§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the members and main interests of the private finance panel; what expenses or other remuneration are offered to its members; and what is the frequency of meetings.
§ Sir George YoungThe members and main interests of the private finance panel are:
Mr. Malcolm R.Bates Deputy Managing Director, GEC; Non-executive Director, Enterprise Oil.
Sir Christopher Bland Chairman, NFC plc, Life Sciences International plc and Hammersmith Hospitals trust
Mr. Howard J.Davies Director General, CBI; Director, GKN plc; Member, NatWest International Advisory Board; Director, BOTB and Business In The Community.
Mr. Allan Gormly CBE Chairman, Royal Insurance Holdings plc; Joint Deputy Chairman, Trafalgar House plc; Director, National Grid Co. plc, BPB Industries plc, Brixton Estate plc, Eurorail Ltd.
Mr. Hugh R. Jenkins Chief Executive, Prudential Portfolio Managers; Director, Prudential Corporation; Member, DoE Property Advisory Group.
Mr. Pen Kent Executive Director, Bank of England.
Ms Sheila V. Masters Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick; Non-executive Director, Bank of England; Non-executive Member, Inland Revenue Management Board and NHS Policy Board.
Sir Alastair Morton Co-chairman, Eurotunnel; Chairman, Kent TEC, National Youth Orchestra, and East Kent Initiative; Non-executive Director, National Power and Lucas Industries.
Sir Brian Pearse Chairman, The Housing Corporation, Lucas Industries, British Invisibles and Young Enterprise; Director, Smith and Nephew plc, Financial Reporting Council, BOTB, London First Centre.
Mr. Neville Simms Group Chief Executive, Tarmac plc; Non-executive Director, Courtaulds plc.
Mr. Bob Dobbie Head of Industrial Competitiveness Division, Department of Trade and Industry.
Mr. Colin Reeves Director of Finance, NHS Executive.
66WMr. Peter Mackay Secretary, Scottish Office Industry Department.
Mr. Steve Robson Director (Finance, Regulations and Industry), HM Treasury.
Mr. David Rowlands Principal Finance Officer, Department of Transport.
Mr. Philip Fletcher Deputy Secretary (Housing and Urban), Department of the Environment.
No expenses or other remuneration have been offered to panel members for their duties in connection with the panel.
There is no set frequency for meetings of the panel, but there have been three meetings in the last six months.