HL Deb 06 November 1996 vol 575 cc64-6WA
Lord Mason of Barnsley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Answer given by Lord Inglewood on 4th July (WA 116), what organisation and persons to date have objected to the Sports Council's omission of angling from the list of activities that will receive the Council's enhanced service.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood)

The Sports Council advises that it has received 50 representations about the omission of angling from its list of those activities which will receive an enhanced service. These are listed in the table below. The council is continuing to discuss with the angling governing bodies the level of service which it provides to the sport.

Name Representing
(i) Angling Governing Bodies
G. Clarkson Esq. Executive Committee Member Salmon and Trout Association
M. Hatcher Esq. (x2) National Association of Fishing and Angling Consultatives
P. Page Esq. Chairman—Confederation of British Fly Fishers
C. Poupard Esq. Secretariat to Angling Governing Bodies
J. Reece Esq. (x2) Chairman—National Federation of Sea Anglers
D. Rowe Esq. National Federation of Sea Anglers
P. Samson-Timms Esq. Chairman—Association of Stillwater Game Fishery Managers
P. L. Anson Esq. Salmon and Trout Association (East Sussex Branch)
J. Brown Esq. Chairman—Salmon and Trout Association (Ouse Valley Branch)
F. French Esq. Chairman—Salmon and Trout Association (South Cumbria and North Lancashire Branch)
J. Greenshields Esq. Chairman—Salmon and Trout Association (Somerset Branch)
J. Hatherell Esq. Chairman—Bewl Bridge Fly Fishers' Club
Lt. Col. H. S. President—Salmon and Trout
LeMessurier Association (Swaledale and Wensleydale Branch)
Lt. Col. J. Lewis Chairman—Salmon and Trout Association (North Hampshire Branch)

Name Representing
A. Mathews Esq. Secretary—Salmon and Trout Association (South Warwickshire and District Branch)
B. Pargeter Esq. Secretary—Federation of Severn Trent Fly Fishers Chairman—Salmon and Trout Association (North Warwickshire Branch)
B. Stewart Esq. Member—Salmon and Trout Association (Scotland)
B. Terry Esq. Midlands Division of the National Federation of Sea Anglers
T. Whitton Esq. Chairman—Salmon and Trout Council (Cornish Branch)
(ii) Members of the House of Lords and House of Commons
Lord Mason Peer—Founder of the Lords and Commons Fly Fishers' Club
Lord Guernsey Peer—Angler
M. Colvin Esq. MP Member of Parliament
Dr. C. Goodson-Wickes Member of Parliament
MP
T. Pendry Esq. MP Shadow Minister for Sport
(iii) Angling Clubs
M. Gleave Esq. Bristol Water—Chairman, Bristol Reservoirs Fly Fishing Association

Name Representing
Mrs. J. Howman Stillwater Fishery Owner/Angling Instructor
C. Klee Esq. Bristol Water—Fisheries, Recreation and Conservation Manager
R. Patterson Esq. Shirley Sea Angling Club Southampton
A. Sanderson Esq. Bowland Game Fishing Association
(iv) Individual Anglers
A. Pawsom Esq. (x2) Journalist and Former World Fly Fishing Champion
J. Pawson Esq. World Fly Fishing Champion
P. Cockwill Esq. Angling Instructor
Mrs. R. Damill Angler
A. Bowstock Esq. Angler
A. Cony Esq. Angler
R. Dales Esq. Angler
Mrs. T. Gresser Angler
Lt. Cdr. R. Hales Angler
M. Loxton Esq. Angler
M. Maynard Esq. Angler
R. Nye Esq Angler
P. Pawson Esq. Angler
D. Potter Esq. Angler
J. Roberts Esq. Angler
G. Stone Esq. Angler
P. Stone Esq. Angler
H. Williams Esq. Angler