11B. Environment,
Transport and Regional Affairs: Transport Sub-Committee
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- (2) by leaving out line 10 and inserting
the words ... 'the Environment Transport and Regional Affairs
Committee shall have the power to appoint two sub-committees'"
The Sub-Committee was nominated on 15 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 41 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
| Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth (Chairman) | 37 |
| Bennett, Mr Andrew | 40 |
| Day, Mr Stephen (discharged 17.11.97) | 4 |
| Donohoe, Mr Brian | 31 |
| Forsythe, Mr | 36 |
| Gray, Mr James | 16 |
| Hammond, Mr Philip (appointed 26.11.97)(discharged 22.06.98) | 15 |
| Laing, Mrs Eleanor (appointed 01.07.98) | 5 |
| O'Brien, Mr Bill | 35 |
| Olner, Mr Bill | 22 |
| Pickles, Mr Eric | 22 |
| Stevenson, Mr George | 34 |
| Stringer, Mr Graham | 35 |
|
|
Overall attendance: | 73.6% |
|
Number of Members added: | 2 |
|
Number of Members discharged: | 2 |
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: 18.2% |
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr C D Stanton, Senior Clerk, Grade
7 (until 31 October 1998); Mr G R Devine, 7 (from 1 November 1998)
Other Committee staff: Mr K Lee, Specialist Assistant,
Grade 8(from 12 January 1998); Miss F L Allingham, Higher Executive
Officer, Grade 10; Miss A J Skinner, Secretary, Grade 13 (until
26 June 1998.); and Miss C Wilson, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 13
July 1998).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Rob Gifford, Mr Chris Green, Mr AWS Holland, Professor
James McConville and Mr Laurie Price
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: 10
non-departmental public bodies: 7
comprising:- Central Rail Users Consultative
Committee 4
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising 2
Office of the Rail Regulator 1
Appearances by other witnesses: 146
Overseas Visits
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
17.5-21.5.98
|
USA |
7
|
3*
|
Regional Air Services
|
£45,857.44
|
* Includes 1 specialist adviser.
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg None
UK Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
6.11.97
|
Swanwick |
3
|
3*
|
Air Traffic Control
|
£376.20
|
19.01.98
|
Tyne and Wear |
4 |
3 |
Integrated Transport |
£1,257.80
|
23.2.98
|
Canadian High Commission
|
3
|
1
|
Meeting with Canadian Senate Committee
|
£12.00
|
2.4.98
|
Belfast |
9
|
4†
|
Regional Air Services
|
£4,363.60
|
22.4.98
|
Canadian High Commission
|
3
|
1
|
Meeting with Canadian House of Commons Committee
|
£17.50
|
23.7.98
|
Transport Research Laboratory
|
4
|
2
|
Railway Safety |
£150.40
|
* Includes 1 specialist adviser. †Includes I
specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Proposed Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Regulation
|
286-II
|
20.3.98
|
253
|
£25.80
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Air Traffic Control
|
360-II
|
7.5.98
|
185
|
£19.50
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-i
|
14.5.98
|
40
|
£8.80
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-ii
|
14.5.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-iii
|
18.5.98
|
49
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-iv
|
30.6.98
|
79
|
£11.50
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-v
|
8.7.98
|
34
|
£8.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-vi
|
8.7.98
|
32
|
£8.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: London Underground
|
715-II
|
23.7.98
|
121
|
£14.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-vii
|
5.8.98
|
64
|
£10.60
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-viii
|
5.8.98
|
54
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-ix
|
7.8.98
|
44
|
£8.80
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-x
|
7.8.98
|
39
|
£8.80
|
Not applicable |
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Regional Air Services
|
589-II
|
23.10.98
|
122
|
£14.70
|
Not applicable |
Divisions
Date |
Subject
|
25.2.98
18.3.98 |
One, on consideration of an amendment to Chairman's draft Report on the Proposed Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Regulation
Two, on consideration of Chairman's draft Report on Air Traffic Control.
|
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 31 of the Sub-Committee's 41 meetings.
The Sub-Committee received 446 memoranda, of which 19 came from
Government departments, 1 from executive agencies and 14 from
associated public bodies. The Sub-Committee published 374 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 Proposed Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Regulation
|
7
|
72 |
3/0/7
|
72
|
0
|
Air Traffic Control
|
5
|
46
|
2/0/0
|
44
|
2
|
London Underground
|
2
|
24
|
1/0/1
|
24
|
0
|
Regional Air Services
|
10
|
230
|
9/0/10
|
161
|
69
|
The Departmental Annual Report 1998 and Expenditure Plans 1998-99
|
1
|
2
|
1/0/0
|
2
|
0
|
Railway Safety |
2 |
35 |
0/0/0
|
35
|
0
|
Future of National Air Traffic Services
|
2
|
12
|
1/0/0
|
12
|
0
|
Millennium Compliance
|
1
|
3
|
2/0/0
|
2
|
1
|
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
|
1
|
22
|
0/1/0
|
22
|
0
|
Total |
31
|
446
|
19/1/14 |
374 |
72
|
|
