Volume 15: Government and Public Administration
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
Sir Derek Andrews	Permanent Secretary, MAFF, 1987-93
Sir Robert Armstrong	Former Head of the Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet
Mr Michael Ashley	Assistant Secretary, and later Under Secretary, Association of District Councils
Professor Sir William Asscher	Chair, Committee on Safety of Medicines, 1987-92
Mr Keith Baker	Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer (meat hygiene), 1988-96
Mrs Terri Banks	Former DH official
Mr Brian Bridges	Under Secretary (Grade 3), Health Aspects of the Environment and Food Safety Division, 1992-95
Mrs Katharine (Jane) Brown	Head (Grade 5) of the Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF, since 1990
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman	Chief Medical Officer, 1991-98
Mr Charles Capstick	Head (Grade 2) of the Food Safety Directorate, MAFF, 1989-94
Mr Richard Carden	Head (Grade 2) of the Food Safety Directorate, MAFF, from 1994
Dr Richard Cawthorne	Head (Grade 5) of the Veterinary Investigation Service, SVS, Tolworth, 1987-91; Head of Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division, 1991-95; Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section, 1995 onwards
Mr Kenneth Clarke MP	DH Secretary of State, 1988-90
Mr Iain Crawford	Director of the Veterinary Field Service, MAFF, 1988-98
Mr Alistair Cruickshank	Under Secretary (Grade 3), MAFF, responsible for Animal Health, 1986-89
Baroness Cumberlege	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords), 1992-97
Mr Roy Cunningham	Branch Head, Environmental Health and Food Safety Division, DH, 1991-95
Mr David Curry MP	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1989-92, and Minister of State, 1992-93
Dr William Denner	Head (Grade 5) of the Food Science Division II, MAFF, 1989-92, and Chief Scientist (Food) (Grade 3) and Head of the Food Science Group, 1992-95
Mr Brian Dickinson	Head (Grade 3) of the Food Safety Group, MAFF, 1989-96
Mr Stephen Dorrell MP	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Commons), 1990-92, and Secretary of State, 1995-97
Mr Brian Etheridge	Assistant Secretary, Association of District Councils, 1989-95
Dr Christopher Fisher	Food Science Division I, MAFF, 1985-95
Mr (now Sir) Michael Forsyth MP	Scottish Office Minister of State, 1987-92, and Secretary of State, 1995-97
Sir Michael Franklin	Permanent Secretary, MAFF, 1983-87
Mr Roger (now Lord) Freeman MP	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, 1988-90
Mr Gordon Gresty	Head of Trading Standards and Regulatory Services, 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 Michael Heseltine MP	President of the Board of Trade, 1992-95
Mr Peter Hewson	Superintending Meat Hygiene Adviser, SVS, 1992-95
Mr Nicholas Hibbett	Former Chair, Meat Legislation Review Group, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Mr Douglas Hogg MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995-97
Mr Geoffrey Hollis	Head (Grade 3) of the Livestock Group, MAFF, 1991-96
Mr Stephen Hutchins	Senior Veterinary Officer (red meat hygiene), 1987-91
Dr David Jefferys	Principal Medical Officer, DH Medicines Division, 1986-90
Sir Robin Ibbs	Author of a report on Improving Management in Government: The Next Steps, 1988
Ms Bronwen Jones	Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF, 1989-92
Mr Alan Lawrence	Animal Health Division, MAFF, 1979-95
Mr A J Lebrecht	Principal Private Secretary (to Mr John Gummer), MAFF, 1990
Mr Charles Lister	Grade 7 responsible for administrative aspects of BSE, DH, 1993-95
Dr Thomas Little	Deputy Director, CVL, 1986-90, and Director/Chief Executive, CVL/VLA, since 1990
Mr Robert Lowson	Head (Grade 5) of the Animal Health Division, MAFF, 1989-91, and of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division until 1993
Mr John MacGregor MP	MAFF Minister of State (Commons),1983-85, and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1987-89
Mr John Major MP	Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1987-89; Prime Minister, 1990-97
Mr John Maslin	Grade 7, Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, MAFF, 1988-93, heading a separate BSE branch from 1990
Mr Danny Matthews	Grade 7 Senior Veterinary Officer (later Grade 6) responsible for exotic viral diseases and BSE, 1988-96
Mr Keith Meldrum	Chief Veterinary Officer, 1988-96 and beyond
Mr Thomas Murray	Grade 7, DH, and SEAC secretary, 1990-93
Dr Jeremy Metters	Deputy Chief Scientist, DH, 1986-89, and Deputy Chief Medical Officer from 1989
Mr (now Sir) Richard Packer	Permanent Secretary, MAFF, from 1993 to 2000
Miss Dora Pease	Under Secretary (Grade 3), Health Services Division (later Environment Health and Food Safety Division), DH, 1989-92
Mr David Pepper	Veterinary surgeon, and member of SEAC since 1990
Dr Hilary Pickles	Principal Medical Officer, DH, given the lead on BSE by the CMO in 1988
Sir Derek (now Lord) Rayner	Head of the Government's Efficiency Unit
Mr John Redwood MP	Secretary of State for Wales, 1993-95
Mr William Rees	Chief Veterinary Officer, 1980-88
Mrs Gillian Shephard MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1993-94
Mr Alick Simmons	Senior Veterinary Officer (red meat hygiene), 1991-95
Lord Skelmersdale	DHSS Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords), 1987-88, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, 1989-90
Dr Roger Skinner	Principal Medical Officer, DH, from 1989
Sir Joseph Smith	Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service, 1985-92
Mr Peter Soul	Grade 6 Temporary Deputy Veterinary Head of Section (meat hygiene), MAFF, 1993-95
Sir Kenneth Stowe	Permanent Secretary, DHSS, 1981-87
Mr David Taylor	Veterinary Head of Section, Red Meat Hygiene, SVS, 1987-97
Mr Kevin Taylor	Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section, SVS, 1986-91, and Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, 1992-97
Dr David Tyrrell	Chair, Consultative Committee on Research into Spongiform Encephalopathies, and, later, of SEAC
Mr William Waldegrave MP	DH Secretary of State, 1990-92, and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994-95
Dr Ailsa Wight	Senior Medical Officer, DH, who took over responsibility for BSE from Dr Hilary Pickles in 1991