HC Deb 06 November 1995 vol 265 cc557-8W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will name the members of the two appointments panels set up to select the new chief executives of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council. [41883]

Mr. Ian Taylor

The membership of the recruitment boards for the appointment of new chief executives to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council is as follows:

  • The permanent secretary, Department of Trade and Industry (board chairman);
  • The chief scientific adviser, Office of Science and Technology;
  • The Director General of Research Councils, Office of Science and Technology;
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  • The chairman of the relevant research council;
  • Two independent members—one from academe, and one from the relevant industry.