ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (Hansard, 15 May 1973)

§ The Prime Minister

It was announced in October 1972 that the Queen had been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Brian Flowers as Chairman of the Royal Commission in succession to Sir Eric Ashby. Her Majesty has now been pleased to approve that the following be re-appointed members of the Royal CommissionAubrey Buxton, Esquire, M.C., Director of Anglia Television. Trustee of the British Museum (Natural History), a British Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund. Vice-President of London Zoological Association. Professor V. C. Wynne-Edwards, F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.C, F.R.S.E., Regius Professor of Natural History, Aberdeen University. 290W The Lord Zuckerman, O.M., K.C.B., F.R.S., M.A., M.D., D.Sc, M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P., Pro-fessor-at-Large at University of East Anglia. Trustee of the British Museum (Natural History), Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government from 1966–71. The Queen has also been pleased to approve that the following be appointed members: The Marchioness of Anglesey, Vice-Chairman of the Civic Trust for Wales. Member of the Arts Council of Great Britain. D. W. Bowett, Esquire, M.A., LL.B.. President of Queen's College, Cambridge. Professor T. J. Chandler, M.Sc., Ph.D., Professor of Geography. University College. London. J. G. Collingwood, Esquire, B.Sc, F.I.Chem.E., C.Eng., A Director of Unilever. Terence Conran, Esquire, Designer. Chairman of Habitat. Professor E. J. Denton, F.R.S., Sc.D., Royal Society Research Professor, Bristol University. Member of the Council of the Marine Biological Association. Professor Sir Richard Doll, O.B.E., F.R.S., D.M., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.Sc, Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford University. Professor R. E. Nicoll, M.Sc, F.R.I.C.S.. F.R.T.P.I., Professor of Urban Planning, Strathclyde University. G. B. Richardson, Esquire, M.A., B.Sc. Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford and University Reader in Economics. R. B. Verney, Esquire, J.P., Member of the Nature Conservancy and a Forestry Commissioner. Professor Sir Frederick Warner, B.Sc, C.Eng., C.I.Mech.E., F.I.Chem.E., Senior Partner in Cremer and Warner (Consulting Engineers). Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, and Visiting Professor in Environmental Studies at University College, London.

Professor Wilfred Beckerman, Sir Frank Fraser Darling, the Rt. Rev. Lancelot Fleming and Sir John Winnifrith have retired as members of the Royal Commission on the expiry of their terms of office, during which they have rendered most valuable services.