HC Deb 23 November 1978 vol 958 cc749-52W
Mr. McCusker

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the various statutory boards and commit-tees to which members are appointed either by himself or by Northern Ireland Government Departments.

Mr. Mason

The statutory boards and committees to which members are appointed either by me or by Northern Ireland Government Departments are listed below.

Department of Agriculture

  • Drainage Council.
  • Foyle Fisheries Commission.
  • Agriculture Wages Board.
  • NI Agricultural Trust.
  • Advisory Committee for Agricultural Training.
  • Fishery Harbour Authority.
  • Fisheries Conservancy Board.
  • Livestock Marketing Commission.
  • Agricultural Research Institute Trustees.
  • Cattle Improvement Committee.
  • General Agricultural Advisory Committee.
  • Joint Advisory Committee on Seed Potato Marketing
  • Milk Marketing Board.
  • Pigs Production Development Committee.
  • Pigs Marketing (Investment) Board.
  • Seed Potato Marketing Board.

NI Water Council:

(Nom: These appointments are made jointly with the Department of the Environment for NI.)

Water Appeals Commission.

Department of Commerce

  • NI Electricity Service Board.
  • NI Electricity Consumers' Council.
  • NI Development Agency.
  • NI Tourist Board.
  • Warrenpoint Harbour Authority.
  • Londonderry Harbour Authority.
  • Hotel Grants Advisory Committee.
  • Industries Development Advisory Committee.
  • NI Trade Statistics Consultative Committee.
  • Department of Education
  • Armagh Observatory—Board of Governors

Board of Governors—

  • Stranmillis College of Education.
  • St. Mary's College of Education.
  • St. Joseph's College of Education.

CSE Board.

Education and Library Boards—

  • Belfast.
  • South Eastern.
  • Southern.
  • Western.
  • North Eastern.
  • GCE Board.
  • Governing Bodies of certain Voluntary Grammar Schools.
  • Management Committees of Controlled Nursery, Special and Grammar Schools.
  • NI Schools Examination Council.
  • NI Sports Council.
  • Queen's University Senate.
  • The Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards.
  • Ulster College.
  • Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
  • Ulster Museum-Board of Trustees.
  • Youth Committee for Northern Ireland.

Department of the Environment

Water Appeals Commission

NI Water Council

NoteThese appointments are made jointly with Department of Agriculture.

  • NI Transport Holding Company
  • Northern Ireland Railways Ltd.
  • City bus Ltd.
  • Ulsterbus Ltd.
  • NI Carriers Ltd.
  • NI Airports Ltd.
  • Historic Buildings Council.
  • Fire Authority for NI.
  • NI Transport-Users Committee.
  • NI Housing Executive.
  • Planning Appeals Commission.
  • Local Government Boundary Commission.
  • Ulster Countryside Committee.
  • Nature Reserves Committee.
  • NI Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee.
  • Wild Birds Advisory Committee.
  • Local Government Staff Commission for NI.
  • Historic Monuments Council.

Department of Finance

  • Building Regulations Committee.
  • Charities Advisory Committee.
  • Vaughans Charity.
  • Lay Observer Under the Solicitors Order.

Department of Health and Social Services

Health and SS Boards—

  • Eastern.
  • Northern.
  • Southern.
  • Western.
  • Supplementary Benefits Commission.
  • NI Central Services Agency for H and SS.
  • NI Council for Nurses and Midwives.
  • NI Staffs Council for Health and SS.
  • NI Poisons Board.
  • NI Medical Manpower Committee.
  • Attendance Allowance Board.
  • Distinction Awards Committee.
  • NI Health and SS Council.
  • Local National Insurance Appeals Tribunals.
  • Supplementary Benefits Appeals Tribunals.
  • Advisory Committee to the UK Central Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors.

Central Advisory Committee for Nursing and

  • Midwifery Medical
  • Dental.
  • Pharmaceutical.
  • Personal Social Services.
  • Health Education.
  • University Medical and Dental Advisory Committee.
  • Statutory Committee of Pharmaceutical Society.
  • Tribunal to inquire into the disqualification of persons providing General Practitioner Services.
  • Therapeutic Paramedical Advisory Committee.

Department of Manpower Services

  • Enterprise Ulster.
  • NI Industrial Court.
  • NI Industrial Tribunals.
  • NI Industrial Training Executive.
  • NI Training Council.
  • Training Boards for Clothing and Footwear Industry.
  • Training Boards for Textile Industry.
  • Training Boards for Food and Drink Industry.
  • Training Boards for Man-made Fibres Industry.
  • Training Boards for Road Transport Industry.
  • Training Boards for Catering Industry.
  • Training Boards for Distributive Trade Industry.
  • Training Boards for Construction Industry.
  • Training Boards for Engineering Industry.
  • Wages Councils.
  • Compensation Appeals Tribunal.
  • Central Advisory Council for the Employment of the Disabled.
  • District Disablement Advisory Committees (9)
  • Ulster Sheltered Employment Ltd.
  • Youth Careers Guidance Committee.
  • Fair Employment Agency.
  • Equal Opportunities Commission.
  • Labour Relations Agency.
  • Fair Employment Appeals Board (not yet set up).
  • Health and Safety Agency.

Northern Ireland Office

  • Police Authority for NI.
  • Police Complaints Board for NI.
  • Boundary Commission for NI.
  • Legal Aid Advisory Committee.
  • Board of Visitors—
  • Armagh Prison.
  • Belfast.
  • Maze Prison.
  • Magilligan Prison.

Visiting Committee—

  • Woburn Borstal.
  • Magilligan Borstal.
  • Maze Borstal.
  • Boards of Governors for Training Schools—Rathgael & Whiteabbey Schools Management Board.
  • Criminal Legal Aid Taxation Committee.
  • County Court Rules Committee.
  • Magistrates Courts Rules Committee.
  • Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights.

In addition I make appointments jointly with the Secretaries of State or Ministers in charge of other Government Departments to the following United Kingdom statutory bodies.

  • Irish Sailors & Soldiers Land Trust.
  • Council for the Education & Training of Health Visitors.
  • Tribunal to Enquire into the disqualification of persons providing General Practitioner Services.
  • Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine.
  • Hill Farming Advisory Committee for England,
  • Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • Agricultural Marketing Boards—
  • Committee of Investigation.
  • Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation.
  • National Seed Development Organisation Limited.
  • The White Fish Authority.
  • White Fish Authority Advisory Council.
  • The White Fish Authority Committee for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  • United Kingdom Seeds Authority.
  • Herring Industry Board.
  • Herring Industry Board
  • Herring Industry Board Advisory Committee.
  • United Kingdom Eggs Authority.
  • Home Grown Cereals Authority.
  • Architects Registration Council for United Kingdom.

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