HC Deb 02 March 1999 vol 326 c691W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out the qualifications and areas of expertise of the members of the Human Genetics Advisory Commission. [74146]

Mr. Battle

Affiliations and qualifications of members of the Human Genetics Advisory Commission are as follows:Acting chair Baroness O'Neill Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge; Chairman, Nuffield Foundation. Members Professor Cairns Aitken CBE Professor-emeritus of Rehabilitation Studies, University of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Micheala Aldred Director, Retinoblastoma Society; Trustee, Genetic Interest Group. Professor Martin Bobrow CBE Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Fellow of the Royal College of Pathology. Mrs. Doris Littlejohn CBE President Employment Tribunals (Scotland). Professor Norman Nevin Chairman, Gene Therapy Advisory Committee; Professor of Medical Genetics, Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Centre; Fellow of the Ulster Medical Society. Reverend Dr. John Polkinghorne KBE Chairman, Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing. Member of the General Synod of the Church of England; Fellow of the Royal Society; Past President of Queens' College Cambridge. Dr. George Poste CBE Chief Science and Technology Officer, SmithKline Beecham Plc; Fellow of the Royal Society. Ms Moira Stuart Reporter/presenter, British Broadcasting Corporation.