HC Deb 27 November 1974 vol 882 cc177-8W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the names of persons appointed to the Layfield Committee and indicate which members of the committee are Welsh-speaking or normally resident in Wales.

Mr. John Silkin

The names of the persons so far appointed to the Layfield Committee are:

  1. 1. Mr. Frank Layfield, QC (Chairman).
  2. 2. Mr. Ronald Brain, CB.
  3. 3. Mr. Alexander Bushnell.
  4. 4. Professor Gordon Cameron, BA.
  5. 5. Professor Alan Day.
  6. 6. Mr. Geoffrey Drain, JP.
  7. 7. Dr. George Jones.
  8. 8. Mr. Barry Thornton Jones.
  9. 9. Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, DBE.
  10. 10. Viscount Ridley, TD, DL.
  11. 11. Mr. George Sharp, OBE.
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  12. 12. Councillor J. Smart, OBE.
  13. 13. Professor John Stewart.
  14. 14. Mr. Maurice Stonefrost.
  15. 15. Mr. Stanley Wright.

To the best of my knowledge none of these is Welsh-speaking and none normally resides in Wales. I have it in mind to appoint a Welsh member to the committee. I refer to the reply by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales on 22nd November.— [Vol. 881, c. 537.]