HC Deb 15 May 1981 vol 4 cc348-9W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Prime Minister if she will list the chairmen of all the State corporations, giving dates of appointment and dates upon which their contracts terminate.

The Prime Minister

The information requested is to be found in the 1980 White Paper on Public Boards (Cmnd. 8114). The White Paper lists the chairmen of public boards of a commercial character as at 1 December 1980. Since then the following changes have occurred:

Date of appointment Date of expiry of appointment
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Dr. W. Marshall 21 February 1981 20 February 1986
Electricity Council
Mr. A. W. Bunch 1 January 1981 31 March 1982
Highlands and Islands Development Board
An interim chairman, Rear-Admiral D. A. Dunbar-Naismith was appointed on 1 February 1981. A full-time successor to Sir Kenneth Alexander has not yet been appointed.
Scottish Transport Group
W. T. Stevenson 1 January 1981 1 January 1984
British Transport Docks Board
Sir Humphrey Browne 1 May 1981 31 October 1981
British Airways
Sir John King 1 February 1981 31 January 1984