HC Deb 12 June 1996 vol 279 cc189-90W
Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the appointment of a new chairman to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. [32514]

Mr. Roger Evans

I am pleased to announce that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has appointed Professor A. J. Newman Taylor as chairman of the council with effect from 19 July 1996. He has been a member of the council since 1983 and has chaired the council's research working group for most of that time.