Weekly Information Bulletin: 15th February 1997
SELECT COMMITTEES: PUBLICATIONS
Listed below are publications of Select Committees received since the last Bulletin. The publisher in all cases is The Stationery Office, from whom copies of the publications may be obtained. HC numbers refer to House of Commons papers. Cm numbers refer to papers in the Command series. HLP numbers refer to House of Lords papers.
(A) SELECT COMMITTEE EVIDENCE
Date Re- | | | | Date | Paper No | Price |
ceived | Committee | Subject | Witnesses | Heard | and ISBN | £ |
7.2 | Environment | Countryside | Countryside Commission | 30.10 | HC 41-i | 6.20 |
| | Commission | | | 1996-97 |
| | | | | (0102094977) |
7.2 | Health | Hospital services | Royal College of Nursing: | 5.12 | HC 128-ii | 8.00 |
| | for children and | Paediatric Surgical Nurses | | 1996-97 |
| | young people | Group; Royal College of | | (0102095973) |
| | | Surgeons of England |
| | | Paediatric Forum; British |
| | | Association of Paediatric |
| | | Surgeons |
7.2 | Health | Hospital services | Royal College of Paediatrics | 12.12 | HC 128-iii | 5.50 |
| | for children and | and Child Health | | 1996-97 |
| | young people | | | (010209697X) |
7.2 | Public | Role and respon- | Rt Hon Michael Heseltine MP, | 10.12 | HC 153 | 7.00 |
| Service | sibilities of the | Deputy Prime Minister and | | 1996-97 |
| | Deputy Prime | Mr R Mountfield CB | | (0102098972) |
| | Minister |
13.2 | Public | Role and respon- | Sir R Butler, GCB, CVO | 18.12 | HC 191 | 4.00 |
| Service | sibilities of the | | | 1996-97 |
| | Home Civil | | | (010210297X) |
| | Service |
12.2 | Social | Incapacity | Mr Alistair Burt MP, Minister | 15.1 | HC 80-v | 4.00 |
| Security | Benefit | of State for Social Security | | 1996-97 |
| | | and Disabled People; Dr P | | (0102105979) |
| | | Sawney, Medical Policy |
| | | Manager; Mr C Hayes, |
| | | Incapacity Benefit Policy Manager |
13.2 | Trade | Energy | Gas Consumers Council; | 20.11 | HC 50-iv | 9.70 |
| and | regulation | Energy Intensive Users Group; | | 1996-97 |
| Industry | | Electricity Consumers | | (0102106975) |
| | | Committees Chairmen's Group |
13.2 | Trade | Energy | Public Utility Reform Group; | 27.11 | HC 50-v | 8.80 |
| and | regulation | UK Round Table on | | 1996-97 |
| Industry | | Sustainable Development; | | (0102108978) |
| | | Association for the |
| | | Conservation of Energy; |
| | | Professor C Waddams, |
| | | Ms A McHarg |
12.2 | Treasury | International | Mr H Evans, UK Executive | 20.1 | HC 68-ii | 3.40 |
| | Monetary | Director, International | | 1996-97 |
| | Fund | Monetary Fund | | (0102109974) |
(B) SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
Date Re- | | No of | | Paper No | Price |
ceived | Committee | Report | Title | and ISBN | £ |
7.2 | Delegated | 13th | Proposals for the Draft Deregulation | HLP 40 | 2.30 |
| Powers and | | (Casinos and Bingo Clubs: Debit | 1996-97 |
| Deregulation | | Cards); (Occasional Permissions); | (0104040971) |
| [HL] | | (Casinos); (Validity of Civil Prelim- |
| | | inaries to Marriage); (Gaming on |
| | | Sunday in Scotland) Orders 1997 |
10.2 | Delegated | 14th | Crime (Sentences); Local Government | HLP 41 | 3.20 |
| Powers and | | and Rating; Charter Trustees [HL]; | 1996-97 |
| Deregualtion | | Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise); | (0104041978) |
| [HL] | | Public Entertainments Licences (Drug |
| | | Misuse); United Nations Personnel; |
| | | Criminal Evidence (Amendment); |
| | | Police (Insurance of Voluntary |
| | | Assistants) [HL] Bills |
10.2 | Deregulation | 8th | Proposals for the Deregulation | HC 274 | 5.80 |
| | | (Non-Fossil Fuel); (Football Pools); | 1996-97 |
| | | Draft (Gaming on Sunday in Scotland); | (0102101973) |
| | | Draft (Validity of Civil Preliminaries to |
| | | Marriage) Orders 1997 |
7.2 | European | 11th | Future noise policy; Structural funds; | HC 36-xi | 9.50 |
| Legislation | | Cohesion policy; Raw tobacco | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102100977) |
11.2 | European | 13th | Draft Protocol on the role of | HC 36-xiii | 8.00 |
| Legislation | | national parliaments | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102107971) |
12.2 | Public | 10th | Excess vote (Northern Ireland) | HC 283 | 2.00 |
| Accounts | | | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102256977) |
13.2 | Public | 11th | Excess votes, 1995-96 | HC 293 | 3.10 |
| Accounts | | | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102257973) |
7.2 | Public | 1st | Ministerial Accountability and | HC 234 | 9.50 |
| Service | | Responsibility | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102099979) |
13.2 | Standards and | 3rd | Complaint of alleged improper | HC 226 | 8.80 |
| Privileges | | pressure brought to bear on the Select | 1996-97 |
| | | Committee on Members' Interests in | (0102113971) |
| | | 1994; further report |
11.2 | Statutory | 2nd | - | HC 30-ii | 1.45 |
| Instruments | | | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102104972) |
11.2 | Transport | 1st | Road and bridge maintenance | HC 105-I | 7.00 |
| | | programme, vol I, Report | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102255970) |
| | | vol II, Minutes of Evidence & | HC 105-II | 20.50 |
| | | Appendices | 1996-97 |
| | | | (0102254974) |
(C) GOVERNMENT OBSERVATIONS ON SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
Date Re- | | | HC Paper or Cm | Price |
ceived | Committee | Details of Original Report | No of response | £ |
12.2 | National | 1st, Tourism, HC 108, 1996-97 | HC 285 | 3.60 |
| Heritage | | 1996-97 |
| (3rd Report) | | (0102103976) |
11.2 | Science and | 1st, Prior Options Reviews of Public Sector | HC 291 | 3.40 |
| Technology | Research Establishments, HC 71, 1996-97 | 1996-97 |
| (2nd Special | | (0102110972) |
| Report) |
13.2 | Public | 1st - 8th Reports 1996-97 | Cm 3559 | 6.50 |
| Accounts | | (0101355920) |
(D) NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE: NORTHERN IRELAND AUDIT OFFICE
NAO & NIAO reports, the forerunner of Public Accounts Committee inquiries, will be noted here when published. Copies of these reports will be available from The Stationery Office. Northern Ireland will be prefixed (NIAO) before title.
Date | | Paper No | Price |
Received | Title | and ISBN | £ |
None
(E) SELECT COMMITTEE FORTHCOMING REPORTS
Date |
|
No of |
|
Paper No |
expected | Committee | Report | Title |
not yet | Defence | 1st | Sale of the married quarters estate | HC 94 |
known | | | | 1996-97 |
not yet | Defence | 2nd | Army Terms of Service (Amendment) | HC 211 |
known | | | Regulations 1996 | 1996-97 |
not yet | Deregulation | 9th | Proposals for the Deregulation | HC 298 |
known | | | (Public Health Acts Amendment Act | 1996-97 |
| | | 1907); (Occasional Permissions); |
| | | Draft (Betting Licensing) Orders 1997 |
not yet | Health | 2nd | Specific health needs of children and | HC 307 |
known | | | young people | 1996-97 |
not yet | Public | 2nd | Work of the Commissioner for | HC 141 |
known | Service | | Public Appointments | 1996-97 |
(F) FORTHCOMING GOVERNMENT OBSERVATIONS ON SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
Date | | | HC Paper or Cm |
expected | Committee | Details of Original Report | No of response |
Not yet | Treasury | 1st, Barings Bank and International | HC 310 |
known | (1st Special | Regulation, HC 65, 1996-97 | 1996-97 |
| Report) |
(G) DEPARTMENTAL SELECT COMMITTEES CURRENT INQUIRIES IN SESSION 1996-97
Committee | Inquiry | Evidence paper no |
Agriculture | Environmentally sensitive areas and the | HC 45 |
| Agri-environment Regulation |
Defence | Defence expenditure | HC 127 |
Defence | Defence Medical Services | HC 142 |
Education and Employment | Operation of the Nursery Vouchers Scheme | HC 25 |
Education and Employment | Professional status, recruitment, training of | HC 131 |
| teachers | | |
Education and Employment | Social costs and their effects on employment | HC 130 |
Sub-Committee |
Environment | Countryside Commission | HC 41 |
Environment | Cement manufacture | HC 124 |
Environment | This Common Inheritance | HC 102 |
Environment | Work of the Health and Safety Executive | HC 277 |
Foreign Affairs | Developments in territories of Former Yugoslavia | HC 123 |
Health | Children looked after by local authorities | HC 286 |
Health | Children's health | HC 26 |
Health | Hospital services for children and young people | HC 128 |
Home Affairs | Management of Prison Service (public and private) | HC 57 |
National Heritage | BBC and the Future of Broadcasting | HC 147 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | BSE: the Northern Ireland Dimension | HC 270 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | Reorganisation of Education and Libarary Boards | HC 96 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | Secondary education in Northern Ireland | HC 79 |
Science and Technology | Natural Environment Research Council | HC 81 |
Scottish Affairs | Community care in Scotland | HC 35 |
Social Security | Child Support Agency | HC 282 |
Social Security | Incapacity benefit | HC 80 |
Trade and Industry | Energy regulation | HC 50 |
Trade and Industry | DTI: expenditure plans | HC 51 |
Trade and Industry | Liberalisation of the electricity market | HC 279 |
Trade and Industry | Telecommunications regulation | HC 254 |
Transport | National Air Traffic Services | HC 55 |
Transport | Transport casualty reduction | HC 280 |
Treasury | Private Finance Initiative | HC 120 |
Treasury | International Monetary Fund | HC 68 |
Welsh Affairs | Further education in Wales | HC 64 |
Refer to Section (A) Evidence for the latest publications. For further information and full details of evidence
sessions please telephone the Public Information Office on 0171-219 4272
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