§ Sir John WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes he has made in the membership of the Police Complaints Authority.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeBrigadier John Pownall will be retiring from his post as deputy chairman of the Police Complaints Authority on 31 July this year, having accepted my invitation to delay his departure for three months beyond his current term of appointment. I wish to take this opportunity to thank him for his service to the authority. As the last of its original members, Brigadier Pownall has made a distinguished contribution to the establishment of the authority as an accepted part of the police complaints system.
601WMr. John Cartwright, the former Labour and Social Democrat Member for Woolwich, who has been a member of the authority since October last year, has accepted my invitation to succeed to the vacant deputy chairman post on 1 August.