§ Mr. Michael Cocksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the six rent scrutiny boards which are being chaired by the presidents of the rent assessment panels themselves in the chronological order in which his Department was informed of these decisions.
§ Mr. ChannonI am not informed of the appointment or make-up of rent scrutiny boards since this is, as I told the hon. Member in an answer to him on 12th November last—[Vol. 864, c.25]—a matter for panel presidents themselves to decide. The six presidents referred to in another answer I gave the hon. Member on the same date are from London, Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire ; Kent, Surrey and Sussex ; and Bristol.
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§ Mr. Michael Cocksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many presidents of rent assessment panels who have not appointed themselves as chairmen of rent scrutiny panels have appointed themselves as vice-chairmen or ordinary members of rent scrutiny panels respectively.
§ Mr. ChannonNone and one respectively.
§ Mr. Michael Cocksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why chairmen of rent assessment panels are paid £2 a day more than lawyer and valuer members of rent assessment panels and £12 more than lay members.
§ Mr. ChannonThe fee reflects the additional responsibilities inherent in the job of chairman.