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Volume 1: Findings and Conclusions
Who's who

For fuller descriptions of many of the following people, see the main Who's who in vol. 16: Reference Material (or via an electronic link in the website or CD-ROM versions).

Sir Donald Acheson

Chief Medical Officer, 1983-91

Dr Paul Adams

DH Senior and then Principal Medical Officer, Medicines Division (later MCA)

Professor Jeffrey Almond

Member of SEAC from December 1995

Mr (later Sir) Derek Andrews

MAFF Permanent Secretary, 1987-93

Mr Mike Ansfield

MAFF senior scientific officer

Professor Sir James Armour

Chair, Veterinary Products Committee

Professor Sir William Asscher

Chair, Committee on Safety of Medicines, 1987-92

Mrs Elizabeth Attridge

MAFF Grade 3 responsible for the Animal Health and Veterinary Group, 1989-91 (and previously for the Emergencies, Food Quality and Pest Controls Group)

Sir John Badenoch

Chair, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

Dr Harry Baker

MRC Clinical Research Centre

Mr Keith Baker

MAFF ACVO responsible for Red Meat Hygiene sections, 1988-96

Mr M B Baker

DES Head of Schools Branch 3

Professor R M Barlow

Royal Veterinary College; member of SEAC, 1990-96

Dr A J Beale

Wellcome

Professor Sir Colin Berry

Chair, Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials, 1982-92; member, BSEWG, 1989-92

Professor Peter Biggs

Director, Institute for Animal Health, 1986-88

Mrs Virginia Bottomley MP

DH Minister of State (Commons), 1989-92, and Secretary of State, 1992-95

Professor John Bourne

Director, Institute for Animal Health, from 1988; member of the Tyrrell Committee

Mr Raymond Bradley

Head of the Pathology Department, CVL, 1983-95, and the CVL's BSE research coordinator, 1987-95

Mrs Jane Brown

MAFF Head of Meat Hygiene Division, 1990-96

Mrs Angela Browning MP

MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1994-97

Dr (later Sir) Kenneth Calman

Chief Medical Officer, 1991-98

Mr Richard Carden

MAFF Deputy Secretary, Head of Food Safety Directorate, from 1994

Mr Peter Carrigan

Director, Specialpack Ltd

Mr Richard Cawthorne

MAFF Head of Veterinary Investigation Section, SVS, 1987-91; Head of Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division, 1991-95; Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section from 1995

Mr Christopher Clarke

Authorised Meat Inspector

Mr Kenneth Clarke MP

DH Secretary of State, 1988-90

Professor Gerald Collee

Chair, BSE Working Group of the CSM; and Chair, the Biologicals Sub-Committee of the CSM

Professor John Collinge

Professor of Molecular Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's; member of SEAC since December 1995

Dr E M (Mary) Cooke

Deputy Director, Public Health Laboratory Service; member of the Lamming Committee

Mr R Cooper

Director, Sainsburys

Mr Mike Corbally

Institute of Environmental Health Officers

Mr Philip Corrigan

Meat Hygiene Service, Head of Operations, January to August 1995

Mr M Cranwell

Starcross Veterinary Investigation Centre, Exeter

Mr Iain Crawford

MAFF Director of the Veterinary Field Service, 1988-98

Mr J Creedy

Her Majesty's Inspector (of Schools)

Mr Alistair Cruickshank

MAFF Grade 3 responsible for the Animal Health Group, December 1986 to December 1989

Mr P W Cunliffe

Joint author of the Evans/Cunliffe management report on control of medicines

Mrs Edwina Currie MP

DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, 1986-88

Mr David Curry MP

MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1989-92, and Minister of State, 1992-93

Mr Don Curry

Chair, Meat and Livestock Commission, since 1993

Mr Ron Davies MP

Opposition (Labour) spokesman on Agriculture

Dr Stephen Dealler

Consultant Microbiologist, Burnley General Hospital

Dr Alan Dickinson

Spongiform encephalopathy researcher; Director of the Neuropathogenesis Unit, 1981-87

Mr Brian Dickinson

MAFF Head of Food Safety Group (later Food Safety and Science Group), 1989-96

Mr Jonathan Dimbleby

Television interviewer

Mr Stephen Dorrell MP

DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Commons), 1990-92, and Secretary of State, 1995-97

Mr Thomas Eddy

MAFF Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, and SEAC Secretariat, from June 1993

Professor Anthony Epstein

Professor of Pathology; member of the Southwood Working Party

Dr Diana Ernaelsteen

DH Senior Medical Officer and Senior Medical Adviser to DES, 1984-95

Mr John Evans MP

Opposition (Labour) Member of Parliament

Dr N J B Evans

Joint author of the Evans/Cunliffe management report on control of medicines

Dr R J Fielder

DH Senior Principal Scientific Officer (chemical toxicology, including cosmetics), 1988-93

Mr Andrew Fleetwood

MAFF Veterinary Investigation Officer, SVS, 1987-91; Senior Veterinary Officer, Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division, 1991-95

Dr Gerald Forbes

Senior Medical Officer, Scottish Home and Health Department, 1985-89; Director of the Environmental Health (Scotland) Unit, 1989-93

Sir Christopher France

DH Permanent Secretary, 1988-92

Sir Michael Franklin

MAFF Permanent Secretary, 1983-87

Mr Duncan Fry

MAFF Meat Hygiene Division

Dr A J M Garland

Wellcome

Dr John Godfrey

Member of the MAFF Consumer Panel

Sir Simon Gourlay

President of the National Farmers' Union

Dr Helen Grant

Consultant Neuropathologist

Mr Gordon Gresty

North Yorkshire County Council

Mr John Gummer MP

MAFF Minister of State (Commons), 1985-88, and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1989-93

Mr David Hagger

DH Head of Medicines Branch 1, 1984-90

Dr E L Harris

DH Deputy Chief Medical Officer, 1977-89

Mr Graham Hart

Permanent Secretary, Scottish Home and Health Department, 1990-92; DH Permanent Secretary, 1992-97

Mr Michael Heseltine MP

President of the Board Trade (ie, Secretary of State), DTI, 1992-95; Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97

Mr Peter Hewson

MAFF Superintending Meat Hygiene Adviser, 1992-95; Meat Hygiene Veterinary Section, 1995-96

Dr Deirdre Hine

Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Office, 1990-97

Mr Douglas Hogg MP

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995-97

Mr John Horam MP

DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Commons), 1995-97

Mr Stephen Hutchins

MAFF Senior Veterinary Officer, Meat Hygiene Veterinary Section, 1987-91

Dr James Ironside

Senior Lecturer in Pathology; neuropathologist, CJD Surveillance Unit, since 1995

Mr Ron Jacobs

DES Schools Branch 3

Dr David Jefferys

DH Principal Medical Officer, 1986-90; Medicines Control Agency, 1990 onwards

Dr Martin Jeffrey

Veterinary Research Officer, Pathology, CVL, 1985-87; Senior Research Officer, Lasswade, 1987 onwards

Mr A M (Mac) Johnston

Royal Veterinary College

Dr Gerald Jones

DH Medicines Division, 1984-89; Health Aspects of the Environment and Food Division, 1992-95

Dr Keith Jones

Chief Executive, Medicines Control Agency, from 1989

Ms Marion Kelly

Director-General, Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association

Dr Robert Kendell

Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Office, 1991-96

Mr Alastair Kidd

MAFF, Secretary of the Veterinary Products Committee, 1985-91; Director of Licensing, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, 1989-91

Dr Richard Kimberlin

TSE research scientist at the NPU, 1981-88; independent TSE consultant since 1988; member of the Tyrrell Committee and SEAC

Professor Richard Lacey

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Leeds

Professor Eric Lamming

Professor of Animal Physiology; Chair, Lamming Committee (Expert Group on Animal Feedingstuffs)

Mr Norman Lamont MP

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1989-90; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1990-93

Mr Ian Lang MP

Minister of State, Scottish Office, 1987-90; Secretary of State for Scotland, 1990-95

Mr Alan Lawrence

MAFF Animal Health Division, 1979-95; Joint Secretariat, Southwood Working Party

Professor David Lawson

Chair, Committee on Review of Medicines

Dr A Lee

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Mr Charles Lister

DH, Health Aspects of Environment and Food Division; SEAC Secretariat, 1993-95

Dr Thomas Little

Deputy Director of the CVL, 1986-90; Director and Chief Executive, CVL (later Veterinary Laboratories Agency), from 1990

Mr Murray Love

Medicines Control Agency

Mr Robert Lowson

MAFF Head of Animal Health Division, 1989-91; Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1991-93; SEAC Secretariat until 1993

Mr Peter Luff

Central Veterinary Laboratory

Mr John MacGregor MP

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1987-89

Ms Sheila McKecnhie

Director, Consumers' Association, since 1995

Mr Colin Maclean

Meat and Livestock Commission, Technical Director, 1988-92, and Director-General from 1992

Mr David Maclean

MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons) (Minister for Food Safety), 1989-92

Mr Johnston McNeill

Chief Executive, Meat Hygiene Service, since 1995

Dr Kenneth MacOwan

MAFF Scientific Liaison Officer responsible for Veterinary Science, Chief Scientist's Group, 1988-95

Mr John Major MP

Prime Minister, 1990-97

Mr Ron Martin

Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Northern Ireland, 1985-90, and Chief Veterinary Officer from 1990

Dr William Martin

Director of the Moredun Research Institute, 1971-85; member of the Southwood Working Party

Mr John Maslin

MAFF Animal Health Group; Head, BSE branch, 1990-93

Dr Danny Matthews

MAFF Senior Veterinary Officer, 1988-96

Professor W Bryan Matthews

Professor of Clinical Neurology; specialist in TSEs

Sir Robert May

Chief Scientific Adviser from 1995

Mr Keith Meldrum

Chief Veterinary Officer, 1988-97

Mr David Mellor MP

DH Minister of State (Commons), 1988-89

Dr Jeremy Metters

DH Senior Principal Medical Officer; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, 1989 onwards

Dr Philip Minor

Head of the Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu

Rural landlord

Mr Thomas Murray

DH, Environmental Health and Food Safety Division, 1990-95; SEAC Secretariat, 1990-93

Mr Richard Packer

MAFF Permanent Secretary from 1993

Dr Michael Painter

Member of SEAC from December 1995

Dr Will Patterson

Consultant in Public Health Medicine

Professor Sir John Pattison

Professor of Medical Microbiology; Chair of SEAC from 1995

Dr Hilary Pickles

DH Principal Medical Officer; Joint Secretariat, Southwood Working Party; Joint Secretary, Tyrrell Committee; SEAC observer to 1991; DH lead on BSE, 1988-91

Mr Michael Portillo MP

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1992-94

Dr Stanley Prusiner

Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry, University of California School of Medicine; Nobel Prize winner for research into prion proteins

Dr John Purves

DH Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, 1985-90; Unit Manager, Biological Unit, Medicines Control Agency, from 1990

Professor M D Rawlins

Chair, Committee on Safety of Medicines subcommittee on Safety, Efficacy and Adverse Reactions

Mr John Redwood MP

Secretary of State for Wales, 1993-95

Mr James Reed

Director-General, UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association (UKASTA)

Mr William Rees

Chief Veterinary Officer, 1980-88

Miss Gillian Richmond

MAFF Legal Department

Dr Rosalind Ridley

MRC Clinical Research Centre

Mr Chris Rogers

MAFF Meat Trade Adviser

Mr Richard Roscoe

Head of the Chemical Hazards Section of the Consumer Safety Unit (including safety of cosmetics), DTI, 1983-92

Dr Frances Rotblat

DH Senior Medical Officer; Medical Assessor to the Biologicals Sub-Committee of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, until 1990; Principal Assessor to the Safety, Efficacy and Adverse Reactions subcommittee of the CSM, 1990-95

Dr Eileen Rubery

DH Under Secretary (Grade 3), Head of Health Aspects of the Environment and Food Division

Dr James Rutter

Director of Veterinary Medicines and Chief Executive, Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Mr F J H Scollen

MAFF Animal Health Division

Mr James Scudamore

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland, 1990-96

Mrs Gillian Shephard MP

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1993-94

Mr Alick Simmons

MAFF Meat Hygiene Veterinary Section, 1991-95

Mr Mike Skinner

DH official; SEAC Secretariat from 1995

Dr Roger Skinner

DH Principal Medical Officer from 1989

Mr John Sloggem

DH Pharmaceutical Officer (later with the Medicines Control Agency), 1985-97

Mr Edward (Ted) Smith

MAFF Deputy Secretary until 1989

Professor Peter G Smith

Member of SEAC from January 1996

Mr Nicholas Soames

MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1992-94

Mr Peter Soul

Director of Operations, Meat Hygiene Service, since 1995

Professor Sir Richard Southwood

Professor of Zoology; Chair, Southwood Working Party

Mr John Suich

MAFF Animal Health Division

Dr David Taylor

Principal Research Scientist, Neuropathogenesis Unit

Mr David Taylor

MAFF Veterinary Head of Section, Red Meat Hygiene Section, 1987-97

Mr Kevin Taylor

MAFF Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section, 1986-91; Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, 1990-97

Mr Matthew Taylor MP

Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament

Mrs Margaret Thatcher MP

Prime Minister, 1979-90

Professor Philip C Thomas

Scottish Agricultural College; member of the Lamming Committee

Mr Donald Thompson MP

MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1986-89

Sir Bernard Tomlinson

Neuropathologist

Dr David Tyrrell

MRC Common Cold Unit, 1982-90; Chair, Tyrrell Committee; Chair, SEAC, until 1995

Mr William Waldegrave MP

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994-95

Mr Peter Walker MP

Secretary of State for Wales, 1987-90

Professor Sir John Walton

Professor of Neurology; member, Southwood Working Party

Dr William Watson

Director of the CVL, 1986-90; member of the Tyrrell Committee and SEAC

Mr Gerald Wells

Head, Neuropathology Section, CVL, since 1985

Mrs Diane Whyte

DH Higher Executive Officer, Environmental Health and Food Safety, 1989-92; Food Hazard Management Unit, 1995-96

Dr Ailsa Wight

DH lead on BSE from 1991; SEAC observer

Mr John Wilesmith

Head of Epidemiology, CVL, since 1986

Dr Robert Will

Director of the CJD Surveillance Unit since 1990; member of the Tyrrell Committee and SEAC

Dr Bernard Williams

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Head of the Veterinary Investigation Service, until 1987

Mr G M Wood

Central Veterinary Laboratory

Dr Mark Woolfe

MAFF Food Science Division II, 1987-95

Mr Ayyildiz Yavash

MAFF Legal Department, 1985-93

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