7. Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
The name of the Committee was changed on 25 July
1997 from the National Heritage Committee to the Culture, Media
and Sport Committee.
It had 11 Members and held 50 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
|
Kaufman, Mr Gerald (Chairman) | 50 |
|
Faber, Mr David (added, 22.6.98) | 7 |
|
Fabricant, Mr Michael | 45 |
|
Fearn, Mr Ronnie | 43 |
|
Fraser, Mr Christopher | 34 |
|
Golding, Mrs Llin | 43 |
|
Green, Mr Damian (discharged, 22.6.98) | 27 |
|
Keen, Mr Alan | 38 |
|
Maxton, Mr John | 35 |
|
Stott, Mr Roger | 24 |
|
Ward, Ms Claire | 40 |
|
Wyatt, Derek | 46 |
|
Overall attendance: 78.5 %
Number of Members added: 1
Number of Members discharged: 1
Turnover of membership during the Session: 9
%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr C G Lee.
Other Committee staff: Ms T H L Brufal, Assistant
Clerk (Grade A3) (from 1.10.98); Mrs C J Oxborough, Higher Executive
Officer (Grade 10) (until 21.6.98); Mr J Hole, Higher Executive
Officer (Grade 10) (from 22.6.98); Miss L Sargent, Secretary (Grade
13) (until 30.9.98); Ms P A Anderson and Mrs A Waller, Secretaries
(Grade 13) (from 1.10.98) (shared post).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:-
Cabinet Ministers: 6
Other Ministers: 9
Other Members of the House 1
Members of the House of Lords 8
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: 18
other departments: 6
comprising:- Cabinet Office 1
Department for Education and Employment 2
Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions 1
Department of Trade and Industry 2
executive agencies: 1
comprising:- Radiocommunications Agency (DTI
executive agency) 1
associated public bodies of the Department for Culture,
Media and Sport: 51
comprising:- Arts Council of England (including 2
appearances by a Member of the House of Lords included
above) 6
BBC 13
Broadcasting Standards Commission 2
Channel 4 3
English Heritage 3
Independent Television Commission 2
Millennium Commission 3
Museums and Galleries Commission 3
National Heritage Memorial Fund 8
New Millennium Experience Company 5
Radio Authority 3
associated public bodies of the Department of the
Environment, Transport and the Regions 8
comprising:- Countryside Commission 2
English Nature (including 1 appearance by a Member
of the House of Lords included above) 2
London Underground 4
associated public bodies of the Department of Trade
and Industry 3
comprising:- OFTEL 3
associated public bodies of the Scottish Office 2
comprising:- Scottish Natural Heritage 2
associated public bodies of the Welsh Office 2
comprising:- Countryside Council for Wales 2
Appearances by other witnesses: 118
Overseas Visits
Date
|
Destination |
Members |
Staff
|
Purpose |
Cost |
6-9.11.97
|
European Television and Film Forum, Lisbon
|
1*
|
0
|
Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£1,038.95
|
16-20.11.97
|
Comdex Fair, Las Vegas
|
1*
|
0
|
Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£5,370.28
|
8-12.3.98
|
Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles
|
11
|
2
|
Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£71,026.00
|
23.10.98 |
Paris |
1*
|
0
|
Representation at Council of Europe meeting on professional sport
|
£329.40
|
* In a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
24.3.98 |
European Commission, Brussels
|
9
|
2
|
Meetings with European Commissioner and Officials, Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£3,664.46
|
UK Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
3.11.97 |
Shaftesbury Theatre, London
|
4
|
3
|
Inquiry into the Royal Opera House
|
£42.58
|
19.11.97
|
Millennium Dome, Greenwich
|
8
|
3
|
Inquiry into the Millennium Dome
|
£619.49
|
15.1.98
|
Independent Television Commission, London
|
10
|
3
|
Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£79.07
|
28.1.98
|
Astra Marketing Ltd, Hemel Hempstead
|
5
|
2
|
Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£265.00
|
24.2.98 |
South Bank Centre
|
7
|
2
|
Presentation on Millennium Dome content
|
£65.93
|
6.4.98 |
European Audiovisual Conference, Birmingham
|
1*
|
0
|
Inquiry into Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting
|
£85.00
|
17-18.6.98
|
Glasgow, Alloa and Wester Hailes
|
6
|
2
|
Inquiry into Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom
|
£3,373.74
|
25.6.98
|
Millennium Dome, Greenwich
|
8
|
2
|
Inquiry into Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom
|
£225.00
|
2.7.98
|
Cardiff |
6
|
1
|
Inquiry into Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom
|
£769.00
|
6-7.7.98
|
Lichfield, Salford and Southport
|
9
|
2
|
Inquiries into Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom and the Heritage Lottery Fund
|
£2,602.05
|
27-28.7.98
|
Dorset |
9
|
1
|
Inquiry into the Heritage Lottery Fund
|
£2,832.29
|
* In a representative capacity
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
First Report: The Royal Opera House
|
199-I
|
3.12.97
|
47
|
£8.60
|
Received 20.1.98. Published as Second Special Report
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Royal Opera House
|
199-II
|
4.12.97
|
159
|
£18.00
|
Not applicable |
Second Report: The Millennium Dome
|
340-I
|
17.12.97
|
45
|
£9.00
|
Cm 3886, 28.2.98
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Millennium Dome
|
340-II
|
18.12.97
|
147
|
£17.00
|
Not applicable |
Third Report: Preservation of Historic Ships: the Case of HMS Cavalier
|
561
|
4.3.98
|
103
|
£13.60
|
Received 5.5.98. Published as Third Special Report
|
Fourth Report: The Multi-Media Revolution
|
520-I
|
21.5.98
|
71
|
£10.60
|
Cm 4020, 21.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Multi-Media Revolution
|
520-II
|
22.5.98
|
409
|
£31.50
|
Not applicable |
Appendices: The Multi-Media Revolution
|
520-III
|
22.5.98
|
151
|
£17.00
|
Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Objectives and Performance of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
|
742
|
10.6.98
|
70
|
£10.60
|
Received 29.7.98
Published as Fourth Special Report
|
Sixth Report: Not Only the Dome: The Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom
|
818-I
|
29.7.98
|
29
|
£7.00
|
Cm 4087, 21.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Not Only the Dome: The Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom
|
818-II
|
12.8.98
|
159
|
£17.00
|
Not applicable |
Seventh Report: The Eyre Review and the Royal Opera House
|
994
|
31.7.98
|
21
|
£5.80
|
Received 16.12.98. Published as First Special Report, Session 1998-99
|
Eighth Report: Report and Accounts of the BBC for 1997-98
|
1090
|
5.11.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
Reply awaited |
Ninth Report: The Future of News at Ten
|
1110
|
5.11.98
|
46
|
£8.80
|
Received 15.12.98. Published as Second Special Report, Session 1998-99
|
First Special Report: Press Activity Affecting Court Cases: Government Response to the Second Report from the National Heritage Committee, Session 1996-97
|
292
|
5.11.97
|
3
|
£1.45
|
Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Royal Opera House: Responses by the Government and the Arts Council of England to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98
|
493
|
18.2.98
|
26
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Preservation of Historic Ships: The Case of HMS Cavalier: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98
|
727
|
13.5.98
|
5
|
£2.25
|
Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Objectives and Performance of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Session 1997-98
|
1079
|
12.8.98
|
10
|
£3.40
|
Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 1996-97
Reply to the National Heritage Committee's Fourth Report: The
BBC and the Future of Broadcasting, published as Cm 3799 (20.11.97).
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 33 of the Committee's 50 meetings.
(On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.) The Committee received 337 memoranda, of which 26
came from Government departments, 3 from Executive Agencies and
74 from associated public bodies. The Committee published 196
memoranda.
Inquiry |
No. of oral evidence sessions
|
No. of memoranda received
|
No. of memoranda received from Government departments/
executive agencies/
associated public bodies
|
No. of memoranda published
|
No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
The Royal Opera House
|
4 |
39
|
2/0/2 |
27
|
12 |
The Millennium Dome
|
4 |
32
|
5/1/12 |
27
|
5 |
Preservation of Historic Ships: The Case of HMS Cavalier
|
1 |
27
|
1/0/3 |
25
|
2 |
Audio-Visual Communications and the Regulation of Broadcasting (The Multi-Media Revolution)
|
10 |
75
|
3/0/12 |
75
|
0 |
Objectives and Performance of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
|
2 |
1
|
1/0/0 |
1
|
0 |
Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom
|
3 |
41
|
7/0/9 |
34
|
7 |
The Eyre Review and the Royal Opera House
|
1 |
0
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
Report and Accounts of the BBC for 1997-98
|
1 |
1
|
0/0/1 |
0
|
1 |
The Future of News at Ten
|
1 |
5
|
1/0/2 |
5
|
0 |
The Royal Opera House: Government Response
|
1 |
2
|
1/0/1 |
2
|
0 |
The Heritage Lottery Fund
|
5 |
113
|
4/2/32 |
-
|
- |
Other |
0
|
1 |
1/0/0
|
0
|
0
|
Total |
33
|
337 |
26/3/74
|
196 |
27
|
| 
