The Committee was nominated on 28 July 1997.

It had 9 Members and held 14 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Roe, Mrs Marion (Chairman)	14
Cran , Mr James (discharged, 22 June 1998)	8
Crausby, Mr David	10
Dawson, Mr Hilton	9
Hamilton, Mr Fabian	9
Heald, Mr Oliver (added, 22 June 1998)	3
Hepburn, Mr Stephen	5
Kennedy, Mrs Jane	10
Palmer, Dr Nick (added, 8 December 1997)	7
Ross, Mr William	8

Overall attendance:   67.5 %

Number of Members added:  2

Number of Members discharged:  1

Turnover of membership during the Session:   11 %

Staff

Committee Clerk: Mr M Clark

Other Committee staff: Mrs K Georgiou Secretary (Grade 12) and Miss J Woodger Secretary (Grade 12), (shared post)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None

Witnesses

None

Overseas Visits

None

Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg

None

UK Visits

None

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title	HC No. (1997-98)	Date of publication	No. of pages	Sale price	Government   reply
First Report: Childcare Facilities Survey	825	19.6.98	13	£5.00	Not applicable

Divisions

None

Debates

None

Evidence

No evidence was given before the Committee.

The Committee received 89 memoranda. None came from government departments.

The Committee published one memorandum.