HC Deb 26 February 1999 vol 326 cc478-9W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) which(a) bodies and (b) individuals advise the (i) Independent Television Commission and (ii) Radio Authority on religious broadcasting; [73147]

(2) who appoints members of the Central Religious Advisory Committee; and if he will list the membership of that body. [73195]

Janet Anderson

The Central Religious Advisory Committee (CRAC) advises the Independent Television Commission, the Radio Authority and the BBC on policy matters relating to religion. The members of the Committee are appointed by the ITC and the BBC. The membership of CRAC is as follows.

Membership
Chirman
The Most Reverend and Rt. Hon. Dr. David Hope Anglican Archbishop of York
Deputy Chairman
The Rt. Rev. Peter Smith Catholic Bishop of East Anglia
Members
Sister Helen Costigane SHJC Lecturer in Christian Ethics, Heythrop College London Roman Catholic
The Rev. Joel Edwards General Director, Evangelical Alliance. Pastor in the New Testment Church of God
The Rev. Emma Hebblethwaite Chaplain of Kings College Cambridge Anglican
The Rev. Brian Howell Minister of Kelvin Grove Christian Fellowship House Church
Dr. Musharaf Hussain Director of the Karimia Institute Muslim
The Rt. Rev. Harold Miller Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Dromore
The Reverend Andrew McLellan Minister of St. Andrew and St. George, Edinburgh. Former convenor of the Church and Nation Committee of the Church of Scotland
The Very Rev. Gilleasbuig Macmillan Minister of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Church of Scotland
Dr. Darshan Sachdev Senior Research Officer, Barnado's Hindu
Mr. Indarajit Singh Director, UK Network of Sikh Organisations
Diana St. Ruth Publisher and writer Editor of Buddism Now
The Rev. Ian Tutton Tutor in Christian Doctrine South Wales Baptist College
The Rev. Michael Wilkinson Methodist Minister and Chaplain at Kingswood School, Bath