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Ministerial appointments

09/07/2007

Due to the election period, a number of routine Ministerial appointments were delayed.

The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland has been consulted in accordance with the Commissioner's Code of Practice and has agreed to short-term extensions to the existing appointments listed below.

This arrangement will allow early action to be taken to secure replacements for these appointees in accordance with the Code of Practice while at the same time avoiding unnecessary vacancies.

Appointments Ending in July 2007 - Extended to 31 October 2007

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Alasdair Beaton, Martin Rooney, Denis Agnew, Gillie Thomson OBE, Anthony Ffinch, Colin O'Brien, William Petrie, George Freeman, Bruce Marshall, Colin Crabbie

Cairngorms National Park

David Selfridge, Bruce Luffman, Richard Stroud, Francis (Stuart) Black, Basil Dunlop, Angus Gordon, Robert Wilson, Sheena Slimon, Alexander Park and Marcus Humphrey

Appointments Ending in August 2007 - Extended to 31 October 2007

Grampian NHS Board

Jim Royan OBE

Appointments Ending in September 2007 - Extended to 31 October 2007

Crofters Commission

Robin Currie, Sara Allen,

Dr Isobel MacPhail, Roderick Murray

Local Government Boundary Commission

Brian Wilson OBE, Dr Iseabel Ann Glen,

Prof Hugh M Begg

NHS Health Scotland

Lesley Hinds

Orkney NHS

Jenny Dewar

Appointments Ending in November 2007 - Extended to 28 February 2008

Advisory Council on Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Prof Donald Davidson, Prof Robert Duck, Dr Alastair Sommerville, Dr Colin Legg, Dr David Crisp, Dr Mark Young, Prof Robert Furness

Appointments ending in October 2007 - Extended to 31 March 2008

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Wilma Campbell, Duncan MacInnes, Grant Sword

Appointments Ending in October 2007 - Extended to 31 May 2008

Local Government Boundary Commission

Brian Wilson OBE

Appointments Ending in December 2007 - Extended to 31 December 2008

Building Standards Advisory Committee

Richard Amos, Sue Bush, Heather Cuckow, Gary Mees

Page updated: Monday, July 9, 2007