22. Modernisation of the House of Commons
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
|
|