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Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the President of the Board of Trade who are the members currently appointed to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

Mr. Eggar : The information is as follows :

Sir Anthony Cleaver-- Chairman

Mr. J. Bullock

Dr. B. L. Eyre, CBE

Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS

Dr. D. Pooley

Mr. R. Sanderson, OBE

Dr. R. S. Nelson

Professor Sir Roger Elliott

Mr. A. W. Hills

Mrs. V. S. Shirley, OBE

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Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the President of the Board of Trade who are the members currently appointed to the Fuel Cell Advisory Panel.

Mr. Eggar : The members currently appointed to the Fuel Cell Advisory Panel are :

Dr. N A Pratten --chairman

Manager, Energy Efficiency Technical Department

Energy Technology Support Unit

Dr. Gary Acres

Director of Technology Planning

Johnson Matthey plc

Member, Advisory Council on Research and Development--ACORD Mr. Robert Carpenter

Assistant Manager, Heating Plant Division,

Midlands Research Station

British Gas plc

Dr. David Hodgett

Operations Director

EA Technology

Dr. Susan Ion

Head of Research and Development, Fuel Division

British Nuclear Fuels plc

Mr. John Loughead

Director, Engineering Research Centre, Stafford

GEC Alsthom Ltd.

Dr. Julian Packer

Engineering Director

Combined Power Systems Ltd.

Dr. Bryn Price

Head of Applied Science Laboratory, Derby

Rolls-Royce plc

Mr. Clive Seymour

Products Development Manager

Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd.

Dr. Colin Snowdon

ICI Visiting Fellow, Department of Engineering Science

University of Oxford

Mr. Richard Liwicki --Assessor

Programme Manager, Electrical and Power Industries

SERC--Science and Engineering Council

Mr. Adrian Hyde --Assessor

Electricity Division

Department of Trade and Industry

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the President of the Board of Trade who are the members currently appointed to the Offshore Industry Advisory Board.

Mr. Eggar : The members currently appointed to the Offshore Industry Advisory Board are :

E. A. Blair

President, Hamilton Brothers, Oil and Gas Ltd.

K. A. Bray, CBE

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, European Gas Turbines. D. Clark, OBE

Chairman, Process and Energy Sector, AMEC.

B. L. Crowe, CMG

International Economic Issues, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. H. W. Dalton

MD, Exploration and Production, British Gas.

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J. E. d'Ancona

Director General, Offshore Supplies Office, Department of Trade and Industry.

J. A. Davis

Managing Director, British Steel, Seamless Tubes.

Dr. C. E. Fay

MD, Shell UK Exploration and Production.

R. T. Fox

Vice Chairman, Kleinworth Benson Group plc.

Mrs. L. M. Fraser

Assistant Treasurer, Mobil North Sea Ltd.

R. Garrick, CBE

MD and Chief Executive, Weir Group plc.

Dr. C. S. Gibson-Smith

Chief Executive--Europe, BP Exploration.

D. Hall

Head--Projects and Export Policy Division, Department of Trade and Industry.

K. N. Henry

Chief Executive, Brown and Root Ltd.

Mr. P. E. Kingston

Consultant, Enterprise Oil plc.

W. S. H. Laidlaw

MD, Amerada Hess Ltd.

P. C. K. O'Ferrall, OBE

Chairman, Lloyds Register.

I. Robinson

Chief Executive, John Brown plc

C. M. Smith, CBE

MD, Chevron UK Ltd.

Dr. K. H. Taylor

Chairman and Chief Executive, Esso Exploration and Production UK plc.

Mrs. J. Verdon

Managing Director, ISA Controls Ltd.

J. J. Wildasin

President and Chief Operating Officer, McDermott Marine Construction.

Sir Ian Wood

Chairman and MD, John Wood Group plc

Nuclear Waste

Mr. Boyes : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to put nuclear waste materials down non-working pits ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar : I am advised that the nuclear industry has no such plans.

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