11. Environment, Transport and Regional
Affairs
Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the
House of Commons, 8 July 1997: "Ordered,
That - Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government
departments) be amended- (1) by leaving out items 4 and 15 in
the Table in paragraph (2) and inserting the following item at
the appropriate place Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs/Department
of the Environment, Transport and the Regions/17/5'"
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 17 Members and held 36 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
|
Bennett, Mr Andrew | 34 |
|
Brake, Mr Tom | 25 |
|
Butler, Christine | 31 |
|
Cummings, Mr John | 23 |
|
Day, Mr Stephen (discharged 17.11.97) | 3 |
|
Donohoe, Mr Brian | 19 |
|
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth | 29 |
|
Ellman, Mrs Louise | 33 |
|
Flight, Mr Howard (discharged 20.7.98) | 12 |
|
Forsythe, Mr | 20 |
|
Gray, Mr James | 24 |
|
Hammond, Mr Philip (added 17.11.97)(discharged 22.6.98) | 4 |
|
Laing, Mrs Eleanor (added 22.6.98) | 2 |
|
O'Brien, Mr Bill | 28 |
|
Olner, Mr Bill | 30 |
|
Pickles, Mr Eric | 18 |
|
Randall, Mr John (appointed 20.7.98) | 4 |
|
Stevenson, Mr George | 20 |
|
Stringer, Mr Graham | 29 |
|
Whitehead, Dr Alan | 28 |
|
Overall attendance: 68%
Number of Members added: 3
Number of Members discharged: 3
Turnover of membership during the Session: 18%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Dr David Harrison
Other Committee staff: Mr C D Stanton, Senior Clerk,
Grade 7(until 31 October 1998); Mr G R Devine, Senior Clerk, Grade
7(from 1 November 1998); Miss E S Payne, Assistant Clerk (until
31 October 1998); Mr H A Yardley, Assistant Clerk (from 1 November
1998); Mr K Lee, Specialist Assistant, Grade 8(from 12 January
1998); Ms K R Smith, Specialist Assistant, Grade 8(from 12 January);
Dr D Taylor, Specialist Assistant, Grade 8(from 12 January 1998);
Miss F L Allingham, Higher Executive Officer, Grade 10; Miss J
R Recardo, Chief Office Clerk, grade 12 (from 1 December 1997);
Miss A J Skinner, Secretary, Grade 13 (until 26 June 1998.); Mrs
S Morrison, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 30 March 1998); and Miss
C Wilson, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 13 July 1998).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Richard Bate, Mr Peter Chapman, Professor Alan
Harding, Ms Rita Hale, Professor Peter Jones, Professor Philip
Lowe, Mr Richard Macrory, Mr Bob Nicholson, Professor Michael
Parkinson and Dr Christine Whitehead.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:-
Cabinet Ministers: 4
Other Ministers: 4
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions: 24
other departments: 11
comprising:- Department for Education and Employment 2
Department of Trade and Industry 1
HM Treasury 2
Government Office for the North West 3
Government Office for the South West 1
Government Office for the West Midlands 1
Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber 1
non-departmental public bodies: 16
comprising:- Countryside Commission 2
English Partnerships 6
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 2
Rural Development Commission 2
Scottish Enterprise 1
Welsh Development Agency 3
Appearances by other witnesses: 61
Overseas Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
16-17.10.98 |
Bonn
|
2*
|
1
|
Conference on Climate Change
|
£2,028.74
|
27-30.1.98 |
Cancun
|
1*
|
|
Global Forum on HABITAT
|
£4,199.44
|
5-6.2.98 |
Copenhagen
|
1*
|
1
|
EU Environment Committees
|
£1,443.87
|
21-22.6.98 |
Aahus
|
1*
|
1
|
Conference on Globe Europe
|
£1,782.38
|
9-12.11.98 |
Buenos Aires
|
1*
|
|
Conference on Climate Change
|
£3,0101.43
|
* In a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg None
UK Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
08.06.98 |
Poundbury
|
6
|
4*
|
Housing |
£1,274.70
|
* Includes 1 specialist adviser.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
First Report with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Regional Development Agencies
|
415
|
12.1.97
|
170
|
£18.00
|
Received 17.3.98: published as Second Special Report
|
Second Report: Sewage Treatment and Disposal
|
266-I
|
24.2.97
|
88
|
£12.50
|
Cm 4023: 30.7.98
|
Third Report: The Proposed Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Regulation
|
286-I
|
18.3.98
|
51
|
£9.70
|
Cm 4024: 20.7.98
|
Fourth Report: Air Traffic Control
|
360-I
|
7.4.98
|
28
|
£6.50
|
Received 11.6.98: Published as Third Special Report
|
Fifth Report: The Future for Allotments
|
560-I
|
24.6.98
|
44
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4052: 24.9.98
|
Sixth Report: Sustainable Waste Development
|
484-I
|
30.6.98
|
92
|
£12.50
|
Cm 4058: 24.9.98
|
Seventh Report: London Underground
|
715-I
|
15.7.98
|
26
|
£6.50
|
Cm 4093: 29.10.98
|
Eighth Report: Regional Air Services
|
589-I
|
28.7.98
|
39
|
£8.00
|
Reply awaited |
Ninth Report with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices taken before the Environment Sub-Committee: English Nature
|
790
|
24.7.98
|
168
|
£17.00
|
Received 14.10.98: Published as Fourth Special Report
|
Tenth Report: Housing
|
495-I
|
30.7.98
|
79
|
£11.50
|
Cm 4080: 19.10.98
|
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-II
|
24.8.98
|
318
|
£23.70
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-i
|
13.3.98
|
37
|
£8.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-ii
|
26.5.98
|
58
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-iii
|
26.5.98
|
55
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-iv
|
26.5.98
|
27
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-v
|
23.6.98
|
41
|
£8.80
|
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-vi
|
2.7.98
|
46
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-vii
|
24.7.98
|
56
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-viii
|
27.7.98
|
38
|
£8.80
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-ix
|
7.8.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Housing
|
495-x
|
7.7.98
|
24
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Eleventh Report: Implementation of the Best Value Framework
|
705-I
|
31.7.98
|
29
|
£7 .00
|
Cm 4082: 16.10.98
|
Twelfth Report with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices taken before the Environment and Transport Sub-Committees: The Departmental Annual Report 1998 and Expenditure Plans 1998-99
|
844
|
17.8.98
|
140
|
£15.90
|
Cm 4098: 30.10.98
|
Thirteenth Report: The Protection of Field Boundaries
|
969-I
|
12.11.98
|
69
|
£10.60
|
Reply awaited |
First Special Report: Government Reply to the First Report of the Transport Committee in Session 1996-97
|
234
|
11.8.97
|
8
|
£2.25
|
Not Applicable |
Second Special Report: Government Reply to the First Report
|
645
|
30.3.98
|
14
|
£4.00
|
Not Applicable |
Third Special Report: Government Reply to the Fourth Report
|
843
|
25.6.98
|
8
|
£2.25
|
Not Applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Government Reply to Ninth Report
|
1137
|
12.11.98
|
20
|
£4.75
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Climate Change
|
287-i & ii
|
10.3.98
|
27
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Air Quality
|
356 i & ii
|
8.5.98
|
36
|
£8.00
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Green Taxation and the Budget
|
706-i
|
1.7.98
|
52
|
£9.70
|
Not Applicable |
Divisions
Date |
Subject
|
11.2.98 |
Three, on consideration of the Environment Sub-committee's First Report on Sewage Treatment and Disposal
|
15.7.98 |
Two, on consideration of the Transport Sub-committee's Second Report on Air Traffic Control.
|
15.7.98 |
Five, on consideration of the Transport Sub-committee's Fourth Report on Regional Air Services.
|
Debates
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to debates in the House:
First Report, 1997-98, Regional Development Agencies, on Second
Reading of the Regional Development Agencies Bill, 14.1.98
Third Report, 1997-98, the Proposed Strategic Rail Authority and
Railway Regulation, was the subject of a motion for the Adjournment
of the House on a Wednesday morning, under Standing Order No.
10(4), 25.3.98.
First Report, 1997-98, Regional Development Agencies and Second
Special Report, Government Response thereto, on Remaining Stages
of the Regional Development Agencies Bill, 1.4.98
Tenth Report, 1997-98, Housing, on a Government motion for the
Adjournment of the House, 22.10.98
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 19 of the Committee's 36 meetings.
The Committee received 281 memoranda, of which 20 came from Government
departments and 17 from associated public bodies. The Committee
published 212 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
|
Regional Development Agencies
|
4
|
30
|
5/0/5
|
30
|
0
|
Climate Change |
2
|
1
|
1/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
Air Quality |
2
|
2
|
1/0/1
|
2
|
0
|
Housing |
10
|
230
|
9/0/10
|
161
|
69
|
Green Taxation and the Budget
|
1
|
16
|
2/0/1
|
16
|
0
|
The Departmental Annual Report 1998 and Expenditure Plans 1998-99
|
0
|
2
|
2/0/0
|
2
|
0
|
Total |
19
|
281
|
20/0/17
|
212
|
69
|
|
