The Committee was nominated on 5 June 1997.

It had 7 Members and held 40 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Tredinnick, Mr David (Chairman)	32
Bennett, Mr Andrew F.	27
Burgon, Mr Colin	21
Grieve, Mr Dominic	31
McKenna, Ms Rosemary	21
Organ, Ms Diana	15
Ross, Mr William	13

Overall attendance:   57.1 %

Number of Members added:  0

Number of Members discharged:  0

Turnover of membership during the Session:   0%

Staff

Committee Clerk: Ms L M Gardner.

Other Committee staff: Ms Jane Cooper, Secretary, Grade 13.

The Committee also has the assistance of Speaker's Counsel and the Assistants to Speaker's Counsel.

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

None.

Visits

None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence  

Title	HC No. (1997-98)	Date of publication	No. of pages	Sale price	Government   reply
First	34-i	10.7.97	8	£2.25	Formal Government replies are not required
Second	34-ii	12.3.98	7	£2.25
Third	34-iii	20.11.98	5	£2.25

Government replies to Reports for Session 1996-97

None.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Evidence

Oral evidence was taken at none of the Committee's meetings. The Committee received 36 memoranda, all of which came from Government departments. The Committee published 3 memoranda.