§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of the names of members of the Layfield Committee, their qualifications as members and the organisations they represent.
§ Mr. CroslandThe Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance is independent, and members are not appointed in any representative capacity. Members are listed below with the posts they now occupy:
- Mr. Frank Layfield, QC (Chairman).
- Mr. Alexander Bushnell, County Clerk, Treasurer, Collector, Perthshire County Council.
- Mr. Ronald Brain, CB, Retired—former Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment.
- Professor Gordon Cameron, Professor in Applied Economics, University of Glasgow.
- Professor Alan Day, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics.
- Mr. Geoffrey Drain, JP, General Secretary, NALGO.
- Dr. Eleanor James, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
- Dr. George Jones, Reader in Political Science, London School of Economics.
- Mr. Barry Thornton Jones, Chief rating surveyor, ICI.
- Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, DBE, Member of Manchester District Council.
- Viscount Ridley, TD, DL, Chairman, Northumberland County Council.
- Mr. George C. Sharp, OBE, Convener of Fife County Council.
- Mr. Jack Smart, Leader of Wakefield District Council.
- Professor John Stewart, Associate Director, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham.
330 - Mr. Maurice Stonefrost, Comptroller of Financial Services, Greater London Council.
- Mr. Stanley Wright, Managing Director, Lazard Bros and Co Ltd.