Advisory Council on Noise

HC Deb 01 March 1971 vol 812 cc338-9W

Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will name the present members of the Advisory Council on Noise, the members who are on secondment from the Council, and the number of times the council has met since March, 1970.

Mr. Peter Walker

The following members were appointed on the setting up of the council and continue to serve:

• Mr. H. Archer, F.R.S.H., F.A.P.H.I.
• Mr. J. Bugler.
• Dr. K. Campbell, M.A., M.D., LL.B., D.P.H., L.M.
• Professor B.L. Clarkson, B.Sc., Ph.D. Mr.E. Epson.
• Mr.H.R. Featherstone, F.C.I.S., Assoc.Inst.T.
• Mr. R. Foster, O.B.E.
• Mr. D.B. Harrison, LL.M.
• Dr. H.H. Gardner, B.Sc., C.Eng., F.R.AeS. Mr. D. Gladwin.
• Mr. E.M. Kean.
• Professor G.M. Lilley, M.Sc.(Eng.), D.I.C., C.Eng., F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Mech.E.
• Professor R.H. Macmillan, M.A., C.Eng. Dr. E. J. Richards, 0.B.E., M.A., D.S.C., C.Eng., F.R.Ae.S., F.I.Mech.E.
• Professor M. Roth, M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.M. Sir Hilary Scott.
• Mrs. S. Stern.
• Dr. H.P. Stout, B.A., Ph.D., F.T.I., A.Inst.P.
• Dr. W. Taylor, B.Sc., Ph.D., M.D., M.R.C.P.(Ed).
• Mr. S. Williams.
• I have recently appointed the following additional members:
• Mrs. A. MacEwen, A.R.I.B.A., Dist.T.P., A.M.T.P.I.
• Mr. A.J. Percival, B.A., F.S.A.
• Mr. A.W. Pope, B.Sc., C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E. Mr. R.M. Taylor.

No members have been seconded from the Council.

The council has met seven times; its research sub-committee five times; and working groups on aircraft roueting near airports and on the Noise Abatement Act each three times.