13. European Legislation
Standing Order No. 143 (Select Committee on European
Legislation) appointing the Committee, was repealed on 17 November
1998; and was replaced by Standing Order No. 143 (European Scrutiny
Committee) on the same date.
The Committee was nominated on 15 July 1997.
It had 16 Members and held 39 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
|
Hood, Mr Jimmy (Chairman) | 20 |
|
Baker, Mr Norman (discharged, 20.04.978) | 9 |
|
Blears, Ms Hazel (discharged, 03.02.98) | 11 |
|
Bradshaw, Mr Ben | 32 |
|
Breed, Mr Colin (added, 20.04,98) | 13 |
|
Brown, Mr Russell | 25 |
|
Casale, Mr Roger | 36 |
|
Cash, Mr William | 28 |
|
Davies, Mr Quentin (added, 22.07.07) | 19 |
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Dobbin, Mr Jim (added, 03.02.98) | 18 |
|
Ewing, Mrs Margaret | 17 |
|
Gilroy, Mrs Linda | 28 |
|
Jones, Ms Jennifer | 29 |
|
McGuire, Mrs Anne (discharged, 03.02.98) | 9 |
|
McKenna, Mrs Rosemary (added, 03.02.98) | 14 |
|
Marshall, Mr Jim | 33 |
|
Rammell, Mr Bill | 37 |
|
Steen, Mr Anthony | 14 |
|
Tyrie, Mr Andrew (discharged, 22.07.97) | 1 |
|
Woodward, Mr Shaun | 18 |
|
Overall attendance: 65.8%
Number of Members added: 4
Number of Members discharged: 4
Turnover of membership during the Session: 25%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr R J Rogers (until 1.1.98); Mrs
E J Flood (from 1.1.98).
Other Committee staff: Mr D R Lloyd, Senior Clerk,
Grade 7 (until 1.10.97); Mrs E J Flood, Senior Clerk, Grade 7
(from 1.10.97 until 1.1.98); Mrs S Craig, Senior Clerk, Grade
7 (from 2.11.98 ); Mr T Pratt CB, Legal Adviser, Grade 3 (until
27.11.97); Mr J Vaux, Counsel to the Speaker and Legal Adviser,
Grade 3 (from 17.11.97); Mrs E Attridge, Senior Clerk, Grade 7
(until 6.3.98); Mrs E Hopkins, Senior Clerk, Grade 7 (until 23.10.98);
Miss J S Eldred, Senior Clerk, Grade 7; Mr D Griffiths, Senior
Clerk, Grade 7 (from 23.2.98); Mrs R Melling CBE, Senior Clerk,
Grade 7 (from 5.10.98); Mr C Wilson, Senior Clerk, Grade 7 (from
5.10.98); Mrs N Mulloy, Higher Executive Officer, Grade 10; Mr
R Wostear, Senior Office Clerk, Grade 13; Mrs A Williams, Secretary,
Grade 13 (until 20.3.98); Mrs K Bishop, Secretary, Grade 13; Miss
S Ramsay, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 3.11.97) and Miss L Vanner,
Secretary, Grade 13 (from 23.3.98).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Peter Bolton.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:-
Cabinet Ministers 0
Other Ministers 7 (of whom none was a Member
of the House of Lords)
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of departments:— 13
comprising:— Department for Education and Employment 0
Foreign and Commonwealth 2
Department of Health 4
Department for International Development 2
Office for National Statistics 3
Office of Public Service 2
executive agencies: 0
non-departmental public bodies: 0
HM Services: 0
Appearances by other witnesses: 1
Overseas Visits
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
10.6.97 |
The Hague
|
-
|
2*
|
To attend Sixteenth Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
|
£1,162.17
|
17.7.97 |
Luxembourg
|
-
|
2*
|
To attend meeting of the Troika (for COSAC)
|
£1,241.95
|
19-21.10.97 |
Budapest
|
2*
|
1
|
To participate in Seminar on Parliamentary Scrutiny and the Implementation of European Legislation
|
£2,122.99
|
27-28.10.97 |
Brussels
|
1*
|
1
|
To attend EP Round Table to study the implications of the Amsterdam Treaty
|
£405.72
|
12-14.11.97 |
Luxembourg
|
1*
|
2
|
To attend Seventeenth Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
|
£2,146.87
|
24-26.11.97 |
Luxembourg
|
10
|
3
|
Work in preparation for Luxembourg Presidency
|
£9,766.29
|
4.6.98 |
Paris
|
1*
|
1
|
To attend Enlargement and Institutional Reforms in Europe Symposium
|
£1,103.48
|
15-19.6.98
|
Slovenia, Hungary and Austria
|
12
|
3
|
Work on EU enlargement and work in preparation for Austrian Presidency
|
£20,993.85
(estimate)
|
6.7.98 |
Brussels
|
-
|
1*
|
To attend Chairman of EU Affairs Committees' Meeting
|
£343.55
|
10.7.98 |
Vienna
|
1*
|
1
|
To attend meeting of the Troika (for COSAC)
|
£1,819.07
|
21.9.98 |
Brussels
|
1*
|
1
|
To attend EP Round Table on improving the quality of community legislation
|
£366.23
|
5-6.11.98 |
Rome |
1*
|
1
|
To attend Institutional Reform Symposium
|
£1,604.71
|
* in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
22-24.3.98 |
European Institutions, Brussels
|
6
|
3
|
Visit to EU institutions
|
£4,642.76
|
UK Visits: None
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply*
|
First Report |
155-i
|
21.7.97
|
29
|
£6.70
|
|
Second Report |
155-ii
|
7.8.97
|
308
|
£22.50
|
|
Third Report |
155-iii
|
7.8.97
|
93
|
£12.50
|
|
Fourth Report |
155-iv
|
19.11.97
|
81
|
£11.50
|
|
Fifth Report |
155-v
|
19.11.97
|
51
|
£9.70
|
|
Sixth Report |
155-vi
|
27.11.97
|
95
|
£12.50
|
|
Seventh Report |
155-vii
|
27.11.97
|
39
|
£8.00
|
|
Eighth Report |
155-viii
|
1.12.97
|
46
|
£8.80
|
|
Ninth Report |
155-ix
|
10.12.97
|
55
|
£10.60
|
|
Tenth Report |
155-x
|
29.12.97
|
50
|
£9.70
|
|
Eleventh Report |
155-xi
|
29.12.97
|
57
|
£9.70
|
|
Twelfth Report |
155-xii
|
27.1.98
|
49
|
£9.70
|
|
Thirteenth Report
|
155-xii
|
4.2.98
|
45
|
£8.80
|
|
Fourteenth Report
|
155-xiv
|
13.2.98
|
42
|
£8.80
|
|
Fifteenth Report |
155-xv
|
18.2.98
|
23
|
£5.80
|
|
Sixteenth Report |
155-xvi
|
27.2.98
|
41
|
£8.80
|
|
Seventeenth Report
|
155-xvii
|
11.3.98
|
28
|
£6.50
|
|
Eighteenth Report
|
155-xviii
|
18.3.98
|
44
|
£8.80
|
|
Nineteenth Report
|
155-xix
|
24.3.98
|
33
|
£8.00
|
|
Twentieth Report |
155-xx
|
6.4.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
|
Twenty-first Report
|
155-xxi
|
6.4.98
|
46
|
£8.80
|
|
Twenty-second Report
|
155-xxii
|
20.4.98
|
43
|
£8.80
|
|
Twenty-third Report
|
155-xxiii
|
30.4.98
|
57
|
£9.70
|
|
Twenty-fourth Report
|
155-xxiv
|
14.5.98
|
52
|
£9.70
|
|
Twenty-fifth Report
|
155-xxv
|
15.5.98
|
46
|
£8.80
|
|
Twenty-sixth Report
|
155-xxvi
|
27.5.98
|
44
|
£8.80
|
|
Twenty-seventh Report
|
155-xxvii
|
10.6.98
|
41
|
£8.80
|
|
Twenty-eighth Report
|
155-xxviii
|
18.6.98
|
36
|
£8.00
|
|
Twenty-ninth Report
|
155-xxix
|
3.7.98
|
56
|
£9.70
|
|
Thirtieth Report |
155-xxx
|
20.7.98
|
61
|
£11.20
|
|
Thirty-first Report
|
155-xxxi
|
22.7.98
|
39
|
£8.00
|
|
Thirty-second Report
|
155-xxxii
|
24.7.98
|
45
|
£9.70
|
|
Thirty-third Report
|
155-xxxiii
|
24.7.98
|
35
|
£8.00
|
|
Thirty-fourth Report
|
155-xxxiv
|
31.7.98
|
40
|
£8.00
|
|
Thirty-fifth Report
|
155-xxxv
|
13.8.98
|
42
|
£8.80
|
|
Thirty-sixth Report
|
155-xxvi
|
13.8.98
|
56
|
£9.70
|
|
Thirty-seventh Report
|
155-xxxvii
|
6.11.98
|
92
|
£12.50
|
|
Thirty-eighth Report
|
155-xxxviii
|
13.11.98
|
71
|
£10.60
|
|
Thirty-ninth Report
|
155-xxix
|
17.11.98
|
30
|
£7.00
|
|
Fortieth Report |
155-xl
|
27.11.98
|
39
|
£8.00
|
|
Minutes of Evidence: European Court of Auditors
|
909
|
|
8
|
£3.40
|
|
Minutes of Evidence: Amsterdam Treaty
|
333
|
3.12.98
|
18
|
£4.75
|
|
Minutes of Evidence: Multilateral Agreement on Investment
|
946
|
|
|
|
|
Minutes of Evidence: Tobacco Advertising
|
1204
|
|
|
|
|
* The Committee does not require formal Government
replies to each Report, but reports Government responses on individual
documents throughout the Session.
Government replies to Reports for Session 1996-97:
None
Divisions
Date |
Subject
|
16.7.97
22.7.97
14.1.98
1.4.98
22.4.98
|
Two, one on election of Chairman and one on consideration of the Committee's First Report.
Consideration of the Committee's Second Report.
Four, two on election of Chairman for that day's sitting and two on appointment of a temporary Chairman.
Consideration of the Committee's Twenty-Third Report
Three, consideration of the Committee's Twenty-Fifth Report.
|
Debates
None.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 8 of the Committee's 39 meetings. On
none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in
private.
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