Severn-Trent Water Authority (Hansard, 12 July 1982)

§ Mr. Les Huckfield
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list the members of the Severn-Trent water authority to the latest convenient date, giving in each case the source or recommendation for their current nomination.

§ Mr. Giles Shaw
The current membership of the Severn-Trent Water Authority is as follows:
Appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment Sir William Dugdale Bt. (Chairman)

J. G. Bellak

J. S. Betteridge

D. H. Burlingham

B. F. Crank

H. A. Hawkes

W. J. Olner

T. Rees-Jones

K. G. Robertson

Mrs. E. Sadler

Mrs. H. P. Waudby

Miss L. Williams

D. M. Woodroffe

Appointed by the Minster of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 303W

G. D. Rollinson

C. G. Hawthorne

G. W. Hart

Appointed by the Secretary of State for Wales

A. G. Lewis

Appointed by local authorities

J. E. Anthony (Nottinghamshire CC)

P. E. Beeby (Nottinghamshire DCs)

L. J. Bird (Birmingham MDC)

G. W. R. Boakes (West Midlands MDCs)

Major D. J. Brook (Salop DCs)

F. J. Chamberlayne (Gloucestershire DCs)

L. A. Clark (West Midlands MCC)

J. H. Cotterill (Salop CC)

W. R. Dean (Staffordshire DCs)

H. H. C. Douty (Warwickshire CC)

H. K. Fisher (Gloucestershire CC)

J. W. Griffiths (Powys CC)

J. C. Hiatt (Warwickshire DCs)

J. B. Hughes (Hereford and Worcester CC)

K. Johnson (West Midlands MDCs)

P. Jones (Hereford and Worcester DCs)

R. N. Jones (Powys DCs)

L. Lees (Nottinghamshire DCs)

W. T. Orson (Leicestershire CC)

G. J. Peach (Derbyshir e DCs)

B. Scarlett (Leicestershire DCs)

B. Smith (Derbyshire DCs)

B. V. Smith (West Midlands MCC)

H. Sowden (Leicestershire DCs)

G. W. Stevenson (Staffordshire CC)

R. D. C. Thomas (Derbyshire CC)

A. G. Wyatt (Staffordshire DCs)

Members appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment are selected to cover a wide range of interests, from industry and commerce to recreation and conservation. Recommendations come forward from a variety of sources, and are treated in confidence.

§ Mr. Les Huckfield
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give further details of proposed changes in water administration as they relate to the recommendations of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in its report on the Severn-Trent water authority.

§ Mr. Giles Shaw
The proposals announced on 7 July to reduce water authority membership, and to improve arrangements for consulting consumers, local authorities and other interested organisations, in large part reflect recommendations of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission for the Severn-Trent water authority. Most of the commission's other recommendations relate to the management of the authority and the two water companies in its area and are for the bodies concerned to follow up. Severn-Trent has already implemented a number of the commissions's recommendations.