§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of the persons he has appointed to public bodies since coming to office; and if he will also publish a list of persons whose tenure of office on public bodies came to an end during the last two years and who were not reappointed.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe main executive bodies to which I make paid appointments are the two Scottish Electricity Boards, the Scottish Transport Group, the Highlands and Islands Development Board, the Scottish Tourist Board, the Scottish Special Housing Association and the five New Town Development Corporations. Information relating to these bodies is given below.
Altogether I make a total of approximately 3,350 appointments to some 408 bodies, some of these jointly with other Ministers, and if there is any further category in which the hon. Member is particularly interested, I shall be happy to give him what help I can if he will let me know.
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Persons appointed since June, 1970 Persons not re-appointed since, June 1970 Scottish Special Housing Association. Mr. G. R. B. MacGill C.B.E. (Deputy Chairman) Mrs. M. S. Ewart Mr. I.D. Lowe Mr. L. R. Milligan, O.B.E. Miss C. A. Fortlage Cumbernauld Development Corporation. Sir Donald Liddle (Chairman) Dame Jean Roberts Mr. J. McLeod Williamson (Deputy Chairman) Mr. A. McKellar Mr. W. S. Scott *Mr. E. W. Cameron *Mr. P. Connor O.B.E. Mr. W. Lawson *Mr. J. Lyle Mrs. B. Shanks *Mr. W. T. Watt East Kilbride Development Corporation. *Mr. G.Wallace (Chairman) Mr. G. J. Laird-Portch *Mr. J. Aiton (Deputy Chairman) Mr. A. Fletcher *Professor A. S. T Thomson, D.S.O *Mr. H. A. Whitson C.B.E. Mr. T. Powell Glenrothes Development Corporation. *Mr. R. R. Taylor, C.B.E. (Chairman) Sir John McWilliam Mr. A. W. Mudie Sir David Erskine (Deputy Chairman) Colonel A. J. S. Watson. O.B.E. *Mrs. E. Henderson *Mr. A. L. McLure Mr. D. A. Shepherd Mr. R. S. Watt Irvine Development Corporation. *Mr. A. W. Hardie (Chairman) Mrs. N. Bargh *Mr. W, Paterson (Deputy Chairman) Mr. J. M. McClure Mr. K. Cox Mr. M. Crighton *Mr. E. Dale Mrs. Rae Grant Livingston Development Corporation. *Mr. W. K. Geddes (Deputy Chairman) *Mr. C. Duggan *Mr. W. D. H. Gregson *Mr. J. Kelly Mr. W. Pender *Mr. P. Walker * Includes re-appointment. †Re-appointed for a limited period only, at his own request.