Michael Derek Hartley, Project Leader, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. Thomas William Hartley, Farm Worker. For services to Agriculture in Nottinghamshire. Philip Ernest Harvey, Brigade Engineer and Retained Sub Officer, Hereford and Worcester Fire Brigade. For services to Flood Relief. Derek Hastings, Lately Principal Officer, HM Prison Lewes, HM Prison Service, Home Office. Mrs Carol Ann Heard, Senior Personal secretary, Department of Health. Michael John Heath, Cartoonist, The Spectator. For services to Journalism. London, NW1 Stephen Leslie Heathcote, For services to the community, especially Young People, in Armitage, Staffordshire. Andrew Kerr Henderson, Consultant, Oban. For services to Medicine. Mrs Iona Henderson, For services to Munlochy Animal Aid, Black Isle, Ross-shire. North Kessock, Inverness Raymond Heppell, For services to People with Autism in Cambridgeshire.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire William David Reginald Herbert, For services to Local Government and to the community in Beaufort, South Wales. Martin Robert Ward Hewlett, For services to the community, especially the Administration of Justice, in Jersey. Mrs Veronica Regina Hicks, Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. David Higgs, Founder, Environmental Press Agency. For services to the Environment and to Journalism. Mrs Clarice Ann Hill, Caretaker, North Hykeham All Saints CE Primary School, Lincoln. For services to Education. Ms Julie Elizabeth Hill, Programme Adviser, Green Alliance. For services to Environmental Protection. John Stuart Hills, Lately Member, OFWAT Thames Customer Service Committee. For services to Water Consumers. Harold Patrick Hodgetts, Member, Lichfield Rural District Council. For services to the community. Mrs Alice Hogg, Deputy Matron, Hawkhill House Nursing Home, Aberdeen. For

services to Geriatric Nursing. Dorothy Hogg, Jewellery Designer/Maker and Teacher. For services to Jewellery and Silversmithing. Brian Holliday, Leading Hand, Assembly Department, Remploy, Blackburn. For services to the Employment of Disabled People. Norman Holliday, Prison Service Governor Grade 2, HM Prison Manchester, HM Prison Service, Home Office. David John Holmes, Warden, Riverside Youth Centre, Oxford. For services to Young People. Mrs Jennifer Holmes, For services to Health Care. Brian William Hookins, Lately Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. Peter Stephen William Horne, Lately Senior Presenting Officer, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office. Mrs Barbara Jennifer Horner, For services to Young People in Market Drayton, Shropshire. Michael William Horner, Managing director, Bullen and Partners. For services to Flood Defence. Mrs Beulah Elizabeth Irwin-Houston, Revenue assistant,

HM Board of Inland Revenue. Ms Carole Anne Howells, For services to the Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service. Donald Delbert Howlett, For services to the Community in Liskeard, Cornwall. Liskeard, Cornwall Rodney John Huddleston, Consultant, RJH Associates. For services to the Use of Explosives in the Quarrying Industry. Evan Richard Hughes, Constable, North Wales Police. For services to the Police and to the community in Llandudno. Hugh Hughes, For services to the community, especially Music, in Llandudno, North Wales. Miss Rhiannon Wyn Hughes, For services to the community in Denbighshire. Meliden, Denbighshire Stephen Owen-Hughes, Lately Fire Service Divisional Officer, Defence Fire Service, Ministry of Defence. William Francis Pennyman Hugonin, TD, DL, For services to Community Arts in Northumberland. Stewart Hazlitt Hulse, For services to Mountain Rescue in the Lake District. Ambleside,

Cumbria Sandy Lewis Hulstone, Community Volunteer Fund Raiser, Staffordshire Police. For services to the community in Bradwell. Norman David Hummerstone, For services to the community, especially the Little Ship Club, in the City of London. David Ian Humphries, Grade C, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Mrs Mary Hunt, Senior Food and Beverage Supervisor, Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Mrs Margaret Mary Hunter, Secretary, Diabetes UK in Gateshead. For services to People with Diabetes. Mrs Lynne Patricia Hutchinson, Co-ordinator, Barnardos. For services to Young People. James Irwin, For services to Allied Distillers Company and to the community in Dumbarton. David Leighton James, For services to Business and to the community in Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taff. Ralph James, For services to the community in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Lichfield, Staffordshire Mrs

Annie Mary Beatrice Jamison, For charitable services to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Mrs Christine Janes, For services to Lawn Tennis. Loretta Jennings, Honorary Legal Adviser, Association of London Government. For services to Local Government. Allan Derek Johnson, Lately Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Frederick Johnson, Customer Liaison manager, BHW Components. For services to the Aerospace Industry. Mrs Jean Hutchison Johnson, For services to the community in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Lady Joicey, For services to the community, especially equestrian sport, in Northumberland. Basil Joseph Jones, Driving Instructor, British School of Motoring. For services to Mobility for Disabled People, in Surrey. Mrs Camilla Whitworth-Jones, Arts manager, Paul Hamlyn Foundation. For services to the Arts. Mrs Dyfanwen Jones, Macmillan Nurse. For services to Nursing and Cancer Care in Powys. Mrs Enid Jones,

Governor, Wigan and Leigh College. For services to Further Education and to the community. Iorwerth Watkin Jones, For services to the Industrial Railway Museum, Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd. John Gareth Jones, Director, Wessex Water Services. For services to the Water Industry and to Environmental Quality. John Ivor Jones, Paramedic, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. Patrick Jordan, For services to Young People. Michael Judge, Lately Crew Member, Whitstable Inshore Lifeboat, RNLI. For services to Marine Safety in Kent. Ajit Singh Kalirai, For services to Athletics. Mrs Joan Kearsley, For services to the community in Coverack, Helston, Cornwall. Helston, Cornwall Mrs Jacqueline Rosemary Keen, For services to the Police Community Partnership Group in Haslemere, Surrey. Mrs Jenny Joan Kellaway, Governor, Poole High School, Dorset. For services to Education. Mrs Jean

Kelly, For services to Community Relations. Mrs Marjorie Noreen Kelly, For services to the community in Wombourne, Staffordshire. Peter Wentworth Kendall, For services to the Royal British Legion in Penzance, Cornwall. Christopher Edmund Kenward, Grade C2, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. John George Keylock, Founder Member, Somerset Wildlife Trust. For services to Nature Conservation. Salim Ismail Kholwadia, Adminstrative Support, HM Board of Customs and Excise. Gloucester, Gloucestershire Mrs Lorna Kilpatrick, Lately Senior Welfare Officer, Department for International Development. Miss Mary Winifred King, For services to the community in Bath, Somerset. Ms Rani King, Information Officer, Department for Education and Employment. London, E17 Mrs Wendy Patricia Kirkpatrick, For services to the community, especially Young People, in Carlisle, Cumbria. Mrs Phyllis

Knox, Matron, Abbeyfield Residential Home, Ballachulish, Inverness-shire. For services to the community. Mrs Davina Laird, Lately Domestic Cleaner, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. For services to Health Care. Miss Joyce Lambert, Home Carer. For services to Elderly People in Greenwich, London. Mrs Renee Lancaster, For services to the community in Baildon Green, West Yorkshire. Nicholas Edward Lane, Administrative Officer, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. Mrs Gladys Hariett Latimer, For public service. Mrs Suzanne Elizabeth Launchbury, Mid-day Supervisor, Brooke Special School, Rugby, Warwickshire. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. Mrs Iola Leach, For services to the community in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Alan Lee, Crematorium manager, Corporation of the City of London. For services to the community in East London. Miss Angela Joyce Lee, Director,

Bicycle Helmet Initiative. For services to Road Safety. Brian Charles Lee, Assistant Printing and Stationery manager. For services to the Corporation of the City of London. Mrs Carol Alice Lee, For services to the Learning Disability Advisory Group. Stevenage, Hertfordshire Mrs Selina Yuet Kwan Lee, For services to the Chinese Community. Mrs Rosalie Judith Lees, For services to Blind Students in Africa. Raymond Hugh Leigh, For services to Furniture Design. William Reginald Albert Lennard, For services to the Finsbury Rifles Old Comrades Association. Mrs Eileen Edith Lewenstein, Ceramist. For services to art. Mrs Helen Lewis, Choreographer and teacher. For services to contemporary dance. Belfast Stuart Harvey Lock, Lately Grade C1, Ship Support Agency, Ministry of Defence. Trowbridge, Wiltshire Alan Frederick Long, Goods Vehicle Testing Station manager, Vehicle Inspectorate, Department of

the Environment, Transport and the Regions. John Douglas Longstaff, Higher Executive Officer, Department of Social Security. Sheffield, South Yorkshire Peter Renshaw Lowndes, General Dental Practitioner, Birmingham. For services to the Dental Profession. Ronald Richard Lusty, For services to the Sea Cadet Corps in Ealing, London. London, W7 Miss Elizabeth Anne Mabley, Community Development Group Leader, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Community Development. Miss Ellen Patricia MacArthur, For services to Sailing. James Grant MacDonald, Director of Lifelong Learning, University of Glasgow. For services to Adult Education. John MacAulay MacDonald, For services to Crofting and to the community in North Uist, Western Scotland.

Miss Margaret MacDonald, For services to the community in the Kyle of Sutherland. Ardgay, Sutherland Mrs Janet MacGregor, For services to the community in Killin, Perthshire. Killin, Perth and Kinross Duncan MacInnes, For services to the community in Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Motherwell, Lanarkshire Duncan MacInnes, JP, Fisherman. For services to the Scottish Fishing Industry. Motherwell, Lanarkshire George Richard MacKay, Potato breeder, Scottish Crop Research Institute. For services to plant breeding. James Ross MacKay, For services to conservation to the Bennachie Mountain Range, Aberdeenshire. Mrs Irene Mary MacKenzie, For services to the WRVS in Edinburgh. Ian Kenneth MacLeod, Dental Technician. For services to Dental Care. Miss Theodosia Margaret Maddison, For services to the community in Partney, Lincolnshire. Brian Lynn Maguire, For services to the Police. Denis William Manners, For

services to the community through Morris Dancing in Oxfordshire. The Rev John Anthony Stacy-Marks, Director, Amelia Methodist Trust Farm. For services to Young People in South Wales. Jonathan Robert Marsh, Lately head, Engineering Department, National Institute for Medical Research. For services to the Medical Research Council. John Edward Martin, For services to the Peterborough Cathedral Development and Preservation Trust. Mrs Gloria Lorraine Mason, Training Administrator, Lord Chancellor's Department. London, SE15 John Thaw Mathers, Group Scout Leader, 1st Cheadle Bethesda Special Needs Group, Cheshire. For services to Scouting.

Mrs Muriel Mathers, For services to SENSE, The National Deafblind and Rubella Association. Mrs Elizabeth Marion May, For services to the Trade Union Movement. Alan Connely McAleese, For public service. Miss Elizabeth McAughtry, For charitable services. Harry McCammon, For services to Young People. David Arthur McCarthy, For services to Canal Restoration and to the Environment in North West England. John Alexander McCook, JP, For services to the community in Nethy Bridge, Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire. Mrs Nan McCook, Foster parent. For services to fostering. Norman McCorkell, For services to prisoner welfare. William Charles McFarland, For services to young people. Mrs Margaret McGimpsey, Foster parent. For services to fostering. Mrs June Elizabeth Alexander McGregor, Principal Development Officer, Higher Still. For services to Music Education in Scotland. John William McHale,

Bailiff manager, Court Service, Lord Chancellor's Department. James Dron McLeod, Band Leader. For charitable services. Bernard McMahon, For services to the Bosnian Support Fund. George McMillan, JP, For services to the community in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute. Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute Hamilton Coates McMillan, Hotel Owner. For services to Tourism in South West Scotland. Prince Albert McNicholls, For services to Community Relations in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Mrs Esther Agyei-Mensah, Administrative Officer, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Christopher Henry Rowland Meredith, For charitable services to the community in Milton Keynes. Peter Richard Mereweather, For services to the Hotel and Catering Benevolent Association and to Tourism in London. Philip Merricks, For services to Conservation in Agriculture. Edward Arthur Tweedy Milburn, Engineering director,

Arriva London. For services to the Bus Industry. David John Miller, For services to the community in Orwell, Cambridgeshire. Trevor Milton, Canteen manager, HMS Ocean. For services to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

John Keith Moger, For services to the NHS in Wales. Mohammed Monir, For services to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Rotherham, South Yorkshire Mrs Doris Nanette Moody, For services to the community, especially Disabled People, in Chadsmoor Cannock, Staffordshire. Mrs Jennifer Mary Moody, For services to the Victims of Domestic Violence in Luton, Bedfordshire. Mrs Brenda Moore, For charitable services to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Cranleigh, Surrey Justin Moore, JP, For services to the community, especially the Greenlight Youth Project, in Tower Hamlets, London. Miss Alison Jean Morgan, Senior manager, Morecambe Bay Primary Care Team. For services to Health Care. Michael John Morgan, Lately Deputy Officer in Charge, HM Board of Inland Revenue. Bourne, Lincolnshire Mrs Pamela Jean Morgan, Community Nursing Sister, Morlais Medical Practice. For services to the community

in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Charles Thomas Reginald Mortimore, For services to Sport for Young People. Farnborough, Hampshire William Sinclair Mowatt, Farrier and Blacksmith. For services to the Heritage of South Ronaldsay, Orkney. Miss Molly Muckelt, For services to the community in Ulverston, Cumbria. Ulverston, Cumbria Dennis Murphy, For services to the community, especially Young People, in Lochgilphead, Argyll. Mrs Helen Gentles Murray, JP, For services to the Justice System in Scotland. Perth and Kinross Robert Murray, For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Mrs Eunice Myers, Teacher, High Down Infant School, Portishead, Bristol. For services to Education. Philip Charles Nathan, For services to the International Association of Lions Clubs. Mrs Anne Neame, For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Kent. Mrs Barbara Needham, For services

to the Display Technology Alliance. Brian Frederick Nellist, Honorary Senior Fellow, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Liverpool. For services to English Language and Literature. Wirral, Merseyside Joseph Anthony Newman, For charitable services in London. Miss Margaret Anne Newsholme, Accident and Emergency Sister, Bradford Royal Infirmary. For services to Nursing. Mrs Diane Nightingale, Leader, Postellers Youth Hostels Association Group. For services to Disadvantaged Young People. Mrs Alexa Nisbet, For services to North East Animal Rescue, Northumberland. Alnwick, Northumberland Mrs Jeanette Begg Niven, For services to the Wates Foundation. Miss Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Double bass player. For services to music. Conor O'Cleary, For services to Public Transport. Geoffrey Oldfield, For services to Heritage in Nottinghamshire. Mrs Ann Ovenstone, Director, International Tortoise

Association. For services to Chelonia. Mrs Pamela Ann Packer, Personal secretary, HM Board of Inland Revenue. Catherine Anne Page, For services to Trampolining in North West England. Stephen Paget, For services to Disabled People and to the National Lotteries Charities Board in South West England. Mrs Christine Frances Hyde Pardoe, For services to the League of Friends of Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital, Kent. Mrs Deborah Lyn Parry, For services to Energy Consumers in Yorkshire. Mrs Joan Valerie Payne, For services to the community in Bromley, Kent. Shoreham, Kent Mrs Barbara Valerie Peacock, Head, Ashlyns Pregnant Schoolgirl Unit, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For services to Health and Education. Mrs Margaret Pearson, School and Clinic Nurse. For services to Health Care for Young People in Sandwell, West Midlands. Peter Pendlington, Higher Executive Officer, Child Benefit Agency, Department of Social

Security. Mrs Joanna Jane Peppiatt, For charitable services, through Turville Books, in Oxfordshire. Mrs Anne Elizabeth Perchard, For services to Jersey Cattle. Mrs Janet Sandra Petts, For charitable services to Bassetlaw Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire. Graham Robert Pilkington, Northern Operations manager, Wastewater. For services to Regeneration. Mrs Eileen Mary Pinder, For services to the community in Evesham, Worcestershire. Worcester, Worcestershire Miss Nicola Ponsford, For services to Women's Rugby Union Football. Robert William Frederick Poole, Columnist and Author. For services to Journalism and to Rural Affairs. James Colin Porteous, For services to the community, especially Disabled People, in York. John Rennie Porteous, For services to the Board of Visitors' National Advisory Council. Mrs Mavis Maureen Porter, Lately Range B, HMTreasury. Rhodri John

Powell, For charitable services to the community in South Wales. Cardiff Mrs Annie Muriel Pritchard, For services to the community in Bangor, Gwynedd. Bangor, Gwynedd Alison Gail Ramsay, For services to Hockey. Brian Anthony Ramsay, Resident manager, Millington Court, Uckfield. For services during Floods.