The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.

It had 11 Members and held 42 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Jones, Mr Martyn (Chairman)	42
Bercow, Mr John (discharged, 22.6.98)	14
Caton, Mr Martin	34
Edwards, Mr Huw (added, 8.12.97)	20
Flynn, Mr Paul (discharged, 8.12.97)	0
Jones, Mr Ieuan Wyn (discharged, 20.4.98)	16
Lawrence, Ms Jackie	25
Lewis, Dr Julian (added, 22.6.98)	5
Livsey, Mr Richard	32
Llwyd, Mr Elfyn (added, 20.4.98)	10
Morgan, Ms Julie	34
Paterson, Mr Owen	28
Thomas, Mr Gareth	30
Williams, Mrs Betty	20

Overall attendance:   67.1 %

Number of Members added:  3

Number of Members discharged:  3

Turnover of membership during the Session:   27 %

Staff

Committee Clerk: Ms P A Helme (until 30 September 1997 and from 1 March 1998); Mr F A Cranmer (from 1 October 1997 until 28 February 1998).

Other Committee staff:  Mr J Hole, Higher Executive Officer, Grade 10 (until 31 December 1997); Mr P A Derrett, Higher Executive Officer, Grade 10 (from 1 January 1998); Miss K J Ferries, Secretary, Grade 13 (until 20 January 98); Miss C Evans (temporary secretary) (from 20 January 1998 until 13 March 1998); Miss K Wreford (temporary secretary) (from 23 March 1998 until 8 April 1998); Mrs A J Waller, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 5 May 1998 until 16 October 1998); Miss A Johnson, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 27 October 1998).

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Ms Rachel Ashworth, Dr Denis Balsom, Mr Mark Clatworthy, Mr Richard Edwards, Ms Jane Hutt, Professor Ross McKay, Professor Terry Marsden and Mr Brian Morgan.

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:

Number of appearances by:-

Cabinet Ministers:  2

Other Ministers:   3

Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:-

Welsh Office:  14

non-departmental public bodies:  28

comprising:- Cardiff Bay Development Corporation  1

Development Board for Rural Wales :  9

Meat and Livestock Commission (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)  3

National Museums and Galleries of Wales  3

Wales Tourist Board:  2

Welsh Development Agency:  11

Appearances by other witnesses:  83

Overseas Visits

Date	Destination	Members	Staff	Purpose	Cost
16-19.3.98	Madrid and Barcelona	7	2#	Investment in Industry	£9,092.97
2-3.6.98	Dublin and Dundalk	5	2#	Investment in Industry	£4,047.23

# Includes 1 specialist adviser.

Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg

None

UK Visits

Date	Destination	Members	Staff	Purpose	Cost
27.10.98	Welsh Office, Cardiff	9	3	Welsh Office briefing	£1,297.17
10.11.97	Ladywell House, Newtown	8	4*#	Evidence on the Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales	£1,029.97
17.11.97	County Hall, Mold	7	5*#	Evidence on the Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales	£985.77
24.11.98	Council Chamber, Cardiff	6	5*#	Evidence on the Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales	£843.59
19.1.98	Welsh Office, Cardiff	6	3*	Evidence on Emergency Funding for NHS Trusts in Wales	£1,047.27
16.2.98	Welsh Office, Cardiff	6	3*	Evidence on the Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry	£1,144.27
23.2.98	Welsh Office, Cardiff	6	4*#	Evidence on the Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry	£1,321.98
9.3.98	Welsh Office, Cardiff	9	5*#	Evidence on the Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry	£1,008.79
30.3.98	T.H. Sutcliffe, Pontardawe	3	2	Informal visit on the Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry	£471.28
8-9.3.98	Bangor, Aberystwyth and Newcastle Emlyn	7	4#	Informal visit on Investment in Industry in Wales	£2,553.55
19.6.98	Welsh Office, Cardiff	2	2	Informal meetings on Devolution and Westminster	£308.05
22.6.98	Guildhall, Wrexham	7	4*	Evidence on Investment in Industry in Wales	£700.89
29.6.98	Cardiff	4	4#	Briefings from the National Audit Office and Welsh Development Agency	£329.65
6-7.7.98	Glasgow, Inverness and Ross and Cromarty	8	4*#	Informal visit on Investment in Industry	£6,225.08
26.10.98	National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff	5	3*	Evidence on the Closure of the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum	£508.65
16.11.98	Glamorgan Building, Cardiff	4	3	Briefing seminar on Broadcasting in Wales and the National Assembly	£639.20

* Includes 1 shorthand writer. # Includes 1 specialist adviser.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence  

Title	HC No. (1997-98)	Date of publication	No. of pages	Sale price	Government   reply
First Report: The Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales	329-I	26.2.98	32	£7.00	Received 19.5.98: published as Second Special Report, Session 1997-98
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales	329-II	26.2.98	348	£25.50	Not applicable
Second Report: The Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry	447	20.5.98	214	£20.50	Received 10.11.98: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 1997-98
Third Report: The Welsh Office Departmental Report 1998	751	5.8.98	43	£8.80	Received 5.10.98: published as Third Special Report, Session 1997-98
Fourth Report: Investment in Industry in Wales	821	18.11.98	236	£20.50	Awaiting reply
First Special Report: Government Response to the Third Report, Session1996-97 (The Preservation of Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments: Follow Up)	328	17.11.97	7	£2.25	Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the First Report, Session 1997-98 (The Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales)	750	1.6.98	8	£2.25	Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Third Report Session, 1997-98 (The Welsh Office Departmental Report 1998)	1101	27.10.98	5	£2.25	Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Second Report, Session 1997-98 (The Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry)	1148	17.11.98	6	£2.25	Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Emergency Funding for NHS Trusts in Wales	464	8.4.98	37	£8.00	Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: NHS (Wales) Summarised Accounts 1996-97	1054	15.9.98	23	£6.20	Not applicable

Divisions

None

Debates

The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in the House:

Second Report, 1997-98, The Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry, was the subject of debate on an Estimates Day, under Standing Order No. 54, 14.07.98

First Report, 1997-98, The Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales, on consideration of the Government of Wales Bill, 26.03.98

Evidence

Oral evidence was taken at 26 of the Committee's 42 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private. The Committee received 222 memoranda, of which 17 came from Government departments, 2 from executive agencies and 21 from associated public bodies. The Committee published 143 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
The Impact of the Government's Devolution Proposals on Economic Development and Local Government in Wales	9	67	1/0/4	67	0
The Present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry	8	37	1/0/3	31	5
Emergency Funding for NHS Trusts in Wales	1	11	1/0/0	11	0
Investment in Industry in Wales	5	34	3/0/4	29	5
The Welsh Office's Departmental Report 1998	1	3	3/0/0	3	0
NHS (Wales) Summarised Accounts 1996-97	1	2	2/0/0	2	0
The Closure of the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum	1	8	0/0/2	0	0
Broadcasting in Wales and the National Assembly	0	21	1/1/4	0	0
Childcare in Wales	0	26	1/1/3	0	0
Others	0	13	4/0/1	0	13
Total	26	222	17/2/21	143	23