§ Chairman
§ Sir Maurice Sutherland—Solicitor; Member: Cleveland County Council; Stockton Borough Council; Northumbria Water Authority; Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority.
§ Members
§ Councillor Dr. G. J. Adam—Mining Engineer NCB, Deputy Leader, North Tyneside Metropolitan District Council.
326W§ G. Arnold, JP—Divisional Organiser, Tyne Area AUEW; Chairman, TUC Northern Regional Council.
§ I. G. Bonas—Managing Director, Bonas Machine Co Ltd; Member, CBI, Northern Regional Council.
§ E. S. Bulmer—Manager, Lakeland Area, North West Electricity Board.
§ Councillor M. Campbell—Leader, Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County Council; Trade Union Officer.
§ *J. Chadderton—Director of Education, Newcastle CC; Co-opted Member, NEPC Working Group on Manpower, Training and Education.
§ G. R. Chetwynd, CBE—Director, British Steel Corporation (Industry) Ltd; Member, Northern Industrial Development Board.
§ *Councillor Mrs. A. Collins—Member: Cleveland CC; Council's Policy and Resources, Social Services (Vice-Chairman), and Education Committees; Langbaurgh BC.
§ A. W. Dickinson—Works Manager, Pirelli Ltd.
§ Professor J. B. Goddard—Henry Daysh Chair of Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University.
§ D. J. Grant—Chairman and Managing Director, Darchem Ltd; Member, CBI, Northern Regional Council.
§ *Councillor R. Hall—Company Director; Leader, Langbaurgh BC; Member, Cleveland CC; Member, National Housing Consultative Council.
§ J. W. Harper, CBE—Regional Secretary, Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians; Secretary, TUC Northern Regional Council.
§ Councillor J. Hudson—Member, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council; Member, Cleveland County Council; Member, Thornaby Branch UCATT.
§ Councillor I. Johnson—Employee, British Steel Corporation; Member, Langbaurgh Borough Council.
§ Councillor J. L. Johnston—Analyst in British Steel Corporation; Member, Copeland District Council.
§ Dr. P. L. Kirby, OBE—Director, Welwyn Electric Ltd.
§ Councillor H. Little—Assistant to Personnel Manager Metal Box Ltd; Member, Carlisle City Council; Cumbria County Council.
§ Councillor F. Long—Miner; Member, Durham County Council.
§ J. L. J. Machin—Senior Lecturer, Management Control Systems; Durham University Business School.
§ J. E. Moffitt, CBE—Farmer.
§ F. M. Osborn, CBE—Managing Director, Northern Rock Building Society.
§ Dr. P. W. Reynolds—Former Deputy Chairman, Agricultural Division, ICI.
§ The Rt. Hon. Viscount Ridley, TD, DL—Landowner; Farmer; Chairman, Northumberland County Council.
327W§ *Councillor R. Storey—Secretary, Northumberland County Assoc. of Trades Councils; Member, Regional TUC Executive Committee; Member, NUM; Member, Wansbeck DC; Chairman, Northumberland District Manpower Committee.
§ Councillor Mrs. A. M. Tait—Member, Cumbria County Council; Barrow in Furness District Council.
§ C. B. Ward, MBE—Teesside District Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union.
§ Councillor W. Wilson—Member, Newcastle City Council.
§ *New Member.