HC Deb 09 July 2003 vol 408 cc852-4W
Tony Wright

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the public appointments(a) which he makes himself and (b) on which his views are sought. [116831]

The Prime Minister

I have placed in the Libraries of the House a list of the appointments which I make and on which my views are sought.

On appointments on which my views are sought, paragraph 53 of the Ministerial Code sets out the categories of those appointments and re-appointments on which I should be consulted. The precise number of these will vary from time-to-time, depending on such issues as the public profile of the bodies concerned and the relevance of their activities to Government priorities.

Many of the appointments are statutory requirements. There are also appointments on this list on which I have not been consulted for some time. This list is reviewed periodically. The current list will be reviewed later this year.

Keith Vaz

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the appointees to(a) the Museums and Galleries Commission, (b) The National Heritage Memorial Fund, (c) The Security and Vetting Appeals Panel and (d) the Committee on Standards in Public Life; and which of the appointees to each body are from ethnic minorities. [122990]

The Prime Minister

(a) The Museums and Galleries Commission has now been replaced by The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries (Resource). Appointments to Resource are made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Chair

  • Mark Wood BA MA

Members

  • Loyd Grossman
  • Victor Gray
  • Dr. R. A. McKee
  • Lynne Brindley BA MA FRSA
  • Neil MacGregor
  • Ajay Chowdhury
  • William MacNaught
  • Mark Jones
  • David Barrie
  • Maurna Crozier (Member NI)
  • Elizabeth Jane Ryder (Member Scotland)
  • Alan Watkin (Member Wales)

Of those who have consented to their diversity monitoring information being made available, one is from a minority ethnic origin.

(b) The National Heritage Memorial Fund

  • Ms Liz Forgan QBE
  • Sir Angus Grossart QBE
  • Mrs. Primrose Wilson
  • Professor Thomas 0. Pritchard
  • Mr. James Wright
  • The Earl of Dalkeith
  • Ms Mary Ann Sieghart
  • Miss Susan L. Palmer
  • Mr. Giles Waterfield
  • Mr. Nicholas Dodd
  • Professor Christopher Baines
  • Dr. Derek Langslow
  • Miss Madhu Anjali
  • Ms Catherine Graham-Harrison
  • Dr. Mike Phillips

Of those who have consented to their diversity monitoring information being made available, two are from a minority ethnic origin.

(c) The Security and Vetting Appeals Panel

  • Dame Janet Smith DBE
  • Sir Stephen Mitchell
  • Sir John Blelloch
  • Mr. Peter Jones
  • Sir Peter Woodhead
  • Dr. George Gray

(d) The Committee on Standards in Public Life

  • The right hon. Christopher Smith MP
  • Ms Rita Donaghy QBE
  • Rabbi Julia Neuberger
  • The right hon. Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market OBE
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  • The Lord Goodhart QC
  • Sir Anthony Cleaver
  • Sir Nigel Wicks
  • Ms Frances Weaton