SECTION B1

DEPARTMENTAL SELECT COMMITTEES: THEIR WORK AND REPORTS

The following is a list of the select committees which are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and which now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House oversees the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure.

The listing of each departmental committee includes its membership as at Dissolution 1997, the reports issued during the 1996/97 session and of Government observations received.

AGRICULTURE

Clerk: Mr Walker

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Wiggin, Sir Jerry (C) (Chairman)

Alexander, Mr Richard (C)	Corbett, Mr Robin (L)	Jones, Mr leuan Wyn (PC)
Jones, Mr Martyn (L)	Leigh, Mr Edward (C)	Moate, Sir Roger (C)
Pickthall, Mr Colin (L)	Powell, Mr William (C)	Prentice, Mr Gordon (L)
Winterton, Mrs Ann (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	MAFF/Intervention Board departmental report 1996	HC 103	HC 232
2	Environmentally Sensitive areas and other schemes	HC 45
	under the Agri-environment regulation

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government reply to 1st Report 1996-97	HC 232

DEFENCE

Clerks: Mr Kennon, Mr Shaw

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Colvin, Mr Michael (C) (Chairman)

Campbell, Mr Menzies (LD)	Churchill, Mr Winston (C)	Cook, Mr Frank (L)
George, Mr Bruce (L)	Home Robertson, Mr John (L)	Key, Mr Robert (C)
McWilliam, Mr John (L)	Mans, Mr Keith (C)	Trotter, Mr Neville (C)
Viggers, Mr Peter (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Sale of married quarters	HC 94
2	Army Terms of Service (Amendment)	HC 211
	Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/2973)
3	Defence medical services	HC 142
4	Defence expenditure and procurement	HC 127
5	Heavy lift	HC 233
6	Gulf War illnesses: recent developments	HC 158

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

Clerk: Mr Hamlyn

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1996

Thornton, Sir Malcolm (C) (Chairman)

Brown, Mr Michael (C)	Greenway, Mr Harry (C)	Hodge, Margaret (L)
Howell, Sir Ralph (C)	Jamieson, Mr David (L)	Nicholson, Mr David (C)
O'Hara, Mr Edward (L)	Porter, Mr David (C)	Riddick, Mr Graham (C)
Ross, Mr Ernie (L)	Steinberg, Mr Gerry (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Department for Education and Employment's	HC 76	HC 212
	expenditure plans 1996-97 to 1997-98
2	Security of staff in jobcentres	HC 149
3	Operation of the nursery voucher scheme	HC 25
4	Social costs and employment	HC 130
5	Employment effects of the proposed closure of	HC 331	Cm 3671
	the Gallaher factory in Hyde
6	Professional status, recruitment and training of teachers	HC 131

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government response to 3rd Report 1995-96	HC 24
2 Sp	Government response to 2nd Report 1995-96	HC 32
3 Sp	Government response to 1st Report 1996-97	HC 212
4 Sp	Leak of the Committee's Report on the operation	HC 449
	of the nursery voucher scheme
5 Sp	Government response to 5th Report 1996-97	Cm 3671

ENVIRONMENT

Clerks: Mr Priestley, Ms Payne

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Bennett, Mr Andrew (L) (Chairman)

Clifton-Brown, Mr Geoffrey (C)	Dover, Mr Den (C)	Elleston, Mr Harold (C)
Evans, Mr Nigel (C)	Gerrard, Mr Neil (L)	Jackson, Ms Helen (L)
Olner, Mr Bill (L)	Patnick, Sir Irvine (C)	Taylor, Mr Matthew (LD)
Thomason, Mr Roy (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper no	Govt response
1	Water Conservation and supply	HC 42	Cm 3562
2	Contaminated land	HC 22
3	Environmental impact of cement manufacture	HC 124	Cm 3692
4	Work of the Health and Safety Executive	HC 277
5	Shopping centres	HC 210

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government response to 5th Report 1995-96	HC 92

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Clerks: Dr Ward, Mrs Davies

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Howell, Mr David (C) (Chairman)

Canavan, Mr Dennis (L)	Gapes, Mr Mike (L)	Harris, Mr David (C)
Jopling, Mr Michael (C)	Lester, Sir Jim (C)	Rowlands, Mr Ted (L)
Shore, Mr Peter (L)	Stanley, Sir John (C)	Sumberg, Mr David (C)
Wareing, Mr Robert (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Development of UK interests and links with	HC 73
	Latin America
2	Organisation and funding of BBC World Service	HC 46
3	Recent work of the Committee	HC 447
4	Developments at the Intergovernmental Conference	HC 148

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Informal meetings undertaken by the Committee in 1995-96	HC 190
2 Sp	Informal meetings undertaken by the Committee in 1996-97	HC 448

HEALTH

Clerks: Dr James, Mr Healey

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Roe, Mrs Marion (C) (Chairman)

Austin-Walker, Mr John (L)	Bayley, Mr Hugh (L)	Congdon, Mr David (C)
Mahon, Mrs Alice (L)	Maitland, Lady Olga (C)	Marshall, Mr John (C)
Sims, Sir Roger (C)	Smyth, Rev Martin (UU)	Whittingdale, Mr John (C)
Wise, Mrs Audrey (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	London Ambulance Service	HC 161
2	Specific needs of children and young people	HC 307
3	Health services for children and young people	HC 314
	in the community; home and school
4	Child and adolescent mental health	HC 26
5	Children looked after by local authorities	HC 454
6	Hospital services for children and young people	HC 128

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Children looked after by local authorities	HC 454

HOME AFFAIRS

Clerks: Mr Poyser, Mr Fox

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Lawrence, Sir lvan (C) (Chairman)

Ashby, Mr David (C)	Bermingham, Mr Gerald (L)	Corston, Ms Jean (L)
Cunningham, Mr Jim (L)	Greenway, Mr John (C)	Hawksley, Mr Warren (C)
Hutton, Mr John (L)	Knight, Dame Jill (C)	Mullin, Mr Chris (L)
Sweeney, Mr Walter (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Operation of Dangerous Dogs Act	HC 146	HC 348
2	Management of the prison service (public and private)	HC 57
3	Freemasonry in the police and the judiciary	HC 192

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government reply to 1st Report 1996-97	HC 348
2 Sp	Government reply to 5th Report 1995-96	HC 431

NATIONAL HERITAGE

Clerk: Mr Patrick

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Kaufman, Mr Gerald (L) (Chairman)

Ashton, Mr Joe (L)	Callaghan, Mr Jim (L)	Gorst, Sir John (C)
Hayes, Mr Jerry (C)	Jessel, Mr Toby (C)	Lennox-Boyd, Sir Mark (C)
Maxton, Mr John (L)	Rathbone, Mr Tim (C)	Renton, Mr Tim (C)
Stott, Mr Roger (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Tourism	HC 108	HC 285
2	Press activity affecting court cases	HC 816
3	Tourism - the government's responses to the 1st	HC 285
	Report 1996-97
4	The BBC and the future of broadcasting	HC 147

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Structure and remit of Department of National Heritage	HC 206

NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS

Clerk: Mr Phillips

Members (13)

Appointed 29 March 1994

Soley, Mr Clive (L) (Chairman)

Couchman, Mr James (C)	Godman, Mr Norman (L)	Hendry, Mr Charles (C)
Hunter, Mr Andrew (C)	McGrady, Mr Eddie (SDLP)	Maginnis, Mr Ken (UU)
Robinson, Mr Peter (UDUP)	Smith, Mr Tim (C)	Spring, Mr Richard (C)
Taylor, Mr John D (UU)	Wilshire, Mr David (C)	Wolfson, Mr Mark (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Illicit drug use in Northern Ireland	HC 52
2	Underachievement in Northern Ireland secondary schools	HC 79
3	BSE crisis in Northern Ireland	HC 270

PUBLIC SERVICE

Clerk: Dr Seaward

Members (11)

Appointed 18 December 1995

Radice, Mr Giles (L) (Chairman)

Booth, Mr Hartley (C)	Chapman, Sir Sydney (C)	Cousins, Mr Jim (L)
Evans, Mr Nigel (C)	Gunnell, Mr John (L)	Hanson, Mr David (L)
Hunt, Mr David (C)	Lloyd, Sir Peter (C)	Luff, Mr Peter (C)
Wright, Dr Tony (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Ministerial accountability and responsibility	HC 234
2	Work of the Commissioner for public appointments	HC 141
3	The Citizens Charter	HC 78

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government response to 2nd report 1995-96	HC 67

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Clerk: Ms Samson

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Shaw, Sir Giles (C) (Chairman)

Batiste, Mr Spencer (C)	Bray, Dr Jeremy (L)	Bruce, Mr Ian (C)
Campbell, Mrs Anne (L)	Jones, Dr Lynne (L)	Miller, Mr Andrew (L)
Skeet, Sir Trevor (C)	Thompson, Mr Patrick (C)	Vaughan, Sir Gerard (C)
Williams, Mr Alan W (L)
(Carmarthen)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Prior option reviews of public sector Research Establishment	HC 71	HC 291
2	Association of British Insurers policy statement on life	HC 328	HC 455
	insurance and genetics
3	Natural Environment Research Council and research into	HC 81
	climate change
4	Research Council system	HC 309
5	Cloning of animals from adult cells	HC 373

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government response to 4th Report of Session 1995-96	HC 47
2 Sp	Government response to 1st Report of Session 1996-97	HC 291
3 Sp	Government response to 2nd Report of Session 1996-97	HC 455

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

Clerks: Mr Doherty, Ms McGlashan

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

McKelvey, Mr William (L) (Chairman)

Atkinson, Mr Peter (C)	Devlin, Mr Tim (C)	Gallie, Mr Phil (C)
Hughes, Mr Robert (L)	Marshall, Mr David (L)	Marshall, Mr John (C)
(Aberdeen N)	Michie, Mrs Ray (LD)	Stewart, Mr Allan (C)
Walker, Mr Bill (C)	Welsh, Mr Andrew (SNP)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Housing and anti-social behaviour	HC 160
2	Implementation of community care in Scotland	HC 35

Special Report

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government observations on 2nd Report 1995-96	HC 43

SOCIAL SECURITY

Clerk: Mr Laurence Smyth

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Field, Mr Frank (L) (Chairman)

Corbyn, Mr Jeremy (L)	Day, Mr Stephen (C)	Faber, Mr David (C)
Forsythe, Mr Clifford (UU)	Hoey, Miss Kate (L)	Howarth, Mr Alan (L)
Hughes, Mr Robert G (C)	Jenkin, Mr Bernard (C)	Leigh, Mr Edward (C)
(Harrow W)	Shaw, Mr David (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Unfunded pension liabilities in the European Union	HC 23
2	Child benefit fraud	HC 56	Cm 3589
3	Uprating of state retirement pensions payable to	HC 143
	people resident abroad
4	Church Commissioners	HC 352
5	Child support	HC 282

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government response to 5th Report 1995-96	HC 281
2 Sp	Inquiries not completed	HC 442

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Clerks: Mr Gerhold, Ms Mulley

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

O'Neill, Mr Martin (L) (Chairman)

Banks, Mr Robert (C)	Berry, Mr Roger(L)	Butterfill, Mr John (C)
Clapham, Mr Michael (L)	Grant, Sir Anthony (C)	Hampson, Dr Keith (C)
Onslow, Sir Cranley (C)	Porter, Mr Barry (C)	Purchase, Mr Ken (L)
Walley, Joan (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Energy regulation	HC 50
2	Liberalisation of the electricity market	HC 279
3	Telecommunications regulation	HC 254

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1 Sp	Government observations on 4th Report 1995-96	HC 48
2 Sp	Government observations on 7th Report 1995-96	HC 49

TRANSPORT

Clerks: Mr Stanton, Mr Long

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Channon, Mr Paul (C) (Chairman)

Banks, Mr Matthew (C)	Bottomley, Mr Peter (C)	Donohoe, Mr Brian (L)
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth (L)	Flynn, Mr Paul (L)	Haselhurst, Sir Alan (C)
Hill, Mr Keith (L)	Mackinlay, Mr Andrew (L)	Madel, Sir David (C)
Pickles, Mr Eric (C)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Road and bridge maintenance programme	HC 105

Special Reports

No	Title
1 Sp	Government observations on 3rd Report 1995-96	HC 53
2 Sp	Government observations on 5th Report 1995-96	HC 54
3 Sp	Government observations on 4th Report 1995-96	HC 320

TREASURY

Clerk: Mrs Sharpe

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Legg, Mr Barry (L) (Chairman)	Bruce, Mr Malcolm (LD)	Sedgemore, Mr Brian (L)
Abbott, Ms Diane (L)	Davies, Mr Quentin (C)	Timms, Mr Stephen (L)
Arnold, Mr Jacques (C)	Forman, Mr Nigel (C)	Yeo, Mr Tim (C)
Budgen, Mr Nicholas (C)	Pearson, Mr Ian (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Barings Bank and international regulation	HC 65	HC 310
2	Resource accounting and budgeting	HC 186	HC 318
3	1996 Budget	HC 129	HC 317
4	International Monetary Fund	HC 68
5	Prospects for the London Stock Exchange	HC 311

Special Reports

1 Sp	Government response to 1st Report 1996-97	HC 310
2 Sp	Government response to 3rd Report 1996-97	HC 317
3 Sp	Government response to 2nd Report 1996-97	HC 318
4 Sp	Bank of England Inflation Report	HC 319
5 Sp	Taxation: self assessment	HC 341

WELSH AFFAIRS

Clerk: Ms Helme

Members (11)

Appointed 13 July 1992

Wardell, Mr Gareth (L) (Chairman)

Ainger, Mr Nick (L)	Carlile, Mr Alex (LD)	Dafis, Mr Cynog (PC)
Gill, Mr Christopher (C)	Hawksley, Mr Warren (C)	Luff, Mr Peter (C)
Roberts, Sir Wyn (C)	Robinson, Mr Mark (C)	Sweeney, Mr Walter (C)
Touhig, Mr Don (L)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt response
1	Morriston Hospital NHS Trust	HC 166	HC 445
2	Further education in Wales	HC 64
3	Preservation of historic buildings and ancient monuments:	HC 250
	follow up

Special Reports

1 Sp	Government response to 3rd Report 1995-96	HC 58
2 Sp	Government response to 1st Report 1996-97	HC 445