§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the names, occupations and current employers of those who currently
Executive bodies Chairman Deputy chairman Members £/per annum £/per annum £/per annum Agricultural Training Board 115,600 7,147 — Apple and Pear Research Council 16,676 40 per day 40 per day Food From Britain 32,100 — 1,930 Home-grown Cereals Authority 18,270 6,313 23,145/3,263 Horticultural Development Council 25,011 — 40 per day Horticulture Research International 20,624 4,098 — Meat and Livestock Commission 53,789 26,584 26,313/12,829 Regional Flood Defence Committees 28,988/l1,235 — — Sea Fish Industry Authority 29,612 13,835 6,313 Wine Standards Board of the Vintners Company 3,231 — 813 1 Now based on two days per week instead of 1. 2 Depending on how many days worked. 564W
Tribunals Chairman/deputy £ per annum Members £ per annum Agricultural Land Tribunals (England) 221 — Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal 300 177 Milk and Dairies Tribunal (England) 91 — Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal 246 (Junior) — Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal 300 (Silk) 113 Public Corporation Covent Garden Market Authority 32,411 6,313 hold positions in each public body to which he makes appointments; if he will make a statement on the considerations taken into account when making such appointments; and if he will list details of the posts and salaries or allowances payable which have changed since the publication of "Public Bodies 1992".
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 25 June 1993]: No changes have yet taken place in the remuneration for members of the MAFF advisory bodies listed in "Public Bodies 1991"—a copy of which is available in the Library of the House—nor for the agricultural wages board or agricultural wages committees. For the executive bodies, tribunals and public corporations the new rates payable for 1 April 1993 are as follows—all figures are sterling:
Members of public bodies receive the same rates of travel allowances as civil servants, but subsistence is paid according to actual costs. There have been no changes to this agreement since the publication of "Public Bodies 1992".
The biographical information on appointees is not held centrally in the form requested. However, appointments are made on the basis of suitability, merit and personal expertise and announced in. Ministry news releases, copies of which are placed in the Library of the House.