HC Deb 13 May 1998 vol 312 c123W
Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Reading, East (Jane Griffiths) of 1 April 1998,Official Report, columns 532–33, if he will announce the composition of the expert group on thaumasite. [42215]

Mr. Raynsford

I am pleased to announce that the Expert Group on Thaumasite, to be chaired by Professor Leslie Clark, President elect of the Institution of Structural Engineers, will comprise the following members:

Member Representing
Professor Leslie Clark Chairman
Dr. Philip Nixon The Building Research Establishment
Dr. Peter Robery The Institution of Civil Engineers
John Haynes The National House-Building Council
Dr. Bill Price The Association of Consulting Engineers
Neil Dutton The Council of Mortgage Lenders and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Dr. Don Hobbs The British Cement Association
Chris Curtis The Quarry Products Association
John Patch The Federation of Piling Specialists and Association of Specialist Underpinning Contractors
Terry Rochester Construction Clients Forum
Roy Thurgood The Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions
David Slater The Concrete Society
Chris Judge Secretariat