§ Ms. Harmanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the advisory committees whose members are appointed by him; and, in respect of each such committee, how many of the members are women and how many are men.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following are details of appointments to the advisory non-departmental public bodies for which this Department is responsible.
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Name of Body Appointments as at 1st July 1983 Chairman— members Department Male Female Male Female Advisory Committee on Pesticides 1 — 14 — Agricultural Chemicals Approval Scheme Scientific Advisory Committee 1 — 13 — Agricultural Economics Technical Committee — — 10 — Agricultural Statistics Consultative Committe — — 7 — Banana Trade Advisory Committee — — 5 — Committee on Agricultural Valuation — — 12 — Committee on the Artificial Insemination of Cattle 1 — 16 — Committee of Investigation for England and Wales under Agricultural Marketing Acts 1 — 5 — Committee of Investigation for Great Britain under Agricultural Marketing Acts 1 — 6 — Consultative Panel on Badgers and Tuberculosis — — 13 1 Consumers' Committee for England and Wales under Agricultural Marketing Acts — 1 5 2 Consumers' Committee for Great Britain under Agricultural Marketing Acts — 1 5 3 Experimental Centres Advisory Committees in England and Wales (20) 20 — 175 — Farm Animal Welfare Council 1 — 17 4 Fisheries Research and Development Board 1 — 13 — Food Advisory Committee* 1 — 12 2 Hill Fanning Advisory Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland 1 — 13 — Joint Consultative Organisation for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food 1 — 8 — Kew Scientific Advisory Panel 1 — 7 — National Food Survey Committee — — 4 1 Reading Cattle Breeding Centre Advisory Committee 1 — 14 — Regional Panels (5) 5 — 67 — Steering Group on Food Surveillance — — 4 — Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee 1 — 8 — Veterinary Products Committee 1 — 19 — Wakehurst Place Consultative Panel — — 2 — * Formerly the Food Additives and Contaminants and the Food Standards Committees which were merged with effect from 1 November 1983. The appointments listed are as at that date.