Sessional Returns Session 1998-99 - Contents


10. SELECT COMMITTEES

7. Culture, Media and Sport

The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 30 meetings.



Members
Meetings
attended

Kaufman, Mr Gerald (Chairman)
30
Faber, Mr David
22
Fabricant, Mr Michael (discharged, 1.11.99)
15
Fearn, Mr Ronnie
28
Fraser, Mr Christopher
17
Golding, Mrs Llin
24
Keen, Mr Alan
25
Kirkbride, Miss Julie (added, 1.11.99)
0
Maxton, Mr John
29
Stott, Mr Roger (died, 9.8.99)
17
Ward, Ms Claire
21
Wyatt, Derek
29

Overall attendance:
77.9 %
Number of Members added:
1
Number of Members discharged:
1
Turnover of membership during the Session:
9%

Staff

Committee Clerk: Mr Colin Lee, Senior Clerk (Band A2).

Second Clerk: Ms Tabitha Brufal, Assistant Clerk (Band A3) (until 30.9.99); Mr Richard Cooke, Assistant Clerk (Band A3) (from 11.10.99).

Committee Assistant: Mr James Hole, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2) (until 4.12.98); Mrs Nicole Mulloy, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2) (from 7.12.98).

Secretary: Mrs Penny Anderson, Secretary (Band D1) (until 9.7.99); Mrs Amanda Waller, Secretary (Band D1) (shared post until 9.7.99).

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
    Number of appearances by:
        Cabinet Ministers
2
        Other Ministers (of whom 2 were by a Member of the House of Lords)
5
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
        Department for Culture, Media and Sport
7
        other departments:
4
            comprising: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
4
        public bodies of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
26
        comprising: Arts Council of England
4
            British Tourist Authority
3
            English Heritage
3
            English Sports Council
3
            English Tourist Board
2
            Millennium Commission
1
            National Lottery Commission
2
            New Millennium Experience Company
4
            United Kingdom Sports Council
4
        public bodies of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
10
            comprising: English Partnerships
3
            London Transport
7
    Appearances by other witnesses
89

Overseas Visits
Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
10-22.1.99Malaysia and Australia
8
2
Inquiry into Staging International Sporting Events
£45,851.66

UK Visits
Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
2.12.98
Greenwich and Woolwich
9
5A
Inquiries into Back to the Dome and the Heritage Lottery Fund
£313.57
15.3.99
Manchester
10
3A
Inquiry into Staging International Sporting Events
£1,806.05
26-28.3.99
Belfast
3*
1
Inquiry into Staging International Sporting Events
£1,978.75
14.4.99
Wembley Stadium
7
3
Inquiry into Staging International Sporting Events
£140
27.6.99
Wigan
4*
1
Inquiry into the Future of Professional Rugby
£704.85
28.6.99
Wigan
7
3A
Inquiry into the Future of Professional Rugby
£1,681.45
26.10.99
Greenwich
7
3
Inquiry into the Millennium Dome
£500
2.11.99
Watford
7
3
Inquiry into the Future of Professional Rugby
£225

A Includes 1 shorthand writer

* Travel in a representative capacity

Reports and Minutes of Evidence  
Title
HC No.(1998-99)
Date of
publication
No. of
pages
Sale price
Government
reply
First Report: The Heritage Lottery Fund
195-I
4.2.99
48
£8.80
Received 8.4.99: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 1998-99
Minutes of Evidence
195-II
4.2.99
171
£18.00
Not applicable
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
195-III
4.2.99
111
£13.60
Not applicable
Second Report: The Preservation of HMS Cavalier
196
4.2.99
13
£3.70
Received 12.4.99: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 1998-99
Third Report: Back to the Dome
21-I
30.3.99
36
£8.00
Cm 4360, 4.6.99
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
21-II
30.3.99
195
£19.50
Not applicable
Fourth Report: Staging International Sporting Events
124-I
19.5.99
77
£12.00
Reply awaited.
Minutes of Evidence
124-II
19.5.99
189
£19.50
Not applicable
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
124-III
19.5.99
113
£14.70
Not applicable
Fifth Report: The Performing Right Society and the abolition of the Classical Music Subsidy
468-I
26.7.99
21
£5.80
No reply required
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
468-II
26.7.99
149
£17.00
Not applicable
Sixth Report: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its Quangos
506-I
26.7.99
30
£7.00
Received 19.10.99: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1998-99
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
506-II
26.7.99
167
£18.40
Not applicable
First Special Report: The Government's Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98, The Future of News at Ten
200
11.2.99
3
£1.45
Not applicable
Second Special Report: The Government's Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98, The Eyre Review and the Royal Opera House
201
11.2.99
4
£1.45
Not applicable
Third Special Report: The BBC's Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98, Report and Accounts of the BBC for 1997-98
245
23.2.99
11
£3.40
Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Responses by the Government and the Heritage Lottery Fund to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99, The Heritage Lottery Fund
386
21.4.99
13
£4.00
Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: The Government's Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99, The Preservation of HMS Cavalier
387
21.4.99
5
£1.70
Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: The Government's Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its Quangos
888
19.11.99
8
£2.80
Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 1997-98

Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: Report and Accounts of the BBC for 1997-98, published as Cm 4258 (2.2.98).

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1997-98 were published on 1.12.98 as HC 1159, Session 1997-98. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99 will be published as HC 895, Session 1998-99.

Debates

None.

Evidence

Oral evidence was taken at 25 of the Committee's 30 meetings. On 2 of these occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.
Inquiry
No. of oral evidence sessions
No. of memoranda received
No. of memoranda received from
No. of memoranda published
No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
           Govt. Departmentsexecutive agencies public bodies†       
The Heritage Lottery Fund‡
0
1
0
0
1
65
49
The Preservation of HMS Cavalier
0
4
1
0
1
4
0
Back to the Dome
6
52
5
0
13
35
17
Staging International Sporting Events
8
79
7
0
18
78
0
The Performing Right Society and the abolition of the Classical Music Subsidy
2
79
0
0
5
79
0
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its Quangos
 4
41
1
0
10
41
0
The Future of Professional Rugby*
3
32
2
0
1
0
0
The Millennium Dome*
2
24
2
0
6
0
0
Total
 25
312
18
0
55
302
66

†Includes non-Ministerial Departments

‡The Committee took oral evidence and received memoranda for this inquiry in Session 1997-98; these figures are therefore incomplete

*The Committee did not complete its inquiry on this subject in Session 1998-99; these figures are therefore incomplete




 
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