§ Mr. Corbettasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what changes have been made in the composition of the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee subsequent to those announced on 10th March 1976 in answer to a Question by the hon. Member for Crewe (Mrs. Dunwoody).
§ Mr. StrangI am glad to inform the House that Mr. J. A. Inverarity, a poultry farmer in Tayside, and Mr. D. G. Llewellyn, BVSc, MRCVS, a veterinary surgeon in practice in South Wales, have accepted our invitation to join the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. They replace Mr. W. A. Biggar, who has retired from the committee for personal reasons, and Dr. M. H. Draper, who is relinquishing his membership following appointment to a post in the Department of Health and Social Security. I would like to acknowledge with thanks the valuable service the retiring members have given to the committee since its establishment in 1967.