The Committee was nominated on 28 July 1997.

It had 9 Members and held 13 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Turner, Mr Dennis (Chairman)	13
Ballard, Mrs Jackie	8
Day, Mr Stephen (discharged, 22 June 1998)	10
Dean, Mrs Janet	12
Graham, Mr Thomas (discharged, 9 November 1998)	0
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay	8
Jones, Helen	6
Kirkbride, Miss Julie (added, 15 June 1998)	2
Lait, Mrs Jacqui (added, 22 June 1998)	2
McKenna, Mrs Rosemary (added, 9 November 1998)	0
McLoughlin, Mr Patrick (discharged, 8 December 1997)	2
Marek, Dr John	6
Simpson, Mr Keith (added 8 December 1997; discharged, 15 June 1998)	8

Overall attendance:   65.8 %

Number of Members added:  4

Number of Members discharged:  4

Turnover of membership during the Session:   44 %

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

None

Divisions

None

Debates

None

Evidence

No evidence was given before the Committee. The Committee received 45 memoranda. None came from government departments. The Committee published no memoranda.