Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the qualifications of the Ofgem Board with responsibility for environmental matters. [86190]
§ Mr. WilsonThe Gas and Electricity Markets Authority—the "board" for the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets—shares collective responsibility for decisions. I hope to make an announcement shortly of the results of an open competition to find an additional non-executive member of the Authority with particular environmental expertise.
Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 27 January 2003,Official Report, column 595W. if she will list the independent interview panel members, with their qualifications, for (a) recent appointments of non-executive members of the Ofgem Board and (b) the appointment of the Chair of Ofgem; and if she will list all the members of the interview panels for (i) the appointment of non-executive members of the Ofgem Board in each of the last three years and (ii) those members of the interview panel for the appointment of the Chair of Ofgem. [94528]
§ Mr. WilsonThe interview panels for the initial appointments of non-executive members to the Authority in 2000 comprised two senior civil servants, Anna Walker and Neil Hirst, and independent members John Shrigley (Civil Service Commissioner) and Philip Sellers (businessman and Chairman of the Audit Board for DTI). For subsequent non-executive appointments, Joan MacNaughton (Director General, Energy, DTI) replaced Anna Walker on the interview panel.
The 1998 interview panel for the post of Director General of Gas Supply and Director General of Electricity Supply (and Chairman-designate of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority) comprised three senior civil servants, Jeffrey Preston, Anna Walker, and Paul Salvidge, and Sir Bryan Nicholson (Chairman of BUPA) and Don Cruickshank (then Director General of Telecommunications).