The Committee was nominated on 28 July 1997.

It had 11 Members and held 4 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Clarke, Mr Eric (Chairman)	2
Caplin, Mr Ivor	2
Gale, Mr Roger	4
Galloway, Mr George	0
Gardiner, Mr Barry (added 26.2.98)	2
Gordon, Mrs Eileen	3
Lepper, Mr David	4
Pound, Mr Stephen	3
Sayeed, Mr Jonathan	4
Stunell, Mr Andrew	2
Wood, Mr Mike (discharged 26.2.98)	1
Woodward, Mr Shaun	0

Overall attendance:   61.4%

Number of Members added:  1

Number of Members discharged:  1

Turnover of membership during the Session:   9 %

Staff

Committee Clerk: Mr M Clark

Other Committee staff: Ms L Young, Secretary (Grade 12)

The Committee was also assisted by:

The Supervisor of Parliamentary Broadcasting: Ms M E Douglas

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None

Witnesses

Number of appearances:  8

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
Minutes of Evidence: The Development of Parliamentary Broadcasting	984-i	4.11.98	26	£6.20	Not applicable

Divisions

None

Debates

None

Evidence

Oral evidence was taken at 1 of the Committee's 4 meetings. This evidence was taken in public. The Committee received 15 memoranda, none of which came from Government departments, and published 6 of them.