The Committee was nominated on 4 June 1998.

It had 15 Members and held 67 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
*Beckett, Mrs Margaret (Chairman) (added, 29.7.98)	5
*Taylor, Mrs Ann (Chairman) (discharged, 29.7.98)	62
Ashton, Mr Joe (discharged, 23.2.98)	23
Caplin, Mr Ivor (added, 5.11.98)	2
Cormack, Sir Patrick (discharged, 30.7.97)	13
Drew, Mr David (added, 3.2.98)	27
Edwards, Mr Huw (discharged, 3.2.98)	26
Emery, Sir Peter	49
Goodlad, Sir Alistair (discharged, 27.6.97)	2
Hall, Mr Mike (discharged, 5.11.98)	57
Jackson, Ms Helen	56
Pike, Mr Peter L.	64
Shephard, Mrs Gillian (added, 27.6.97; discharged, 5.6.98)	39
Shepherd, Mr Richard (added, 30.7.97)	44
Soley, Mr Clive	56
Squire, Ms Rachel	43
Starkey, Dr Phyllis	61
Stunell, Mr Andrew	58
Twigg, Mr Stephen (added, 23.2.98)	25
Tyler, Mr Paul	60
Winterton, Mr Nicholas	54
Young, Sir George (added, 5.6.98)	15

The symbol * against a Member's name indicates that she held a Ministerial post while being a member of the Committee.

Overall attendance:   83.7 %

Number of Members added:  7

Number of Members discharged:  7

Turnover of membership during the Session:   46.6 %

Staff

Committee Clerk: Mr C B Winnifrith.

Other Committee staff: Mr D L Natzler, Second Clerk (until 30 September 1997)(Grade 5); Mr A Sandall, Second Clerk (from 1 October 1997) (Grade 5); Mr Paul Derrett, Chief Office Clerk (until 31 December 1997) (Grade 12); Miss Nerys Welfoot, Chief Office Clerk (from 1 January 1998) (Grade 12); Miss Michelle Owen, Secretary (until December 1997) (Grade 13); Miss K Ferries, Secretary (from January 1998) (Grade 13 ).

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Professor R J Hynds.

Witnesses

None

Overseas Visits

None      

Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg

None

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: The Legislative Process	190	29.7.97	36	£8.00	Not applicable
Second Report: Explanatory Material for Bills	389	9.12.97	26	£6.50	Not applicable
Third Report: Carry-over of Public Bills	543	9.3.98	9	£3.10	Not applicable
Fourth Report: Conduct in the Chamber	600	9.3.98	21	£5.50	Not applicable
Fifth Report: Consultation paper on voting methods	699	29.4.98	12	£3.70	Not applicable
Sixth Report: Voting methods	779	4.6.98	12	£3.70	Not applicable
Seventh Report: The Scrutiny of European Business	791	17.6.98	65	£10.60	Not applicable
First Special Report: Work of the Committee: First Progress Report	191	29.7.97	21	£4.75	Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 1996-97

Not applicable.

Divisions

Date	Subject
4.3.98	Seven, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Conduct in the Chamber

Debates

The following Reports were debated in the House:

First Report, 1997-98, The Legislative Process, 13.11.97

Third Report, 1997-98, Carry-Over of Public Bills, 4.6.98

Fourth Report, 1997-98, Conduct in the Chamber, 4.6.98

Seventh Report, 1997-98, The Scrutiny of European Business, 17.11.98

Evidence

No oral evidence was taken. The Committee received 325 memoranda, of which 5 came from Government

 Departments. The Committee published 18 memoranda.

Inquiry	No. of oral evidence sessions	No. of memoranda received	No. of memoranda received from Government departments / executive agencies / public bodies	No. of memoranda published	No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
The Legislative Process	Nil	36	1/0/3	5	31
Revision of Order Paper	Nil	3	0/0/0	1	Nil
Explanatory Material for Bills	Nil	3	0/0/0	1	Nil
Carry-over of Public Bills	Nil	1	0/0/0	1	Nil
Conduct in the Chamber	Nil	11	1/0/0	Nil	Nil
Voting Methods	Nil	16	1/0/0	Nil	Nil
Scrutiny of European Legislation	Nil	9	1/0/1	10	Nil
The Parliamentary Calendar	Nil	223	1/0/0	Nil	Nil
Other	Nil	23	0/0/0	Nil	Nil
Total	Nil	325	5/0/4	18	31