HC Deb 28 March 1994 vol 240 cc533-8W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the organisations and individuals outside his Department who are sent information on, or consulted about, individuals who are, or may be, proposed to the Minister for appointment to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person appointed or the shortlist for the appointment.

Mr. Goodlad

Consultation for appointments to public bodies is carried out as appropriate with other Government Departments and outside organisations depending on the circumstances of the appointment and the body involved.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list each appointment for which a Minister has to approve the appointment or shortlist for the appointment, showing for each appointment(a) which Minister exercises the responsibility, (b) the salary, if any, attached to the post, (c) the term of the appointment and (d) the person currently appointed to the post.

Mr. Goodlad

The information is as follows:

Wilton Park Academic Council—All appointments:

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salaries are paid
  3. (c) Three years renewable at the Secretary of State's discretion for a further three years
  4. (d) See:
  • 1987—Mrs.Liliana Archibald (Chairman)—* December 1995
  • Director, Holman Wade Ltd.
  • 1992—Mr. John Hanson, CBE—ex officio
  • Director General, British Council
  • (Vacant)—ex officio
  • Head of EC Office, London
  • 1991—Dr. Connie Martin—ex officio
  • Secretary General, Anglo-German Foundation
  • 1987—Dr. John Scates—ex officio
  • International Director, CBI
  • 1991—Professor Jack Spence—ex officio
  • Director of Studies, Chatham House
  • 1983—Mr. Michael Kaser—*December 1995
  • St. Antony's College, Oxford
  • 1989—Dr. Janet Morgan—*June 1995
  • Director, WH Smith
  • 1989—Mr. Bruce George, MP—*June 1995
  • Labour, Walsall South
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  • 1989—Mr. John Lyons, CBE—*June 1995
  • Formerly General Secretary Engineers' and Managers' Association
  • 1990—Mr. Peter Temple-Morris, MP—* December 1996
  • Conservative, Leominster
  • 1990—Sir Julian Bullard, GCMG—*December 1996
  • Pro-Chancellor, Birmingham University
  • 1993—Mr. Anthony Bruce—June 1996
  • Deputy Director Exports, The General Electric Company plc
  • 1993—Mrs. Juliet Campbell, CMG—June 1996
  • The Mistress, Girton College, Cambridge
  • 1993—Professor Helen Wallace—June 1996
  • Director, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex
  • 1993—Mr. Nicholas Harvey, MP—June 1996
  • Liberal, North Devon
  • 1993—Mr. Edward Mortimer—November 1996
  • Foreign Affairs Editor, The Financial Times
  • 1994—Mr. Michael Walsh—June 1997
  • Secretary, International Department, Trades Union Congress

Wilton Park Departmental Board

All appointments

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salaries are paid
  3. (c) No formal arrangements
  4. (d) Mrs. Ruth Watts Davies
  5. Miss Valerie Le Moignan

Wilton Park Conference Centre

Director

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) On a scale comparable to HCS 5
  3. (c) Three years renewable
  4. (d) Mr. Richard Langhorn

Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Governors

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) None
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Sir James Spicer, MP
    • Ian Taylor, MP
    • The Rt. Hon. and Hon. Sir Archie Hamilton, MP
    • Geoffrey Hoon, MP
    • Sir Russell Johnston, MP
    • Mrs. Margaret Ewing, MP
    • Ms Carole Tongue, MEP
    • Mr. Tony Clarke
    • Professor Peter Frank
    • Mr. Timothy Garton Ash
    • Lady Howe, JP
    • Mr. Gavin Laird, CBE
    • Mr. Ralph Land, OBE
    • Dr. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

Anglo-Irish Encounter

Joint Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) salary is paid
  3. (c) Indefinite
  4. (d) Sir David Goodall, GCMG

Anglo-Irish Encounter

Joint Secretary

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Indefinite
  4. (d) Mr. Donald Cape, CMG

British Council

Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
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  2. (b) Honorarium of £9,215, 3 per cent. in 1993
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Sir Martin Jacomb

British Council

(i) Deputy Chairman, (ii) Vice-Chairman, (iii) Vice-chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d)
    1. (i) Lord Chorley, FCA
    2. (ii) George Robertson, MP
    3. (iii) Rt. Hon. Timothy Renton, MP

Imperial War Museum

Board of Trustees

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d)
    1. (i) Ian Smart
    2. (ii) Sir Edward Jackson

Great Britain China Centre

Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Graham Greene, CBE

British Association for Central and Eastern Europe

Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Rt. Hon. Paul Channon, MP

Britain-Russia Centre

Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Sir Curtis Keeble, KCMG

Marshall Aid Commemoration Committee

Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Sir Donald Tebbit

Marshall Aid Commemoration Committee

Members of the Board

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d) Professor SirJames Ball
    • Sir Roger Bannister
    • Professor Christine Bolt
    • Sir Arthur Bryant
    • Professor Lord Desai
    • Professor Harry Dickinson

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies

Member of the Board

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Five years
  4. (d) Lord Wilson of Tillyorn

University College of Wales

Wilson Chair of International Politics

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Five years
  4. (d)
    1. (i) Mr. Stefan Terlezki
    2. (ii) Mr. Robert Harvey

Commonwealth Institute

Chairman and Vice Chairman

  1. (a) Secretary of State
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  2. (b) None currently because the post is vacant. In the past the chairman has received an honorarium of £15,000 per annum.
  3. (c) Three years renewable
  4. (d) Posts vacant

Commonwealth Institute

Governors of the Board

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salaries are paid
  3. (c) Three years renewable
  4. (d) David Thomson (Acting Chairman)
    • Sir Michael Caine
    • Mr. Colin Shepherd, MP
    • Mr. George Oakes, MP
    • Mr. J. S. Maclure Mr. Cy Grant
    • Baroness Flather
    • Sir Mark Russell
    • Dr. Ann Robinson
    • The hon. David Douglas-Home
    • Ms Diane Warwick

Number 1 Diplomatic Service Appeals Board

(i) Chairman; (ii) Official side member; (iii) TUS side member; (iv) Independent member

  1. (a) Secetary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d)
    1. (i) Sir Ewen Fergusson
    2. (ii) Mrs. Juliet Campbell
    3. (iii) Mr. Frank Trew
    4. (iv) Ms Kamlesh Bahl

Number 2 Diplomatic Service Appeals Board

(i) Chairman: (ii) Official side member; (iii) TUS side member; (iv) Independent member

  1. (a) Secretary of State
  2. (b) No salary is paid
  3. (c) Three years
  4. (d)
    1. (i) Sir Mark Russell
    2. (ii) Mr. Rodney Bedford
    3. (iii) Miss Sally Bull
    4. (iv) Lady Jaqueline Dyson

Overseas Development Administration

All appointments are made by the Minister of State

The ODA Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Research Overseas

  • Term of office—three to five years
  • No salaries are paid
  • Dr. C. O. N. Moser
  • Professor A. W. Rew, MA (Econ)PhD
  • Professor J. F. J. Toye, MA (Cambs)MSc, PhD
  • Dr. H. Afshar
  • Professor P. Blaikie
  • Professor K. Davey Ms D. Elson
  • Dr. J. Heyer
  • Professor N. Stern

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

  • Term of office—three years No salaries are paid
  • Sir Michael Caine (Chairman)
  • Professor S. B. Saul (Deputy Chairman)
  • Professor R. A. Howie
  • Professor B. M. Ogilvie
  • Professor. J. G. G. Ledingham
  • Mrs. D. L. Wedderburn
  • Professsor S. Marks
  • Profesor Gillian Beer
  • Dr. C. Booth
  • Dr. R. O. Iredale
  • Dr. P. Parsloe
  • Professor A. Little
  • Professor D. Jennings
  • J. Hanson
  • Professor A. Diplock, DSC

Overseas Service Pension Scheme

  • No salaries are paid
  • P. D. M. Freeman
  • D. Trotter
  • C. D. Stenton
  • Miss D. R. Phillips
  • D. H. Loades

Indian Family Pension Scheme

  • No fixed term of office
  • No salaries are paid
  • D. Trotter
  • Major General D. L. T. Horsford
  • Major R. J. Henderson
  • Lt. Colonel P. Kemmis-Betty
  • Major R. Mottram R. V. Fenton
  • J. M. Phelps
  • J. P. C. Coventry
  • G. E. D. Walker
  • Mrs. P. Lamarque
  • Mrs. M. Ramsay-Brown

The Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC)

  • Term of office—three years
  • Sir Peter E. Leslie (Chairman)—£25,730
  • Sir Michael Caine (Deputy Chairman)—£8,856
Professor M. L. O. Faber £4,821
M. McWilliam
E. B. Waide
Professor I. D. Carruthers
J. B. Zochonis
Sir William Ryrie

The Crown Agents

  • Term of office—three years
  • D. H. Probert (Chairman)—£30,000
  • A. K. Stewart-Roberts (Deputy Chairman)—£6,640
  • P. F. Berry (Managing Director)—£68,100
Mrs. D. Miller MBE, JP £5,320
Miss K. Mortimer
F. Cassell, CB
J. D. Andrewes
F. T. Sumner

Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board

  • Term of office—three years
  • No salaries are paid
  • D. H. Probert
  • A. K. Stewart-Roberts
  • P. F. Berry
  • Mrs. D. Miller, MBE, JP
  • Miss K. Mortimer
  • F. Cassell, CB
  • J. D. Andrewes
  • F. I. Sumner

Institute of Development Studies Governing Body

  • Term of office—three years
  • No salaries are paid
  • Sir Michael Caine
  • Ms Kate Mortimer
  • Dr. Carol Cosgrove
  • Dr. Alexander Shakow
  • Mr. Bowen Wells, MP
  • Mr. Derek Enright, MP

Governing Body of Queen Elizabeth House

  • Term of office—three to five years
  • No salaries are paid
  • Sir Peter Marshall, KCMG
  • Professor Shula Marks
  • Mr. Paul Ackroyd
  • Professor Adrian Wood

Government Hospitality Fund Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine

  1. (a) The Rt. Hon. Alastair Goodlad (Minister in charge of GHF)
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  2. (b) No salaries are paid
  3. (c) No fixed term
  4. (d) Sir Ewen Fergusson, GCMG, GCVO
    • Major John Surtees, OBE, MC
    • Mr. Sebastian Payne
    • Mr. Anthony Hanson
    • Mr. Mark Savage

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds or obtains relating to individuals who have been appointed, or may be considered for appointment, to paid or unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment, in particular relating to active involvement in(a) extreme left-wing organisations, (b) extreme right-wing organisations and (c) involvement in any of the political parties represented in the House of Commons.

Mr. Goodlad

Information on the political activities of candidates for appointments to public bodies is obtained from a variety of sources depending on the body in question. In many cases, the political activities of the appointee are not relevant.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what procedures his Department has to prevent the possible appointment of individuals with extreme political views to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment.

Mr. Goodlad

Appointees to public bodies are considered on the basis of their experience and background in relation to the appointment in question. Political views are considered when membership of a political party is relevant to the appointment.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the organisations and individuals who have been asked, since June 1992, to submit names of individuals to be considered for appointments to paid and unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment.

Mr. Goodlad

Names of individuals to be considered for appointments to public bodies are, depending on circumstances, submitted from a variety of sources including other Government Departments and, as appropriate, the body to which the appointments is to be made.

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