Select Committee on the BBC Charter Review

The members of the Select Committee which conducted the inquiry were:

The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster

The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

The Rt Hon the Lord Fowler  [Chairman]

The Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen

The Rt Hon the Lord Holme of Cheltenham

The Baroness Howe of Idlicote

The Lord Kalms

The Rt Hon the Lord King of Bridgwater

The Rt Rev the Lord Bishop of Manchester

The Lord Maxton

The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

The Lord Peston

Richard Collins, Professor of Media Studies at the Open University, and Member of the Centre for Research on Social and Cultural Change, was appointed as Specialist Adviser for the inquiry.

Declaration of Interest

ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER , Lord

15(a) Membership of public bodies

Chancellor, University of Hull

15(b) Trusteeships of cultural bodies

Chairman, Leeds Castle Foundation
Trustee, RVW Trust
Trustee, Derek Hill Foundation

BONHAM-CARTER, Baroness

*12(f) Regular remunerated employment

Television Associate, Brook Lapping Productions a subsidiary of Ten Alps Communications plc

*13(c) Financial interests of spouse or relative or friend

I also disclose the interests disclosed by Lord Razzall

16(b) Voluntary organisations

RAPT - Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust

FOWLER, Lord

*12(e) Remunerated directorships

Chairman, Aggregate Industries plc
Chairman, Numark plc
Chairman, Numark Trading Ltd (joint company of Numark plc and Phoenix Medical Services Ltd)

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

Vice Chairman, all-party Group on AIDS

16(a) Trusteeships

Trustee, Thomson Foundation

GIBSON OF MARKET RASEN, Baroness

*12(i) Visits

Visit to Bosnia - Herzegovina (30 May - 30 June) representing the I.P.U and paid for by the B.H I.P.U

15(c) Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

Member, AMICUS (former National Official of AMICUS)
President, RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents)

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

President, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Hon. President, Yeadon Sqn. Air Cadets 2168

HOLME OF CHELTENHAM, Lord

*12(d) Non-parliamentary consultant

Special Adviser to Standard Chartered Bank

*12(e) Remunerated directorships

Adviser, NTL

Chairman of the Board, Globescan International, Toronto, Canada

Member of the Advisery Board, Liberty Global Partners, Boston

Member of the Advisery Board, Montrose Associates

Member of the Advisery Board, Venture Exchange, Toronto, Canada

Non-executive Chairman, SPRING Worldwide

15(a) Membership of public bodies

Chairman of Governors, English College in Prague

Chancellor, University of Greenwich

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

Chairman, Advisery Board, British-American Project

Chairman, Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government

Chairman, Royal African Society

Chairman LEAD International

Council Member, Overseas Development Institute

16(a) Trusteeships

Said Business School Oxford

HOWE OF IDLICOTE, Baroness

15(a) Membership of public bodies

Member of Governing Body, London School of Economics

15(b) Trusteeships of cultural bodies

Trustee, Architectural Association - School of Architecture

16(a) Trusteeships

Trustee, The Ann Driver Trust

KALMS, Lord

*12(e) Remunerated directorships

Chairman, Volvere plc

*12(f) Regular remunerated employment

President, Dixons Group plc

15(a) Membership of public bodies

Member (Shareholder) Dixon's C.T.C Bradford (Resigned Governor 18.6.03)

15(c) Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

Trustee, New Frontiers Foundation

16(a) Trusteeships

Trustee, Jewish Association for Business Ethics
Trustee, The Stanley Kalms Foundation (15 September 2004)
Trustee, RK and SK Trust (15 September 2004)
Trustee, Kalms Grandchildren settlement (15 September 2004)

KING OF BRIDGWATER, Lord

*12(e) Remunerated directorships

Director, Electra Investment Trust
Non-executive Chairman, London International Exhibition Centre plc and London International Exhibition Centre (Holdings) Ltd

*13(b) Landholdings

Minority Partner in family farm in Wiltshire (including cottages)
Partner in woodlands in Wiltshire

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

Patron, UK Defence Forum

MANCHESTER, Lord Bishop of

*12(f) Regular remunerated employment

In receipt of episcopal stipend

15(a) Membership of public bodies

Chair, Sandford St Martin (Religious Broadcasting Awards) Trust
General Synod of the Church of England
Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance
Manchester Church House Co.
Manchester Diocesan Council of Education
Manchester Diocesan Association of Church Schools
Life Governor, Liverpool College
Governor, Hulme Hall

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

Lord High Almoner to H.M. The Queen
National Chaplain, Royal British Legion

16(b) Voluntary organisations

Board of Royal School of Church Music
Manchester Diocese, Mothers' Union
Arches Housing
Disabled Living
Hulme Hall Trust
Wigan & Leigh Hospice
St Ann's Hospice
Manchester University of Change Ringers

MAXTON, Lord

*13(b) Landholdings

Holiday home in the Isle of Arran
A London flat

O'NEILL OF BENGARVE, Baroness

*12(f) Regular remunerated employment

Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge

15(a) Membership of public bodies

Chairman, Governing Body, Newnham College, Cambridge
Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

Trustee and Chairman, Nuffield Foundation
Trustee, Sense About Science
Trustee, Gates Cambridge Trust
Member, Council of Management of the Ditchley Foundation

President, British Academy

PESTON, Lord

*12(e) Remunerated directorships

Philip Allan Updates

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

President, Institute of Administrative Management
Vice President, Speakability