HC Deb 05 December 1978 vol 959 c644W
Mr. Holland

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the names of the chairmen of the regional water authorities, giving their full-time employments and other part-time official appointments held.

Mr. Denis Howell:

Regional water authority chairmen spend from two and a half days to four days a week on water authority business. Any other employment they have is part-time, to allow them to perform their duties as chairmen, and does not involve a conflict of interest with water authority work.

Other Ministerial appointments held by water authority chairmen are as follows:

  • Mr. George Mann (North-West)—none.
  • Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison (Northumbrian)— none.
  • Sir William Dugdale (Severn Trent)— none.
  • Mr. Dennis Matthews (Yorkshire)— none.
  • Mr. Alex Morrison (Anglian)— none.
  • Mr. Geoffrey Edwards (Thames)— none.
  • Mr. Arthtur Smyth (Southern)—none.
  • Sir John Wills (Wessex)—Lord Lieutenant of Avon.
  • Mr Len Hill (South-West)—member of South-West Economic Planning Council.