MEMBERSHIP CHANGES TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PESTICIDES
5 Jan 2006 10:15 AM
Dr Huw Rees has been appointed as the new Clinical Medical
Toxicologist of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, Lord Bach,
Minister for Sustainable Farming and Food, announced today.
Lord Bach said:
"Dr Hugh Rees will help continue the excellent work of the Committee.
He has a wide experience in occupational medicine and clinical
toxicology which will enable him to contribute from a broad
perspective. I know that he is looking forward to the practical
challenges arising from the work of the committee."
The appointment, which took effect from 1 January 2006, is for a term
of three years. The appointment was made through a process of open
competition.
Professor Nick Bateman and Professor David Macdonald stand down from
the Committee this year. Lord Bach said "I am very grateful to
Professor Bateman for his invaluable contribution to the work of the
Committee during his six years of excellent service, and to Professor
Macdonald for his three years of excellent service".
Other members of the Committee to be re-appointed for a second term
are Dr John Cherrie, Mr James Clarke, Dr Richard Clutterbuck,
Professor Vyvyan Howard, Professor Lorraine Maltby, Dr Daniel Osborn
and Dr Rosemary Waring.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
1. Pesticides regulation for Great Britain is the responsibility of
Ministers in Defra, the Department of Health, the Department for Work
and Pensions, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly of
Wales.
2. The Advisory Committee on Pesticides is a Committee established
under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 to advise
Ministers in the Regulatory Departments on all matters relating to
the control of pests. Its membership provides a wide range of
medical, environmental and agricultural expertise independent of
Government and the agrochemical industry; there are also two lay
members.
3. The Chairman is paid an attendance fee of £163 per meeting and £41
for preparation. Members receive £129 and £32 respectively.
4. None of the new members or re-appointees have carried out any
significant political activity in the last five years.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PESTICIDES
FROM JANUARY 2006
Chairman
Professor Jon Ayres is Professor of Environmental & Occupational
Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. He has long experience of
membership and chairing government advisory committees having been a
member of the Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP -
DoH) since its inception in 1991 and chairman for the last three
years. He has been a member of the Expert Panel on Air Quality
Standards (EPAQS - Defra) since 1996 and a member of COPI and an ad
hoc member of WATCH (HSE) for the last three years. He is the new
Chairman of the Committee. (pn 467/05 21 October)
Deputy Chairman
Professor Robert Smith is Dean of Applied Sciences at the University
of Huddersfield and has been a member of the Committee for six years
and Deputy Chairman for three years.
Members
Dr John Cherrie is an Occupational Hygienist at the Institute of
Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh and Honorary Reader at the
University of Aberdeen. He has been a member of the Committee for
three years.
Mr James Clarke is Science and Business Development Manager of ADAS
Sustainable Crop Management at ADAS. He has been a member of the
Committee for three years.
Dr Richard (Charlie) Clutterbuck is an Honorary Visiting Fellow in
the Department of Health Management and Food Policy, City University
London and has been a member of the Committee for three years.
Emeritus Professor David Colman is Professor of Agricultural
Economics in the School of Social Sciences at The University of
Manchester, and has been a member of the Committee for one year.
Dr Clifford Elcombe is a Senior Lecturer, (toxicologist) at the
Biomedical Research Centre, Dundee University and has been a member
of the Committee for four years.
Dr Ian Grieve is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science in the
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of
Stirling has been a member of the Committee for five years.
Professor Gabrielle Hawksworth is a Professor of Molecular Toxicology
at The University of Aberdeen, and has been a member of the Committee
for one year.
Prof Charles Vyvyan Howard is Professor of Bioimaging in the School
of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ulster and has been a
member of the Committee for three years.
Ms Rosaline Howell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Environmental and Geographical Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan
University and has been a member of the Committee for two years.
Dr Alastair Leake is Head of The Game Conservancy Trust's Allerton
Project in Loddington, Leicestershire and has been a member of the
Committee for one year.
Professor Lorraine Maltby is Professor of Environmental Biology at
The University of Sheffield and has been a member of the Committee
for three years.
Ms Diane McCrea is an independent consultant in food and consumer
affairs and has been a member of the Committee for two years.
Dr Patricia McElhatton is Director of the National Teratology
Information Service in Newcastle upon Tyne and has been a member of
the Committee for six years.
Dr Martin McPherson is Director of Plant Pathology, Stockbridge
Technology Centre Ltd in Selby, North Yorkshire, and has been a
member of the Committee for one year.
Dr Daniel Osborn is Science Director for the Sustainable Economies
Programme of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and has been a
member of the Committee for three years.
Dr Huw Rees is a Senior Research Fellow in Occupational Medicine in
the Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, and a Consultant
in Occupational Medicine for the Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust,
and Powys Local Health Board. He is a new member of the Committee.
Dr Vinod Tohani is a Consultant in Public Health Medicine/Consultant
in Communicable Disease Control at the Southern Health Board in
Armagh, Northern Ireland and has been a member of the Committee for
four years.
Dr Rosemary Waring is a Reader in Human Toxicology at the School of
Biosciences at the University of Birmingham and has been a member of
the Committee for three years.
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