§ Mr. Michael Cocksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his estimate of the number of additional new posts required for a limited period which will be made to existing water services during the interim period up to April 1974;
358W(2) what is his estimate of the number of the additional permanent new appointments which will be made to existing water services during the interim period up to April 1974.
§ Mr. Graham PageI have made no estimate of the likely number of such appointments, either permanent or temporary.
§ Mr. Michael Cocksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the members of the Water Services Staff Advisory Committee, the interests each one represents and the number of meetings and their dates held since its inception.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe members of the Water Services Staff Advisory Committee are
Sir Patrick McCall (Chairman), formerly clerk of Lancashire County Council.Lord Cooper of Stockton Heath, formerly general secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.Mr. L. F. W. Millis, former director of the British Waterworks Association.Mr. T. H. Parkinson, formerly town clerk of Birmingham.Mr. E. W. Williams, chairman of the Central Flintshire Water Board.They were not appointed in a representative capacity, but for the personal contribution they might make. Since their first meeting on 8th February, they have had 10 further committee meetings, and they have held 12 meetings in various parts of the country, each of two sessions, at which they have met representatives of employees and employers.