§ Mr. Herbert Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning if he will make a statement on the membership of the panel to conduct the inquiry into the Greater London Development Plan.
§ Mr. Crosland:I am glad to be able to tell the House that the following have accepted invitations to serve on the panel and as assessors.
Chairman
Mr. F. H. B. W. Layfield, Q.C.
Members
Professor J. R. James, C.B., 0.B.E., B.A., M.T.P.I., Hon. F.R.I.B.A. (Professor of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield).
Mr. C. G. Thirl wall, C.B.E., M.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., M.I.Struct.E. (Group Chief Officer, Planning and Technical Services, the Leeds City Council).
Mr. V. H. Loney, A.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I. (Principal Housing and Planning Inspector, Ministry of Housing and Local Government).
Mr. J. F. A. Lees, B.Sc., F.R.I.C.S. (Senior Housing and Planning Inspector, Ministry of Housing and Local Government).
Assessors
Professor K. M. Gwilliam, B.A. (Director and Professor of Transport Economics, University of Leeds).
Mr. C. H. Lott, M.A., M.Inst.T. (Project Manager, Passenger Studies, British Rail).
Dr. R. E. Pahl, M.A., Ph.D. (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent at Canterbury).
Mr. G. B. Parker, M.A., M.S.E.(C.E.), Dip.T.P., Dip.T.E., M.I.C.E., A.M. Inst. H.E. (Senior Engineer, R. Travers Morgan & Partners).
Mr. A. Sutherland, M.A. (Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge).
I am considering the appointment of a further member of the panel.
The secretary to the panel will be Mr. G. H. Chipperfield, Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
The inquiry secretariat will have its own offices at 3 Deans Yard, S.W.I, into which it will be moving on 22nd June. In the meantime any correspondence relating to the inquiry should be addressed to the secretary at Room 702, Queen Anne's Mansions, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.I.