§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a list of the bodies to which he has appointed members during 1976 and 1977, indicating in each case the number of appointees, and distinguishing between paid and unpaid, male and female, Protestant and Roman Catholic and indicating the trade or profession of each.
§ Mr. MasonWhere it is appropriate to do so I have regard, in making appointments, to the need for all sections of the Northern Ireland community to be represented, but, in accordance with the law, I do not discriminate on grounds of religious belief for or against any person or class of persons. It would, therefore, be inappropriate to publish figures about appointees' religion. A person's trade or profession is not necessarily relevant to all the appointments I make, but in so far as the latter is available and in reply to the remainder of the Question the information is as follows: 287W
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Appointees Body Year Total number Paid Unpaid Male Female Trades/Professions Police Authority for Northern Ireland … … … 1976 19 19 — 16 3 Company directors … … … 4 Traders … … … … 2 Engineers … … … … 1 Doctor … … … … … 1 Solicitor … … … … 1 Farmers … … … … 4 Civil servant … … … … 1 Trade unionists … … … 2 Housewife … … … … 1 Schoolteacher … … … … 1 Social worker … … … … 1 Police Complaints Board for Northern Ireland … … 1977 6 6 — 5 1 Housewife … … … … 1 Dentist … … … … … 1 Academics … … … … 2 Former trade unionists … … 2 Rathgeal and Whiteabbev Training School … … 1976 2 — 2 2 — Insurance broker … … … 1 Administrator … … … … 1 1977 15 — 15 9 6 Clergymen … … … … 3 Businessmen … … … … 3 Professional and former Social workers 4 Building worker … … … 1 Retired trade unionist … … 1 Housewife … … … … 1 Unknown … … … … 2 HM Prison, Belfast (Board of Visitors) … … … 1976 21 — 21 15 6 Not known 1977 4 — 4 3 1 Not known HM Prison, Armagh (Board of Visitors) … … 1976 13 — 13 6 7 Not known HM Prison, Magilligan (Board of Visitors) … … 1976 21 — 21 17 4 Not known 1977 2 — 2 1 1 Not known HM Prison, Maze (Board of Visitors) … … … 1976 21 — 21 13 8 Not known 1977 10 — 10 8 2 Not known Visiting Committees, Millisle Borstal … … … 1976 15 — 15 9 6 Not known Maze Borstal … … … … … … 1976 12 — 12 8 4 Not known Magilligan Borstal … … … … … … 1976 9 — 9 8 1 Not known Criminal Legal Aid Taxation Panel … … … 1976 2 2 — 2 — Members of Legal profession 1977 1 1 — 1 — Member of Legal profession 290W
Appointees Body Year Total number Paid Unpaid Male Female Trades/Professions Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights … 1976 1 1 — 1 — Retired General Secretary of Inland Revenue Staff Federation. 1977 11 11 — 9 2 Retired trade unionists … … 3 Academics … … … … 2 Businessmen … … … … 2 Barristers … … … … 2 Housewife … … … … 1 Former computer engineer … … 1 Council for Education and Training of Health Visitors (Northern Ireland rep. on United Kingdom Body) … 1977 1 — 1 1 — Academic … … … … 1 Planning Appeals Commission … … … … 1976 2 Full-time Commrs. — — 2 — Full-time Professional Commissioners 2 5 Part-time Commrs. 7 — 4 1 Businessmen 1 Retailer … … … … 1 Farmer … … … … … 1 Retired civil servant … … … 1 Barrister … … … … 1 Water Appeals Commission … … … … 1977 1 Part-time Commr. 1 — 1 — Qualified engineer Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee … … … 1977 1 — 1 1 — Resident magistrate County Courts Rules Committee … … … … 1977 3 — 3 3 — Solicitor … … … … 1 Clerks of the Crown and Peace … 2 Northern Ireland Economic Council … … … 1976 1 — 1 — 1 Businesswoman 1977 15 15 — 15 — Academic … … … … 1 Reconstituted Trade unionists … … … 5 Former accountant … … … 1 Company directors … … … 3 General managers … … … 3 Administrator … … … … 1 Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-op (Northern Ireland rep. on United Kingdom Body) … 1977 1 1 — 1 — Farmer Home Grown Cereals Authority (Northern Ireland rep. on United Kingdom Body) … … … … 1976 1 1 — 1 — Farmer United Kingdom Eggs Authority (Northern Ireland rep. on United Kingdom Body) … … … … 1977 1 1 — 1 — Farmer British Wool Marketing Board (Northern Ireland rep. on United Kingdom Body) … … … … 1977 1 1 — 1 — Farmer