HC Deb 20 October 1976 vol 917 cc496-500W
Mr. Knox

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a list of bodies, both official and nonofficial, to which he has the right to make unpaid appointments and indicate for each body the number of such appointments.

Mr. John Silkin

The information is as follows:

Name of Body Number of Unpaid Appointments
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering 14 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Education and Science and Scotland)
National Fruit and Cider Institute, Long Ashton 3
Plant Breeding Institute 9 (jointly with Secretary of State for Education and Science)
Agricultural Statistics Consultative Committee 7
Agricultural Training Board 26 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales)
Agricultural Valuation Committee 13
Badgers and Tuberculosis:
Consultative Panel 14
Consumers Committee for England and Wales 10 (jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
Consumers Committee for Great Britain 12 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales)
Experimental Horticulture Stations:
Advisory Committees 106 (including 8 jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
Experimental Husbandry Farms:
Advisory Committees 107 (including 19 jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee 17 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales)
Farm Settlements:
Smallholdings Advisory Committee for Selection of Tenants 3
Fisheries Research and Development Board 4 (jointly with Secretary of State for Scotland)
Flood Protection Research Committee 9
Harbour Commissioners 15 (including 2 jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
Herring Industry Advisory Council of the Herring Industry Board 32 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Hill Farming Advisory Committee for England and Wales and Northern Ireland 18 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Wales and Northern Ireland)
Hill Farming Advisory Committee's Sub-Committee for Wales 11 (jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
Land Settlement Association Ltd.:
Executive Committee 10
Land Settlement Association Ltd.:
Independent Committee on Prices and Charges 6
Marks Hall Estate (Thomas Phillips Price Trust) 5
Meat and Livestock Commission's:
Consumers Committee 9 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales)
Distribution Committee 23 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales)
Production Committee 18 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales)
Milk and Dairies Tribunals 16 (including 2 jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
National Institute of Agricultural Botany Council 6
New Forest Verderers:
Minister's Appointee 1
Poultry Diseases Panel 7
Reading Cattle Breeding Centre:
Advisory Committee 14
Regional Panels 108 (including 24 jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)
Research and Development Joint Consultative Organisation for:
Advisory Boards:
Animals 13 (jointly with the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Agricultural Research Council and the Secretary of State for Wales
Arable Crops and Forage 14
Engineering and Buildings 13
Food, Science and Technology 13
Horticulture 15
Royal Veterinary College 1
Sea Fisheries Committees 113 (including 27 jointly with Secretary of State for Wales)

Name of Body Number of Unpaid Appointments
Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee 6
Torry Research Station Advisory Committee 5
Water Authorities 30 (including 4 jointly with the Secretary of State for Wales)
White Fish Industry Advisory Council 44 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)