The
Culture, Media and Sport Committee is appointed under SO No. 152
to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport and associated public bodies.
The Committee consists of a maximum of 11 Members,
of whom the quorum is three. Unless the House otherwise orders,
all Members nominated to the Committee continue to be members
of it for the remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for persons, papers and records,
to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn
from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either
to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate
matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to any other committee
appointed under the Standing Order and to the Committee of Public
Accounts, the Deregulation Committee and the Environmental Audit
Committee its evidence and any other documents relating to matters
of common interest; and
(d) to meet concurrently with any other
such committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence,
or considering draft reports.
The membership of the Committee since its
appointment on 14 July 1997 is as follows:
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Chairman)
Mr David Faber (added 22.6.98)
Mr Michael Fabricant
Mr Ronnie Fearn
Mr Christopher Fraser
Mrs Llin Golding
Mr Damian Green (discharged 22.6.98)
Mr Alan Keen
Mr John Maxton
Mr Roger Stott
Ms Claire Ward
Derek Wyatt
The texts of Committee publications, including Reports
and press notices, are available on the Internet (www.parliament.uk)
