HL Deb 24 July 1989 vol 510 cc1294-8WA
Lord Boyd-Carpenter

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the names, qualifications and business experience of the members of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

Lord Young of Graffham

The information requested is set out below:

MEMBERS OF THE MMC AS AT 21ST JULY 1989
NAME POSITION RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Mr M S Lipworth Chairman Solicitor and Barrister Co-founder and former Deputy Chairman of Allied Dunbar Assurance plc and Chairman of Allied Dunbar Units Trusts plc
Mr H H Hunt CBE Deputy Chairman Accountant and Management Consultant Former Managing Director of PA Computers and Telecommunications Ltd (PACTEL)
Mr D G Richards CBE Deputy Chairman Chartered Accountant Former Senior Partner in Deloitte, Haskins & Sells
Mr R G Smethurst Deputy Chairman Economist Professorial Fellow of Worcester College and Former Director of External Studies, Oxford University
Sir James Ackers Member Industrialist Chairman of Ackers Jarrett Leasing Ltd
Mr A Armstrong Member Economist Senior lecturer in Economics, Bristol University
Mr C C Baillieu Member Industrialist Former Chairman and Managing Director of Ultrasonic Machines
Prof M Beesley CBE Member Economist Founding Professor of Economics at the London Business School
Mr F E Bonner CBE Member Accountant and Nationalised Industry Manager Former deputy Chairman of CEGB
Mr L Britz Member Trade Unionist Executive Councillor of the Electrical Electronic Telecommunication & Plumbing Union (EETPU), Southern Region. Director of British International Helicopters
Mr K S Carmichael CBE Member Chartered Accountant Managing Partner of Longcrofts
Sir Robert Clayton CBE Member Engineer and Industrialist Former Technical Director of GEC. Chairman of the Information Technology Skills Agency
Mr P H Dean Member Solicitor and Industrialist Free-lance business consultant. Former Executive Director of the RTZ Corporation plc
Mr J Evans Member Solicitor and Barrister Chairman of the Press Association, Former Chairman of Times Newspapers and of the International Thompson Organisation
Mr A Ferry MBE Member Trade Unionist General Secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers. Director of Harland & Wolff
Mr P S G Flint Member Barrister Former Secretary and General Manager of ICI
Mr D G Goyder Member Solicitor Consultant to Birketts, Ipswich. Lecturer and author on Competition law
Mr M Hoffman Member Chartered Engineer and Industrialist Chief Executive, Airship Industries
Mr J D Keir QC Member Barrister Former Joint Secretary of Unilever
Mr H H Liesner CB Member Government Economist Former Deputy Secretary and Chief Economic Advisor to the DTI
Prof S G Littlechild Member Economist Professor of Commerce and Head of the Department of Industrial Economics and Business Studies, University of Birmingham
Miss P K R Mann Member Advertising Executive Vice President of J Walter Thompson (JWT) International. Editor, "Consumer Affairs"
Mr G C S Mather Member Solicitor and Economist General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs
Mr L A Mills Member Trade Unionist General Secretary of the Banking Insurance and Finance Union and a member of the TUC General Council
Mr B C Owens Member Industrialist Chairman and Managing Director of Bernard Owens and Partners. Former Chairman of Unochrome Industries Ltd and of the Silverthorne Group
Mr N L Salmon Member Industrialist Former Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of J. Lyons & Co. and Director of Allied-Lyons

NAME POSITION RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Mr D P Thomson RD Member Banker Director General of the British Invisible Exports Council. Former Director of Lazards.
Mr C A Unwin CBE Member Trade Unionist Former Regional Secretary (Midland and East Coast Region) of the General and Municipal Workers Union
Mr S Wainwright CBE Member Banker and Nationalised Industry Manager Director of BICC pic and of Amdahl (UK) Ltd and a member of the Post Office Board. Former Managing Director of National Girobank and Deputy Chairman of the Post Office
Prof G Whittington Member Economist and Accountant Price Waterhouse Professor of Financial Accounting and Fellow of Cambridge University
Mr R Young Member Industrialist Chief Executive of the Plastics Division of McKechnie plc