§ Mr. Hazellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he and the Secretary of State for Scotland have yet set up the Standing Advisory Committee recommended in the Report of the Brambell Committee.
§ Mr. PeartI am glad to be able to announce that Professor H. R. Hewer, O.B.E., Professor of Zoology in the Imperial College, has agreed to become Chairman of the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I are setting up to advise us on matters pertaining to the welfare of farm animals kept under intensive husbandry systems.
The Secretary of State and I have appointed the following members who will serve in a personal and not a representative capacity. As the Committee's work develops we may appoint further members if this seems desirable in the light of experience.
- Mr. W. A. Biggar, O.B.E., M.C., B.Sc., Dairy farmer, Roxburghshire.
- Dr. M. H. Draper, M.B., Physiology Department, Poultry Research Centre, Agricultural Research Council, Edinburgh.
- Major C. Graham, Vice-Chairman, Country Landowners' Association.
- Dr. J. A. B. Gray, M.B., Second Secretary, Medical Research Council.
- Mrs. Ruth Harrison, Author of "Animal Machines".
- Mr. H. F. C. Hebeler, F.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Surgeon in practice, Past-President, British Veterinary Association.
- Mr. John Hope, Managing Director, Alexander and Angell, poultry and pig farmers, Gloucestershire.
- Miss Joan Maynard, Vice-President, National Union of Agricultural Workers.
- Mr. W. Riddington, M.A., Cattle and pig farmer, Lincolnshire.
- Dr. D. W. B. Sainsbury, M.A., B.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., Lecturer, Cambridge School of Veterinary Medicine.
- Major W. N. Scott, M.R.C.V.S., Scientific Secretary, Universities' Federation for Animal Welfare.
- Mrs. Jennifer Sewell, Dairy and beef farmer, Surrey.
120 - Miss D. L. Sidley, M.B.E., General Secretary, Council of Justice to Animals and Humane Slaughter Association.
- Mrs. Irene Walsh, Mid-Wales Secretary, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.