HL Deb 26 June 2003 vol 650 cc34-6WA
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Who will be appointed as the deputy chairs and commissioners of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. [HL3643]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

We are pleased to announce that I have appointed John Wadham and Claire Gilham to be the first Deputy Chairs of the Independent Police Complaints Commission along with 15 Commissioners.

They are:

Newly Appointed Commissioner Current Position
Claire Gilham (Deputy Chair) Lecturer, deputy district judge, lay chair NHS complaints procedure, board member of Muir Group Housing Association, chair of statutory inquiries, Northwest region and member of the Mental Health Act Commission.
John Wadham (Deputy Chair) Director of Liberty.
Ian Bynoe First deputy chair of the Police Complaints Authority.
John Crawley Chief Executive of FCH Housing and Care (a Midlands housing, social care and regeneration agency), Chair of an NHS primary care trust.
Tom Davies Director for Wales, the Prince's Trust.
Mike Franklin Assistant inspector with a portfolio for race and diversity within HM Inspectorate of Constabularies.
Gary Garland Currently a trial attorney with the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dealing with serious breaches of international law. He has previous experience as an international prosecutor and a senior prosecution lawyer and a former member of the Bar Council.
Deborah Glass Currently PCA member and previously chief executive of the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation.
Len Jackson Currently chair of the East Midlands Sports Board. He was previously managing director of Amelca plc and Pork Farms (Northern Foods plc). He has chaired voluntarily New Deal Employer Coalition and Common Purpose, an educational charity.
Nicholas Long Trustee for NACRO, surveyor and member of Metropolitan Police Authority where he is deputy chair of Finance Committee and member of Operation Trident Independent Advisory Group.

Newly Appointed Commissioner Current Position
Laurence Lustgarten Professor of Law at University of Southampton, occasional lecturer to the judiciary and police service, member of the Advisory Council of the Kurdish Human Rights project.
Naseem Malik Head of Legal Service at Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
Rebecca Marsh Operations manager at Guidance Accreditation Board and deputy chair of Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust. Previously a regional lay chair for NHS Complaints.
Mehmuda Mian Pritchard PCA Member and non-executive director of the NHS Litigation Authority and Friend of ASRA Housing Association.
David Petch PCA member.
Amerdeep Somal Prosecution team leader at the CPS and Secretary of Roshni Asian Woman's Refuge Management Committee.
Nicola Williams Barrister and PCA member.

The IPCC will commence in April 2004, replacing the Police Complaints Authority, and will operate according to the powers and duties provided to it by the Police Reform Act 2002. It will be responsible for the effective and efficient running of the police complaints system.

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