The Committee was nominated on 28 July 1997.

It had 9 Members and held 18 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Allan, Mr Richard (Chairman from 11.05.98)	11
Bruce, Mr Ian	12
Connarty, Mr Michael	10
Gerrard, Mr Neil	14
Jones, Mr Jon Owen (Chairman until 11.05.98)	10
Miller, Mr Andrew	10
Osborne, Mrs Sandra	5
Sawford, Mr Phil	10
Whittingdale, Mr John	12

Overall attendance:   58%

Turnover of membership during the Session:   nil

Staff

Committee Clerk: Mr P G Moon.

Other Committee staff: Miss J L Crowder, Secretary (Grade 13).

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Professor R J Hynds.

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by 2 Officials of the House.

Overseas Visits

Nil.

Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg

Nil.

UK Visits: None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence: None.

Divisions: None.

Debates: None.

Evidence

Oral evidence was taken at 1 of the Committee's 18 meetings. The Committee received 80 memoranda, of which 1 came from a Government department. The Committee published no memoranda.