§ Mr. BatisteTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the members and qualifications of the Lord Chancellor's advisory committee. [42096]
Mr. John M. TaylorI understand the question to refer to the Lord Chancellor's advisory committee on legal education and conduct. Details of the members appear in the latest annual report of the committee, published on 27 October 1995, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of both Houses. The members and their qualifications are as follows:
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Members Qualifications The Right Honourable The Lord Steyn (Chairman) Lord of Appeal in Ordinary His Honour Judge Gower QC (Vice Chairman) Resident Judge, Crown Court, East Sussex Lee Bridges Principal Research Fellow, University of Warwick Professor Richard Card Head of School of Law and Professor of Law, De Montfort University, Leicester Eric Hammond OBE Member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal; General Secretary, Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Union, 1984–92 Professor Bob Hepple Professor of Law; Master of Clare College, Cambridge Dr. Neville Hunnings Editor, Common Market Law Reports since 1964 Ian McNeil JP Chartered Accountant in Practice. Former President of Institute of Chartered Accountants and currently Chairman of the Institute's Professional Conduct
Members Qualifications Directorate Charles Plant Solicitor Ms Usha Prashar CBE Civil Service Commissioner; Director, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 1986–91 Nicholas Purnell QC Barrister Professor Peter Scott Professor of Education, University of Leeds Graham Smith CBE Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation David Steel QC Barrister Mrs. Mary Tuck CBE Former Head of Home Office Research and planning Unit, former National Chair, Victim Support, member of the Parole Board David Ward Solicitor and former President of the Law Society David Wilkins Educational Consultant; former Chief Inspector of Schools, Nottinghamshire