HC Deb 20 December 1982 vol 34 c315W
Mr. Colvin

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is yet able to say who will be the next chairman of the advisory board for the Research Councils.

Sir Keith Joseph

I have decided to appoint Professor Sir David Phillips, FRS, Professor of Molecular Biophysics in the University of Oxford. He will succeed Sir Alec Merrison on 22 January 1983.