§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who are the members currently appointed to the board of the national museum of science and industry.
§ Mr. SproatThe members of the board of trustees of the science museum are:
- Sir Austin W. Pearce CBE (Chairman)
- Professor Sir Eric Ash CBE FEng FRS
576 - Dr. Mary D. Archer
- The Lord Brabourne CBE
- The Viscount Downe DL
- Miss Mary S. Goldring OBE
- Mrs. Anita Higham BA Lesl Med
- Mrs. Joanna Kennedy CEng
- HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO ADC
- Dr. Bridget Ogilvie FI Biol
- Sir Michael Quinlan GCB
- Sir Dennis E. Rooke CBE ERS FEng
- Leopold de Rothschild Esq CBE
- Professor Sir John M. Thomas FRS
- Sir Christopher S. Wates FCA
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who are the members currently appointed to the Board of the Greater Manchester museum of science.
§ Mr. SproatThe members of the board of trustees of the Manchester museum of science and industry are:
- John Lee Esq. (Chairman)
- Michael Bailey Esq.
- Louis Brennan Esq.
- Mrs. Joan Brown
- Ms Gayle Broughall
- Michael Dyble Esq.
- Professor Michael Gordon Gibbons BSc BEng MSc PhD
- Mrs. Virginia Halliwell
- Ben F. Hurren Esq.
- Ms Sue Runyard
- Sir Gilbert Thompson
- Dr. John Thynne
- Col. John Timmins
- Anthony Wilson Esq.
- F. D. Wilson Esq.
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who are the members currently appointed to the board of the national portrait gallery.
§ Mr. SproatThe members of the board of trustees of the national portrait gallery are:
- Rev. Professor Owen Chadwick, OM, KBE, DD, PPBA (Chairman)
- Sir Anthony Acland
- Mrs. Jane Benson
- Sir Roger de Grey (ex officio)
- Henry N. L. Keswick, Esq, MA
- Professor Norbert C. Lynton, BA
- Sir Oliver N. Millar, KCVO, FBA
- Lord Morris, MA, DPhil
- The Rt. Hon. Tony Newton, OBE, MP (ex officio)
- Professor Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
- Professor John M. Roberts, MA, DPhil
- Sir David Scholey, CBE
- Mrs. Claire Tomalin
- Mrs. Winifred Tumin
- John Tusa, Esq
- Lord Weidenfield
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who are the members currently appointed to the board of the British library.
§ Mr. SproatThe present members of the British library board are:
Sir Anthony Kenny FBA (Chairman)
Full-Time Members
- Brian Lang (Chief Executive)
- Michael Smethurst (Director, General Humanities and Social Sciences)
- David Russon (Director General, Science Technology and Industry)
Part-Time Members
- Penelope Lively
- David Peake
- The Hon. Edward Adeane, CVO
- John Forty, CBE, PhD, DSc
577 - Ronald Utiger, CBE
- Michael Griffith, CBE, DL
- Dame Ann Warburton, DCVO
- Henry Heaey, FLA
- Timothy Rix
§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who are the members currently appointed to the Library and Information Services Council.
§ Mr. SproatThe present members of the Library and Information Services Council (England) are:
- Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer KBE, FRS (Chairman)
- Peter Cox
- Philip Holmes
- Nigel Macartney
- Sally Marshall
- Michael Messenger
- Nigel Oxbrow
- Sheila Pantry
- Keith Crawshaw
- Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey
- Duncan Turner
- Christopher Heinitz
- David Leadbeater
- Brian Burch
- John Hicks
Attendance in 1992–93 Forecasts of attendance in 1993–94 Provisional percentage increase/decrease over the previous year (million) (million) Imperial War Museum 1.148 1.150 +0.2 National Gallery 4.200 3.700 -12.0 National Maritime Museum 0.541 0.510 -5.8 National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside 1.207 1.200 -0.6 National Portrait Gallery 0.563 0.600 +6.6 Natural History Museum 1.729 1.750 +1.2 Science Museum 2.579 2.635 +2.2 Tate Gallery 2.185 2.550 +16.7 Victoria and Albert Museum 1.454 1.435 -1.0 Wallace Collection 0.198 0.165 -16.7 Total2 15.804 15.695 -0.7 British Museum1 6.725 6.209 -7.7 1 British Museum figures are for calendar years 1992 and 1993. 2 Excluding British Museum attendances. It is not possible to identify the number of visitors to the Royal Armouries which at present forms part of the Tower of London.