23. Northern Ireland Affairs
The Committee was nominated on 28 July 1997.
It had 13 Members and held 37 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
|
Brooke, Mr Peter (Chairman) | 37 |
|
Barnes, Mr Harry | 29 |
|
Beggs, Mr Roy | 34 |
|
Browne, Mr Desmond (discharged, 9.11.98) | 31 |
|
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey | 24 |
|
Grogan, Mr John | 29 |
|
Hesford, Mr Stephen (added, 19.2.98) | 18 |
|
Hunter, Mr Andrew | 19 |
|
Livingstone, Mr Ken | 22 |
|
McCabe, Mr Stephen (added, 9.11.98) | 2 |
|
McGrady, Mr Eddie | 21 |
|
McWalter, Mr Tony | 34 |
|
Moran, Ms Margaret (discharged, 19.2.98) | 8 |
|
Robinson, Mr Peter | 28 |
|
Salter, Mr Martin | 34 |
|
Overall attendance: 76.9%
Number of Members added: 2
Number of Members discharged: 2
Turnover of membership during the Session: 15
%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr R I S Phillips, (until 31 October
1998). Dr C R M Ward, (from 1 November 1998).
Other Committee staff: Mr A P Hubner, Higher Executive
Officer, Grade 10; Miss K Bull, Secretary, Grade 13.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Anthony Bottoms, Dr Keith Bryett, Dr Andrew
Coyle, Dr Sydney Elliott, Dr Graham Gudgin, Dr Rosemary Kilpatrick
and Mr John Simpson.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:-
Cabinet Ministers: 3
Other Ministers: 3
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
Northern Ireland Office 17
other departments: 5
comprising:- Home Department 5
executive agencies: 3
Northern Ireland Prison Service 3
non-departmental public bodies: 11
comprising:- Arts Council for Northern Ireland 3
Probation Board for Northern Ireland 3
Police Authority
for Northern Ireland 3
Independent Commission for Police Complaints 2
Appearances by other witnesses: 26
Overseas Visits
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
01-05.03.97
|
Madrid & Bilbao
|
9
|
2
|
Regional Policing
|
£10,133.51
|
12.03.98
|
The Hague |
4
|
2
|
Regional Policing
|
£2,578.22
|
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg:
None
UK Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
20-21.10.97 |
Belfast/
Londonderry
|
11
|
2
|
Familiarisation of developments in the Province
|
£2,293.37
|
10.12.97
(cancelled)
|
Belfast |
|
|
|
£276.00
|
20-21.1.98
|
Belfast |
8
|
3²
|
Electoral Malpractice in Northern Ireland (inc Evidence Sessions)¹
|
£2,775.14
|
23.3.98
|
Belfast |
6
|
2
|
Press Conference
|
£2,100.13
|
27-28.04.98
|
Belfast |
8
|
2³
|
Northern Ireland Prison Service
|
£5,033.80
|
12.06.98
|
Belfast |
5
|
5³
|
Northern Ireland Prison Service/ Special Educational Needs
|
£2,548.55
|
26-27.7.98
|
Belfast |
10
|
4² ³
|
Northern Ireland Prison Service Evidence Session ¹/ Press Conference
|
£4,021.61
|
17-18.11.98
|
Belfast |
7
|
2
|
Arts Council for Northern Ireland (Evidence Session)¹
|
£2,268.00
|
¹ Cost of evidence sessions
have not been included
² Includes Shorthand Writer
³ Includes Specialist Advisers
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
First Report: Northern Ireland Public Expenditure: Current Plans and Priorities
|
295
|
10.02.98
|
84
|
£12.50
|
Received 3.04.98
|
Second Report: Electoral Malpractice in Northern Ireland
|
316
|
23.03.98
|
133
|
£17.00
|
Received 29.05.98
|
Third Report: Composition, Recruitment and Training of the RUC
|
337-I
|
27.07.98
|
37
|
£8.00
|
Received 4.11.98
|
Third Report: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
|
337-II
|
27.07.98
|
463
|
£34.00
|
Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Prison Service in Northern Ireland
|
716
|
01.12.98
(1998-99)
|
151
|
£18.00
|
Reply awaited |
First Special Report: Response by the Government to the Committee's First Report on Northern Ireland Public Expenditure: Current Plans and Priorities
|
700
|
28.04.98
|
4
|
£1.45
|
Not required |
Second Special Report: Response by the Government to the Committee's Second Report on Electoral Malpractice in Northern Ireland
|
781
|
15.06.98
|
4
|
£1.45
|
Not required |
Third Special Report: Government Observations on the Third Report from the Committee on Composition, Recruitment and Training of the RUC
|
1142
|
11.11.98
|
5
|
£1.70
|
Not required |
Divisions
Date |
Subject
|
08.07.98
|
Four, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on the Composition, Recruitment and Training of the RUC.
|
Debates
None
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 23 of the Committee's 37 meetings.
On 1 of these occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly in
private. The Committee received 112 memoranda, of which 12 came
from Government departments. The Committee published 111 memoranda.
Inquiry
|
No. of oral evidence sessions
|
No. of memoranda received
|
No. of memoranda received from Government departments/ executive agencies/
associated public bodies
|
No. of memoranda published
|
No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
Northern Ireland Public Expenditure Plans: Current Plans and Priorities
|
1
|
29
|
4/-/-
|
29
|
-
|
Electoral Malpractice in Northern Ireland
|
4
|
20
|
3/-/-
|
20
|
-
|
Composition, Recruitment and Training of the RUC
|
10
|
54
|
4/-/5
|
53*
|
-
|
Prison Service in Northern Ireland
|
7
|
9
|
1/4/1
|
9
|
-
|
Non-Departmental Public Bodies in Northern Ireland: Arts Council for Northern Ireland
|
1
|
-
|
-/-/-
|
-
|
-
|
Total |
23
|
112
|
12/4/6
|
111
|
-
|
* One memorandum classified as 'In Confidence' and
not published
|
