HC Deb 09 July 1979 vol 970 cc104-6W
Mr. Holland

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the qualifications including previous appointments in the selection of Ministers held by each member of the Development Commission.

Mr. Heseltine

Members of the Development Commission were appointed by my predecessors in office. I do not know what qualifications were considered or tested.

Mr. Philip Holland

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the full-time occupation and other Government appointments held by each member of the Development Commission.

Mr. Heseltine

There are eight commissioners, four of whom hold other Government appointments as followsThe Lord Northfield—Chairman of Telford Development Corporation. Councillor Clive V. Wilkinson—Chairman of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Arears. Mr. Bryn Davies, MBE—Member of the Welsh National Water Development Authority. Mr. Nigel Vinson, MVO, FRSA, FBIM—Director of the British Airports Authority; member of the Design Council.

Lord Northfield's posts occupy him full time. Councillor Wilkinson is employed in the waste disposal industry, Mr. Davies is a trade union officer and Mr. Vinson a director of a research institute.

Of the other four commissioners one is a banker, one is a director of a charitable trust, one a housewife and one is retired.