§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the committees, councils, commissions, and other official bodies to which he has appointed members other than civil servants that have been established by him since May 1979, and state in each case the names and full-time employments of those appointed.
§ Mr. HeseltineI have established one public body since May 1979—the London Housing Staff Commission.
The chairman of the commission is Mr. Philip Vine and there are two members: Mr. Wilfred Bowdell and Mr. John Dryden. All three are retired.
I have also announced the appointment of the shadow chairman and deputy chairman of two urban development corporations. Mr. Nigel Broackes, chairman of Trafalgar House Limited, is the shadow chairman and Mr. Bob Mellish, Member of Parliament for Bermondsey the shadow deputy chairman of the London Docklands urban development corporation. Mr. Leslie Young, chairman of J. Bibby & Sons Ltd., is the shadow chairman and Sir Kenneth Thompson, chairman of the Merseyside county council, the shadow deputy chairman of the Merseyside urban development corporation.