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Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the Scottish Medical Practices Committee.

Mr. Stewart : The members currently appointed are :

Dr. J. Callander (Chairman), Dr. P. Dolan, Dr. G. McIntosh, Dr. J. Rennie, Mrs. E. C. G. Craghill and Mr. C. A. Crole.

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the Scottish Crime Prevention Council.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The members of the Scottish Crime Prevention Council are as follows :

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, QC (Chairman),

Minister of State at the Scottish Office.

Mr. Peter Burt,

Treasurer and Chief General Manager, Bank of Scotland. (Representing the Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers). Mr. David Essery,

Under Secretary, Scottish Office Home and Health Department. Councillor Brian Fallon,

Lothian Regional Council. (Representing the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities).

Mrs. Juliet Grant-Hutchison,

Solicitor and member of the STUC General Council. (Representing the Scottish Trades Union Congress).

Mr. Roger Kent, CBE

Convener, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Mr. David MacLehose,

Director, Confederation of British Industry, Scotland.

Sir James Mellon, KCMG,Chairman, Scottish Homes.

Mr. William McD Moodie, CBE, QPM,

Chief Constable, Fife Constabulary. (Representing the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland).

Mr. Brian Smellie,

Managing Director, James Gray and Sons Ltd. (Representing the British Retail Consortium).

"Judy",

The victim of a serious sexual assault known publicly only by that name.

Only Lord Fraser, Mr. Essery and "Judy" were appointed to the Council by the Secretary of State for Scotland. All other members of the Council were nominated by the individual organisations invited to participate.

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the advisory committee on sites of special scientific interest.

Sir Hector Monro : The members of the advisory committee on sites of special scientific interest are as follows :

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Professor F. T. Last, FRSE, Chairman

Dr. J. M. Boyd, CBE FRSE

Professor J. M. M. Cunningham, CBE FRSE

Professor D. S. Ingram, FRSE

Professor J. A. Raven, FRS FRSE

Professor W. Ritchie, FRSE

Dr. C. D. Waterston, FRSE

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the board of the national galleries of Scotland.

Sir Hector Monro : The information requested is as follows : Mr. Angus Grossart, CBE, (Chairman)

Mr. Richard Cole-Hamilton, CBE

Professor Eric Fernie

The Hon. Mrs. Lavinia Gibbs

Mr. Eric Hagman

Dr. Thomas Johnston

Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden

Mr. John Packer, CBE

Dr. Michael Shea, CVO

Professor Alan Tait

Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will include in the code of conduct and accountability for NHS boards and their members, a requirement that board members should declare any relevant interest before an item of business is discussed and take no part in the debate or vote.

Mr. Stewart : Such a requirement is already imposed on NHS board members by regulations but the issue is also covered in the draft codes of conduct and accountability which have been issued for circulation.

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the Scottish agricultural wages board.

Sir Hector Monro : The following independent members are appointed by the Secretary of State :

R. A. Bennett Esq. CBE QC (Chairman)

Mrs. C. Davis MA DipEd

D. G. Mackay Esq.

W. B. Page Esq.

Professor A. W. J. Thomson OBE BA MS PhD In addition, the following members are nominated by the National Farmers' Union of Scotland and the Rural, Agricultural and Allied Workers National Trade Group (Scotland) of the Transport and General Workers' Union as employers' and employees' representatives respectively :

F. R. Evans Esq.

J. Goodfellow Esq.

D. A. Hinton Esq.

J. A. Kilgour Esq.

W. McMonagle Esq.

J. McMyn Esq.

I. A. Melrose Esq.

Mrs. A. Mitchell

E. J. Stephen Esq.

R. Stewart Esq.

A. Train Esq.

H. D. Wilson Esq.

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the justices of the peace advisory committees.

Lord James Douglas Hamilton : My right hon. Friend appoints the members of 56 justices of the peace advisory committees, one in each commission area in Scotland, the total membership of which is over 320 ; the names of members are published locally. To provide the names of

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members of all these committees could be achieved only at disproportionate cost. If the hon. Member wishes to know the names of the members of a particular advisory committee I should be glad to arrange this.

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the Scottish standing committee for the calculation of residual values of fertilisers and feeding stuffs.

Sir Hector Monro : The current members appointed to the Scottish standing committee for the calculation of residual values of fertilisers and feeding stuffs are as follows :

Professor D. Atkinson, BSc, PhD, MIBiol, MIEEM, MIPSS (Chairman)

Mr. A. S. Chalmers, FRICS

Mr. A. W. Clark, NDA

Mr. A. Gray, NDA, NDD

Dr. J. W. S. Reith, BSc, PhD, FRSC

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the board of the Red Deer Commission.

Sir Hector Monro : The current membership of the Red Deer Commission is :

Mr. Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington, OBE (Chairman)

Mr. Alexander Calder

Mrs. Julia Crowe

Mr. Ian Evans

Mr. Stephen Gibbs

Mrs. Heather Gow

Mr. John McDiarmid

Mr. John MacKenzie

Mr. Archibald MacLeod, OBE

Mr. Richard Sidgwick

Mr. Ian Smith

Professor Brian Staines

Lord Strathnaver

Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the board of the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Sir Hector Monro : There are currently 15 members of the board of the Scottish Crop Research Institute. They are :

Mr. J. L. Millar, Chairman

Professor J. D. Hayes

Professor D. L. Lee

Professor T. A. Mansfield

Professor J. W. Parsons

Professor J. A. Raven

Professor Heather Dick

Mr. J. B. Forrest

Mr. A. Inverarity

Mr. A. Logan

Mr. J. I. Godfrey

Mr. L. M. Thomson

Mr. A. M. Jacobsen

Mr. G. Rennie

Mr. T. P. M. Mitchell

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