The Committee was nominated on 14 November 1997.

It had 11 Members and held 13 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Moonie, Dr Lewis (Chairman)	8
Ainsworth, Mr Peter (discharged, 5 June 1998)	6
Allan, Mr Richard	5
Chapman, Sir Sydney	8
Clarke, Mr Eric	6
McAvoy, Mr Thomas	8
McLoughlin, Mr Patrick (added, 5 June 1998)	3
Mudie, Mr George	4
Roe, Mrs Marion Roe	8
Turner, Mr Dennis	11
Tyler, Mr Paul	6
Watts, Mr David	8

Overall attendance:   56.6%

Number of Members added:  1

Number of Members discharged:  1

Turnover of membership during the Session:   9%

Staff

Committee Clerk: Dr M R Jack

Other Committee staff: Mrs K Georgiou Secretary (Grade 2) and Miss J Woodger Secretary (Grade 2) (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 38 memoranda. None came from government departments.

The Committee published no memoranda.