§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a job description for the position of chairman of the National Rivers Authority advisory committee, including hours and conditions of work.
§ Mr. Moynihan[holding answer 19 May 1988]: My right hon. and noble Friend Lord Crickhowell has been appointed as the non-executive chairman of the National Rivers Authority advisory committee. The terms of reference of the committee are:
To advise the Secretaries of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the implications for the water authorities of the reorganisation needed to provide a separate organisational structure for their water supply and sewerage functions, and the functions that will be performed by the new National Rivers Authority; and to advise them on the acceptability of the scheme proposed by each Water Authority, and to ensure that it will enable the NRA adequately to fulfil the tasks proposed to be allocated to it.The remuneration for the chairman's appointment is £40,000 per annum.
I expect that the post will require between two and three days work a week on average.