HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc598-9W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will supply figures for the number of pharmacies in each family practitioner committee area in Wales for each year since 1978 to the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Grist

The number of pharmaceutical chemists in family practitioner committee areas in Wales at 31 December of each year is given in the table:

Mr. Peter Walker

[holding answer 16 January 1988]: In the period from 13 June 1987 to 31 December 1987, I have made the following appointments to public bodies in Wales:

Chairman Deputy Chairman Members
—Mid Glamorgan 1
—Powys 2
—West Glamorgan 1
Health Policy Board 1
Historic Buildings Council 2
Land Authority for Wales 1 5
Library and Information Services Council (Wales) 4
South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee 1
Wales Tourist Board 1 1
Welsh Committee on Drug Misuse 1
Welsh Development Agency 2
Welsh Health Common Services Authority 4
Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board 1
Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 1
Welsh Water Authority 4
1 2 53

Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the people he has appointed to public bodies since his appointment are normally resident outside Wales.

Mr. Peter Walker

[holding answer 16 February 1988]Of the 56 people I have appointed in the period from 13 June 1987 to 31 December 1987, 52 are normally resident within Wales. Of the remaining four, two are reappointments, one is Welsh by origin, and the other is a specialist in his field.