HC Deb 13 April 1989 vol 150 cc641-2W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for. Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the British delegation to attend the Helsinki process conference on freedom of information; who drew up the delegation list; and how the list was compiled.

Mr. Waldegrave

Lord Rees-Mogg has accepted my invitation to lead the British delegation to the London Information Forum. Following are the names of the personalities who have accepted his invitation to join the delegation.

They will be supported by Sir Anthony Williams, formerly Her Majesty's ambassador to the Madrid CSCE review conference, and by a small number of officials.

  • Bruce Anderson—Sunday Telegraph
  • Neal Ascherson—The Observer
  • Jonathan Eyal—Royal United Services Institute
  • John Grant—EFTPU
  • John Harper—Consultant in telecommunications/IT
  • Geoffrey Hosking—Professor of Russian History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
  • Paul Johnson—Author
  • Austen Kark—formerly Managing Director, BBC External Broadcasting
  • Mrs. Helen Liddell—Maxwell Publications, Scotland
  • Edwina Moreton—The Economist
  • Dr. Janet Morgan—Director, Cable and Wireless
  • David Nicholas—Chairman, ITN
  • David Puttnam—Enigma Productions
  • Malcolm Rutherford—Assistant Editor, Financial Times
  • Adam Scott—Director, International Affairs, British Telecom
  • John Vincent—Professor of Modern History, University of Bristol
  • George Wedell—Professor of Communication Policy, University of Manchester, and Director, European Institute for the Media
  • Andreas Whittam-Smith, The Independent