HC Deb 10 July 2000 vol 353 cc422-3W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the positions to which he is entitled to appoint individuals. [129683]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 7 July 2000]: I have listed the appointments that I make as Prime Minister. For some of the bodies listed the appointments are made by the Prime Minister in accordance with statute or by convention. For others, principally the museums and galleries, the appointments are made by the Prime Minister in accordance with the relevant charter or articles of association. In general these are made after consulting the relevant departmental Ministers.

Trustees—Museums and Galleries

  • British Museum
  • Imperial War Museum (15 Trustees)
  • Museum of London
  • National Maritime Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • Science Museum including the Chairman
  • Victoria and Albert Museum including the Chairman
  • Wallace Collection
  • National Gallery
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Tate Gallery

Various

  • Advisory Committee on Business Appointments1
  • Armed Forces Pay Review Body
  • Chequers Trustee (1)
  • Chevening Trustee (1)
  • Committee on Standards in Public Life1
  • Commissioner for Public Appointments
  • Council for Science and Technology
  • Doctors' and Dentists' Pay Review Body
  • Dorneywood Trustee (1)
  • Intrusive Surveillance Commissioners
  • Kennedy Memorial Trust
  • National Heritage Memorial Fund
  • Nurses, Midwives and other NHS Professions' Pay Review Body
  • Official Historians
  • Police Arbitration Tribunal Members
  • Political Honours Scrutiny Committee
  • Schoolteachers' Pay Review Body1
  • Security and Intelligence Services Tribunal Members
  • Security Commission
  • Senior Salaries Pay Review Body

1Prime Minister has sole responsibility for appointing