HL Deb 31 January 2000 vol 609 c6WA
Baroness Serota

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What further appointments they have made to the Police Complaints Authority. [HL824]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

My right honourable friend the Home Secretary is pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of Sir Alistair Graham as Chair of the Police Complaints Authority and that he has appointed Mrs Wendy Towers as a Member of the Authority.

Sir Alistair previously served as Chairman of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland since 1997. He will take up his post on 1 April 2000 and the appointment is for three years initially.

Mrs Towers was previously a full time member of the Parole Board and had earlier followed a career in personnel management. She will take up her post on 7 February and her appointment is also for an initial three-year period.