§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (1) if he will list the names of the chairman and members of the Price Commission, stating in each case the salaries paid and, where differences in remuneration exist, the reason for such differences;
The current members of the Price Commission are: Principal occupation Part-time Government appointments (other than the Price Commission) Chairman (full-time): Mr. Charles Williams — — Deputy Chairmen (part-time): Mr. John Hughes Vice-Principal, Ruskin College, Oxford. Member, the Industrial Development Advisory Board. Mr. Leslie Pincott Retired Managing Director, Esso Petroleum Company. Director, Remploy Ltd. Director, British Railways Southern Region Advisory Board. Mr. Seamus Sweetman, M.B.E Retired Vice-Chairman of Unilever Ltd. — Members (part-time): Mr. N. I. Bond-Williams Vice-Chairman, Remploy Ltd. — Mrs. Mollie Bray Housewife — Mr. A. J. Colman Director, within the Burton Group. — Ms. Brenda Dean Member, National Executive, SOGAT. Member, the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board. Member, Women's National Commission. Member, Supplementary Benefits Commission. The Lord Donnet of Balgay C.B.E. Chairman, Scottish Transport Group. Member, the Forestry Commission. Professor D. C. Hague Professor of Managerial Economics, Manchester Business School. — Mr. Ian Hay Davison Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. — Mr. Harry Hill Chairman, International Division, Beecham Products. — Sir Noel Larmour, K.C.M.G. Retired Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. — Mr. Roger Opie, C.B.E. Fellow, New College, Oxford. Member, Monopolies and Mergers Commission. Mr. Ronald Richardson, C.B.E Retired Deputy Chairman of the Electricity Council. — Mrs. Rachel Waterhouse Housewife Member, National Consumer Council. Ministerial nominee, Potato Marketing Board. Member, Advisory Council on Asbestos. The Chairman receives an annual salary of £18,000. The salaries payable to the three part-time Deputy Chairmen and to the 12 part-time members are £6,500 and £3,600 respectively. These salaries are adjustable pro rata according to the amount of approved time spent on the Commission's work.