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Mr. Philip Holland
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the committees, councils, commissions, and other official bodies to which he has appointed members other than civil servants that have been established by him since May 1979, and state in each case the names and full-time employments of those appointed.
Mr. Peter Walker
The Farm Animal Welfare Council replaced, with extended terms of reference, the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee in July 1979. The names and occupations of members of the council whom I appointed jointly with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales are as follows:
Professor R J Harrison FRS MA MD DSc MRCS LRCP (Chairman) Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Sub Department of Veterinary Anatomy University of Cambridge
Mr C H Armstrong Farmer
Mrs MAS Bates BSc (Agric.) Director Vitrition Ltd
Rev A L Birbeck MA Management Consultant
Mr S Burgess FBIM Managing Director Frans Buitelaar Ltd
Mr J H Cullimore JP Farmer
Professor J M M Cunningham CBE BSc (Agric.) PhD FRSE FIBiol Director Hill Farming Research Organisation
Mr R Ewbank MVSc MRCVS FIBiol Director Universities' Federation for Animal Welfare
Mrs R Harrison Author on Animal Welfare and Conservation Matters
Mr H F C Hebeler FRCVS Veterinary Surgeon
Mr J A Inverarity Farmer
Professor J O L King PhD MVSc BSc (Agric.) FRCVS FIBiol Professor of Animal Husbandry University of Liverpool
Mrs G Knight Wife of a farmer and breeder of horses and ponies
Mr T M Leach MRCVS DVSM Principal Veterinary Research Officer Agricultural Research Council
Mr D G Llewellyn BVSc MRCVS Veterinary Surgeon
Mr J McCaskie FIA (Scot) (Est.) Managing Director Wallets' Marts Ltd
Mr M Nicholson MA Dip Ag (Cantab) Farmer
Mr C Piatt Regional Director International Society for the Protection of Animals
Dr D W B Sainsbury MA BSc MRCVS Lecturer in Animal Health Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine University of Cambridge
Mr I A Turner Farm Manager
Professor A J F Webster MA Vet MB PhD
MRCVS Professor of Animal Husbandry University of Bristol