§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the current membership of his Competitiveness Advisory Group; when it last met and what matters were discussed; and when it will next meet. [54512]
§ Mr. Mandelson[holding answer 31 July 1998]: The current membership of the Competitiveness Advisory Group is as follows:
- Sir Jeremy Beecham, Chairman, Local Government Association
- C. K. Chow, Chief Executive, GKN
- Sir Terence Conran, Chairman, Conran Holdings
- John Edmonds, General Secretary, GMB
- Dr. Chris Evans, Chairman, Merlin Ventures
- Sir Richard Evans, Chief Executive, British Aerospace
- Geraid Frankel, Chair, Industry Forum
- Ian Gibsort, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Nissan Motor Manufacturers
- Anthony Greener, Joint Chairman, Diageo
- Jan Hall, Partner, Stuart Spencer and Associates
- Terry Leahy, Chief Executive, Tesco
- Judy Lever, Director, Blooming Marvellous
- Dr. Tony Marchington, Chief Executive, Oxford Molecular Group
- John Monks, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress
- Rosemary Radcliffe, Head of Economics, Coopers & Lybrand
873 - Bryan Sanderson, Managing Director, British Petroleum
- Cob Stenham, Deputy Chairman, Telewest
- Sir Richard Sykes, Chairman and Chief Executive, Glaxo Wellcome
- Adair Turner, Director General, Confederation of British Industry
- Perween Warsi, Managing Director, S&A Foods
The Competitiveness Advisory Group last met on 30 June 1998. Three main issues were discussed: the progress of the Competitiveness UK White Paper; a report from the Small Firms Working Group; and the competitiveness strategy for the South East Region. A date has not yet been fixed for the next meeting of the Group.