25. Procedure
The Committee was nominated on 31 July 1997.
It had 14 Members and held 18 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
|
Winterton, Mr Nicholas (Chairman) | 17 |
|
Beresford, Sir Paul | 5 |
|
Darvill, Mr Keith | 18 |
|
Davey, Mr Edward (added, 7.11.97) | 12 |
|
Drew, Mr David | 12 |
|
Efford, Mr Clive | 13 |
|
Fitzsimons, Lorna | 10 |
|
Gardiner, Mr Barry | 13 |
|
Green, Mr Damian (discharged, 5.11.98) | 5 |
|
Illsley, Mr Eric | 8 |
|
McCafferty, Chris | 11 |
|
Southworth, Helen | 8 |
|
Stinchcombe, Mr Paul | 8 |
|
Stunell, Mr Andrew | 14 |
|
Syms, Mr Robert (added, 5.11.98) | 1 |
|
Tyler, Mr Paul (discharged, 7.11.97) | 1 |
|
Overall attendance: 61.9%
Number of Members added: 2
Number of Members discharged: 2
Turnover of membership during the Session: 14.3
%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Ms E C Samson
Other Committee staff: Mr H A Yardley, Assistant
Clerk (until 30 October 1998) (Grade 7); Mr S Mark, Assistant
Clerk (from 2 November 1998) (Grade 7); Mr P Derrett, Chief Office
Clerk (until 31 December 1997) (Grade 12); Miss N Welfoot, Chief
Office Clerk (from 1 January 1998) (Grade 12); Miss M Owen, Secretary
(Grade 13) (until December 1997); Miss K Ferries, Secretary (Grade
13) (from January 1998).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
H M Treasury: 3
executive agencies: 0
non-departmental public bodies: 0
Officials of the House 10
Members of the House 5
Appearances by other witnesses: 5
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: Use of the Welsh Language in Parliamentary Proceedings in Wales
|
461
|
25.2.98
|
25
|
£6.50
|
See debates below
|
Second Report: Resource Accounting and Budgeting
|
438
|
31.3.98
|
103
|
£13.60
|
Received 30.5.98: published as First Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Third Report: Objections to Questions in Select Committees
|
990
|
21.7.98
|
8
|
£3.10
|
Not required |
First Special Report: Resource Accounting and Budgeting: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee
|
773
|
15.6.98
|
10
|
£3.40
|
Not applicable |
Divisions
None
Debates
The First Report: Use of the Welsh Language in Parliamentary Proceedings
in Wales was approved by Resolution of the House on 20.3.98.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 7 of the Committee's 18 meetings. On
none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in
private. The Committee received 96 memoranda, of which 19 came
from Government departments and 4 from associated public bodies.
The Committee published 37 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
|
Use of the Welsh Language in Parliamentary Proceedings in Wales
|
1
|
23 |
2/0/0
|
23
|
Nil
|
Resource Accounting and Budgeting
|
3
|
12 |
5/0/4
|
9
|
Nil
|
Objections to Questions in Select Committees
|
Nil
|
4
|
0/0/0
|
1
|
Nil
|
Financial Procedure
|
3
|
17
|
2/0/0
|
4
|
Nil
|
The Procedural Consequences of Devolution
|
Nil
|
28
|
3/0/0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Other |
Nil
|
12
|
7/0/0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Total |
7
|
96
|
19/0/4
|
37
|
Nil
|
|
