§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the names of those he has nominated to the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, together with(a) their qualifications, (b) details of relevant (i) public and (ii) private interests and (c) dates of appointment; if he will make a statement on the resources allocated to the Committee; and if he will set out the references to any of the Committee's published reports. [72556]
§ Mr. MeacherDetails of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) are as follows:
Membership of ACRE, with qualifications and interests:
Professor John Beringer (Chairman)
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Dean of Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Member of Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification (ACGM). Member of the Council of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).Dr. Philip Dale
Senior Research Scientist, John Innes Centre. Consultant to EC DGX1 and United Nations Industrial Development OrganisationDr. Ian Garner
Assistant Director of Research, PPL Therapeutics, Roslin. Member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's Genes in Developmental Biology Network.Professor Alan Gray
206WHead of Furzebrook Research Station, NERC Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. Honorary Professor, University of Southampton.Ms Julie Hill
Programme advisor to Green Alliance. Member of the advisory committee for the Pesticides Trust, Environmental Law Foundation, centre for Ecology and Hytrology and environmental advisory bodies for Shanks and McEwan plc and Southern Electricity.Dr. Julian Kinderlerer
Senior lecturer, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield. Assistant Director, Institute of Biotechnology Law and Ethics, University of Sheffield. Member of ACGM. Consultant to UNIDO.Mr. John MacLeod
Director of National Institute of Agricultural Botany. Member of UK Plant Varieties and Seeds Committee. President of Groupe Consultatif International de Recherche sur le Colza.Professor Bev Moseley
Retired, former head of the Institute of Food Research Reading Laboratory.Professor David Onions
Head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow. Honorary Director of the Leukaemia Research Funds Human Virus Centre. Consultant to Q-One Biotec. Advisor to Intervet International BV.Professor Nigel Poole
External and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Zeneca Plant Science, Bracknell Honorary Professor, University of Aberdeen Honorary Professor, John Moores University.Dr. David Robinson
Principal Research Scientist, Scottish Crop Research Institute. Honorary Lecturer, University of Dundee. Member of Genetic Manipulation Safety Committee at Nickerson Seeds Castleton of Eassie site.Dr. Katherine Venables
Senior lecturer in epidemiology, Imperial College School of Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute. Honorary consultant physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital. Honorary Consultant in Public Health, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority.Dr. Ingrid Williams
Principal scientist, leader of the Insect-Plant Interactions Group, Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted. Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research. Visiting Professor, Estonian University of Agriculture. Chairman of International Commission for Plant-Bee Relationships. Council member and company director of International Bee Research Association.Dates of appointment
The chairman and members are appointed for three years, most recently with effect from 17 June 1996.Resources allocated
The costs of ACRE for 1997–98 were as follows:
£ Members' fees 8,805 Travel subsistence and meetings 7,338 Estimated staff costs for servicing ACRE and processing cases (salaries, accommodation and overheads) 144,097 Published reports
Annual reports for ACRE are placed in the Library. DETR/ACRE have also produced a series of guidance notes and DETR has produced a number of research reports to inform ACRE's advice. These are all listed in the annual reports.