HC Deb 08 May 1978 vol 949 cc341-3W
Mr. Ronald Atkins

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement about the membership of the English regional industrial development boards.

Mr. Alan Williams

I have recently reviewed the membership of the Northern, North-West, South-West and Yorkshire and Humberside Industrial Development Boards. Below is a list of the current members of each board.

I am glad to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the excellent work done by those who give up their time to serve on these boards.

SOUTH-WEST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Chairman D. M. Gillespie—Joint Managing Director, Olivers (Barnstaple) Ltd.

Members A. Bennett JP—Chairman, South-West Regional Council, TUC. Member, Union of Construction and Allied Trades and Technicians. R. R. Cawthorne, MBE, MRSH, M.Inst.M—Managing Director, North Devon Meat Ltd. G. D. K. Foale, FCA—Bishop Fleming & Co., Chartered Accountants. K. A. Gilbert—Director, Geevor Tin Mines Limited. R. G. King—District Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Plymouth. P. E. Neale, FIB—Area Manager, North Devon and Cornwall, National Westminster Bank. R. G. Parkin, FIS, FCA, BA(Econ)—Finance Director, Compair Construction and Mining Ltd. I. R. Sutherland, BSc, MIMC—Managing Director and Chief Executive, Silley Cox & Co. Ltd.

NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Chairman R. A. Cookson, CBE—Former Chairman, Associated Lead Manufacturers Ltd. Director, Lloyds Bank Ltd.

Members G. T. Arnold, JP—Chairman, Northern Regional Council of the TUC. Divisional Organiser, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers. Member, Northern Economic Planning Council. P. Baines, FCIS—Former Commercial Director of Albright and Wilson Ltd. G. R. Chetwynd, CBE—Board Member, BSC (Industry) Ltd. Member, Northern Economic Planning Council. P. H. Crowther, C.Eng., M.Inst, F.MBIM, FRSA, Chairman, Local Board, Vickers Limited Engineering Group, Newcastle upon Tyne. G. D. Dixon—District Delegate, The Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers. District Secretary, Tees Area Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. D. J. Grant—Managing Director, Darchem Ltd. Member, Northern Economic Planning Council. Member, CBI Northern Regional Council. J. R. Mackay, OBE—Former Director, Swan Hunter Group, previously Partner, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Professor W. G. McClelland, MA, MBA. FBIM—Former Director, Manchester Business School. L. R. Mann—Managing Director, Victor Products (Wallsend) Ltd. G. Russell—Managing Director, Alcan (UK) Limited. Dr. A. W. C. Taylor, BSc, FRIC—Former Chairman, Petrochemicals Division, ICI Ltd. Chairman, Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority. A. G. Thompson, BSc, M.Inst.P—Managing Director, Henry Cooke Ltd.

NORTH WEST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Chairman L. C. Young—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, J. Bibby & Sons Ltd. Member, North-West Economic Planning Council

Members W. H. Aldritt, JP—Regional Secretary, Liverpool, North Wales and Irish Region, General & Municipal Workers Union. Member, North-West Economic Planning Council. C. M. Barnett—Secretary, North-West Regional Council of the TUC. Divisional Officer, National Union of Public Employees. Member, North-West Economic Planning Council. R. B. de Zouche, FCA—Wilson, de Zouche and Mackenzie, Chartered Accountants. Vice Chairman, Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Member, North-West Economic Planning Council. G. M. D. Drummond, FCA—Deputy Chairman, Trind Ltd. D. G. Farrar—Chairman North-West Regional Council TUC. Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union Member, North-West Economic Planning Council. Member, North-West Regional Board, National Enterprise Board. F. S. Gibbs, BSc.(Eng), C.Eng, FIMech.E, FIEE—Managing Director, GEC Switchgear Ltd. G. N. Hague, FCIS—Chairman & Managing Director, Welwyn Garments Ltd. Member, North-West Economic Planning Council. T. D. Parr—Chairman, & Managing Director, Thomas Marshall Investments Ltd. D. Perry, BSc.—Chairman, UML Limited. L. J. Trolley, CBE, C.Eng, FIProd.E—Chairman, Renold Ltd.

YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Chairman G. N. S. Horsley—Chairman and Managing Director, Northern Foods Ltd.

Members F. N. Booth—Regional Secretary, General and Municipal Workers' Union. Member, Yorkshire & Humberside Economic Planning Council. D. B. Clark—Managing Director, Beatson Clark and Co. Ltd. Dr. R. Gill, BSc, ARIC—Managing Director, Allied Colloids Ltd. J. M. Goymour—Managing Director, David Brown Tractors Limited. E. Hayhurst, OBE, JP—Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union.—Member, Yorkshire & Humberside Economic Planning Council. J. H. Hooper—Chairman and Managing Director, Armstrong Equipment Ltd. Member, Yorkshire & Humberside Economic Planning Council. J. Lyles—Chairman, S. Lyles, Sons & Co. Ltd. T. McDonald, FCA—Armitage & Norton, Chartered Accountants. C. Russell, Smith—Managing Director, Allied Textile Companies Ltd.