§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment who are the current members of the Ancient Monuments Board for England, as appointed under Section 15 of the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913; and when each was appointed.
§ Mr. CroslandThe names of the members and the dates of their original appointments are given below. Those members who were appointed before 1973 were reappointed in April 1974.
Members appointed by the bodies included in the First Schedule to the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913:—
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Date of original appointment Dr. R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford 1954 Dr. Bernard M. Feilden 1964 Basil Greenhill Esq. 1972 Professor W. F. Grimes 1954 R. W. McDowell Esq 1973 Marshall Sisson Esq. 1959 Members appointed by the Secretary of State:—
Sir Edward Muir (Chairman) 1966 Professor Eric Birley 1965 Professor J. G. D. Clark 1954 Professor Rosemary Cramp 1974 Sir David Follett 1965 Professor Sheppard S. Frere 1965 Dr. J. N. L. Myres 1959 Professor Colin Renfrew 1974 Professor J. K. S. St. Joseph 1969 Dr. A. J. Taylor 1973
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many meetings of the Ancient Monuments Board for England took place in 1974; and what action he has taken as a result of those meetings.
§ Mr. CroslandSix meetings of the Ancient Monuments Board were held in 1974. The board advised me on a variety of archaeological matters. I shall have a copy of its report for 1974 sent to the hon. Member when it is published. The statutory action taken on the advice of the board included the listing of 319 structures as ancient monuments, and the protection of five threatened monuments under powers conferred by Part II of the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953.