal Council 3
31. Morrison, N. G. A. Mr. (Member B.B.C. 2 Panel Audience Research Dept.) 1
32. Musicians' Union 1
33. National and Local Government Officers' Assn. 1
34. National Union of Journalists 1
35. Neston Urban District Council 2
36. Prescot Urban District Council 1
37. Rainford Urban District Council 4
38. Runcorn Rural District Council 3
39. Runcorn Urban District Council 1
40. St. Helens County Borough Council 1
41. Selwyn Lloyd, M.P. 2
42. Trades Union Congress 5
43. Wallasey, County Borough of 1
44. Whiston Rural District Council 3
45. Widnes, Borough of 2
46. Wirral Urban District Council 4
NOTTINGHAM LOCAL BROADCASTING COUNCIL
Nominating bodies Nominations
1. Amalagamated Engineering Union 1
2. Arnold Urban District Council 1
3. Association of Municipal Corporations 4
4. Association of Scientific Workers 1
5. Bingham Rural District Council 1
6. Bishop of Southwell 1
7. Board of Deputies of British Jews 3
8. British Broadcasting Corporation 30
9. British Council of Churches 3
10. British Medical Association 1
11. Carlton Division Conservative Association 1
12. Carlton Urban District Council 2
13. Catholic Radio and Television Centre 1
14. Central Nottingham Constituency Labour Party 1
15. Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of Great Britain and Ireland 1
16. English, Michael, M.P. 13
17. Garratt Baulcombe Associates 1
18. Heald, T. R. Mr., for Members of the Local Bar Practising in Nottingham 2
19. Joint Committee for Adult Education in Industry 1
20. Midland Group Gallery 2
21. Musicians Union 1
22. National Coal Board-South Notts Area 1
23. National Federation of Business and Professional Women of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1
24. National Federation of Community Associations (East Midlands Area Committee) 1
25. National and Local Government Officers Association 1
26. National Union of Journalists 1
27. Nottingham City Council 9
28. Nottingham City Director of Education 3
29. Nottingham and Derby District Methodist Church 1
30. Nottingham and District Trades Council 1
31. Nottingham Football Association 2
32. Nottingham Mechanics Institution 1
33. Nottingham Regional College of Technology Union of Students 1
34. Nottingham Poetry Society 1
35. Nottingham Soroptimist Club 1
36. Nottingham Standing Conference of Women's Organisations 2
37. Nottingham University 8
38. Nottingham Y.M.C.A. 1
39. Nottinghamshire Association of Parish Councils 1
40. Nottinghamshire County Council 1
41. Nottinghamshire Federation of Women's Institutes 1
42. Nottinghamshire Law Society 1
43. Silkin, John Rt. Hon. M.P. 1
44. Trades Union Congress 1
45. Walton. R. G. Mr. 3
46. West Bridgford Arts Council 1
47. West Bridgford Urban District Council 1
48. William Olds Boys' Club 1
49. Y.W.C.A. Widows' Club 1
SHEFFIELD LOCAL BROADCASTING COUNCIL
Nominating Bodies Nominations
1. Association of Municipal Corporations 1
2. Board of Deputies of British Jews 4
3. British Broadcasting Corporation 24
4. British Council of Churches 4
5. Catholic Radio and Television Centre 1
6. Dronfield and District Council of Churches 4
7. Dronfield Urban District Council 1
8. Gallon, Archie, President British 1930's Record Society 1
9. Heeley Constituency Labour Party 1
10. Hooley, Frank, M.P. 5
11. Lawson, Cyril 1
12. National Association of Schoolmasters 2
13. National and Local Government Officers Assn. 1
14. North Eastern Association for the Arts 1
15. Osborn, John H., M.P. 13
16. Rotherham County Borough Council 1
17. Rotherham and District Council of Churches 8
18. Rotherham Rural District Council 4
19. Royal Society of St. George 1
20. Rural District Councils Assn. 1
21. Sheffield Association for Education 1
22. Sheffield Bach Society 1
23. Sheffield City Council 5
24. Sheffield Civic Society 2
25. Sheffield Committee for Community Relations 2
26. Sheffield Director of Education 2
27. Sheffield and District Federation of Community Assns. 1
28. Sheffield Liberal Federation 3
29. Sheffield Standing Conference of Voluntary Youth Organisations 2
30. Sheffield Trades and Labour Council 4
31. Sheffield University 2
32. Trades Union Congress 3
33. Wortley Rural District Council 1

Mr. Beaney

asked the Postmaster-General if he will list the members of the local radio councils for Leicester, Merseyside, Nottingham and Sheffield; and if he will state by whom the members were nominated.

Mr. Edward Short:

The members of the local Broadcasting Councils for Leicester, Merseyside, Nottingham and Sheffield are:

LEICESTER

Professor J. Simmons, M.A. (Chairman). University of Leicester.

Mr. Geoffrey Burton, J.P., Vice Chairman. Leicester Theatre Trust.

Miss P. K. Coulthard, B.A., Headmistress. Collegiate Girls School, Leicester.

Mrs. A. Gumbrill, J.P.

Mr. J. M. Hardy, J.P., Secretary, Leicester and District Trades Council.

Councillor Dennis J. Holt, Leicester County Council.

The Venerable Harold Lockly, Ph.D., Archdeacon of Loughborough.

Miss Brenda J. Mead.

Mr. H. Leslie Milliard, T.D., J.P., Secretary, City and County Chamber of Commerce.

Councillor H. B. Peachey, Leicester C.B.C.

Mr. E. Plumley, Secretary, Leicester City Football Club.

Mr. D. Rice, M.A., Warden, Vaughan College.

Mr. A. E. Simmons, Managing Director, Frisby Jarvis and Company.

Mr. D. H. Taylor, Dance Band Leader.

Councillor Bernard Toft, Leicester C.B.C.

MERSEYSIDE

Mr. Norman Cave (Chairman), Managing Director, Cammell Lairds.

Rev. B. R. Boardman, Chaplain of the Sea, International Seamen's Hostel.

Mr. G. Bundred, Chairman Youth Advisory Sub Committee, Kirkby.

Mr. Tony Davis, Leader, "The Spinners" folk music group.

Councillor J. O. P. Griffiths, Cheshire C.C.

Mr. Charles Groves, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dr. T. Kelly, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S., Director of Extra-Mural Studies, Liverpool University.

Mrs. N. Nelson.

Very Rev. Edward H. Patey, Dean of Liverpool.

Alderman Hugh Platt, O.B.E., J.P., Birkenhead, C.B.C.

Mr. H. R. Poole, Secretary, Council of Social Service.

Mr. W. James L. Ruchworth, J.P., Chairman, Liverpool Playhouse.

Alderman W. H. Sefton, Liverpool C.B.C.

Alderman H. Macdonald Steward, Liverpool C.B.C.

Mr. H. L. Storrs, Port of Liverpool Manager, Furness-Withy Group.

Mr. F. H. Turner, Secretary, Federation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.

Mr. R. Uren.

Miss M. E. Walsh, M.A., Headmistress, Merchant Taylor's Girls School, Crosby.

NOTTINGHAM

Mr. R. G. Walton (Chairman), Director of the Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. D. P. Bromley, Director, Midland Design and Building Centre.

Miss Jennifer Chapman.

Mr. J. Charlesworth, Secretary, Nottingham and District Trades Council.

Alderman W. Derbyshire, Nottingham C.B.C.

Alderman E. S. Foster, Nottingham C.B.C.

Mr. F. R. Hall-Carter, President, Beeston Trades Council.

Mr. L. A. Harrison, Managing Secretary, Nottingham Co-operative Society Ltd.

Mr. Eric G. Irons, J.P., Magistrate and social worker.

Mrs. Ruth I. Johns, Chairman, Family First Trust.

Professor D. C. Marsh, M.Com., Department of Applied Social Science, The University of Nottingham.

Mr. W. K. Martin, Assistant Managing Director, John Player and Sons.

Mr. J. N. Pallant. School Teacher (Rugby International).

Dr. Gordon Savage, Bishop of Southwell.

Alderman Sir Frank Small, C.B.E., D.L., J.P., Nottinghamshire County Council.

Mr. Edwin Smith, Lecturer, Clifton Teacher Training College.

Professor Harold C. Wiltshire, M.A., Director of Department of Adult Education.

Alderman Mrs. E. A. Yates, Nottinghamshire County Council.

SHEFFIELD

Mr. S. M. de Bartolome (Chairman), Chairman, Spears and Jackson Ltd.

Councillor Mrs. S. M. Cameron, Rotherham C.B.C.

Mr. F. Grayson.

Mr. J. F. Goulden, Managing Director, Sheffield Telegraph and Star.

Mrs. S. M. Greenfield.

Mr. A. B. Hampton, Chairman, Sheffield Playhouse.

Alderman P. H. Jackson, M.A., Sheffield City Council.

Alderman I. Lewis, J.P., Sheffield City Council.

Professor H. N. Robson. M.B., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.Ed., F.R.A.C.P., Vice Chancellor, University of Sheffield

Deaconess M. Saunders, Sheffield Committee for Community Relations.

Mr. D. Spooner, Headmaster, Abbeydale Secondary Modern School.

Dr. F. J. Taylor, Bishop of Sheffield.

Mr. V. M. Thomes, Secretary, Sheffield Trades and Labour Council.

Mr. David D. White.

Mr. Norman W. D. Yardley.

As the names were put to me in confidence I do not feel able to disclose who put them forward.

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