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Price Commission Members

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 6 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (1) if he will list the names of the chairman and members of the Price Commission, stating in each case the salaries paid and, where differences in remuneration exist, the reason for such differences;

The current members of the Price Commission are:
Principal occupationPart-time Government appointments (other than the Price Commission)
Chairman (full-time):
Mr. Charles Williams
Deputy Chairmen (part-time):
Mr. John HughesVice-Principal, Ruskin College, Oxford.Member, the Industrial Development Advisory Board.
Mr. Leslie PincottRetired Managing Director, Esso Petroleum Company.Director, Remploy Ltd. Director, British Railways Southern Region Advisory Board.
Mr. Seamus Sweetman, M.B.ERetired Vice-Chairman of Unilever Ltd.
Members (part-time):
Mr. N. I. Bond-WilliamsVice-Chairman, Remploy Ltd.
Mrs. Mollie BrayHousewife
Mr. A. J. ColmanDirector, within the Burton Group.
Ms. Brenda DeanMember, National Executive, SOGAT.Member, the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board.
Member, Women's National Commission.
Member, Supplementary Benefits Commission.
The Lord Donnet of Balgay C.B.E.Chairman, Scottish Transport Group.Member, the Forestry Commission.
Professor D. C. HagueProfessor of Managerial Economics, Manchester Business School.
Mr. Ian Hay DavisonManaging Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co.
Mr. Harry HillChairman, International Division, Beecham Products.
Sir Noel Larmour, K.C.M.G.Retired Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Mr. Roger Opie, C.B.E.Fellow, New College, Oxford.Member, Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
Mr. Ronald Richardson, C.B.ERetired Deputy Chairman of the Electricity Council.
Mrs. Rachel WaterhouseHousewifeMember, National Consumer Council.
Ministerial nominee, Potato Marketing Board.
Member, Advisory Council on Asbestos.
The Chairman receives an annual salary of £18,000. The salaries payable to the three part-time Deputy Chairmen and to the 12 part-time members are £6,500 and £3,600 respectively. These salaries are adjustable

pro rata according to the amount of approved time spent on the Commission's work.