Volume 9: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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 andCD-ROM versions).

Sir Donald Acheson	CMO, DH, Whitehall
Mr Derek Adams	Head of PHF, WOHD
Mr Ronald Alexander	EHA, Welsh Office
Mr Ian Anderson	DAFS
Mr Rutherford Armstrong	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5) AHD, DANI
Mr N R Atkinson	Scottish Office Education Department
Dr Elizabeth Attridge	Under Secretary (Grade 3), MAFF, responsible for animal health
Dr Christopher Bartlett	Director of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre at the PHLS headquarters in London
Mr Roger Bollington	WOAD
Mr Peter Bottomley MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Agriculture), Northern Ireland, 1989-90
Mr Raymond Bradley	Head of the Pathology Department, CVL
Mr Peter Brooke MP	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,1989-92
Dr (now Sir) Kenneth Calman	CMO, Scotland, 1989-91; CMO, Department of Health, Whitehall, 1991-98
Dr (now Dame) Henrietta Campbell	CMO, Northern Ireland, from 1995
Mr David Carnson	Under Secretary (Grade 3), DANI
Professor John Collinge	Professor of Molecular Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine
Mr Alistair Cruickshank	Under Secretary (Grade 3), MAFF, responsible for animal health
Mr Leo Cunning	SHHD
Mr G Currie	SHHD
Mr Denzil Davies	WOAD
Mr John Davies	Under Secretary (Grade 3), WOAD
Mr Ron Davies MP	Opposition spokesman on agriculture and rural affairs
Mr Edward Davison	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), Meat Hygiene/Animal Health, DAFS, 1990-94
Dr Peter Dawson	ACVO, MAFF, and Head of the VI Service
Mr Owen Denny	DVO (Epidemiology)
Baroness Denton	Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords), Northern Ireland, 1994-97
Dr Alan Dickinson	Director, NPU, 1981-87
Dr Nicholas Donaldson	SMO, DHSS, Northern Ireland
Mr Stephen Dorrell	Parliamentary Under-Secretary, DH, Whitehall
Mr Alan Elliott	Permanent Secretary, DHSS, Northern Ireland
Dr Diana Ernaelsteen	SMO, DH, Whitehall
Mr H Evans	VAWO, until 1988
Dr David Ferguson-Lewis	DCMO, Wales
Dr Gerald Forbes	SMO, SHHD, until 1989; Director, Environmental Health (Scotland) Unit, 1989-93
Mr Michael Forsyth	Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Health), Scottish Office; later Minister of State and then Secretary of State for Scotland (now Lord Forsyth of Drumlean)
Mr Duncan Fry	Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF
Mr William Gardner	Veterinary Head of Section (Scotland)
Dr Michael George	DCMO, Wales
Mr W (Gordon) Gerrand	ACVO, DAFS, 1986-90
Mr P Green	Health Promotion and Disease Control branch, DHSS, Northern Ireland
Mr R Green	President, Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers
Mr John Gummer MP	MAFF Minister of State, 1985-88; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1989-93
Mr William Hague MP	Secretary of State for Wales, 1995-97
Dr Clifford Hall	Acting CMO, Northern Ireland, 1994-95
Mr George Hamill	Medicines and Food Control branch, DHSS, Northern Ireland
Mr Loudon Hamilton	Permanent Secretary, DAFS, until 1992
Mr C Hart	Veterinary Service, Northern Ireland
Mr (now Sir) Graham Hart	Permanent Secretary, SHHD, 1990-92; Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, Whitehall, 1992-97
Dr (now Dame) Deirdre Hine	DCMO (until 1988) and later CMO 1990-97, Wales
Mr D Hirrell	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), DANI
Mr William Hodges	Permanent Secretary, DANI, 1989-94
Dr John Hodgson	Epidemiologist, HSE
Mr Douglas Hogg MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall, 1995-97
Mr John Howard	AHD, MAFF
Mr David (now Lord) Hunt MP	Secretary of State for Wales, 1990-93
Mr Alan Huws	WOAD
Dr William (Bill) Jack	Permanent Secretary, DANI
Dr Ruth Jacobs	SMO, Welsh Office
Ms Bronwen Jones	Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF
Dr Robert Kendell	CMO, Scotland, 1991-96
Mr N Kernohan	Principal, Animal Health, DAFS
Dr Richard Kimberlin	TSE research scientist; member of SEAC
Mr Tom King MP	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,1985-89
Mr Norman Lamont MP	Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Whitehall
Mr Ian (now Lord) Lang MP	Secretary of State for Scotland, 1990-95
Mr Alan Lawrence	AHD, MAFF; joint secretary to the Southwood Working Party
Mr A J Lebrecht	Principal Private Secretary to the MAFF Minister, Mr Gummer
Lord Lindsay	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords), Scottish Office, 1995-97
Mr Peter Lister	HSE
Mr John Lloyd	Deputy Secretary (Grade 2), Welsh Office
Mr Robert Lowson	Head of AHD, MAFF
Dr Elizabeth Jane Ludlow	SMO, Welsh Office, from January 1991
Lord Lyell	Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords), Northern Ireland Office, 1984-89
Dr Robert McCracken	Head of the Pathology Department, VRL, Northern Ireland, 1985-90; Deputy CVO, 1990-96
Dr Iain Macdonald	CMO, Scotland, 1985-88
Mr Samuel MacDonald	Senior Principal Veterinary Officer,Northern Ireland
Professor John McFerran	Director of the VRL, Northern Ireland,1987-92
Mr John MacGregor MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall, 1987-89
Dr Archibald McIntyre	Principal Medical Officer, SHHD
Dr John (Jack) McKenna	CMO, Northern Ireland, 1986-94
Mr John McKenna	Junior official, Food Control Branch, DHSS(NI)
Mr Kenneth MacKenzie	Under Secretary (Grade 3), SHHD
Dr Liam McKibben	AHD, DANI
Dr Cecil McMurray	CSO, DANI
Mr Ron Martin	Deputy CVO, Northern Ireland, 1985-90; CVO, 1990-96
Dr Andrew Matheson	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), Meat Hygiene/Animal Health, DAFS/SOAEFD, 1994-96
Sir Patrick (now Lord) Mayhew MP	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,1992-97
Mr Keith Meldrum	CVO, MAFF, 1988-97
Dr Jeremy Metters	DCMO, DH, Whitehall
Dr Elizabeth Mitchell	SMO, DHSS, Northern Ireland
Mr John Murray	Permanent Secretary, DANI, from 1994
Professor Kenneth Murray	Chair, Medical Research Council Coordinating Committee for Research on Spongiform Encephalopathies
Mr Richard Needham MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Health), Northern Ireland, 1985-92
Mr W Orr	Veterinary Service, Northern Ireland
Mr (now Sir) Richard Packer	Permanent Secretary, MAFF, 1993-99
The Revd Ian Paisley MP	Unionist MP, Northern Ireland
Dr (now Professor) Stephen Palmer	Regional Epidemiologist (Wales), PHLS
Dr Hilary Pickles	Principal Medical Officer, DH, Whitehall; joint secretary to the Southwood Working Party and Tyrrell Committee
Mr Graham Podmore	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), WOAD
Mr John Redwood MP	Secretary of State for Wales, 1993-95
Mr James Reed	Director-General, UKASTA
Mr William Rees	CVO, MAFF, 1980-88
Mr Adam Rennie	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), Meat Hygiene, DAFS, 1988-91
Mr (now Sir) Malcolm Rifkind MP	Secretary of State for Scotland, 1986-90
Mr E Rooney	Health Promotion and Disease Control branch, DHSS, Northern Ireland
Dr Roland Salmon	Assistant Regional Epidemiologist (Wales), PHLS
Lord Sanderson of Bowden	Minister of State (Lords), Scottish Office, with responsibility for Agriculture
Mr (now Sir) Michael Scholar	Permanent Secretary, Welsh Office, 1993-96
Mr James Scudamore	Assistant CVO, Scotland, 1990-96
Mr Gregg Shannon	AHD, DANI
Mrs Gillian Shephard MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall, 1993-94
Lord Skelmersdale	Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords), Northern Ireland, 1989-90
Dr Rosalind Skinner	SMO, SHHD/SODoH
Sir Joseph Smith	Director, PHLS
Mr E W Sullivan	CVO, Northern Ireland, until 1990
Mr J Symington	Principal, Animal Health, DAFS/SOAEFD
Mr Kevin Taylor	MAFF Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section, 1986-91
Mr (now Sir) Donald Thompson	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1986-89
Mr George Thomson	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), Animal Health, DAFS, until 1990
Dr Thores	SHHD
Mr Pat Toal	Assistant Secretary (Grade 5), AHD, DANI
Dr David Tyrrell	Chair, Tyrrell Committee and SEAC
Mr William Waldegrave MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994-95
Dr Diana Walford	Director, PHLS, from 1993
Mr Peter (later Lord) Walker MP	Secretary of State for Wales, 1987-90
Mr Graham Watkin	Health and safety adviser for Tayside Regional Council in Scotland
Dr Ailsa Wight	SMO, DH; SEAC observer
Mr John Wilesmith	Head of the Epidemiology Department, CVL, England
Dr (now Professor) Robert Will	Director of the national CJD Surveillance Unit
Dr David Williams	RVO and VAWO, from 1988
Mr Jim Wyllie	Veterinary Head of Section, SVS, Edinburgh