HC Deb 25 January 2001 vol 361 cc677-8W
Sir Sydney Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will publish the names of the selection panel who will finalise the long list for the appointment of the Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust; [146907]

(2) when he expects to announce the names of the chairman and members of the board of the Carbon Trust. [146908]

Mr. Meacher

[holding answer 24 January 2001]A sift panel met on 15 January to prepare a long list of candidates for the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Carbon Trust. The panel included two representatives of the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment, who have been working with Government on the design and constitution of the Carbon Trust.

The members of the panel were:

  • Ian Stephenson of Johnson Matthey, Chairman of the ACBE Climate Change Working Group;
  • Iain Alexander, an ACBE secondee to the DETR from KPMG;
  • Phillip Ward, Director of Energy, Environment and Waste Directorate, DETR; and
  • John Smith of Succession Planning Associates, the Department's executive recruitment consultants.

The Government intend to announce the chairman of the Carbon Trust shortly, and we expect the chairman to make proposals on the Trust's membership and the board as soon as possible thereafter.