Monopolies And Mergers Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the current members of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and give the relevant experience of each member; how many of the commission are female; and what percentage of the total membership they comprise.

Members of the MMC as at 22 February 1991
Name	Position	Relevant experience
Sir Sydney Lipworth	Chairman	Co-founder and former Deputy Chairman of Allied Dunbar Assurance pic and Chairman of Allied Dunbar Units Trusts plc. Barrister.
Mr. P. H. Dean	Deputy Chairman	Free-lance business consultant. A former Executive Director of the RTZ Corporation plc. Solicitor.
Mr. H. H. Hunt CBE	Deputy Chairman	Former Managing Director of PA Computers and Telecommunications Ltd (PACTEL). Accountant.
Mr. H. H. Liesner CB	Deputy Chairman	Former Chief Economic Adviser at the Department of Trade and Industry.
Mr. A. Armstrong	Member	Senior lecturer in Economics, Bristol University.
Mr. C. Baillieu	Member	Former Chairman and Managing Director of Ultrasonic Machines.
Mr. I. S. Barter	Member	Former Chairman and Chief Executive of Unigate International Division. Barrister.
Professor M. E. Beesley CBE	Member	Founding Professor of Economics at London Business School and Government Economic Adviser.
Mrs. C. M. Blight	Member	Solicitor and Economist. Member of the Law Society of Scotland, Lecturer at University of Edinburgh and Councillor for Gas Consumers in Scotland.
Mr. F. E Bonner CBE	Member	Former Deputy Chairman of Central Electricity Generating Board. Accountant.
Mr. J. S. Bridgeman	Member	Managing Director, Enterprises Division of British Alcan Aluminium.
Mr. L. Britz	Member	Executive Councillor of the Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EETPU), Southern Region. Director of British International Helicopters.
Mr. K. S. Carmichael CBE	Member	Managing Partner of Longcrofts, Chartered Accountants.
Mr. R. Davies	Member	Former Chairman of the Thomson Travel Group.
Professor S. Eilon	Member	Former Head of Department of Management Science and presently Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College. Management Consultant.
Mr. J. Evans	Member	Former Chairman of the Press Association, of Times Newspapers and of the International Thomson Organisation. Solicitor and Barrister.
Mr. A Ferry MBE	Member	General Secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers. Director of Harland and Wolff.
Mr. D. G. Goyder	Member	Consultant to Birketts Westhorp and Long of Ipswich and Colchester. Lecturer on Company and Competition law. Solicitor.
Mr. M. Hoffman	Member	Group Chief Executive, Thames Water. Chartered Engineer.
Mr. J. D. Keir QC	Member	Former Joint Secretary of Unilever. Chairman of Pharmacists Review Panel. Barrister.

:The current members of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission are listed together with a summary of their relevant experience. Two (6per cent.) are female.

Name	Position	Relevant experience
Miss P. K. R. Mann	Member	Vice-President of J. Walter Thompson (JWT) International. Editor 'Consumer Affairs'.
Mr. G. C. S. Mather	Member	General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Solicitor.
Mr. L. A. Mills	Member	General Secretary of the Banking Insurance and Finance Union and a member of the TUC General Council. A Governor of London Business School.
Professor A. P. L. Minford	Member	Professor of Applied Economics, Liverpool University.
Mr. J. Montgomery	Member	Former Head of Legal Division and Company Secretary, Shell UK. Solicitor.
Mr. B. Owens	Member	Director of Welsh Water's land and leisure subsidiary and of the Cornish Brewery Company.
Mr. D. P. Thompson RD	Member	Former Director General of the British Invisible Exports Council and Director of Lazards. A Governor of Henley Management College.
Mr. C. A. Unwin MBE	Member	Former Regional Secretary (Midland and East Coast Region) of the General and Municipal Workers Union. A senior Governor of Welbeck College.
Mr. S. Wainwright CBE	Member	Director of Amdahl (UK) Ltd. Former Managing Director of National Girobank and Deputy Chairman of the Post Office.
Professor G. Whittington	Member	Price Waterhouse Professor of Financial Accounting and Fellow of Cambridge University.
Mr. R. Young	Member	An Executive Director of Beauford plc. Former Chief Executive of Plastics Division of McKechnie plc.
Mr. P. Brenan	Reserve Member	Chairman of the London Italian Bank. Accountant and Financial Consultant.
Mr. A. L. Kingshott	Reserve Member	Director of the Crown Agents and of The Private Bank and Trust Company. Former Director of International Banking at Lloyds Bank. Chartered Secretary.
Professor J. F. Pickering	Reserved Member	Vice-President (Business and Finance) of Portsmouth Polytechnic.
Mr. L. Priestly	Reserve Member	Board Member of the Civil Aviation Authority. Former Chairman and Chief Executive of Trustee Saving Bank, England and Wales and Secretary-General of the Committee of London Clearing Banks.

Volume 186: debated on Monday 25 February 1991