HC Deb 03 December 1985 vol 88 cc202-4W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the appointed United Kingdom representatives in groups I, II and III for the European economic and social committee; which body has nominated each representative; and when their term of office expires.

Mr. Rifkind

The British members of the economic and social committee are as followsGroup I Members

  • Mr. M. T. Fuller, OBE, DSC—Engineering Employers Federation.
  • Mr. K. M. Tamlin—Mail Order Traders' Association.
  • Mr. F. S. Law, CBE—National Freight Co. plc.
  • Mr. M. C. Swift—British Bankers Association.
  • Mr. I. Campbell, CVO—British Railways Board.
  • Mr. J. A. De Normann—ICI Building Group.
  • Mr. W. G. Poeton—Union of Independent Companies.
  • Mr. M. Zinkin, OBE — CBI Europe and Overseas Committees.
Group II Members
  • Mr. J. R. Boddy, MBE—National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers.
  • Mr. E. A. B. Hammond, OBE—Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union.
  • Mr. F. F. Jarvis—National Union of Teachers.
  • Mr. T. Jenkins—TUC International Department.
  • Mr. J. F. Milne—Scottish Trades Union Congress.
  • Mrs. A. Maddocks, OBE — National and Local Government Officers Association.
  • Mr. A. R. Smith—National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers.
  • Mr. L. J. Smith, OBE—Transport and General Workers Union.
Group III Members
  • Professor W. Elkan—Brunel University.
  • Mrs. M. Quigley—Northern Ireland.
  • Mr. E. B. Roycroft —Social Services, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • Mr. D. P. Schwarz, OBE — Chairman MSC, Special Programmes Board, North Wales.
  • Sir George Sharp, OBE — Glenrothes Development Corporation Scotland.
  • Dr. P. D. Storrie-Pugh, CBE — Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
  • Mr. M. P. Strauss—National Farmers' Union.
  • Mrs. A. Williams, MBE — National Confederation of Consumer Groups.

The current term of office of the Committee's members expires in mid-1986.

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the attendance record of each of the United Kingdom representatives to the European economic and social committee during the past 12 months.

Mr. Rifkind

Details of members' attendance records are not made public by the committee.

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total expenses claimed by each United Kingdom representative to the European economic and social committee during the past year.

Mr. Rifkind

Members of the economic and social committee are eligible for travel costs—up to club class for air fares—for travel to meetings of the committee. In addition, they are eligible for a flat rate allowance of 3,600 Belgian francs—about £45—for each day of attendance at meetings, and an allowance for travel time, which may not overlap with meeting time, calculated according to the length of journey. Details of expenses claimed by individual members are not made available by the ESC secretariat.

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