The Committee was nominated on 25 July 1997

It had 33 Members and held 8 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Sheldon, Mr Robert (Chairman)	8
Allan, Mr Richard (added, 29.4.98)	1
Anderson, Mr Donald	7
Bennett, Mr Andrew	4
Brooke, Mr Peter (added, 30.10.97)	5
Chapman, Sir Sydney (added, 30.10.97)	5
Clark, Dr Michael (added, 30.10.97)	2
Clarke, Mr Eric (added, 3.11.98)	1
Davis, Mr David (added, 30.10.97)	5
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth	3
Foster, Mr Derek	1
George, Mr Bruce	3
Hinchliffe, Mr David	2
Hodge, Mrs Margaret (discharged, 16.11.98)	4
Hood, Mr Jimmy	1
Horam, Mr John (added, 2.12.97)	1
Jones, Mr Martyn	7
Kaufman, Mr Gerald	3
Kirkwood, Mr Archy	6
Luff, Mr Peter	5
McWilliam, Mr John	4
Marshall, Mr David	6
Moonie, Dr Lewis (added, 2.12.97)	1
Morgan, Mr Rhodri	6
Mullin, Mr Chris	7
O'Neill, Mr Martin	4
Pike, Mr Peter (added, 2.12.97)	4
Radice, Mr Giles	4
Roe, Mrs Marion (added, 30.10.97)	5
Tredinnick, Mr David	6
Turner, Mr Dennis (added, 30.10.97)	4
Wells, Mr Bowen	4
Wicks, Mr Malcolm (added, 16.11.98)	0
Winterton, Mr Nicholas (added, 30.10.97)	6

Overall attendance:  51.1%

Number of Members added:  13

Number of Members discharged:  1

Turnover of membership during the Session:   3%

Staff

Committee Clerk: Mr C B Winnifrith

Other Committee staff: Miss A T Power, Secretary, Grade 11

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None

Witnesses

None

Overseas Visits

 Not applicable

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Recommendations under S.O No. 131(2) regarding allocation of time for consideration of Estimates were reported to the House on 25 June 1998 and 16 November 1998 and under S.O. No.10(4) subjects for Wednesday morning debates on Select Committee Reports were reported to the House on 22 January, 26 February and 4 June 1998.

Divisions

 None

Evidence

No evidence was taken at any of the Committee meetings.