HC Deb 07 July 1977 vol 934 cc661-2W
Mr. Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees in the last 12 months; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed;

(2) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed

Mr. Les Huckfield

60 salaried appointments have been made since February 1974 including 26 in the last 12 months to those bodies other than departmental committees for which my right hon. Friend is responsible.

The names of the individuals concerned in British Aerospace, British Steel Cor- poration, Cable and Wireless Ltd., the National Enterprise Board and the Post Office are included in the White Paper "List of Public Boards of a Commercial Character" as at 1st April 1977 (Cmnd 6803).

Since compilation of the White Paper my right hon. Friend has made the following appointments to these boards and to British Shipbuilders:

British Shipbuilders

  • Admiral Sir Anthony Griffin
  • Mr. K. J. Griffin
  • Mr. M. B. Casey
  • Mr. F. A. Baker
  • Mr. L. Gregory
  • Mr. J. P. Hepplewhite
  • Mr. T. McIver

Cable and Wireless Ltd.

  • Mr. J. L. W. Bird Post Office

Post Office

  • Mr. S. Wainwright

Other salaried appointments made in the relevant periods are as follows:

English Industrial Estates Corporation

  • Mr. J. S. Heaton
  • Mr. J. Harle
  • Mr. J. Eccles

National Computing Centre Ltd.

  • Mr. D. Firnberg
  • Professor J. H. H. Merriman (appointed during the last 12 months)

National Research Development Corporation

  • Mr. W. Makinson
  • Mr. F. J. M. Laver
  • Mr. L. V. D. Tindale
  • Sir Peter Matthews
  • Mr. C. Jenkins
  • Professor A. W. Johnson
  • Professor L. Maunder*
  • Mr. J. Gormley*

*Appointed during the last 12 months.

A list including unpaid appointments could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.