Miss Felicity Lane Fox, O.B.E., vice-president, Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation. Chairman, The Phipps Respiratory Unit Patients' Association, St. Thomas's Hospital, London.
Professor Sir Max Beloff, lately Principal, University College at Buckingham.
The Right Honourable Edward Stanley Bishop, Member of Parliament for Newark, Nottingham 1964–1979; Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1974–1979.
Hugh Gater Jenkins, Member of Parliament for Wandsworth, Putney 1964-1979 ; Minister for the Arts 1974–1976.
John Mackie, Member of Parliament for Enfield East 1959–1974; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1964–1970. Chairman, Forestry Commission 1976–1979.
William John Molloy, Member of Parliament for Ealing North 1964-1979 ; Member of European Parliament 1976–1979.
Dafydd Elystan Morgan, Member of Parliament for Cardigan 1966-1974 ; Parliamentary Under-secretary of State, Home Office 1968–1970.
Sir Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer, T.D., D.L., chairman, Horserace Betting Levy Board. Formerly Leader of the Greater London Council.
The Right Honourable James Anthony Stodart, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West 1959- 1974 ; Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1972–1974.