Baroness

Usha Kumari Prashar, CBE, Chairman, Parole Board. Vivien Helen Stern, CBE, Secretary General, Penal Reform International.

BaronS

The Right Honourable Sir Robert Fellowes, GCB, GCVO, QSO, Lately private secretary to The Queen. Sir Norman Foster, O.M., Architect; chairman, Foster and Partners. Sir Ronald Oxburgh, KBE, Rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. Sir Henry Dennistoun Stevenson, CBE, Chairman, Pearson plc and AerFi Group plc.

Privy Counsellors

Edward Alan John George, Governor, Bank of England. Sir Alan Haselhurst, MP, Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden; chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker. Stephen Barry Jones, MP, Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside. Giles Heneage Radice, MP, Member of Parliament for Durham North.

KNIGHTS BACHELOR

William Norman Adsetts, OBE, Chair of Governors, Sheffield Hallam University, for services to the community in Sheffield. Thomas Boaz Allen, CBE, for services to Opera. John Reginald Hartnell Bond, Group chairman, HSBC Holdings plc, for services to Banking. Hugh Roy Graham Cameron, QPM, Chief Constable, Lothian and Borders Police, for services to the Police. Frank John Davies, CBE, Chairman, Health and Safety Commission, for services to the Health and Safety of the Public. Brian Edward Frederick Fender, CMG, for services to the University of Keele and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Alexander Chapman Ferguson, CBE, Manager, Manchester United Football Club, for services to Association Football. Anthony Armitage Greener, Chairman, Diageo plc, for services to the Drinks Industry. Maurice Hatter, Chairman IMO Precision Controls Ltd, for public services. Kenneth Joseph Jackson,

General secretary, Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, for services to Industrial Relations. Gordon Ronald Jarvis, for charitable services. Philip Stevens Ledger, CBE, Principal, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, for services to Music. Professor John Stanley Marsh, CBE, for services to the Agricultural Industry and to Agricultural Education. Trevor McDonald, OBE, for services to Broadcasting and Journalism. Paul Maxime Nurse, Director general, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, for services to Cell Biology and to Cancer Research. David Joseph O'Dowd, CBE, QPM, H.M. chief inspector of Constabulary, for services to Community Relations and to Standards within the Police. Professor Robert Keith O'Nions, FRS, Professor of the Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, University of Oxford, for services to the Earth Sciences. Professor Richard Peto, FRS, for services to Epidemiology and

to Cancer Prevention. John Weddell Robb, Chairman, British Energy plc, for services to the Energy Industry. The Honourable David Sieff, for services to the National Lottery Charities Board. Robert Haldane Smith, for services to the National Museums of Scotland. Robin Richard Tilt, Lately director general, H.M. Prison Service, Home Office. Professor Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy and Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, for services to Philosophy. David Reeve Williams, CBE, Leader, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, for services to Local Government and to the Local Government Association.

KCB

Michael George Bichard, Permanent secretary, Department for Education and Employment. James Christopher Jenkins, CB, QC, First Parliamentary Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel Office. John Michael Medlicott Vereker, CB, Permanent secretary, Department for International Development.

CB

George Bertram, Director, National Insurance Contributions Office, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Edgar Vincent Buckley, Assistant under secretary, Ministry of Defence. David Chesterton, for services to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Edward John Watson Gieve, Director, Public Services Directorate, H.M. Treasury. Colin Cameron MacDonald, Principal Establishment Officer, Scottish Office. John Cameron McCluskie, QC, First Scottish Parliamentary Counsel and lately Legal secretary to the Lord Advocate. David Edgar Joseph Nissen, Solicitor and director general, Legal Services, Department of Trade and Industry. Miss Gillian Mae Noble, Deputy director, Public Services Directorate, H.M. Treasury. Norman Patrick Roberts, for public service. John Turner, Director, Jobcentre Services, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment.

CMG

David William Brewer, Lately chairman, Sedgwick Insurance and Risk Management Consultants Ltd, for services to Export.

KCVO

Maj Gen Peter Aldcroft Downward, CB, DSO, DFC, Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. Christopher Kingston Howes, CB, CVO, Second commissioner and chief executive, Crown Estate. Lt Col Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross, CVO, OBE, Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office.

CVO

John Hepworth Holroyd, CB, Secretary for Appointments to the Prime Minister. Stephen Mark Jeffrey Lamport, Private secretary and Treasurer to The Prince of Wales. The Very Reverend Gilleasbuig Macmillan, Chaplain to The Queen in Scotland and Dean of the Order of the Thistle. Mrs Lucy Annora Murphy, LVO, Information Officer, Household of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Mrs Felicity Margaret Salisbury Murdo-Smith, LVO, Information Officer, Press Office, Buckingham Palace.

LVO

The Reverend William Booth, Sub-Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal and Domestic Chaplain. Dr. Michael Charles de St. Pierre Bunbury, Medical Practitioner. Chief Inspector Stephen Orme Burgess, MVO, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Robert Cook, MVO, Lately Inventory Clerk, Windsor Castle. Frederick Donald Fox, Milliner. William Edward Robin Hood Hastings Bass, The Earl of Huntingdon, Racehorse Trainer. Malcolm Metcalfe, Member of the Canadian Steering Committee of The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference. Mrs Araminta Mary Ritchie, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal. The Reverend John Phillips Robson, Chaplain of The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy and Chaplain of the Royal Victorian Order. Robert Forbes Taylor, Trustee, United Kingdom Fund of The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference.

MVO

Miss Helen Elizabeth Asprey, Secretary to the Equerry to The Duke of Edinburgh. Roy Brown, Maintenance manager, Buckingham Palace and Royal Mews. Mrs Jean Young Clark, Secretary to the Crown Equerry. Norman Robert Cooper, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Mrs Anne Rae Gordon, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. Mrs Maureen Patricia Holland, Secretary, Household of The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Sqn Ldr Jeremy David Marshall, Lately Pilot, 32 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Miss Fiona Frances McNeile, Secretary, Royal Farms, Windsor. Chief Superintendent David Stanley Reeve, Norfolk Constabulary. Mrs Lisa Penelope Sharp, Secretary, Household of The Prince Edward. Mrs Amanda Charlotte Yaxley, Lately Personnel and Administrative manager, Household of The Prince of Wales.

RVM

David James Benefer, Glasshouse manager, Sandringham Estate. Yeoman Warder Peter Birch, Chapel Clerk, Chapel Royal, H.M. Tower of London. Gerald Blomfield, Hairdresser. James Albert Cox, Maintenance Officer, Windsor Castle. Stephen Henry Ronald Marshall, Assistant Yeoman of the Royal Pantries. James Alexander McDonald, Painter, Balmoral Estate. David Arthur Pithers, Woodman, Crown Estate, Windsor. Robert Rowlands, Stud Groom, Royal Studs. Colin John Seymour, Painter, Crown Estate, Windsor. John Thomas, Estate Maintenance, Yorkshire Survey, Duchy of Lancaster.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, CIVIL

GBE

The Right Honourable Sir Stephen Brown, For services to the Family Court System.

DBE

Mrs Antonia Susan Byatt, CBE, Author. For services to Literature. Mrs Mavis Grant, Headteacher, Mary Trevelyan Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne, for services to Education. Mrs Norma Christina Elizabeth Major, For charitable services, especially MENCAP. Mrs Yvonne Moores, Chief Nursing Officer. Department of Health, for services to the Nursing Profession. Helen May Reeves, OBE, for services to the Victim Support Movement. Professor Lesley Jill Southgate, General Medical Practitioner, London, for services to Standards of Practice and to Primary Care. Maureen Elizabeth, Lady Thomas, for political, cultural and charitable services.

KBE

The Right Honourable William Francis, Baron Deedes of Aldington, for services to journalism and to humanitarian causes. Aldington, Kent.

CBE

Gerald Acher, Senior Partner, KPMG London Office and vice chairman, Motability, for services to Transport for Disabled People. Stephen James Lister Adamson, for services to the Insolvency Profession. Professor Michael William Adler, Chairman, National AIDS Trust, Professor of Genito-Urinary Medicine, for services to the Treatment of People with AIDS. Craigie Ronald John Aitchison, Painter, for services to Art. Paul Percival Altobell, Lately chief executive, Defence Analytical Services Agency, Ministry of Defence. Professor John Maxwell Anderson, Chairman, Building Regulations Advisory Committee, for services to Building and the Development of Building Regulations. William Ashworth, Chairman, East Lancashire Health Authority, for services to Health Care. Professor Alan David Baddeley, FRS, Professor of Psychology, University of Bristol, for services to the Study of Human Memory. Joan Dawson

Bakewell, for services to Broadcasting, Journalism and the Arts. Joseph Brian Baldwin, Chairman, National Employers' Organisation and Joint chairman, National Joint Council for Local Government Services, for services to Local Government. Professor Jangu Edal Banatvala, Professor of Clinical Virology, United Medical and Dental Schools, for services to the Prevention of Viral Hepatitis. John Charles Barnard, Collector, Thames Valley, H.M. Board of Customs and Excise. Dennis Bate, Managing director, Bovis North, for services to the New Deal. Professor John Oliver Bayley, for services to English Literature. Robin Bidwell, Chairman, Environmental Resources Management Ltd, for services to the Environment. James Craig Brown, for services to Association Football. John Pattie Bennet Bryce, Assistant director, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Miss Deborah Clare Bull, for services to Dance. Simon Philip

Hugh Callow, Actor and director, for services to Drama. Professor Averil Millicent Cameron, Warden, Keble College, University of Oxford, for services to Classical Scholarship. Professor Ian Rennell Cameron, Vice Chancellor, University of Wales College of Medicine, for services to Respiratory Medicine and to Higher Education. Professor Melhado Chevannes, for services to Multi-Cultural Nursing. Lawrence Richard Christensen, Logistics director, Safeway Stores plc and president, Freight Transport Association, for services to the Freight Transport and Logistics Industry. Professor Eric McCredie Clive, Commissioner, Scottish Law Commission. David Bilsland Cobb, JP, Executive chairman, James Fisher and Sons plc, for services to Shipping and the Shipbuilding Industry. Michael Herbert Collier, Chief executive, One North East and lately chief executive, Funding Agency for Schools, for services to Education.

His Honour Judge Paul Howard Collins, Director of Studies, Judicial Studies Board. Allan Vincent Cannon Cook, Technical director, Accounting Standards Board, for services to the Accountancy Profession. Christopher Cosgrave, Headteacher, St. John the Divine Primary School, Lambeth, London, for services to Education. Thomas Peter Robin Crane, Chairman, Royal Society for Nature Conservation, for services to Wildlife Conservation. Mrs Hilary Mary Cropper, Chief executive, FI Group, for services to the Finance Industry. Professor Anthony John Culyer, for services to Research and Development in the NHS. John Deacon, Director general, British Phonographic Industry Limited, for services to the Music Industry. Christopher Drinkwater, General Medical Practitioner, Newcastle upon Tyne, for services to Medicine. Norman Fraser Duncan, Lately head of Branch, Social Care Group, Department of Health. Norman

Nicolson Wallace Dunlop, for services to the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board. Professor Dianne Edwards, FRS, Distinguished Research Professor of Palaeobotany, University of Wales, Cardiff, for services to Botany. Mrs Margaret Elliott, for services to Business Gordon David Etherington, Lately chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service. Terry Farrage, Head, Immigration Service Ports Directorate, Home Office. Christopher Ernest Fay, Lately chairman and chief executive, Shell UK Ltd, for services to the Offshore Gas and Oil Industry. Sydney John Ford, Chief executive, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Lady Antonia Fraser, Writer, for services to Literature. Arthur Michael Johnstone Galsworthy, DL, Chairman, Trewithen Estates Management Company and chairman, The In Pursuit of Excellence Partnership for Cornwall,

for services to the community in Cornwall. Professor Peter Bryan Garland, for services to Cancer Research and to Biotechnology. Anthony John Gavin, Headteacher, St. Margaret's Academy, Livingston, for services to Developing Standards in Education. Christopher John Gorringe, Chief executive, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, for services to Lawn Tennis. David Roger Grayson, OBE, Chairman, National Disability Council, for services to Disabled People. Douglas Eric George Griffiths, Commissioner and Deputy chief executive, The Crown Estate. Christopher James Hampton, Playwright, for services to Literature. Eric Ronald Hassall, DSC, Chairman, British Geological Survey, for services to Business/Science Links. David George Heywood, Chairman, Remploy Ltd, for services to the Employment of Disabled People. Rodney Irad Hills, Leader, York City Council, for services to Local Government and the

City of York. Barbara Nancy Hosking, OBE, for services to Women's Issues and to Broadcasting. Professor John Wallace Hunt, for services to Management Development. Philip John Hunter, Director of Education, Staffordshire County Council, for services to Education. Ann James, for services to Social Welfare. David Charles Jones, Chief executive, Next plc, for services to the Retail Industry and the community. Mrs Julia Elizabeth King, Managing director, Rolls-Royce Fan Systems, for services to Materials Engineering. Brian Langdon, H.M. chief inspector of Mines, Health and Safety Executive, Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Professor Meirion Francis Lewis, Lately Senior Fellow, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. Professor Margot Ruth Aline Lister, Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University, for services to Social Issues. Professor Derek

Alfred Walter Lovejoy, for services to Landscape Architecture. Professor Rona McLeod MacKie, Professor of Dermatology, University of Glasgow, for services to Dermatology and Melanoma Research. Michael John Marshall, DL, for services to the Engineering Industry and to the community in Cambridgeshire. Gavin George Masterton, Treasurer and managing director, Bank of Scotland, for services to Banking. George Henry Moore, TD, for services to the NHS Jan Morris, for services to Literature. Robert Harry Beale Neame, DL, Chairman, Shepherd Neame Ltd, for services to the Brewing Industry, Tourism and the community. John Newing, QPM, Chief Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary, for services to the Police. Christopher John Oakley, Chief executive, Regional Independent Newspapers, for services to the Newspaper Industry. Wallace Olins, for services to the use of Design in Business. Christopher Stuart Parker,

Headteacher, Nottingham High School and chairman, Advisory Group on Independent/State School Partnerships, for services to Education. Chaitanya Patel, for services to the Development of Social Care Policies. Mrs Catherine Eleanor Porteous, for services to the Arts and to the National Council of One Parent Families. Robert Andrew Prickett, Lately chief Crown Prosecutor for Wales, Crown Prosecution Service. Miss Barbara Davis Rae, Artist, for services to Art. Colin Leslie Reeves, Director, Finance and Performance, NHS Executive, Department of Health. David William Richardson, for services to the British Chambers of Commerce. Professor Elizabeth Mary Russell, for services to Public Health Medicine. James Gordon Russell, QFSM, Lately chief Fire Officer, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, for services to the Fire Service. Bryan Kaye Sanderson, Chief executive, BP Amoco Chemicals, for services

to the Chemical Industry. Iain David Saville, Chief executive Officer, Crestco, for services to the Finance Industry. Sukhdev Sharma, for services to Community Relations. Thomas Joseph Shaw, for public service Roy Derek Shelley, Business Group director, GKN Westland Helicopters Ltd, for services to the Defence Industry. Mrs Anne Odling-Smee, for services to Education Grahame Reginald Smith, DL, Lately director, head of Sellafield Site, BNFL, for services to BNFL and to the community in Cumbria. Miss Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson, Actress, for services to Drama. John Honeyman Swainson, Assistant director, Department of Social Security. David Malcolm Taylor, Assistant chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Keith John Thomas, Director of Highways, Welsh Office. Mrs Margaret Elspeth Thomas, for services to the British Red Cross Society. John Robin Thompson, Director,

Strategic Planning, Kent County Council, for services to Town and Country Planning. David James Knights Trench, Site and Structures director, Millennium Dome, for services to the Construction Industry. Alan George Tritton, DL, for services to Anglo/Indian Relations and to the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage. Michael John Turner, Executive director, British Aerospace plc, for services to the Aerospace Industry, frederick Alfred John Emery-Wallis, Leader, Hampshire County Council, for services to the community in Hampshire. Martin Robert Weale, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, for services to Economics. David Welch, Chief executive, Royal Parks Agency, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Andrew Williamson, Director of Social Services, Devon, for services to Social Services. John Wilson, SCS, Ministry of Defence. Canon Kenyon Edward Wright, for services

to Constitutional Reform and Devolution in Scotland.

OBE

Charles Henry Adams, for services to Community Relations Lewis Drummond Adams, Training consultant, Millennium Drivers, for services to the Railway Industry and to Employee Relations. David Alderdice, for services to Local Government Dominic Allen, for services to Sport Professor William Allen Alsop, for services to Architecture. David James Charles Anderson, Head of Education, Victoria and Albert Museum, for services to Museums. Professor Michael Anderson, Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Edinburgh, for services to Education. William F. T. Anderson, Chairman, Aberlour Child Care Trust, for services to Child Welfare. Professor Desmond Brian Archer, for services to Ophthalmic Surgery Ernest Robin Asprey, Lately Grade 7, Intervention Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Gerald Atkins, Group Business Development director, Vivendi plc, for services to the

Environment through Combined Heat and Power. Mrs Anne Ayris, Lately Grade 7, Ministry of Defence. Miss Carys Margaret Bannister, Consultant Neurosurgeon, for services to Neurosurgery in Manchester. Mervyn Barrett, for services to the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. John Barry, Composer, for services to Music. Bernard William James Baxter, JP, for services to the Magistracy in North Tyneside. Brian Beanland, Chairman, Park Royal Partnership, for services to Business and to Regeneration in London. Mrs Moira Beattie, for services to Macmillan Nursing in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Samantha Mary Constance Beckett, Range F, H.M. Treasury, for services to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Committee. Sister Dorothy Bell, for services to Education. Mrs Maeve Bell, for services to Consumers John Peter Bevan, Corporate Communications Executive, Sony Manufacturing,

for services to Industry and to the community in Bridgend, South Wales. John Leslie Bird, for services to the Corporation of London and to charities. Don Black, Lyricist, for services to Music. William Lilly Black, for services to the University of Kingston-upon-Hull. Professor Frederick Wilgar Boal, for services to Regional Planning and Urban Development Kenneth Bodfish, Member, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, for services to International Affairs in Local Government. Robert David Bolton, for services to the Community Paul Max Bonner, for services to Broadcasting. Edward Martin Bowen, for services to Secondary Education Miss Julia Bracewell, for services to Sport, especially Fencing. Professor Ian Bremner, Deputy director, Rowett Research Institute, for services to Biological Science. Professor Fred Brown, FRS, for services to the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee. Kennedy

John Henry Brown, Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee, House of Commons. Mungo Bryson, Farmer, for services to Agriculture and to the community in Kirkcudbright. Anthony Francis Burgess, Lately Area Administrator, Crown Prosecution Service. David James Carr, for services to the community in Staffordshire. Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad, DL, for services to the Country Landowners' Association and to the Rural Community. Ernest John Chumrow, Chairman, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust, for services to the Regeneration of Waltham Forest. Miss Margaret Anita Clark, Director, Countryside Agency, for services to Rural Development. Professor Peter Cochrane, for services to Global Telecommunications. Martin Sean Coffey, QFSM, Deputy chief Fire Officer, London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, for services to the Fire Service. Windsor Coles, Lately H.M. Principal Electrical Inspector,

Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Mrs Sheila Kay Compton, for services to the Debra Stappard Trust. Thomas Stephen Corrigan, for services to the Charter Mark Award Scheme. William Cowell, for services to Health Care for People with a Learning Disability. Rowland Cowley, Ophthalmic Surgeon, for services to the Prevention of Eye Diseases in the Third World. Robert James Leslie Craig, for services to Agriculture and to the community Mrs Christine Crathorne, Grade 7, Department for Education and Employment. Mrs Ruth Eva Crawley, for services to Equal Opportunities in the Legal Profession. Professor David William Thomasson Crompton, for services to the Development of Health Care Services in West Africa. Garth Crooks, for services to the Institute of Professional Sport. Mrs Vernester Camilla Cyril, Midwife and Ward manager, Royal Gwent Hospital,

for services to Community Relations in South East Wales. Parag Chandra Das, Project director, Bridge Management, Quality Services, Highways Agency. Morgyn Davies, Grade 7, Ministry of Defence. Peter Anthony Davies, Director, Stage 2 Trading, Electricity Pool of England and Wales, for services to the Power Industry. Spencer Davies, Managing director, Spencer Davies Engineering, for services to the New Deal in Wales. William Bryan Davies, for services to the Rhondda Health Care NHS Trust. Professor Peter Hobley Davison, Research Professor of English, De Montfort University, for services to Literature. David Thomson Deas, for services to the Construction Industry, especially the Chartered Institute of Building. John Dolan, Head, Central Library, Birmingham City Council, for services to Librarianship and Information Provision. Alistair Donaldson, General manager, Meat and Livestock Commission,

for services to the Meat and Livestock Industry. Stephen John Whittick Druitt, Managing director, SIAS Ltd, for services to Improving Traffic Modelling. John Greenwell Dunbar, for services to Architectural History. James Durcan, Principal, Ruskin College, Oxford, for services to Adult Education. Hugh Roger Dyas, for services to Sugar Beet Research and Development. John Brian Edwards, Grade 6, Ministry of Defence. Walter Elliott, JP, for services to Farming Professor Roger Alfred Fairhurst Ellis, for services to Third Level Education John Elstrop, JP, for services to the Administration of Justice in Durham. Michael William James Etwell, Lately Executive director Production, Eurostar Ltd, for services to the Rail Industry. Anthony Herbert Everington, General Medical Practitioner, London, for services to Inner City Primary Care. Charles Don Petrie Farquhar, Member, Dundee City Council, for services

to Local Government and to the Community. Mrs Margaret Brigid Feore, for public service., Ian Keith Ferguson, for services to Palynology and Botany and to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Donald George Filleul, for services to the Cultural and Historical Heritage of Jersey. David John Harvey Fisher, for services to the NHS in Wales. Cedric Denis Ford, for charitable services to the University and City of Nottingham. John Barclay Forrest, Farmer, for services to UK Cereals Exports. George MacDonald Fraser, Author, for services to Literature. Anthony John Frith, Lately head Prison Catering Services, Prison Service, Home Office. Michael John Fuhr, Project director, Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Anne Alison Gee, for services to the British Red Cross Society in Dorset. Mrs Marilyn Elizabeth Gibbons, Lately Headteacher, Caia Park Nursery School,

Wrexham, for services to Nursery Education. John Newton Gibbs, Head of Pathology, Forest Research, Forestry Commission. Simon Gibson, President and chief executive, Ubiquity Software Ltd, for services to Industry and to the community in South Wales. Professor Frederick James Gordon, for public service Professor David John Green, R.A.F., for services to the Spitfire Society. Miss Rosamund Lydia Griffin, for services to the Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor. John Lloyd Hamilton, Director and chairman, County Durham Training and Enterprise Council, for services to Industrial, Training and Education Issues. Peter John Hammond, Lately Grade 7, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Dennis Harding, for charitable services in Derbyshire. Tom Grafton Hassall, Lately secretary/chief executive, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Antony Worraker Hayward,

for services to the National Association of Local Councils. Miss Beryl Minnie Hayward, JP, for services to the Administration of Justice in Shropshire. John Charles Frederick Hayward, Registrar and secretary, University of Durham and Provost, University of Durham, Stockton Campus, for services to Higher Education Management. Professor Patsy Healey, Director, Centre for Research in European Urban Environments, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle, for services to Planning. Walter John Herriot, Managing director, St. John's Innovation Centre Ltd., Cambridge, for services to Industry in East England. Peter James Hewitt, Lately director, Community and Social Services, Salford City Council, for services to Social Services. Dietrich Adolf Hofmann, Director, Design Unit, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for services to the Royal Navy. Sandra Horley, Chief executive,

Refuge, for services to the Protection of Women and Children suffering Domestic Violence. Miss Valerie Georgina Howarth, for services to ChildLine. Enda Hughes, Constable, West Midlands Police, for services to Crime Reduction in Coventry. J. Quentin Hughes, MC*, for services to Architecture and Conservation in North West England. Judith Anne Hunt, Lately chief executive, Local Government Management Board, for services to Equal Opportunities. Brig Geoffrey William Hutton, DL, for services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Avon and Severnside. Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Innes, JP, for services to the Administration of Justice in Leeds. Mrs Joan Millicent Jenkins, BEM, for services to Women's Health Concern. John Robin Jenkins, Author, for services to Literature. Travis Lloyd Johnson, for services to Community Action and Support against Crime in Leeds. Brian George

Jones, for services to Ballooning. Professor George William Jones, for services to the National Consumer Council. Neil Trevor Jones, Headteacher, Ysgol Glanymor Comprehensive, Pwllheli, for services to Standards and Leadership in Education. Mrs Marjorie Keenan, for services to People with Learning Disabilities Ronald Hugh Kemsley, for services to the Winged Fellowship Trust and to Disabled People. Naseem Fatima Khan, for services to Cultural Diversity. Mrs Rosemarie Khan, For services to Standards in Dental Hygiene. Ernest Townley Kinder, JP, President, Bradford and District Association for Deaf People, for services to Disabled People and to the community in West Yorkshire. Norman James King, Chairman, WHO Pan-European Task Force on National Environmental Health Action Plans, for services to Environment and Health. Michael H. Kreuzer, Director, Technical and UK, for services to the Medical

Systems Industry. Alan George Ladd, Lately assistant Comptroller, National Investment and Loans Office. Bhupindar Kumar Lakhanpaul, Assistant director, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Professor Frederick Last, Lately Member, Scottish Natural Heritage, for services to Environmental Science. Miss Catherine Law, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, for services to Public Health. Susanna Lucy Lawrence, General Medical Practitioner, Leeds, for services to Patient Care, especially for Drug Misusers. Robert Henry Layton, Lately Grade 6, Department of Social Security. Alan John Leaman, for political and public services. Roger Geoffrey Luxton, Principal Inspector, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, for services to Education Standards. Mrs Valerie MacIver, Chairman, Highland Council Education Committee, for services to Education. Christopher Ian

Mallender, for services to Unemployed People and to the New Deal in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Mrs Jean Mary Marsh, Chairman, Shropshire County Council, for services to Local Government and to the community. Ernest Harold Marshall, for services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Essex. Miss Angela Mason, Executive director, Stonewall, for services to Homosexual rights. Professor Adam Clark McBride, for services to the Understanding of Mathematics in Schools. John Alphonsus McCartney, for public service Liam Gerard McKenna, Founder and Executive director, R, frazier Ltd, for services to the Computer Industry and to the Environment. William McNamara, Managing director, Oakwood Leisure Park, Pembrokeshire, for services to Tourism in Wales. Michael Edward Lovelace Melluish, Treasurer, Marylebone Cricket Club, for services to Cricket. Professor John Miles, Ecological Adviser to the secretary

of State for Scotland, Scottish Office. Keith C. Miles, for services to Anglo/Slovenian Relations. Colin Millbanks, Chief executive, Mayne Nickless Express North America and Europe, for services to the Variety Club. David Robert Moorcroft, MBE, for services to Athletics. Walter Moorcroft, potter, for services to the Ceramic Industry. Mrs Anne Winifred Morgan, for services to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, Wales. Arthur MacGregor Morris, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, for services to Plastic Surgery and to the BMA. Richard Sidney Morris, Lately managing director, CPRC, for services to Export and to Credit Insurance. Mrs Patricia Morrison, Technical Adviser, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Cerri Martin Morse, Headteacher, Penrhys Junior School, Rhondda Cynon Taff, for services to Education. Leonard Arthur Moss, for services to the community

on Guernsey. Allan MacKinnon Mowatt, Chairman, South Eastern Branch of the Institution of Highways and Transportation, for services to Highways and Transportation. Professor James Lothian Murray, Director of Business Development, Scottish Design Ltd, for services to Business Development. Jennifer Susan Murray, Presenter, Woman's Hour, for services to Radio Broadcasting. William George Myers, Joint chairman, Health and Safety Executive/Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee, for services to Health and Safety. Michael Bernard New, for services to Aquaculture in Developing Countries. Mrs Gillian Nott, Lately chief executive, ProShare, for services to Financial Education, frederick Joseph Oman, Project manager, HMS Ocean, GEC Marine, for services to the Shipbuilding Industry. David Owen, Executive director, Share the Vision, for services to Librarianship and Information Provision. Brian

Sidney Pack, Chief executive, ANM Group Ltd, for services to the Agriculture, Food and Marketing Industries in Scotland. Alan Albert Parrish, Nurse Adviser in Learning Disabilities, Royal College of Nursing, for services to Nursing. Nicholas Wyndham Partridge, Chief executive, Terrence Higgins Trust, for services to people affected by HIV/AIDS. Miss Elizabeth Louise Passmore, Head, School Improvement Division, Office for Standards in Education. Kamlesh Kumar Patel, for services to Health Issues within Ethnic minority communities. Professor William Edgar Paterson, Director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, for services to German Scholarship. Brian Kenneth Peppiatt, for services to Save the Children. Graham Keith Perolls, for services to the Ellenor Foundation. John Charles Perry, Assistant director, Consumer Affairs Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry. Mrs

Patricia Ann Petch, JP, Chair, National Governors' Council, for services to Education. Professor David Phillips, Head, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, for services to Science Education. Mrs Margaret Pieters, Constable, Metropolitan Police, for services to the Police. Mrs Stella Pirie, Chairman, WESTEC, for services to Training and Enterprise in the former County of Avon. Mrs Dilys Plant, Lately Grade 5, Office of Water Services. Professor Nigel John Poole, External and Regulatory Affairs manager, Zeneca Plant Science, for services to the Biotechnology Industry. Mrs Katrine Elisabeth Prince, for services to professional Tourist Guiding. Col Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet, TD, DL, for services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Bedfordshire. Dennis Wyndham Puddle, BEM, for services to Local Government and to the community

in Blaenavon, South Wales. Elizabeth Mary Purves, Writer and Broadcaster, for services to Journalism. Robert Purves, Lately director of Operations, Nursing and Quality, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust, for services to Health Care. Ruth Mary Rattenbury, Lately head of Exhibitions, Tate Gallery, for services to Visual Arts. Mrs Elsbeth Rea, for services to the Police The Reverend John Patrick Reardon, General secretary, the Council for Churches of Britain and Ireland, for services to Ecumenicalism. John Mackay Reid, Chartered Patent Agent, for services to the Patent Profession. Mrs Janice Kay Richards, MBE, Assistant private secretary to the Prime Minister. James Richardson, QPM, Lately Deputy chief Constable, Strathclyde Police, for services to the Police. Miss Ann Clare Riches, for services to the Preservation of Buildings. Mrs Rosamund Rigby, Co-director, Folkworks, for services to

Traditional Music and to the Arts in the North of England. Mrs Ann Margaret Risman, Principal, Richmond Adult and Community College, Surrey, for services to Further Education. William Malcolm Ritchie, Lately chairman, North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust, for services to Health Care. Philip Bradbury Robinson, Lately chairman, Business Link, North Derbyshire, for services to Industry and Commerce. John William Rosenthal, Lately chief executive Officer, GKN Defence, for services to the Defence Industry. William George Row, Director, Technical Services, Corporation of London, for services to the City of London. Mrs Usha Sahni, Headteacher, Argyle Primary School, Kings Cross, London, for services to Education. Mrs Michaela Sarah Sheila Saunders, Headteacher, Shaw Park Primary School, Hull, for services to Education. Richard Peter Scott, Grade 6, Ministry of Defence. Peter Charles Shiells, Divisional

director, Bachy Soletanche Ltd, for services to the Construction Industry. Mrs Margaret Mary Smart, Director, Catholic Education Service, for services to Education. Mrs Audrey Smith, Member, Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Committee, for services to the Inland Waterways Association. Colin Smith, Chief executive, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, for services to the Regeneration of Oldham, Lancashire. Douglas Percy Smith, for services to the Royal British Legion. Robert James Smith, Grade 6, H.M. Land Registry, Lord Chancellor's Department. Ian Sparks, for services to The Children's Society. Derek James Spratling, Team Leader, Valuation Office Agency, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Miss Beryl Steele, Lately director, Thames Reach, for services to Homeless People. Professor Christopher David Stephens, Head, Division of Child Dental Health, University of Bristol, for services to the use

of IT in the Dental Profession and to Education. Edward Allen Stevens, JP, for services to the Administration of Justice in Dorset. Mrs Patricia Lesley Stewart, Headteacher, Clatterbridge School, Wirral, for services to Special Needs Education. Aidan Bertram Gordon Stokes, Principal, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College, for services to Education Policy. Norman Kelvin Stoller, MBE, DL, President, Seton Scholl Group plc, for services to the Business Community in Manchester. Christopher Harry Stratton, Chairman, Forestry Commission's Regional Advisory Committee for the Midlands and East England, for services to Forestry. Peter Thomas Swan, for services to the Sea Cadets Association. Thomas Macklyn Swan, Chairman and managing director, Thomas Swan and Company, for services to the Chemical Industry. Andrew Dawson Taylor, Director and head, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, for

services to Neutron Scattering. Miss Valerie Margaret Taylor, Manager, Information Services, Export Credit Guarantee Department, Department of Trade and Industry. Mrs Therese Mary Teasdale, Director of Personnel, Finance and Services, Thames Valley Police, for services to the Police. William John Thomson, President, ASIA, Clyde Blowers plc, for services to Export. Trevor Richard Thurgate, Lately Grade 6, Ministry of Defence. William Trant, for services to Community Relations. Mrs Shirley Jean Trundle, Grade 5, Childcare Unit, Department for Education and Employment. John Michael Leal Uren, for services to the Royal London Society for the Blind. Michael William Vann, Assistant director, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Mrs Diana Janet Vass, Head of Publications, NHS Estates, Department of Health. Maj Philip George Verdin, MC, DL, for services to the Royal British Legion and to Agriculture in

Herefordshire. Miss Julie Walters, Actress, for services to Drama. Kenneth Alan Watling, Head, Efficiency and Private Finance Unit, H.M. Board of Customs and Excise. Eric Laurence Watts, Lately County Youth and Community Officer, Kent, for services to Young People. John Webber, Lately Grade 7, Ministry of Defence. Colin Williams, Director of Carers Support, the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, for services to Carers and to the Voluntary Sector. Hector Alexander Williamson, Regional director of Sales, Royal Mint. Professor Ian Wilmut, Project Leader, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, for services to Embryo Development. John Robert Wilson, Director general, British Apparel and Textile Confederation, for services to the Clothing and Textiles Industry. Jeremy Michael Wooding, Managing director, International Marketing and Sales, British Aerospace, for services to the Aviation Industry. Arthur Ernest

John Youngs, Lately Grade 7, Ministry of Defence.

MBE

Miss Jean Rosemary Adams, for services to the Easdale Island Folk Museum, Argyll. Tony Adams, for services to Association Football. Miss Joan Delano Aiken, Author, for services to Children's Literature. Mrs Nina Rose Alcock, for services to Education in Suffolk. James MacMillan Anderson, for services to Organic Farming. John Lothian Anderson, Lately Senior Agricultural Economist, Scottish Agricultural College, for services to Agriculture. Douglas Arthur Anson, Postman, for services to the Royal Mail and to the community in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Charles Marcus Arman, for services to the Thaxted Society and to Conservation. Mrs Dorothy May Bagnall, for services to the community in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Mrs Mavis Fraser Bain, for services to Educational Examinations in Scotland. Mrs Cherry Baker, for services to the Risborough Community Association, Buckinghamshire. Kenny Baker, for

services to Jazz Music. Terence William Baker, for services to the Disabled Drivers' Association in Swansea. Mrs Cathy Bakewell, for political and public services. Thomas Longstaff Balmer, Farm worker, for services to Traditional Farming Skills and Methods. Mrs Patricia Ann Banks, Clerical Support Team Leader, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. James Barber, for services to the St. Andrew's Ambulance Service. Miss Christine Barnes, Revenue Officer, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Peter R.O. Barnett, for services to the secretary of State for Scotland's Fisheries Committee. Hoyland Barrack, for services to the Royal British Legion in Boston, Lincolnshire. Miss Dorothy Francis Bartholomew, for services to Christian Aid in Norwich, Norfolk. Mrs Marie-Noelle Barton, for services to the Engineering Council's Women into Science and Engineering Campaign. Brian Beacom, Lately Convener, Greater Glasgow Health

Council, for services to Health and to the Community. Mrs Betty Beale, for charitable services to the community through Music in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Mrs Joan Margaret Elizabeth Beck, for services to the community in Holmfirth, Huddersfield. Mrs Audrey Amelia Mary Beeches, for services to the South Reach Youth Club, Erith, Kent. George Douglas Bell, for services to the University of Paisley and to the community. Terrance Robert Benson, Ancillary Heavy Cleaner, GEC Marine, for services to the Defence Industry. Jack Berry, for services to the community in Chipping, Lancashire. Brian William Bevan, Superintendent Coxswain, Humber Lifeboat Station, for services to Maritime Safety. James Birnie, for services to Working Conditions in the Construction Industry. Edward James Bishop, Constable, Gwent Constabulary, for services to Young People in Newport. Miss Susan Black, for services to the

community in Troutbeck, Cumbria. Mrs Barbara Mary Vyvyan Blackburn, for services to the Board of Visitors, H.M. Prison Risley. Mrs Hilda Ruvena Blackburn, for services to the WRVS at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Timothy John Blackmore, for services to Independent Radio Production. Thomas Blain, Senior Traffic Warden, Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, for services to the community. Tom Bloxham, for services to Architecture and Urban Regeneration in Liverpool and Manchester. McGregor Blyth, Higher Executive Officer, Office of Fair Trading. John Boddington, Principal Prison Officer, Prison Service, Home Office. Miss Christine Anne Bond, for services to Broxtowe Estate Enterprises, Nottingham. Mrs Olive Gwendoline Bowes, for services to the Royal Lifesaving Society UK. John Albert Bowker, Chairman, Isle of Wight Council, for services to the community on the Isle of Wight. Mrs Anne Catherine

Bowles, for services to the Newton Heath Youth and Community Association, Manchester. Miss Elsie Bowyer, for humanitarian services in Bosnia. Miss Doris Vera Boyd, Volunteer, St. Botolph's Project, for services to Homeless People in London. Mrs June Sylvia Brady, Lately Support manager, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. David Brannan, for services to Young People in Rymney, South Wales. Patrick Cecil Bridges, for services to the Magistrates' Court and to the community in Bath and Wansdyke.

Miss Janette Brittin, for services to Women's Cricket. Mrs Iris Shirley Broadbent, for services to the community in the West Midlands. Mrs Ivy Victoria Broadbent, for services to Road Safety in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Mrs Clare Elizabeth Brockbank, for services to the Armitt Library, Ambleside, Cumbria. John Stanley Brooks, for services to 75 Squadron Association. Mrs Anne-Marie Brown, Support manager, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Anthony Valentine Brown, Air Traffic Control Officer, for services to Aviation. Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Paterson-Brown, for services to Curling. Mrs Enid May Brown, for services to the 3H Fund and to Disabled People. Mrs Pamela Ada Brown, for services to the Friends of the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Mrs Ruth Brown, Ward manager, York District Hospital, for services to Nursing. Stuart Charles Brown, Lead Pensions Administrator, NHS Pensions

Agency, Department of Health. Mervyn Hervey Knox-Browne, JP, for services to Conservation and to the community in Perthshire. Miss Anna Cook Mair-McColl Bruce, Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. Michael Nevett Buckingham, Volunteer, Crisis, for services to Homeless People. John Buckle, Lieutenant, 146th London Boys' Brigade Company, Notting Hill, for services to the Boys' Brigade. Mrs Christine Mary Buckton, Education consultant, for services to Family Literacy. Mrs Ivy Mary Burdett, Footwear Perforator, Alfred Sargent and Sons Ltd, for services to the Footwear Industry. Mrs Joan Burgess, for services to Mentally and Physically Handicapped People in Buckinghamshire. Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Burnett, for services to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Movement William Burns, for services to Primary Education and to the Arts Leslie Busby, for services to the Police

Roland Walter Buss, Safety consultant and vice chairman, National Health and Safety Groups Council, for services to Health and Safety at Work. Geoffrey Malcolm Byham, Chief Engineer, GKN Westland Helicopters, for services to Helicopter Blade Development. George Sutherland Caithness, for services to the community in St. Andrews, Fife. Mrs Dorothy Joan Calder, for services to the community, especially Health Care, in Cambridgeshire. Mrs Elizabeth Marjorie Calvert, Lately School Crossing Patrol, for services to Road Safety in North Yorkshire. Derek MacPherson Cameron, Proprietor, Dominion Cinema, Edinburgh, for services to the Entertainment Industry. Anthony John Camp, for services to the Society of Genealogists. Mrs The Honourable Jennet Campbell, for services to Education and to Music in Cornwall. William Campbell, Plant and Transport manager, Esso Exploration and Production UK Ltd, for services

to the Oil Industry Miss Eva Cathleen Carter, for services to The Boys' Brigade and to the community in Brighton, East Sussex. Mrs Teresa Anne Carthew, for services to the Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Howard Chadwick, Managing director, Claro Precision Engineering Ltd, for services to Industry and Small Businesses in North Yorkshire. Lasburn Chambers, for services to the Greater Manchester Probation Service and Community Relations. Mrs Margaret Rose Chapman, Member, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, for services to the community in Bridlington. Mrs Annette Margaret Checksfield, Higher Executive Officer, Prison Service, Home Office. Miss Judith Ann Cherry, Director, Korea Business Services, for services to Export to Korea. Andrew Chester, Voluntary Observer, Meteorological Office, Nottinghamshire. James Andrews Cheyne, Executive Officer, Department of Social Security, faizur Rahman Choudhury,

for services to Community Relations in Birmingham. Mrs Elizabeth Clark, Lately School Crossing Patrol, Annette Street Primary School, Glasgow, for services to Road Safety. Peter Hewitt Peterson Clark, Coxswain Mechanic, Lerwick Lifeboat, for services to the RNLI. Col Henry Leslie Clarke, TD, for services to the community, especially Young People, in Ealing. Mrs Rose Clayton, Nursery Leader, Tartan Tots Day Nursery, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, for services to Nursery Education. George Alborough Cockman, for services to the community, especially Education, in Steyning, West Sussex. Mrs Sheila Coggrave, for services to the Samaritans Prison Support. Mrs Margaret McCubbin Cole, for services to the community, especially Stanmore Primary School, in Hampshire. Mrs Margaret Collins, Site manager, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, for services to the NHS. Miss Freda Compton, for services

to the community in Hartlepool, Cleveland. Miss Undine Concannon, for services to the London Planetarium. Stephen Leslie Connock, Chairman and chief executive, Institute of Customer Service, for services to Human Resource Management. Mrs Barbara Mary Connolly, for services to the Liverpool College Choral Society. Seamus Connolly, for services to Industry Ivan James Constance, Lately Senior Captain, ARC Manne Ltd, for services to the Marine Dredging Industry. Laurence Douglas Cook, for services to the Royal Naval Association and to Young People in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Mrs Sheila Maureen Cooper, Lately Welfare director, for services to the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund. Mrs Maureen Cope, for services to the Ardenglen Housing Association. Robert Jerome Corran, Coxswain, Douglas Lifeboat, for services to the RNLI on the Isle of Man. Robert Charles Cotton, for services to the Preservation

of Churches. Peter Courtier, Director, Bristol Racial Equality Council, for services to the community. Mrs Kathleen Cowap, for services to the community, especially First Aid, in Swansea. Anne Louise Cowie, for services to the Citizens Advice Bureau and the community in Saltash, Cornwall. John Andrew Cox, for services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Cheshire. Michael Joseph Eugene Cox, for services to the community in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Mrs Dinah Coyne, for services to the Campden Voluntary Help Group in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. David Darcy Cozens, for services to the Huntingdonshire Local History Society. Michael Crabb, for services to Music in Southend on Sea, Essex. Edmund Bootes Cranmer, for services to the community in Denton, Manchester.

Maurice Crathorne, Member, Durham City Council and Coxhoe Parish Council, for services to Local Government and to the community in Coxhoe. Douglas Andrew Cribb, for services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Bordon, Hampshire. Clifford Charles Croft, for services to Disabled People in Neath and Port Talbot. James Crozier, for services to the Fire Service. Mrs Rita Culwick, Lately Senior Personal secretary, Department of Health. Miss Gillian Curtis, for services to Disabled People on Jersey. Mrs Margaret Mary Curtis, JP, for services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands. Miss Janet Margaret Dalglish, for services to Children's Play Schemes. Albert Davidson, for services to the Alnwick Talking Newspaper in Northumberland. Basil John Davidson, for public service The Reverend Canon Norman William Dawson, for services to RELATE in Greater Manchester. Cyril Clive Beynon

Day, for services to the Development of Education and Technical Provision in South East Wales. Darron Day, Milkman, for services to the communities of Ightham and Borough Green, Kent. Peter Dean, for services to Photographic Journalism in Lincolnshire. Mrs Joyce Sylvia Deering, Personal secretary, Ministry of Defence. Douglas John Dennis, Chairman, Guidance Enterprises Group, for services to Education in North Yorkshire. Mrs Jane Dickinson, Senior Personal secretary, Department for Education and Employment. Mrs Sylvia Helen Louise Dingley, Lately Administrative assistant, Department of Social Security. Mrs Derina Tanya Dinkin, for services to the community in Surrey. John Doak, Farm manager, Balig Farm, Ayrshire, for services to Agriculture. Miss Dorothy Ann Dobson, Assistant director, Department of Physical Education, University of Dundee, for services to Physical Education, particularly

for Elderly People. Eric Hopper Dodds, for services to the community in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Maj Gordon Ronald Dodds, for services to the Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society. Gerard Patrick Antony Dolan, General Medical Practitioner, Paisley, for services to Medicine. Sharatchandra Anant Dongre, Lately Higher Executive Officer, Department for Education and Employment. Joseph Patrick Dornan, for public service Alfred Thomas Dove, Lately Member, Basildon District Council, for services to Local Government in Basildon, Essex. Ian Malcolm Dowell, editor, Birmingham Evening Mail, for services to the Newspaper Industry. Mrs Mary Elisabeth Christina Doyle, Administrative Officer, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Eileen Drayne, for charitable services to the community Clarence Drew, for political and public services. John Beaumont Drinkwater, Member, Harbury Parish Council, for services to the community in

Harbury, Warwickshire. John Henry Drury, for services to the community in Binbrook, Lincolnshire. Mrs Josephine Dugdale, JP, for services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Mrs Elizabeth Johnston Wilson Dunlop, for services to the community in Wittering, Cambridgeshire. Mrs Gillian Margaret Durrant, for services to the WRVS in Norfolk. Robbie Earle, for services to Association Football. James Shan Edmiston, for services to the community in Kinghorn, Fife. Mrs Joyce Edwards, for services to the community through Music in Abertillery, South Wales. Mrs Rose Elliot, for services to Vegetarian Cooking. John Charles Kennedy Elliott, for services to the NSPCC in Manchester. Roderick Elliott, Duty Station manager, Northern Line, London Underground, for services to London Transport. William Frederick Edmond Elliott, for services to the community, especially Young People's Sport,

in East Ham, London. Mrs Annie England, School Nurse, Wigan Leigh Area Health Service Trust, for services to Health Care. Mrs Kay Kathleen Ethel Ennals, for services to the WRVS in Dorset. Miss Audrey Trevor-Evans, for services to the community, especially the provision of Health Care, in Barnet, London. Mrs Beryl Evans, Vice president, Gloucestershire Council for Voluntary Youth Services, for services to Young People. Mrs Diana Grace Evans, Lately Warden, King George VI Memorial Hostel, Capel-Y-Ffin, for services to Young People and to the community. Miss Glenys Margaret Evans, Personal secretary, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Patricia Margaret Evans, for services to Berkshire Family Mediation. Mrs Lynn Every, Typist, Lord Chancellor's Department. Mrs The Honourable Elizabeth Fairbairn, Chairman, Lothian Housing Association, for services to Housing. Peter Richard Fay, Senior Trades Officer, Prison

Service, Home Office. Winifred Finch, Mrs Feaver, for services to Tennis in Yorkshire. Mrs Margaret Rose Linda Fellows, Typist, Crown Prosecution Service. Mrs Susan Fennell, for services to the British Red Cross Society in Hertfordshire, forbes Ferguson, Lately Retained Sub-Officer, Strathclyde Fire Brigade, for services to the Fire Service. Mrs Sheila Elizabeth Ferres, for services to Physiotherapy in Banchory, Kincardineshire. Robert Field, Lately Senior Professional and Technology Officer, Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Mrs Judith Campbell Figgures, for services to Sailing for People with Disabilities. Mrs Margaret Yvonne Firth, for services to the London North War Pensions Committee. John Boyd Fisher, Principal, Fisher Associates, for services to Education and Training in the Construction Industry. William George Fisher,

Signaller, Railtrack, for services to the Railway Community in the Cotswolds. Miss Mary Bernadette Fitzgerald, C2, Cabinet Office. William Dennis Frederick Foden, for services to the Stafford League of Hospital Friends and to Mental Health Care. Ronald Foster, for services to Countryside Conservation on the North Yorkshire Moors. Nicholas Martin Fox, Senior Professional and Technology Officer, Ministry of Defence. Peter John Fox, for services to the community in Redbourn, Hertfordshire. Charles Frederick Frampton, School Crossing Patrol, for services to Road Safety and the community in Titchfield, Hampshire. Victor Edward Percy Frampton, Senior Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence. Miss Helga Maud Tonynbee Frankland, Vice-president, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, for services to Nature Conservation in Cumbria. Mrs Sarah Jane Frapple, for political and public services. Christopher Edward Berkeley

Friend, for services to Sight Savers International. Alfred Fullman, for services to the Salvation Army in Port Talbot. Raymond Gainer, for charitable services in Wigan. Mrs Daphne Gammon, for services to the community, especially Young People, in Harting, West Sussex. Charles Henry Ronald Garner, for services to the Master Tailors' Benevolent Association and Tailors' Benevolent Institution. Mrs Beryl June Garrett, for services to the British Red Cross Society in Bedfordshire. Anthony Douglas Gay, Deputy Principal, Kidderminster College, Worcestershire, for services to Further Education. Mrs Christina May Gee, Lately Curator, Keats' House, Hampstead, for services to Literary Scholarship. Mrs Ursula Margaret Gent, for services to the community in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Mrs Irene Gillies, District Nurse, Brechin Health Centre, Angus NHS Trust, for services to Health Care. Raymond Hugh Gladden,

for services to the community, especially through the Rotary Club, in Crewe, Cheshire. William Gleave, Managing director, Northern Textiles plc, for services to Employment Creation in Lancashire. Richard Jeremy Glover, Youth Leader, Bolton Lads' and Girls' Club, for services to Young People. William Goddard, for services to the community in Whiteleas, Tyne and Wear. Reginald Peter Gordon, for services to the community, especially St. Oswald's Hospice, in Newcastle upon Tyne. Murray Gowan, for services to the community in Cornwall. Mrs Beryl June Gower, Court manager, Lord Chancellor's Department. Mrs Muriel Eirwen Gowing, Typist, Valuation Office Agency, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Malcolm John Graham, for services to the community in Back, Isle of Lewis. Mrs Kathleen Maude Gratland, for services to the community in Neath, South Wales. Alan Gregory, Senior Executive Officer, Department

of Social Security. James Mundie Greig, for services to War Disabled in Aberdeenshire. Christopher Beaufort Grimaldi, Youth Worker, Southmead, Bristol, for services to Young People. Mrs Flora May Grindley, for services to the community, especially Ringmer Link, in Ringmer, East Sussex. William Albert Gulliver, for services to the community in Reading, Berkshire. Graham David Gwilliam, for services to the community in Barry, South Wales. Mrs Mollie Haikings, for services to the community in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear. Mrs Florence Hall, for services to the WRVS in County Durham. Mrs Phyllis Hall, for services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in North Yorkshire. Mrs Joan Alexandrina Hamann, Administrative Officer, Procurator Fiscal's Office, Lochmaddy. Mrs Phyllis Hampton, for services to the community in Deeside, Flintshire. Keith Albert Hancox, Lately Telephonist, for services to

Barclays Bank. Stephen Philip Hardy, Member, Ibstock Community Enterprise Ltd, for services to the Regeneration of Ibstock, Leicestershire. Anthony Martin Harris, Senior Fire Control Operator, Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service, for services to the Fire Service. David Fletcher Harrison, Group Customer Services manager, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. Mrs Carol Hart, Tb Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kingston and Richmond, Surrey, for services to Health Care. Alfred Thomas William Harvey, Trustee, Leopold Muller Estate, for services to Charity. The Reverend John Wilfred Harvey, Woodworker, for services to Truro Cathedral, Cornwall. Mahmud Hasan, for services to Community Relations in London. William John Haxby, Environment Protection Officer, Environment Agency, for services to Environmental Protection and the communities in Filey and Scarborough. Thomas Vivian Hay, for services to Local

Government and to the community in Pembroke Dock, West Wales. Geoffrey Sidney William Hayhoe, for services to the RAF Benevolent Fund. Robert David Heap, President, Institute of Refrigeration, for services to the Refrigeration Industry. Mrs Sarah Winifred Joy Hill, for services to the Cardiac Care Association Peter Hitchmough, JP, Sub Officer, Merseyside Fire Brigade, for services to the community in Merseyside. Martin Neil Hodson, for services to the community in Caerphilly.

Mrs Lucienne Holt, Dog Carer, Greater Manchester Police, for services to Animal Welfare. Mrs Mary Ann Hoole, for services to the community in Wroot, North Lincolnshire. Roy Hopkins, Lately chief Steward I, Royal Logistics Corps, Ministry of Defence. The Reverend Brian Howell, for services to the community in the Teams area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Miss Kate Howey, for services to Judo. Ian Alan Hoy, Gun Fitter, Ministry of Defence. Christopher John Hughes, Professional and Technology Officer, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Jill Mary Hughes, Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. Leroy Billy Hughes, for services to Youth Sport in Manchester. Mrs Barbara Hull, for services to MIND in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Mrs Bessie Humphreys, for services to the community in Glasgow. Harold Joseph Hunter, for services to the Police. Mrs Lilian Marguarite Hutchison, for services

to Elderly People in Dunfermline, Fife. Daniel McGregor Ince, for services to Young People and the community in East London, Fred Innes, for services to the community in Winlaton, Tyne and Wear. William Fraser Ireland, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Defence. Bert Isaac, for services to Art Education in Wales. Mrs Vera Ivers, for services to Elderly People in Staffordshire. Miss Janet Evelyn Jacklin, for services to Mentally Ill People in Colchester, Essex. Ahmed Abdi Jama, Assistant director Facilities, Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, for services to the NHS. Andrew James, for services to Tourism in Nottingham. Mrs Auriel Irene James, for services to Charity Search. Edmund David Ninian James, for charitable services in Newport, South Wales. Mrs Ann Jamieson, JP, for charitable services to the community in Middleton, Greater Manchester. Howard Philip Maxim Jeffrey, Mentor Programme

Co-ordinator, City and Islington College, London, for services to the Mentor Programme and to Further Education. Miss Ann Vicki Johnson, for services to the Gloucestershire Probation Service in Cheltenham. Mrs Anne Faith Johnson, Assistant Establishment Officer, House of Lords. Derek Joseph Johnson, Patrol, the Automobile Association, for services to Motorists. Harold Keith Johnson, Company secretary, Derby Community Transport, for services to Transport in Derby. Alan Reginald Walter Jones, JP, for services to the community, especially Sport, in Preston, Lancashire. Mrs Dorothy Jones, for services to Music in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland. Miss Eluned Jones, for services to the community, particularly Physically Handicapped People, in Nefyn and District, Gwynedd. Elwyn Owen Jones, for services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Clwyd. Mrs Jemima Parry-Jones, Director,

the National Birds of Prey Centre, Newent, Gloucestershire, for services to Bird Conservation. John Hamar Jones, for services to the Landing Craft Gun and Flak Association. Vincent Jones, Senior Instructional Officer, Ministry of Defence. Richard Henry James Joy, for services to the community in Landkey, North Devon. Mrs Surinder Kaur, Training manager, H.M. Board of Customs and Excise. Robert Howard Kay, for services to the Architectural Profession Andrew Hedges Keachie, Musical director, Kilmarnock Concert Brass, for services to Brass Band Music in Ayrshire. Miss Gillian Carol Frances Keating, Lately private secretary to the Bishop of Rochester, for services to the Church of England. Mrs Arlene Kee, for services to Youth Work Arthur Kemp, JP, for services to the community, especially the Boys Brigade, in Nottingham. Derek George Kemp, for services to the community in Horsham, West Sussex.

John Kendall, for services to the community, especially People with Learning Disabilities, in Christchurch, Dorset. Mrs Ann Patricia Kent, for charitable services to the community in Horsham, West Sussex. Mrs Nansi Rita Kent, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Swansea, for services to the Care of Diabetics. Stephen Frederick Killick, Senior Movement Area Officer, Airside Operations, Heathrow, BAA, for services to Aviation. Robert Julian Kindred, for services to the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Mrs Audrey King, for services to the community in Penwortham, Lancashire. Miss Kanya King, for services to the Music Industry. Miss Patricia Mary Kirby, Complaints manager, NHS Executive, Department of Health. John Gordon William Kirk, Head of Environmental Health, Warwick District Council, for services to Community Health. Mrs Sylvia Kathleen Knowles, Administrative assistant, Ministry of Defence.

Miss