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Regional Development Agencies: Political Activities

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer to Lord Bates of 10 November 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 150WA, on regional development agencies, what declaration of political activity has been made by each of the named appointees. (308657)

The declaration of political activity made by each of the named appointees are detailed in the following table.

Political activity declared by RDA board members reappointed in 2009

Member reappointed

Political activity declaration

Regional development agency

Brendan Connor

None declared

Advantage West Midlands

Peter McCarthy-Ward

None declared

East of England Development Agency

William Pope

None declared

Lord Edward Iveagh

None declared

Tricia Pedlar

None declared

East Midlands Development Agency

Haydon Biddle

None declared

Ruth Thompson OBE

None declared

One North East

Paul Callaghan

None declared

Councillor Peter Jackson

Conservative Group Leader on Northumberland County Council. He represents Ponteland South with Heddon. He chairs the Council's Scrutiny Management Board and is an Executive Member of the Association of North East Councils.

Alexander Pratt JP OBE

None declared

South East England Development Agency

Robert Goldfield

None declared

Pamela Charlwood

None declared

John Savage CBE

None declared

South West Regional Development Agency

Councillor John Weighell

Conservative Group Leader of North Yorkshire County Council and a Member of Hambleton District Council. He is a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly and Vice-Chair of the Association of North Yorkshire Councils.

Yorkshire Forward

Political activity declared by RDA board members whose terms were extended in 2009

Member extended

Regional development agency

Political activity declaration

Richard Ellis (Chair)

East of England Development Agency

None declared

Joseph Dwek CBE

North West Regional Development Agency

Has supported both the Labour and Conservative parties

Margaret Fay OBE (Chair)

One North East

None declared

Terry Hodgkinson (Chair)

Yorkshire Forward

None declared