§ Lord Houghton of Sowerbyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who are the present holders of the order and distinction of Companion of Honour, and whether facilities exist for them to meet in companionship and to confer on matters of public concern.
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Waddington)The list of the present Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour is given below. I understand that it has not been customary for Members of the order to meet together formally.
27WAHonorary Members
Lee Kuan Yew Doctor Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns GCMG Members
The Right Honourable John Scott, Viscount Muirshiel KT CMG The Right Honourable Harold Arthur, Viscount Watkinson The Right Honourable Arthur Leslie Nowel Douglas Baron Houghton of Sowerby The Right Honourable Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG The Right Honourable Arnold Abraham, Baron Goodman John Egerton Christmas Piper The Right Honourable William Stephen Ian, Viscount Whitelaw KT MC DL The Right Honourable Quintin McGarel, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone KG QC The Right Honourable Jack Ashley MP Professor Max Ferdinand Perutz OM CBE FRS His Excellency Mr Arnold Cantwell Smith The Right Honourable Herbert William, Baron Glenamara CBE The Right Honourable Edward Watson, Baron Glenamara The Right Honourable Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos The Right Honourable John Malcolm Fraser MP Sir Arthur John Gielgud The Right Honourable Sir Robert David Muldoon GCMG James Larkin Jones MBE The Right Honourable Sir Michael Thomas Somare GCMG The Right Honourable Denis Winston Healey MBE MP Sir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CBE The Right Honourable George Edward Peter, Baron Thorneycroft Victor Passmore CBE The Right Honourable Sir Brian Edward Talboys KCB AC Frederick Sanger OM CBE Dame Ninette de Valois DBE The Right Honourable John Douglas Anthony MP Professor Sir Karl Raimund Popper The Right Honourable Peter Alexander Rupert, Baron Carrington KG GCMG MC Lucien Freud The Honourable Sir James Runciman The Right Honourable David McAdam, Viscount Eccles KCMG Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell OBE Professor Friedrich August von Hayek The Right Honourable Pierre Elliot Trudeau Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson KCVO The Right Honourable Keith Sinjohn, Baron Joseph Sydney Brenner Sir John Newenham Summerson CBE George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands CBE The Right Honourable Norman Beresford Tebbit MP Anthony Dymoke Powell CBE Professor Stephen William Hawking CBE The Right Honourable David Russell Lange