§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will now make a further statement about his proposals for a rural development board in Wales.
§ Mr. Peart:Yes. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I can now announce the names of those who have been invited to serve on the proposed Board. As already announced 678W Dr. Richard Phillips has agreed to serve as Chairman. We propose to appoint as Deputy Chairman Mr. J. Morgan Jones, C.B., C.B.E., on retirement from the public service. We have invited the following to serve as members:
Mervyn L. Bourdillon, Esq., David John Davies, Esq., C.B.E., Bryn Davies, Esq., Major John Dugdale, T.D., D.L., J.P., R. E. Griffith, Esq., O.B.E., Sidney G. Pritchard, Esq., J.P., Thomas Henry Oliver Thomas, Esq., J.P., Stephen Williams, Esq., M.Sc., Charles E. I. Wynne-Finch, Esq.
All the above have signified their willingness to serve on the Board subject to Parliamentary approval for its establishment. My right hon. Friend and I will lay the necessary Order for the establishment of a Board after we have held and considered the report of a public local inquiry into the objections which have been made to the Board's area. Details of the inquiry will be announced later.