HC Deb 25 March 2002 vol 382 c618W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the names of the unpaid advisers appointed by him since June 1997, stating in each case(a) the date of their appointment, (b) the duration of their appointment and (c) the project or projects on which they have been engaged. [43373]

The Prime Minister

At 25 March, I had appointed the following unpaid advisers to work with the new Forward Strategy Unit (FSU):

  • Arnab Banerji, Chief Investment Officer of F& C Management Ltd.;
  • Nick Lovegrove, Partner at McKinsey's;
  • Penny Hughes, formerly President of Coca Cola Great Britain and Ireland, currently non-executive director of Vodafone plc and Trinity Mirror plc;
  • Adair Turner, Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch.
Lord Birt, my unpaid strategy adviser, has an over-arching role on a number of projects supported by the FSU.

Previous unpaid advisers who have been appointed by me and the issues on which they advised are Lord Stevenson (education), Lord Simon (the civil service), and Lord Birt (crime).