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Mrs. Ellman: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she was consulted on Royal Mail's proposal to withdraw air freight operations from Liverpool John Lennon airport; and if she will make a statement. [131476]
Mr. Timms [holding answer 14 October 2003]: DTI Ministers and officials meet representatives from the Royal Mail on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of issues, including the company's transport review.
Decisions about the future structure of the company's air freight operations is a matter for the Royal Mail Board. I understand that while the company has proposed the closure of its operations at John Lennon airport, the Communication Workers Union has asked
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to put forward alternative proposals that could mean the retention of this site. Royal Mail has agreed to consider their proposals before any final decision is made.
Mr. Tynan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether (a) the continental gas interconnector, (b) the beach terminals, (c) the compressor stations, (d) the National Transmission System and (e) the national control centre in Hinckley rely on power from the National Grid to operate. [132436]
Mr. Timms: Yes, but all have back-up arrangements in place.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consultations she has had with the Post Office about (a) the closures of Crown post offices and (b) the consequences of closing the Crown Post Office at Brondesbury. [132725]
Mr. Timms: Decisions on closures of individual post offices are an operational matter for Post Office Ltd., but all such proposals are subject to public consultation under the Code of Practice agreed between Post Office Ltd. and Postwatch. Post Office Ltd's decision to close Brondesbury Crown post office has been taken in the context of its programme to restructure the urban post office network and the need to address the substantial losses made by the Crown office part of the network. I understand from Post Office Ltd. that there are three alternative offices between half and three-quarters of a mile from Brondesbury.
Mr. Tynan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many gas-fired power stations are classified as (a) shipper nominated interruptible, (b) Transco nominated interruptible and (c) network sensitive loads. [132435]
Mr. Timms: There are 19 interruptible Combined Cycle Gas Turbine stations (CCGTs) in England and Wales. Transco has rights of interruption over all of these CCGTs. The shippers' contractual arrangements are not fully known, but it is thought that in the great majority of cases, they do have interruption rights. Even if they do not, the stations may still be self-interrupted in order to arbitrage between the gas and electricity markets. One of these CCGTs is a Network Sensitive Load, which means that its position within one of the Transco Networks makes it more likely to be interrupted for reasons of local capacity constraints. Another CCGT is in a network sensitive position from an electricity perspective. Based on National Grid Transco's latest information and experience of this station switching fuels when interrupted in the past, there is a high degree of confidence in the station's alternative fuel capability.
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the members of each science research council. [132495]
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Ms Hewitt: The following are the names of all members of the seven Research Councils.
Members of the Seven Research Councils
Professor Julia GoodfellowChief Executive
Dr. D. BrightmanSelf-employed Farm Manager
Professor H. DaltonChief Scientific Officer, DEFRA
Dr. M. A. DarnbroughHead of Bioscience Unit at DTI
Professor R. B. FreedmanHead of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick
Professor C. A. GilliganProfessor of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Mr. J. S. GrahamHead of Rural Affairs Department, Scottish Executive
Professor K. GullProfessor of Pathology, University of Oxford
Professor D. KellProfessor of Chemistry, UMIST
Professor TBL KirkwoodProfessor of Gerontology, University of Newcastle
Professor A. A. NashDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, University of Edinburgh
Dr. J. M. PadfieldRetired (ex Pharmaceutical Industry)
Dr. A. PenmanHead of Laboratory, Unilever Research and Development
DR. C. I. RaganExecutive Director, Neuroscience Research Europe, Lilly Research Laboratories
Professor C. A. TickleProfessor of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Prof John WoodChief Executive CCLRC
Dr. Derek ChadwickDirector of the Novartis Foundation
Prof Mike CruisePro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham
Prof Graham DaviesHead of the School of Engineering, University of Birmingham
Mr. Stephen DexterGrant Thornton
Prof John DurellHead of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Prof Julia GoodfellowChief Executive BBSRC
Mr. Peter GregsonDeputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton
Prof Ian HallidayChief Executive PPARC
Dr. Richard HendersonMR.C Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Ms Anne KensallBusiness Adviser
Prof John LawtonChief Executive NERC
Prof John O'ReillyChief Executive EPSRC
Mr. Philip RufflesRolls-Royce plc
Prof David WilliamsHead of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool
Professor John O'ReillyChief Executive
Professor John S. Archer, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heriot-Watt University
Professor John Chapman, Head of Physics and Astronomy Department, Glasgow University
Professor Ann DowlingDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge
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Professor Susan GibsonDepartment of Chemistry, King's College London
Dr. David GrantVice-Chancellor Cardiff University
Dr. Peter GrindrodChair of Numbercraft Ltd.
Mr. David HughesDirector of Innovation, DTI
Dr. J. KennedyDirector Ove Arup and Partners
Ms Beatrice LeighGlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
Mr. John LoughheadAlstom plc
Professor Sir Keith O'NionsChief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence
Dr. Andrew RickmanBooker Technology plc
Dr. Martyn ThomasMTAL (Consultant)
Professor Ian DiamondChief Executive
Professor Alan AlexanderChair, Scottish Water
Professor Patricia BroadfootGraduate School of Education, University of Bristol
Professor Andrew ChesherDepartment of Economics, University College of London
Ms Helen DentChief Executive, Family Welfare Association
Professor Fiona DevineDepartment of Sociology, University of Manchester
Professor Hadyn EllisDeputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cardiff
Mr. Paul JohnsonChief Economist, Department for Education and Skills
Mr. Adair TurnerVice Chairman, Merrill Lynch (Europe)
Professor Robin WensleyWarwick Business School, Warwick University
Professor Steve WilksDepartment of Politics, University of Exeter
Professor Sir Alan WilsonVice Chancellor, University of Leeds
Mr. Andrew WincklerPartner and Chairman, Financial Services Regulatory Practice, Ernst and Young
Professor Colin BlakemoreChief Executive
Dr. David ArmstrongDepartment of General Practice, Kings College London
Dr. Mac ArmstrongChief Medical Officer, Scottish Executive Health Dept.
Sir William CastellChief Executive, Amersham plc
Professor Kay DaviesHead of Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Professor Richard DentonProfessor of Biochemistry, University of Bristol
Dr. Peter FellnerChief Executive Officer, Celltech Group plc
Mr. Derek FlintRetired (ex Financial Services Industry)
Dr. Ruth HallChief Medical Officer, Welsh Assembly
Professor Ian McLennanDirector of MR.C Centre for Immune Regulation University of Birmingham
Professor Alan NorthProfessor of Molecular Physiology at the University of Sheffield
Professor Sir John PattisonDirector of Research, Analysis and Information, Department of Health
Professor Genevra RichardsonProfessor of Public Law, Queen Mary College, University of London
Professor Nancy RothwellMR.C Research Professor, University of Manchester
Professor John SavillProfessor of Medicine, University of Edinburgh
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Mr. Rob MargettsChairman
Professor John LawtonChief Executive
Professor Malcolm AndersonProfessor of Physical Geography, and Assistant Director, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol
Mr. Chris AndrewsFormer Chairman and Managing Director of Rhodia Ltd.
Professor John BeddingtonDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College
Professor Valerie BrownResearch Professor in Agro-Ecology, and Director of the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading
Professor Howard DaltonChief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Professor Trevor DaviesSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Professor Michael DepledgeHead of Science for the Environment Agency
Professor Anne GloverDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen
Dr. Colin HicksDirector General of the British National Space Centre, and Director-Space in the Department of Trade and Industry
Mr. Edwin JennerFormerly of AstraZeneca plc
Mrs. Karen MorganDeputy Chairman of WaterAid, Chairman of the University of the West of England, and a Director of Wessex Water
Mrs. Sara ParkinProgramme Director at Forum for the Future
Professor Judith PettsHead of School, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham
Professor David RobertsDistinguished Adviser at BP Exploration
Professor David ReadDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
Professor Ian HallidayChief Executive
Professor George EfstathiouUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Brian FosterUniversity of Bristol
Dr. George Grayretired
Mr. David HendonDepartment of Trade and Industry
Professor John InksonUniversity of Exeter
Professor Dewi LewisAmersham plc
Professor Keith MasonMullard Space Science Laboratory
Professor Chris SachrajdaUniversity of Southampton
Professor Anneila SargentCalifornia Institute of Technology
Mrs. Judith ScottBritish Computer Society
Mr. David Steeds
Ms Hewitt: Details of Research Council members' financial and commercial links with industry are available from each Council's Register of Members' Interests available from their website: Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council, www.bbsrc.ac.uk; Council of
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the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, www.cclrc.ac.uk; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, www.epsrc.ac.uk; Economic and Social Research Council, www.esrc.ac.uk; Natural Environment Research Council, www.nerc.ac.uk; Medical Research Council, www.mrc.ac.uk; Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, www.pparc.ac.uk. For the convenience of Members I am placing paper copies in the Libraries of the House. A full list of Research Council members was given in my answer to my right hon. Friends Question No. 132495.
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