§ Dr. Mawhinneyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further appointments have been made to the National Radiological Protection Board following the National Radiological Protection Board (Constitutional Amendment) Order 1980.
§ Dr. VaughanI am pleased to announce that invitations from the Health Ministers to serve as members of the National Radiological Protection Board have been accepted by
Professor Keith Clayton, MSc, PhD; Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, former Member of the Natural Environment Research Council, Member of the University Grants Committee and Chairman of its Agriculture and Veterinary Subcommittee.Professor Daphne Jackson, DSc, PhD, ARCS; Professor of Nuclear Physics at the University of Surrey and Council Member and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.Professor David Pearce, MA; Professor of Political Economy at the University of Aberdeen, Member of the Social Science Research Council Energy Panel and Adviser Energy Technical Support Unit.Dr. Ronald Owen, MB, ChB; Medical Adviser to the Trades Union Congress, Member of the Medical Committee of the Health and Safety Commission.Professor Thomas Southwood, FRS, ACS, PhD, FI Biol, ARCS; Linacre Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford, Former Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Past President of the British Ecological Society and Chairman of Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).These appointments fill two vacancies, one of long standing and the other caused by the retirement from the board of Mr. R. Beverton, and the three new places on the board created by the order. As my hon. Friend indicated on 2 July during the Standing Committee debate on the order in the Third Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments,—[c. 1–2]—they take account of environmental considerations and the expansion of the nuclear power programme.