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 |
10-22.1.99 | Malaysia 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. Departments | executive 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
|