Public Bodies (Hansard, 17 March 1994)

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will provide substantive answers to the questions from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton of 21 January, and 27 January, concerning the membership of non-departmental public bodies.

§ Mr. Hanley
The delay in answering has been caused by the need to establish whether members would be content for their names to be published, particularly where NDPBs deal with sensitive issues. I am now in a position to answer a number of the questions referred to and will answer the remainder once all individuals concerned have replied to my Department.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the Review Board for Government Contracts.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]: The information requested is as follows:

Sir Peter Webster (Chairman)

Sir Laurence Airey KCB

Sir Alan Bailey KCB

Derek Kingsbury CBE

Dr. Alan Watkins

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the board of the Royal Air Force museum.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]:The information requested is as follows:

Sir Michael Beetham GCB CBE DFC AFC FRAeS (Chairman)

Sir Thomas N. Risk

Mr. Barry Pinson QC

Group Captain Sir Gordon Pirie CVO CBE JP DL (Recd)

Dr. Basil Greenhill CB CMG FRHists FSA

Sir John Cuckney

Sir Ralph Robins FENG FRAeS

Sir Cohn Marshall

Sir Hector Monro AE JP DL MP

Sir Colin Chandler

Sir John Blelloch KCB

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the meteorological research sub-committee.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]: The information requested is as follows:

Professor H. Charnock

Professor B. Fender

Professor J. Harries

Professor A. Hollingsworth

Professor B. Hoskins

Dr. M. Vaughan

Dr. J. Woods

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the Services Sound and Vision Corporation.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]: The members are:

General Sir Geoffrey Howlett, KBE, MC

David E. Hatch, JP, MA, DipEd, FRSA, CIMgt (Vice Chair)
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Brian Tesler, CBE

Frederick P. Turner

Dr. Bryce McCrirrick, CBE, DSc, FEng, FIEE, FRTS

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the oil and pipelines agency.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]: The information requested is as follows:

Geoffrey Richards (Chairman)

Christopher Finch

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the meteorological committees.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January]: The information requested is as follows:

Professor R. L. Bell

Mr. D. A. Davis

Mr. D. Filkin

Ms A. Gammidge

Professor B. J. Hoskins

Dr. H. Hughes

Baroness Jay

Professor M. H. Pesaran

Baroness Platt

Mr. C. M. Stuart

Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the board of the Royal Navy submarine museum, Gosport.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]: The information requested is as follows:

Mr. D. Patch

Mr. R. D. Wilson

Dr. Robert Bud

Mrs. P. L. Lee BA

Captain R. Channon RN (Retd)

Rear Admiral A. J. Whetsone CB

Captain G. C. W. Hayhoe RN (Retd)

Commander G. Turner RN (Retd)

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the board of of the Royal Marines museum, Southsea.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]:

Mr. Brian Ashby

Mr. Barrie C. Johnston OBE FPMI FRSA

Mr. Nick Sonas DL

Mr. Derek J. Martin

Mr. Nigel S. E. Martin

Mr. Michael N. E. Ware FRPS FMA

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the board of the Fleet Air Arm museum.

§ Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 28 January 1994]: The board of trustees as established by the trust deed and subsequent amending scheme consists of:

Mr. Michael Cobham

Mr. Desmond Cracknell

Sir Donald Gosling

Sir Stanley Grinstead

Mr. Jeffrey Smith

Doctor Thomas Wright

Dame Margaret Weston
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The trustees meet twice a year mainly to review and approve the strategic plan. The director exercises day-to-day management under the aegis of the management committee of the chairman, deputy chairman, director, deputy director and museum administrator.