HC Deb 09 March 1999 vol 327 cc117-8W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list members of the Ministry of Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee. [74312]

Mr. George Robertson

The current make-up of the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee is:

  • Chairman
    • K. R. Tebbit Esq. CMG
    • Permanent Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence
  • Vice Chairman and Chairman, Press and Broadcasting Side
    • R. Hutchinson Esq.
    • Editiorial Policy Adviser to Jane's Information Group
    • [Nominated by Periodical Publishers Association]
  • Government Members
    • D. B. Omand Esq.
    • Permanent Under Secretary of State Home Office
    • R. T. Jackling Esq. CB CBE 2nd Permanent Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence
    • D. J. Manning Esq. CMG Deputy Under Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Press and Broadcasting Members
    • S Anderson Esq. Controller News and Current Affairs, ITV [ITV]
    • J. D. Bishop Esq. Editor-in-Chief, Illustrated London News Group [Periodical Publishers Association]
    • G. Brock Esq. Managing Editor, The Times [Newspaper Publishers Association]
    • J. Cassidy Esq
    • Editor, Sunday Mail [Scottish Daily Newspaper Society]
    • T. H. S. Cole Esq. Managing Editor, Sky Television pic [Sky TV]
    • R. Esser Esq. Executive Managing Editor, Daily Mail [Newspaper publishers Association]
    • A. Goode Esq. Chief Executive, Bristol Evening Post and Press [Newspaper Society]
    • P. Harding Esq. Controller, Editorial Policy, BBC [BBC]
    • A. S. M. Hutchinson Esq. Associate Editor, The Daily Telegraph [Newspaper Publishers Association]
    • P. J. Potts Esq. Editor, PA News [Press Association]
    • R. G. Tait Esq. Editor-ins-Chief, Independent Television News Ltd. [ITN]
    • W. Wilson Esq. Editor, Express and Star, Wolverhampton [Newspaper Society]
  • Secretary
    • Rear Admiral D. M. Pulvertaft CB
  • Deputy Secretary
    • Commander F. N. Ponsonby LVO OBE.

Membership of the Committee and the Defence Advisory Notices themselves are kept up-to-date on the Internet at the Committee's home page: WWW.bitinternet.com/~d.a.notices