§ Mr. Gardnerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now announce the membership of the Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation.
§ Mr. PeartI am pleased to take this opportunity to announce that at the invitation of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Home Department and for Scotland and myself, Mr. Roger S. Falk, O.B.E., has agreed to serve as Chairman of the Council and that Mr. J. G. Jenkins has agreed to serve as Deputy Chairman.
My right hon. Friends and I have decided to appoint to the Council the following eight persons who have been nominated by the farmers' Unions and the central co-operative bodies:
Mr. C. H. Plumb, nominated by the National Farmers' Union, representing England.
Mr. C. P. Norbury, nominated by the Agricultural Co-operative Association Ltd.
Mr. A. J. Evans, J.P., nominated by the National Farmers' Union, representing Wales.
Alderman T. Jones, J.P., nominated by the Welsh Agricultural Organisation Society Ltd.
Mr. W. Peat, J.P., nominated by the National Farmers' Union of Scotland.
Mr. D. Goodfellow, nominated by the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society Ltd.
Mr. F. M. B. Loane, nominated by the Ulster Farmers' Union.
Major W. Wilson, M.B.E., J.P., nominated by the Ulster Agricultural Organisation Society Ltd.
I am also pleased to say that the following have accepted our invitations to serve on the Council as independent members:
Alderman F. T. Hussey, O.B.E., Mr. D. H. Lewis and Mr. A. Norton.