Membership
Following consultation with Lord Burns, Jack Straw MP appointed the following to membership of the committee:
- Lord Burns
- Dr Victoria Edwards OBE
- Professor Sir John Marsh
- Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior
- Professor Michael Winter
The League Against Cruel Sports criticised the appointment of several members with backgrounds related to hunting.
Read more about this topic: Burns Inquiry
Famous quotes containing the word membership:
“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)