HC Deb 21 May 1996 vol 278 cc122-3W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the members of the national committee of inquiry into higher education indicating in the case of those drawn from the business community how many people are employed in the business from which they are drawn. [30124]

Mr. Forth

The members are as listed. In the case of those drawn from the business community, the number of people employed in the business from which they are drawn is shown in brackets.

Business
Sir Ron Dearing (Chairman)
Professor John Arbuthnott Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde
Baroness Dean of Thornton le Fylde (formerly Brenda Dean)
Ms Judith Evans Director of Corporate Personnel, Sainsbury's (131,298)
Sir Ron Garrick Managing Director and Chief Executive of Weir Group (6,913)
Sir Geoffrey Holland Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter
Professor Diana Laurillard Pro Vice-Chancellor (Technology Development) of the Open University
Mrs. P. A. Morris Headteacher, The Blue School, Wells
Sir Ronald Oxburgh Rector of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Dr. David Potter Chairman of Psion plc (491)
Business
Sir George Quigley Chairman of Ulster Bank(4,015)
Sir William Stubbs Chief Executive of the Further Education Funding Council and Rector Designate of the London Institute
Sir Richard Sykes Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of Glaxo-Wellcome plc (47,189)
Professor David Watson Director of the University of Brighton
Professor Sir David Weatherall Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Professor Adrian Webb Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan
Mr. Simon Wright Education and Welfare Officer, Students Union, the University of Wales College of Cardiff

Universities and colleges are also employers in their own right.