HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc592-3W
Mr. Faber

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when she plans to announce the membership of the group which will consider the area museums councils. [5668]

Mr. Sproat

A working party has been appointed to review the AMCs and will include the following membersMr. David Beeton (Chief Executive, Historic Royal Palaces Agency); Sir Neil Cossons OBE, (Director, Science Museum); Dr. David Flemming (Director, Tyne and Wear Museum Service); Mr. Timothy Mason (Director, Museums and Galleries Commission); Miss Barbara Woroncow (Director, Yorkshire and Humberside Museums Council, and President of the Museums Association); Mr. Christopher Zeuner (Director of the Weald and Downland Museum, and a member of the Association of Independent Museums);

I have asked for the consultation report by Monday 7 April 1997. Arrangements for the chairman/secretary will be announced in the new year.

This review will involve wide consultations, both with the AMCs themselves and with the broad range of bodies which use the AMCs' services.