HC Deb 13 June 1996 vol 279 cc239-41W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the members of the Medicines Commission as at 1 January indicating for each member his or her principal professional appointment, the date of first appointment to the commission, the scheduled termination of the period of membership and which of the criteria laid out in section 2(3) of the Medicines Act 1968 is relevant to the appointment of each member. [32722]

Mr. Malone

Members of the Medicines Commission are appointed for their knowledge and expertise which encompass the activities set out in section 2(3) of the Medicines Act 1968. The members of the Medicines Commission, as at 1 January 1996, are listed in the table, indicating for each member his or her principal professional appointment, the date of first appointment and the scheduled termination date of the current period of membership.

Date of first appointment End of current membership
Dr. Christine McCartney BSc PhD FRCPath Assistant Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service, London 1 January 1996 31 December 1999
Dr. Agnes McKnight MD MB Bch FRCGP Regional Adviser in General Practice, Belfast 1 January 1996 31 December 1999
Mr. David Miller BVMS (Glas) MRCVS Advisor on Medicines to British Veterinary Association 1 January 1996 31 December 1999
Professor J. Michael Newton BPharm PhD DSc FRPharmS Head of Department of Pharmaceutics, The School of Pharmacy, University of London 1 January 1996 31 December 1999
Date of first appointment End of current membership
Professor Stuart Pocock BA MSc PhD Professor of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1 January 1996 31 December 1999
Dr Andrew Renwick BSc PHD DSc Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Southampton 1 January 1992 31 December 1999
Mrs Jane Short BPharm MRPharmS Associate Director, Procter and Gamble 1 January 1994 31 December 1997
Dr. David Williams BSc PhD CChem FRSC Director, Anitox Ltd. 1 January 1985 31 December 1999
Cowan Wilson Esq OBE BVMS FRCVS General Veterinary Practitioner, Fife 1 January 1985 31 December 1999
Professor David Lawson CBE MD FRCPEdin FRCPGlasg FFPM (Chairman) Consultant Physician, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Honorary Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde 1 January 1994 31 December 1997
Professor Stuart Campbell MB ChB FRCOG DObst Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Department, Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London 1 January 1994 31 December 1997
Professor Stanley Davis BPharm PhD DSc FRSChem FRPharmS Lord Trent Professor of Pharmacy and Head of Department, Nottingham University 1 January 1994 31 December 1997
Professor Anthony Dayan MD FRCP FRCPath FFOM FFPM FTBioL Professor of Toxicology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London 1 January 1986 31 December 1997
Professor Edzard Ernst MD PhD Director of the Centre for Complementary Health Studies, University of Exeter 1 January 1994 31 December 1999
Professor Ronald Jones MVSc Dr Med Vet DVSc DVA DipECVA FIBiol FRCVS Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia, University of Liverpool 1 January 1996 31 December 1999
Dr Parveen Kumar BSc MD FRCP FRCP(Edin) Senior Lecturer in Gastroenterology and Consultant Physician at St. Bartholomew's the Royal London and Homerton Hospitals 1 January 1994 31 December 1997
Date of first appointment End of current membership
Miss Ann Lewis LLB FRPharmS MCPP Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Countess of Chester Hospital 1 January 1994 31 December 1997