Ministerial Appointments (Hansard, 13 May 1976)

§ Mr. Shore

Much of the information requested by the hon. Member is con-tamed in "A Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers", issued by the Civil Service Department and published by HMSO on 30th April 1976.

Additional information on members of the bodies listed therein for which I am responsible and on all unpaid appointments could be compiled only at disproportionate cost to public funds, but listed below are the names of the chairmen of the bodies in my Department's section of the directory: British Railways Board—Sir Richard Marsh. British Transport Docks Board—Sir Humphrey Brown. British Waterways Board—Sir Frank Price. 256W Commission for the New Town—Sir Dennis Pilcher. Commissioners for Local Administration in England—Baroness Serota. Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas —Sir Paul Sinker. Countryside Commission—Mr. J. S. Cripps. Development Commission—Lord Northfield. Historic Buildings Council for England—Mrs. Jennifer Jenkins. Housing Associations Registration Advisory Committee—Mr. H. Campbell. Housing Corporation—Lord Goodman. Letchworth Garden City Corporation—Colonel R. A. Humbert. Local Government Boundary Commission—Sir Edmund Compton. Local Government Staff Commission for England—Lord Greenwood. Location of Offices Bureau—Mr. C. A. Prendergast. National Building Agency—Lord Goodman. National Bus Company—Mr. F. A. S. Wood. National Freight Corporation—Sir Daniel Pettit. National Ports Council—Mr. E. P. Chappell. National Water Council—Lord Nugent. Nature Conservancy Council—Sir David Serpell Aycliffe and Peterlee Development Corporation—Mr. H. D. Stevenson. Basildon Development Corporation—Mr. A. 0. Kelting. Bracknell Development Corporation—Mr. J. W. Hughes. Central Lancashire Development Corporation—Sir Francis Pearson. Corby Development Corporation—Sir Henry Chisholm. Harlow Development Corporation—Alderman B. J. Perkins. Milton Keynes Development Corporation—Lord Campbell. Northampton Development Corporation—Mr. A. R. Davis. Peterborough Development Corporation—Mr. C. T. Higgins. Redditch Development Corporation—Mr. J. H. C. Chesshire. Runcorn Development Corporation—Mr. W. H. Sefton. Skelmersdale Development Corporation—Mr. A. J. E. Taylor. Stevenage Development Corporation—Dame Evelyn Denington. Telford Development Corporation—Lord Northfield. Warrington Development Corporation—Lord Hammett. Washington Development Corporation—Sir James Steel. Clyde Port Authority—Mr. A. G. McCrae. 257W Cromarty Firth Port Authority—Vice Admiral Sir John Hays. Dover Harbour Board—Sir Clifford Jarrett. Dundee Port Authority—Mr. J. M. Chalmers. Forth Ports Authority—Mr. G. H. Elliott. Ipswich Port Authority—Mr. C. Merrick. Port of London Authority—Lord Aldington. Medway Ports Authority—Mr. N. Staff. Milford Haven Conservancy Board—Mr. T. S. Roberts. Sandwich Port and Haven Commissioners—Lt. Cdr. J. Blake. Shoreham Port Authority—Mr. G. A. H. Jones. Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority—Dr. A. W. Taylor. Port of Tyne Authority—Mr. J. N. Burrell. East Anglia Economic Planning Council—Lord Walston. East Midland Economic Planning Council—Mr W. L. Miron. Northern Economic Planning Council—Mr. C. L. G. Baker. North Western Economic Planning Council —Mr. W. H. Sefton. South Eastern Economic Planning Council —Lord Porchester. South Western Economic Planning Council —Mr. J. Thomas. West Midland Economic Planning Council —Mr. Quinton Hazell. Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council—Mr. B. E. Cotton. Anglian Water Authority—Mr. A. E. Skinner. Northumbrian Water Authority—Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison. North West Water Authority—Mr. P. J. Liddell. Severn-Trent Water Authority—Sir William Dugdale. Southern Water Authority—Mr. A. H. M. Smyth. South West Water Authority—Mr. G. E. J. Gawthorn. Thames Water Authority—Mr. P. B. Black. Wessex Water Authority—Sir John Vernon Wills. Yorkshire Water Authority—Mr. J. C. Brown. Rent Assessment Panels (Presidents): Beds., Herts. and Cambs.—Mr. G. F. Simmonds. Bristol—Professor J. A. Coutts. Devon and Cornwall—Judge H. R. B. Adie-Shepherd. Eastern—Mr. R. M. Balch. East Midland—Mr. W. R. Brackett. Greater Manchester and Lancashire—Mr. D. M. Roberts. 258W Kent—Sir Douglas Iggulden. London—Lady Phillips. Merseyside and Cheshire—Mr. T. B. Roberts. Northern—Mr. E. H. Fleming-Smith. Southern—Mr. S. W. J. Tanner. Surrey and Sussex—Dr. L. Farrer-Brown. Thames Valley—Mr. R. M. Gamble. West Midland—Mr. C. L. Chatwin. Yorkshire—Mr. J. R. Atkinson. Sports Council—Sir Robin Brook. Transport Tribunal (President)—Mr. G. W. Squibb. Water Services Staff Commission—Sir Patrick McCall.