Honours: Knights Bachelor

Bell, Prof Peter Robert Frank, Prof of Surgery, Leicester. For serv to Surgery.

Blake, Peter Thomas, CBE, Artist. For serv Art.

Briscoe, Brian Anthony, Chief exec, Local Govt Association. For serv to Local Govt.

Dasgupta, Prof Partha Sarathi, Frank Ramsay Prof of Economics, Univ of Camb. For serv Economics.

Dowling, Robert, Headteach, George Dixon Secondary School and Sixth Form College and also of Selly Oak Special School. For serv Special Needs Educ.

Gardner, Roy Alan, Chief exec, Centrica plc. For serv the Gas and Electricity Industries.

Hastings, Max Macdonald, Lately Editor, Evening Standard and The Daily Telegraph. For serv Journalism.

Jagger (Mick Jagger), Michael Philip, Singer and Songwriter. For serv popular music.

Kershaw, Prof Ian, Prof of Modern History, Univ of Sheffield. For serv History.

Lachmann, Prof Peter Julius, For serv Medical Science.

Lilleyman, Prof John Stuart, Head, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Barts and The London School of Medicine. For serv Pathology.

Lucas, Prof Colin Renshaw, Vice-Chancellor, Univ of Oxford. For serv to Higher Educ.

Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Lately sec Gen, Archbishops' Ccl and Gen Synod of the Church of Eng. For serv the Church of Eng.

McKillop, Thomas Fulton Wilson, Chief exec, AstraZeneca. For serv the Pharmaceutical ind.

Meldrum, Graham, CBE, QFSM, HM ch insp of Fire Services, Dept for Transport, Local Govt and the Regions.

Miller, Jonathan Wolfe, CBE, Opera dir. For serv music and the arts.

Noon, Gulam Kaderbhoy, MBE, For serv ind.

Nunn, Trevor Robert, CBE, Dir. For serv the Theatre.

Rigby, Peter, For serv Information Technology and to Business in the West Midlands.

Robson, Robert William, CBE, For serv Association Football.

Calvert-Smith, David, QC, Dir of Public Prosecutions.

Stewart, Brian John, CBE, chm, Scottish and Newcastle plc. For serv ind.

Vineall, Anthony John Patrick, Lately chm, School Teachers' Review Body. For serv Educ.

Walker, Alfred Cecil, JP, For polit and publ serv.

Whitson, Keith Roderick, Group Ch exec, HSBC Holdings plc. For serv Banking.

Wilmot, David, QPM, DL, Ch Const, Greater Manchester Police. For serv the Police.

Winterton, Nicholas Raymond, MP, Member of Parliament for Macclesfield. For serv to Parliament.

De Witt, Ronald Wayne, Chief exec, North West London Strategic Health Authority. For serv the NHS.

Young, Anthony Ian, Lately Sen Dep Gen sec, Communication Workers' Union; pres, TUC; Governor, BBC. For serv Employment Relations.