Written Answers
Wednesday, 13th October 1993
Peers: Appointments By The Secretary Of State For Wales
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which members of the House of Lords will, on 1st August 1993, be holding positions to which they have been appointed by the Secretary of State for Wales, and what will be their salaries.
The information is as follows:Member appointed to:
Lord Brooks of Tremorfa
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation
Salary: £18,050 p.a. (2 days p.w.)
Sportsmatch Awards Panel
Salary: Nil
Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
Historic Buildings Council for Wales
Salary: Nil
Lord Moran
National Rivers Authority Advisory Council for Wales
Salary: Nil
Peers: Appointments By The Secretary Of State For National Heritage
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which members of the House of Lords will, on 1st August 1993, be holding positions to which they have been appointed by the Secretary of State for National Heritage, and what will be their salaries.
The members of the House of Lords who hold positions where the Secretary of State for National Heritage has responsibility for the appointment or has responsibility for the body to which appointment is made by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prime Minister are as follows:
The Lord Adrian
Member of the British Library Board1 (£6,310)
Trustee of the British Museum1
The Lord Alexander of Weedon
Trustee of the National Gallery1
The Viscount of Arbuthnott
Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts1
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
Chairman of the Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Rt. Hon. Lord Barnett
Chairman of the National Film Development Fund1 (£2,030)
Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum1
The Baroness Birk
Trustee of the Theatres Trust1
The Baroness Blackstone
Trustee of the Natural History Museum1
The Lord Blake
Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts1
The Lord Brabourne
Governor of the British Film Institute1
Governor of the National Film and Television School1
Trustee of the Science Museum1
Field Marshal the Lord Bramall
Chairman of the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum1
The Baroness Brigstocke
Chairman of the Geffrye Museum1
Commissioner of the Museums and Galleries Commission1
The Lord Camoys
Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts1
The Lord Cavendish of Furness
Commissioner of English Heritage (£4,520)
The Rt Hon Lord Chalfont
Chairman of the Radio Authority1 (£44,260)
The Rt Hon Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe
Deputy Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors (£15,140)
The Lord Crathorne
Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
The Viscount Downe
Trustee of the Science Museum1
The Rt Hon Lord Eden
Chairman of the Royal Armouries1
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Trustee of the National Maritime Museum1
The Lord Egremont
Trustee of the British Museum1
Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts1
Trustee of the Wallace Collection1
The Viscount Esher
Life Trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum1
HRH The Duke of Gloucester
Commissioner of English Heritage1
Trustee of the British Museum
His Grace the Duke of Grafton
Commissioner of the Royal Fine Art Commission1
Life Trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum1
The Baroness Hooper
Trustee of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
HRH The Duke of Kent
President of the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum1
Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Lewin
Chairman of the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum1
The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden
Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund1
The Lord Morris of Castle Morris
Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery1
The Lord O'Neill
Commissioner of the Museums and Galleries Commission1
The Lord Palumbo
Chairman of the Arts Council1
The Baroness Park of Monmouth
Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England1
The Rt Hon Lord Rees
Commissioner of the Museums and Galleries Commission1
Professor the Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Trustee of the British Museum1
The Lord Rothschild
Chairman of the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund1
The Rt Hon the Lord St John of Fawsley
Chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission1
The Lord Weidenfeld
Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery1
The Lord Weinstock
Trustee of the British Museum1
The Rt Hon the Lord Windlesham
Chairman of the British Museum1
The Lord Wolfson
Trustee of the Imperial War Museum1
Remuneration levels, where appropriate, are given in brackets.
Name of body
| Postholder
| Position
| Annual salary
|
| Commission for the New Towns | Lord Finsberg | Deputy Chairman | 9,790 |
| Lord Bellwin | Member | 6,310 | |
| Countryside Commission | Lord Denham | Member | 5,050 |
| English Nature | Earl of Cranbrook | Chairman | 35,150 |
| Earl Peel | Member | 6,310 | |
| Housing Action Trust North Hull | Lord Bellwin | Chairman | 25,315 |
| Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Lord Selborne | Chairman | 23,435 |
| National Rivers Authority | Lord Crickhowell | Chairman | 52,945 |
1 These appointments were made before the formation of the Department of National Heritage.
Peers: Appointments By The Secretary Of State For Scotland
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which members of the House of Lords will, on 1st August 1993, be holding positions to which they have been appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland, and what will be their salaries.
The information below covers the Scottish Office bodies listed in the Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies. The information does not include appointments as Justices of the Peace or appointments to Children's Panels, details of which are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.The following members of the House of Lords held appointment at 1 August 1993: Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland; the right honourable Lord Cameron of Lochbroom as a member of the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee; the Lord Goold as a member of the Scottish Hospital Endowment Research Trust; Viscount Thurso as a member of the Central Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace (Scotland) and the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland. All these appointments are unsalaried.
Peers: Appointments By The Secretary Of State For The Environment
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which members of the House of Lords will, on 1st August 1993, be holding positions to which they have been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, and what will be their salaries.
On 1 August 1993, the following members of the House of Lords were serving on the boards of non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Department of the Environment.
| Name of body | Postholder | Position | Annual salary |
| Lord Gregson | Member | 8,090 | |
| Rural Development Commission | Lord Shuttleworth | Chairman | 31,360 |
| Urban Development Corporation Leeds | Baroness Lockwood | Member | 5,030 |
| Urban Development Corporation London Docklands | Lord Cocks | Deputy Chairman | 23,175 |
| Urban Development Corporation Teesside | Lord Dormand | Deputy Chairman | 8,590 |
| Baroness Eccles | Member | 5,030 | |
| Rent Assessment Panel Cambs, Chilterns and Thames | Baroness Flather | President | 10,745 |
Government Office Estate
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many buildings in London and the South East are supported from public funds.
The Government office estate managed by Property Holdings currently includes space in 1,202 buildings in London and the South East.Additional buildings, mostly of a specialised nature, are held separately on the estates of individual government departments.
Ec Expenditure On Tobacco
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether, in respect of expenditure on Tobacco in
| (mecu) | |||||
| B1-170 Export Refunds | B1-171 Premia | BI-172 Intervention Storage | BI-173 Other Intervention | Tobacco sector B1-17 Total Expenditure | |
| Belgium | 1·676 | 4·346 | — | — | 6·022 |
| Germany | 1·124 | 42·821 | −0·103 | — | 43·842 |
| Greece | 19·503 | 424·818 | 3·134 | 14·494 | 461·949 |
| Spain | 2·426 | 87·737 | — | — | 90·163 |
| France | 0·427 | 69·299 | — | — | 69·726 |
| Italy | 31·616 | 516·614 | −2·515 | — | 545·715 |
| Portugal | 0·651 | 14·922 | — | — | 15·573 |
| Grand Total | 1,232·990 | ||||
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Ex-Servicemen And Women: Government Policy
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will consider establishing a department of state for the affairs of ex-Servicemen and women.
1992 under the provisions of the European Commission's Budget (Chapter B1-17) they will state the total expenditure made to each of the seven member states—Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Greece and Portugal; and whether they will provide an analysis of such expenditure showing the amounts paid to each of the seven member states under B1-170 (refunds on tobacco), B1-171 (premiums on tobacco), B1-172 (intervention storage on tobacco) B1-179 (other intervention for tobacco)—together comprised in the total of ecu 1,232,990,351·08 and (£949,402,300) as per Com (93)400-EN of 15th June 1993.
The information requested is summarised below:
The Government have no plans to establish a new department with sole responsibility for the affairs of ex-Servicemen and women.