Mr Adrian Piper, Senior Adviser, Domestic Finance Division, and Ms Victoria Cleland, Manager of Domestic Finance Division, Bank of England, were examined.
Mr Nick Fitzpatrick of Bacon & Woodrow, and Mr Roger Urwin, Head of Investment Consulting, Watson Wyatt, were examined.
Sir Peter Williams, Chairman of the Working Group on the Financing of High Technology Businesses, was examined.
[Adjourned till this day at Four o'clock.
TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 1999
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Pre-Budget Scrutiny, Financing of High Technology Businesses: Mr Huw Jones, Director of Prudential Portfolio Manager, Mr David Thomas, Director of Equitable Life, and Mr Richard Regan, Association of British Insurers, were examined.
Ms Anne Robinson, Director General of NAPF, Mr Peter Murray, Chairman of Railways Pensions Trustees, and Mr Ken Ayers of Frank Russell Company, National Association of Pension Funds, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Report (Draft Insolvency Bill)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 112, p. xxvii.)
Outcome of Structural Funds Negotiations, the UK's Proposed Objective 2 areas: A Paper was ordered to be reported to the House.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 January at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 11 JANUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Future of the Export Credits Guarantee Department)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 52, p. xxxiii.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into UK Space Policy. (The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 January at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2000
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on the Draft Electronic Communications Bill), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 1998-99 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Application for ECGD support for UK participation in the Ilisu Dam Project. (The Chairman.)
Pre-Budget Scrutiny, Fiscal Proposals: Mr Peter Agar, Deputy Director General, Mr Colin Perry, Chairman CBI SME Council, and Mr Sebastian Hordern, Tax Adviser, Confederation of British Industry, were examined.
Ms Rita Donaghy, President TUC, UNISON Executive, Mr Ian Brinkley, Economist, and Ms Maggie Dwyer, Policy Officer, Trade Union Congress, were examined.
Mr Richard Baron, Deputy Head of Policy, Institute of Directors, was examined.
Dr Stephen Bond, Corporate Sector Director IFS, Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, and Professor John Van Reenan, Research Fellow IFS, Professor of Economics, University College, London, Institute of Fiscal Studies, were examined.
Mr Tony Hobman, Chief Executive, and Mr Geoffrey Maddrell, Chairman, ProShare, and Mr Malcolm Hurlston, Chairman, and Mr Fred Hackworth, Employee Share Ownership Centre, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at Five o'clock.
TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2000
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Members present:
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry |
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Michael Colvin, Mr Bruce George
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Ms Diane Abbott, Mr David Chidgey, Sir Peter Emery, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley
International Development Committee:
Ann Clwyd, Mr Nigel Jones, Mr Piara S Khabra, Mr Andrew Rowe
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 January at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 25 JANUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope |
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
The Work of Ofgem: Mr Callum McCarthy, Director General, Dr Eileen Marshall, Deputy Director General, Competition and Trading Arrangements, and Mr Tony Boorman, Deputy Director General, Customers and Supply, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 January at Four o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Bob Laxton |
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Further Government Observations on the Draft Electronic Communications Bill), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's further response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 1998-99 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Application for ECGD support for UK participation in the Ilisu Dam Project: Mr Mike Watson, Chief Executive, and Mr Nigel Sloan, Major Projects, Balfour Beatty, were examined.
Mr Mark Muller, Chairman, Board of Directors, Mr Kerim Yildiz, Executive Director, Ms Alice Faure Walker, Former Deputy Director, and Ms Fiona Darroch, Environmental Law Barrister, Kurdish Human Rights Project, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 February at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2000
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Pre-Budget Scrutiny, Enterprise in Deprived Areas: Mr John Attree, Executive Director Business Division, and Mr Alan Read, Parliamentary Relations Officer, Prince's Trust, and Ms Julia Evans, Parliamentary Officer, PRIME, were examined.
Mr Jonathan Bland, Director, Social Enterprise London, was examined.
Mr Andrew Robinson, Head of Unit, and Ms Erica Watson, Director WEETU, and Full Circle Fund, Natwest Community Development Banking, were examined.
Mr Roger Brocklehurst, Director, Local Investment Fund, was examined.
Mr Steve Walker, Chief Executive, Aston Re-Investment Trust, was examined.
[Adjourned till this day at Four o'clock.
TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2000
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Pre-Budget Scrutiny, Fiscal Proposals: Mr Martin Temple, Director General, Mr David Fletcher, Chairman and Chief Executive, Sheffield Forgemasters Group Ltd, and Mr John Peel, Managing Director, Varian Medical Systems UK Ltd, Engineering Employers' Federation, were examined.
Pre-Budget Scrutiny, Climate Change Levy: Mr Paul Rata, British Alcan, and Mr David Harris, Secretary General, Aluminium Federation, were examined.
Dr W Cook, Director General, British Glass, and Mr Allen Norris, Director Pilkington, British Glass Manufacturing Association, were examined.
Mr Edward Davey, Head of Industrial Services and Employment Division, and Mr Paul Gardiner, Chairman, Energy and Water Panel, Food and Drink Federation, and Ms Jill Ardagh, Director General, British Soft Drinks Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 February at Five o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2000
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Members present:
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry |
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Michael Colvin, Mr Bruce George
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Ms Diane Abbott, Mr David Chidgey, Sir Peter Emery, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley
International Development Committee:
Ann Clwyd, Mr Piara S Khabra, Mr Andrew Rowe
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Draft Report (Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998 on Strategic Export Controls)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third, Second, Third and Fourth Reports from the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees, HC (1999-2000) 225, p. l.)
Resolved, That the Chairman together with Members of the other Committees do visit the USA in a representative capacity in connection with above inquiry.(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 February at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on Small Business and Enterprise and Insolvency: Draft Clauses), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's responses to the Committee's First and Second Reports of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 February at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
The Work of the Department of Trade and Industry and Application for Support from ECGD on UK Participation in the Ilisu Dam Project: Rt Hon. Stephen Byers, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, was examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 28 February at half past Four o'clock.
MONDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Dounreay: Progress Report)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 281, p. xxv.)
Draft Report (Application for Support from ECGD for UK Participation in the Ilisu Dam Project)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 200, p. xxxiii.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 February at half past Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 March at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL: Ms Jenny Bacon CB, Director General, Mr Laurence Williams, HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, and Mr Nick Starling, Head of Nuclear and Hazardous Installations Division, Health and Safety Executive, were examined.
Mr Archie Robertson, Director of Operations, Dr Paul Leinster, Director of Environmental Protection, and Mr Ian Parker, Team Leader, Radioactive Substances Regulation, Environment Agency, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 March at half past Nine o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope |
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Business, Enterprise and The Budget)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 51, p. l.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 March at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 14 MARCH 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
UK Space Policy: Dr John Haynes, Chairman, Mr Pat Norris, Deputy Chairman, Mr David Matthews, Vice Chairman, and Mr Tony Ward, Director of Engineering, United Kingdom Industrial Space Committee, were examined.
Ms Helena Leeson, Chair, Mr Steve Colling, Treasurer, and Mr Kim Ward, Association of Specialist Technical Organisations for Space, were examined.
Dr Zofia Stott, Chair, and Mr Nigel Press, British Association of Remote Sensing Companies, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 March at half past Nine o'clock.
TUESDAY 21 MARCH 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into BMW, Rover and Longbridge. (The Chairman.)
Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL: Mr Peter Hollins, Chief Executive, Mr Mike Kirwan, Group Finance Director, and Mr Mike Low, Managing Director of Nuclear Generation, British Energy, were examined.
Dr John McKeown, Chief Executive, Mr Colin Bayliss, Director of Planning, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, was examined.
Dr Gordon MacKerron, Head of Energy Programme, SPRU, University of Sussex, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 March at a quarter to Two o'clock.
TUESDAY 28 MARCH 2000
[The Committee met at Old Chapel, Hollymoor Centre, Birmingham]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
BMW, Rover and Longbridge: Mr Alex Stephenson, Chairman, Ms Rosemary Thew, Regional Director Employment Service, Mr Anthony Cassidy, Chief Executive Advantage West Midlands, and Mr John Edwards, Task Force Secretariat, Director of Regeneration Advantage West Midlands, Longbridge Task Force, were examined.
Sir Michael Lyons, Chief Executive, and Mr Sandy Taylor, Economic Adviser, Birmingham City Council, and Councillor Nicholas Psirides, Leader, and Mr David Bryant, Chief Executive, Bromsgrove Council, were examined.
Mr John Towers, Chairman, and Mr David Cragg, Chief Executive, Birmingham and Solihull TEC, were examined.
Mr John Hall, Chairman, J V Mercot & Sons, was examined.
Mr Tom Glennan, Convenor, Works Committee, TGWU, Mr Aelwyn Thomas, AEEU, and Mr Tony O'Keefe, GMB, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 29 March at Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2000
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
BMW, Rover and Longbridge: Mr Tony Woodley, TGWU, Mr John Edmonds, GMB, Mr Roger Lyons, MSF, and Mr Duncan Simpson, AEEU, were examined.
Professor Werner Samann, Chairman and Chief Executive, Mr Christian John Von Freyend, Finance Director, Mr Bernard Carey, Director London Liaison Committee, and Mr Harry Dunlevy, Director of Personnel, BMW Rover Group, were examined.
Mr John Mantle, Rover Franchise Board, Mantle's Rover, Mr Richard Wheeler, Inchcape Retail, and Mr Roger Knight, Marshall Motor Group, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at Four o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2000
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
BMW, Rover and Longbridge: Mr Bob Morgan, Chairman SMMT, Automotive Components Section Committee, Trelleborg, Mr Paul Everitt, Head of Policy and Economics, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, were examined.
Professor Garel Rhys OBE, University of Cardiff, was examined.
Mr Jon Moulton, Managing Partner, Alchemy Partners, was examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 30 March at Ten o'clock.
THURSDAY 30 MARCH 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL: Mr Hugh Collum, Chairman, Mr Norman Askew, Chief Executive, and Mr Jeremy Ryecroft, Head of Commercial Section, Thorpe Group, BNFL, were examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 3 April at half past Four o'clock.
MONDAY 3 APRIL 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL: Rt Hon Helen Liddell, a Member of the House, Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe, Ms Anna Walker, Director General Energy, Ms Helen Leiser, Head of Nuclear Industries Directorate, and Mr John Rhodes, Head of BNFL PPP Team, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 April at Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
BMW, Rover and Longbridge: Rt Hon Stephen Byers, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, was further examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 April at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 11 APRIL 2000
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan |
The Committee deliberated.
UK Space Policy: Professor Ian Halliday, Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, Dr Paul Murdin, Head of Astronomy, and Professor Len Culhane, Director of Mullard Space Science Centre, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, were examined.
Professor Len Culhane, Director of Mullard Space Science Centre, Royal Astronomical Society, was further examined.
Professor Pillinger, Beagle 2 Project, was examined.
Mr Mark Hempsell, Lecturer in Space Technology, University of Bristol, Mr David Ashford, Managing Director Bristol Spaceplanes Ltd, and Mr Alan Bond, Managing Director, Reaction Engines Ltd, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at Four o'clock.
TUESDAY 11 APRIL 2000
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (BMW, Rover and Longbridge)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Eighth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 383, p. xliii.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 3 May at Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 3 MAY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry |
Mrs Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK and do visit Dagenham in connection with the inquiry. (The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Cost to Business of Possible UK Membership of the Euro. (The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Industrial and Trade Relations with the Baltic States and do visit the Baltic States in connection with the inquiry.(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Finland in connection with its inquiries into Electronic Commerce, Postal Services and other matters.(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with a visit to Finland and the Baltic States.(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Thursday 4 May at a quarter past Ten o'clock.
THURSDAY 4 MAY 2000
The Committee met concurrently with the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill |
Mr Roger Berry |
The following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments):
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley
International Development Committee:
Ann Clwyd, Mr Piara S. Khabra, Andrew Rowe, Tony Worthington
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls: Mr Peter Hain, a Member of the House, Minister of State, Mr Paul Hare, Head of Non Proliferation Department, and Mr Ian Bailey, Deputy Head of Section, Export Control Policy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 May at Four o'clock.
TUESDAY 9 MAY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on Application for Support from ECGD for UK Participation in the Ilisu Dam Project), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Draft Special Report (Government Observation on Dounreay: Progress Report), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
UK Space Policy: Lord Sainsbury of Turville, a Member of the House of Lords, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry, Dr Colin Hicks, Director General, and Dr David Leadbeater, Deputy Director General, British National Space Centre, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 18 May at half past Ten o'clock.
THURSDAY 18 MAY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton |
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Ninth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 307, p. xxxviii.)
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on Business, Enterprise and the Budget), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 May at Four o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK: Mr Ian McAllister, Chairman and Managing Director, and Mr John Crew, Director of ManufacturingB Car Strategy and Southampton, Ford in Britain, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 June at a quarter past Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 6 JUNE 2000
The Committee met concurrently with the Foreign Affairs Committee
Members present:
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Bob Laxton |
Mr Martin O'Neill
Mrs Linda Perham |
The following Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments): Ms Diane Abbott,
Mr Martin O'Neill was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
British Trade International: Sir David Wright, KCMG, Chief Executive, Mrs Barbara Phillips, Mr David Hall and Mr David Warren, British Trade International, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 June at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 20 JUNE 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Post Office and the future of the Network.(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquiry into Industrial and Trade Relations with Turkey and do visit Turkey in connection with the said inquiry.(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Vehicle Manufacturing plants at Derby, Swindon and Southampton; and that Members be authorised to make visits to Washington and Ellesmere Port, in connection with its inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK.(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 June at Four o'clock.
TUESDAY 27 JUNE 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK: Mr Nick Reilly CBE, Chairman and Managing Director, and Mrs Karen Leggio, Director of Supply, Vauxhall Motors, were examined.
Mr Tod Evans, Managing Director, Peugeot Motor Company plc, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 July at Five o'clock.
TUESDAY 4 JULY 2000
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope |
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton |
The Committee deliberated.
The Work of the Department of Trade and Industry: Sir Michael Scholar KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, was examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Report (UK Space Policy)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Tenth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 335, p. xlii.)
Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK: Several Memoranda were ordered to be reported to the House.
[Adjourned till this day at Five o'clock.
TUESDAY 4 JULY 2000
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Members present:
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry |
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Bruce George, Mr Harry Cohen
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley
International Development Committee:
Ann Clwyd, Mr Piara S. Khabra, Mr Andrew Rowe
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 July at Four o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 12 JULY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
The Post Office and the future of the Network: Mr Derek Hodgson, General Secretary and Mr Tony Kearns, Assistant Secretary, Communication Workers Union and Mr Terry Deegan, National Secretary, and Mr John Lovelady, Head of Research and Communications, Communication Managers Association, were examined.
Mr Colin Baker, General Secretary, and Mr John Perberdy, Chairman of Negotiating Committee, National Federation of Sub Postmasters, were examined.
Mr Peter Carr, Chairman, and Mr James Dodds, Chief Executive, Post Office Users' National Council, were examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 17 July at Five o'clock.
MONDAY 17 JULY 2000
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Members present:
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry |
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Laura Moffatt, Mr Peter Viggers
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Ms Diane Abbott, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey
International Development Committee:
Mr Tony Colman, Mr Piara S. Khabra, Tess Kingham, Mr Tony Worthington
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Draft Report (Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Eleventh Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 467, p. xxxvi.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 July at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 18 JULY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
What would the Euro cost UK business?: Mr Tim Sweeney, Director General and Mr William Mason, Director, British Bankers' Association, were examined.
Mr Peter Williams, Financial Director, Selfridges, Mr Paul A Smith, Manager Euro Projects, Marks & Spencer, and Mr John Simpson, Director of Financial Services and Administration, British Retail Consortium, were examined.
Mr David MacQueen, Director and Chairman of Payments Systems Working Group, Automatic Vending Association, was examined.
Mr Simon Thomas, President, and Mr Keith Smith, Vice President, British Amusement and Catering Trades Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 20 July at Ten o'clock.
THURSDAY 20 JULY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
The Post Office and the future of the Network: Dr Neville Bain, Chairman, Mr John Roberts CBE, Chief Executive, and Mr Stuart Sweetman, Group Managing Director, Customer and Bank Services, the Post Office, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Report (Industrial and Trade Relations with the Baltic States)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Twelfth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 835, p. xxxii.)
[Adjourned till Monday 24 July at half past Four o'clock.
MONDAY 24 JULY 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on The Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Ninth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on The Future of the Export Credits Guarantee Deparmtment), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Tenth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the UK Steel Industry and do further inquire into The Office of Telecommunications and The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.(The Chairman.)
The Post Office and the future of the Network: Mr Alan Johnson, a Member of the House, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Mr David Sibbick, Director of Posts, and Mr Michael Whitehead, Assistant Director, Postal Services Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 October at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on Industrial and Trade Relations with the Baltic States), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Draft Special Report (Government Observations on UK Space Policy), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first time and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twelfth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 1999-2000 be appended to the Report.(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation.(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Annual Report from the E-Minister and the
Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK: Mr Tony Woodley, National Secretary, Vehicle Building and Automotive Group, TGWU, Mr Terry Pye, National Secretary, Craft, MSF, and Mr Brian Strutton, National Secretary, GMB were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 31 October at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation: Mr John Mumford, Director, BP Oil UK,
Mr Michael Roberts, Director of Business Environment, Ms Kate Barker, Chief Economist, and
Mr Mark Bradshaw, Deputy Director General, and Ms Bridget Rosewell, Chief Economic Adviser, British Retail Consortium, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 1 November at Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2000
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation: Mr Roger King, Chief Executive, Professor D McWilliams, Centre of Economic Business Research, and Mrs K Leeming, Policy Officer, Road Haulage Association, were examined.
Mr Ray Holloway, Director, Mr Peter Barlow, Mr Nicholas Brocklehurst, and Mr Gilbert Jenkins, Oil Industry Analyst, Petrol Retailers Association, were examined.
Mr James Hookham, Executive Director of Policy, and Mr Geoff Dossetter, Head of External Affairs, Freight Transport Association, were examined.
Mr David Hanley, Chairman, Mr Paul Ashley, Timber Treatment Firm and Farmer, and Mr John Pratt, Hill Farmer, Farmers for Action / Peoples Fuel Lobby, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at Four o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2000
[AFTERNOON SESSION]
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Bob Laxton |
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation: Mr Ben Gill, President, and Mr Mark Bratt, Transport Adviser, National Farmers Union, were examined
Mr Jimmy Elsby, Assistant General Secretary, Mr Danny Bryan, National Secretary Road Transport Group, and Mr Roger Sealy, Researcher Transport Section, T&GWU, were examined.
Mrs Veronica Palmer, Deputy Director General, and Mr Steve Clayton, Managing Director Arriva Passenger Services (UK Bus), Confederation of Passenger Transport, were examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 6th November at Four o'clock.
MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mr Alasdair Morgan |
The Committee deliberated.
UK Steel Industry: Mr Michael Leahy, General Secretary, and Mr Michael Walsh, Head of Research Department, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Mr Bob Shannon, National Officer for the Metals Industry, AEEU, and Mr Paul Collier, Regional Secretary for Wales, SIMA, were examined.
Mr Peter Siddall, President, Chairman Siddall & Hilton, Mr Tony Pedder, Vice President, Executive Director Corus Group, Mr Tony Bagshawe, Vice President, Chief Executive Niagara LaSalle (UK) Ltd, and Mr David Rea, Secretary General, UK Steel Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 November at Four o'clock.
TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Tony Baldry
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mrs Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Post Office and the Future of the Network)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Thirteenth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 724, p. xxvi.)
Draft Report (What would the Euro cost UK business?)
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourteenth Report from the Committee, HC (1999-2000) 755, p. xxiv.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the UK Aerospace Industry.(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 November at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr John Butterfill
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Bob Laxton
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
The Work of Oftel: Mr David Edmunds, Director General, and Ms Anne Lambert, Director of Operations, Oftel, were further examined and Mr Jim Niblett, Regulatory Policy Director, Oftel was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 November at Ten o'clock.
TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton |
Mrs Linda Perham
Mrs Helen Southworth |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Brussels on 5 and 6 February 2001 to be briefed by European Commissioners and Commission Officials on matters relating to Trade and Industry.(The Chairman.)
Rail Manufacturing at Corus Rail, Workington: A paper was ordered to be reported to the House.
The Work of Ofgem: Mr Callum McCarthy, Director General, and Dr Eileen Marshall, Deputy Director General of Competition & Trading, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, were further examined and
[Adjourned till a date and time to be fixed by the Chairman.