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Mr. Hodgson
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the names of the members of the National Environmental Research Council, together with the dates of their appointment and their annual remuneration.
Mrs. Shirley Williams
The information in respect of the Natural Environment Research Council is as follows:
| Name | First appointed |
| Chairman: | |
| Professor J.W.L.Beament, F.R.S. | 1.10.77* |
| Members: | |
| Professor J. A. Allen | 1.10.77 |
| Dr. W. R. Boon, F.R.S. | 10.12.76 |
| Professor T. J. Chandler | 1.10.74 |
| Professor A. H. Cook, F.R.S. | 1.10.74 |
| Dr. J. C. Coulson | 1.10.77 |
| Dr. D. S. Davies † | 1.4.77 |
| Mr. H. Fish, O.B.E. | 1.10.76 |
| Professor J. L. Harper | 1.10.75 |
| Dr. M. W. Holdgate † | 1.10.76 |
| Professor F. G. T. Holliday, C.B.E. | 1.10.73 |
| Sir Peter Kent, F. R. S. ‡ | 1.10.73 |
| Sir Cyril Lucas, C.M.G., F.R.S. | 1.12.70 |
| Professor E. Naylor | 1.10.76 |
| Sir Charles Pereira, F.R.S.† | 1.10.71 |
| Mr.J.S.Sawyer, F.R.S. | 1.10.75 |
| Professor J. Sutton, F.R.S. | 1.10.76 |
| Professor E. A. Vincent | 1.10.75 |
| Mr. G. Williams, O.B.E. | 1.10.76 |
| The Chairman receives an annual salary of £5,683 based on two days a week devoted to NERC affairs. | |
| Non-Departmental members receive an honorarium of £750 per annum. | |
| * First appointed 1st June 1970 as member. | |
| † Departmental member. | |
| ‡ Chairman until 30th September 1977 | |