European Coal and Steel Community Consultative Committee

HC Deb 08 January 2001 vol 360 cc357-8W

Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the record of attendance of the United Kingdom representatives on the European Coal and Steel Community Consultative Committee over the past two years; what the criteria were for the selection of candidates for the final term of appointment to the Consultative Committee for the period up to the ending of the ECSC Treaty in July 2002; and which representatives were reappointed. [144028]

Mr. Alan Johnson

The Department of Trade and Industry does not keep attendance records for the United Kingdom representatives on the European Coal and Steel Community Consultative Committee.

The membership of the Consultative Committee is made up of representatives from three coal and steel industry sectors: producers, workers, and consumers and dealers. Industry representative organisations make nominations for the producers and workers categories. The Department of Trade and Industry makes nominations for the consumers and dealers category on the basis of recommendations made by industry organisations.

The members of the Consultative Committee for its final term of office are as listed. Those marked with an asterisk are reappointments from the previous term.

Producers category

Coal Sector

• Mr. Richard John Budge^*
• Mr. Brian John Rostron
• Mr. Ronald Parry^*

Steel Sector

• Mr. Allan Johnston^*
• Mr. David Rea^*
• Mr. Ian Rodgers^*

Workers category

Coal Sector

• Mr. Neil Greatrex^*
• Mr. Patrick M. Carragher^*

Steel Sector

• Mr. Robert Shannon^*
• Mr. Michael J. Leahy^*
• Mr. Keith Brookman^*

Consumers and dealers category

Coal Sector

• Ms Jenny Kirkpatrick^*
• Mr. Michael Gibbons^*
• Ms Jane Heginbotham^*

Steel Sector

• Mr. Scott Macdonald^*
• Mr. Derek Tordoff^*
• Mr. David Nicholas.