Advisory Councils (Research)

HC Deb 29 November 1971 vol 827 cc34-7W

Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is yet in a position to make a further statement about new arrangements for advisory councils in the research field.

Mr. Peter Walker

In agreement with my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Scotland, my right hon. and learned Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales, I have decided to extend the scope of the former Construction Research Advisory Council to embrace the whole of the construction responsibilities of the three Departments, including housing, roads and port construction. It will in future be known as the Construction Housing Research Advisory Council. The Minister for Housing and Construction will be its Chairman. The Council's terms of reference will be:— Within the fields of construction and housing (including construction of roads and ports) for which the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Scotland and Wales are responsible, to advise the Secretaries of State on the requirements for and possible applications of research and development in the fields of construction and housing; and on the broad shape and priorities of the Departments' research and development programmes".

The present Inland Transport Research and Development Council is being replaced by a new body to be known as the Planning and Transport Research Advisory Council. The Minister for Transport Industries will be its Chairman. The Council's terms of reference will be: Within the fields of inland transport and urban and regional planning, including land use planning, for which the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Scotland and Wales are responsible, to advise the Secretaries of State:

1. (a) on the requirements for and possible applications of research and development in the fields of planning and transport; and on the broad shape and priorities of the Departments' research and development programmes;
2. (b) on the exercise of their statutory responsibilities towards the research and development programmes of the nationalised transport undertakings and of the National Ports Council".

In the pollution research field we shall obtain advice from the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution which has agreed to set up a Sub-Committee for this purpose, with the following terms of reference: Within the field of environmental pollution for which the Secretaries of State for the Environment for Scotland and Wales are responsible, to advise them on the requirements for and possible applications of research in this field, and on the broad shape and priorities of the Departments' research and development programmes". Both the two Councils and the Sub-Committee of the Royal Commission will probably hold their first meetings early in the New Year. The Sub-Committee will have representatives both from the Commission and from the Departments. Membership of the Councils will be as follows:

CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Rt. Hon. Julian Amery, M.P. (Chairman,) Minister for Housing and Construction.

B. P. Beckett, Esq., B.Arch., Dip.T.P., F.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I., Chief Architect. Scottish Office.

J. M. Beckett, Esq., M.A., Managing Director, Tarmac Ltd.

Prof. J. B. Cullingworth, B.Sc., Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies Birmingham University.

Prof. L. Fletcher, F.R.I.C.S., L. Fletcher & Partners, Chartered Quantity Surveyors.

R. H. Goodman, Esq., Dip.Arch., A.R.I.B.A., Chief Architect, Department of Health and Social Security.

Alex Gordon, Esq., O.B.E., Dip.Arch., F.R.I.B.A., Alex Gordon & Partners.

A. J. Harris, Esq., C.B.E., B.Sc. (Eng.), F.I.C.E., F.I.Struct.E.M.Soc., C.E. (France), Harris & Sutherland.

Sir William Harris, K.B.E., C.B., Director General of Highways, Department of the Environment.

C. Hobbs, Esq., Managing Director, John Laing R & D.Ltd.

W. D. Lacey, Esq., C.B.E., A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I., Chief Architect, Department of Education and Science.

D. J. Lyons, Esq., F.R.Ae.S., Director General of Research, Department of the Environment.

D. G. McGarey, Esq., O.B.E., B.Sc. (Eng.), F.I.C.E., F.I.E.E., Chief Engineer, British Transport Dock Board.

D. B. McIntyre, Esq., M.B.E., T.D., F.I.C.E., County Surveyor of Cheshire.

J. G. A. Marriott, Esq., M.A., A.M.I.C.E., Robert Marriott Ltd.

J. A. Maudsley, Esq., C.B.E., A.R.I.B.A., Dip. T.P., A.M.T.P.I., City Architect, Birmingham.

Prof. P. B. Morice, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C.E., F.I.Struct.E., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southampton.

E. R. Parrinder, Esq., C.B.E., F.R.I.C.S., F.I.Arb, David Belfield & Everest, Chartered Quantity Surveyors.

F. A. Pullinger, Esq., C.B.E., M.A., C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., Chairman, G. N. Haden & Sons Ltd.

J. D. Redpath, Esq., C.B., M.B.E., F.R.I.B.A., Director-General of Development, Department of the Environment.

Stewart M. Scott, Esq., B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.E.E., Steensen Varming & Mulcahy, Consulting Engineers.

Dr. W. F. Watson, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.I.R.I., F.P.I., Director, Rubber and Plastics Research Association.

H. J. O. Weaver, Esq., General Secretary, National Federation of Construction Unions. Sir Hugh Wilson, C.B.E., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., Hugh Wilson & Lewis Womersley Partnership.

Sir Kenneth Wood, B.A., F.C.A., Chairman, Concrete Ltd.

PLANNING AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Rt. Hon. John Peyton, M.P. (Chairman), Minister for Transport Industries.

F. J. C. Amos, Esq., B.Sc., Dip. Arch., S.P. Dip., A.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I, City Planning Officer, Liverpool.

R. Brain, Esq., C.B., Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment.

W. Burns, Esq., C.B.E., D.Sc., M.Eng., M.T.P.I., F.I.C.E., Deputy Secretary and Chief Planner, Department of the Environment.

Prof. A. D. Campbell, M.A., Department of Economics, Dundee University.

A. G. Derbyshire, Esq., M.A., A.A., Dip. F.S.I.A., Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall and Partners.

Prof. D. V. Donnison, B.A., Director, Centre for Environmental Studies.

A. Goldstein, Esq., B.Sc., A.C.G.I., D.I.C., F.I.C.E., F.I.Struc.tE., Travers Morgan and Partners.

Prof. P. G. Hall, Department of Geography, University of Reading.

R. LeG. Hetherington, Esq., O.B.E., M.A., F.I.C.E., M.I.W.E., Bennie and Partners.

Dr. F. E. Jones, M.B.E., F.R.S., Mullards Ltd.

Dr. S. Jones, Ph.D., C.B.E., B.Sc., F.I.Mech.E., F.I.E.E., F.C.I.T., British Railways Board.

W. D. C. Lyddon, Esq., A.R.I.B.A, A.M.T.P.I., Chief Planning Officer, Scottish Development Department.

D. J. Lyons, Esq., F.R.Ae.S., Director General of Research, Department of the Environment.

Dr. I. Maddock, C.B., O.B.E., F.R.S., Chief Scientist, Department of Trade and Industry.

Dr. E. J. Richards, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., Vice-Chancellor, The University of Technology, Loughborough.

P. F. Stott, Esq., Joint Director of Planning and Transportation Department, Greater London Council.