§ Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the names and qualifications of the committee recently set up to advise on the age of consent and other laws affecting sexual behaviour.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe names and professional background of members of the Policy Advisory Committee on Sexual Offences are given below
The Right Honourable Lord Edmund-Davies (Chairman)—a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; Chairman of the Criminal Law Revision Committee.The Reverend Dr. Anthony Bird—Principal of Queen's College Birmingham; medical practitioner with experience in general practice; recognised lecturer of University of Birmingham.Mrs. Pauline Crabbe, OBE, JP—Secretary of the London Brook Advisory Centres since 1971.Mrs. Shirley Lowe (Dineen)—Deputy Editor, Over 21 magazine; previously Woman's Editor, Sunday Mirror, feature writer Daily Express.Professor Trevor Gibbens, MBE—holds a chair in Forensic Psychiatry at the London University Institute of Psychiatry; a member of the Advisory Group on the Law of Rape which has recently reported.Mr. John Hazan, QC, JP—Barrister-at-Law; Recorder of the Crown Court; member of the Criminal Law Revision Committee.Ms. Mary Mcintosh—Lecturer in Sociology at Essex University.The Right Honourable Lord Justice James—a Lord Justice of Appeal, member of the Criminal Law Revision Committee. Previously member of the Parole Board; Chairman of the Committee on the Distribution of Criminal Business between the Crown Court and Magistrates' Courts; Member of Council of Birmingham University.650WSir Kenneth Jones, CBE—Legal Adviser to the Home Office; member of the Criminal Law Revision Committee.Mrs. Charlotte Lodge—Principal Social Worker, Leeds Social Service Department.Miss Jessie Moss—Superintendent, Metropolitan Police.Baroness Serota, JP—Minister of State (Health) 1969–70. Chairman of the Commission for Local Administration and member of the Advisory Council on the Penal System; formerly President, now Vice-President, National Council for Single Parent Families.Professor J. C. Smith—Professor of Law in the University of Nottingham; co-opted member of the Criminal Law Revision Committee for current references.Mrs. Dorothy Stone—Magistrate and Barrister-at-Law. Formerly for many years Legal Advisor to the National Council of Women.Mrs. Sue Winfield—Senior Probation Officer, Co. Durham.