10. SELECT COMMITTEES
13. European Scrutiny
The Committee was nominated on 17 November 1998.
It had 16 Members and held 33 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings
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| attended
|
|
Hood, Mr Jimmy (Chairman) | 22
|
Bradshaw, Mr Ben | 27
|
Breed, Mr Colin | 20
|
Brown, Mr Russell (discharged 10.12.98) |
0 |
Casale, Mr Roger | 22
|
Cash, Mr William | 24
|
Connarty, Mr Michael (added 10.12.98) | 19
|
Davies, Mr Quentin (discharged 11.1.99) |
0 |
Dobbin, Mr Jim | 25
|
Ewing, Mrs Margaret | 7
|
Gilroy, Mrs Linda (discharged 10.12.98) |
0 |
Jones, Ms Jennifer | 21
|
Marshall, Mr Jim | 20
|
McKenna, Mrs Rosemary | 15
|
Palmer, Dr Nick (added 10.12.98) | 22
|
Paterson, Mr Owen (added 26.7.99) | 4
|
Rammell, Mr Bill | 21
|
Robertson, Mr Laurence (added 26.7.99) |
4 |
Steen, Mr Anthony | 11
|
Walter, Mr Robert (added 11.1.99) (discharged 26.7.99)
| 12 |
Woodward, Mr Shaun (discharged 26.7.99) |
5 |
|
Overall attendance: | 57%
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Number of Members added: | 5
|
Number of Members discharged: | 5
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
31 % |
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Staff
Committee Clerk: Mrs Elizabeth Flood, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 5).
Second Clerk: Mrs Susan Craig, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Clerk Advisers: Miss Josy Eldred, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr David
Griffiths, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mrs Rosemary Melling CBE, Senior
Clerk (Band A2); Mr Clive Wilson, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Legal Advisers: Mr John Vaux, Counsel to the Speaker (European
Legislation &c) (Senior Structure Band 5); Miss Cathryn Scott,
Assistant Legal Adviser (Band B1) (to 31 January 1999); Miss Kemi
Alagbala, Assistant Legal Adviser (Band B1) (from 1 March 1999).
Committee Assistant: Mrs Nicole Mulloy, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) (until 7.12.98); Miss Karen McClelland, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2) (from 7.12.98); assisted by Mr Ron Wostear,
Senior Office Clerk, (Band D1) (until 30.4.99) Mr Darren Hackett,
Senior Office Clerk, (Band D1) (from 4.5.99)
Secretary: Mrs Keely Bishop, Secretary (Band D1) (until 30.4.99);
Miss Susan Ramsay, Secretary (Band D1); Miss Fiona Mearns, Secretary
(Band D1) (from 15.3.99); Miss Ann Johnson, Secretary (Band D1)
(from 11.1.99 until 14.6.99); Miss Lisa Vanner, Secretary (Band
D1) (until 12.1.99); Mrs Claire Webster, Secretary (Band D1) (from
10.5.99) Mrs Alison Ross, Secretary (Band D1) (from 18.10.99).
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 0 |
Other Ministers (of whom 2 were by Members of the House of Lords)
| 13 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of departments:
| 19 |
comprising: Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
| 2 |
Cabinet Office
| 1 |
Department for Education and Employment
| 1 |
Foreign and Commonwealth
| 3 |
Home Office
| 2 |
Scottish Office
| 1 |
Trade and Industry
| 5 |
HM Treasury
| 4 |
executive agencies
| 0 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 0 |
HM Services
| 0 |
Members of Parliament
| 0 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 0 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
22-24.11.98 | Vienna
| 3* |
1 | Nineteenth Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £4,553.39
|
13-15.12.98
| Bonn | 6
| 3 |
Work in preparation for German Presidency of EU
| £7,098.47
|
30.5-1.6.99
| Berlin | 3*
| 3 |
Twentieth Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £3,137.82
|
6-11.6.99
| Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
| 8 |
3 | Work on EU enlargement and work in preparation for the Finnish Presidency of EU
| £18,450.00(estimated outturn)
|
19-20.9.99 | Finland
| 1* |
1 | Working Group of European Affairs Committees
| £1,750.23
|
10-12.10.99
| Finland | 3*
| 2 |
Twenty-first Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £4,728.59
|
2-3.11.99 | Slovakia
| 1* |
1 | To attend meeting of European Integration Committee, Slovakian Parliament
| £1,444.47
|
*travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
1-2.3.99 | European Institutions, Brussels
| 8 |
4 | Meetings with European Commission Officials
| £7,397.77(estimated outturn)
|
24-25.3.99 | European Institutions, Brussels
| |
1* | To attend Conference for Freedom, Security and Justice: An Agenda for Europe
| £574.60
|
*travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1998-99)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply*
|
First Report | 34-i
| 7.12.98
| 22 |
£7.00 |
|
Second Report | 34-ii
| 15.12.98
| 42 |
£9.70 |
|
Third Report | 34-iii
| 23.12.98
| 34 |
£8.80 |
|
Fourth Report | 34-iv
| 23.12.98
| 31 |
£8.00 |
|
Fifth Report | 34-v
| 28.1.99
| 24 |
£7.00 |
|
Sixth Report | 34-vi
| 2.2.99
| 48 |
£9.70 |
|
Seventh Report | 34-vii
| 16.2.99
| 65 |
£10.60
| |
Eighth Report | 34-viii
| 18.2.99
| 34 |
£8.80 |
|
Ninth Report | 34-ix
| 9.3.99
| 50 |
£9.70 |
|
Tenth Report | 34-x
| 19.3.99
| 25 |
£7.00 |
|
Eleventh Report | 34-xi
| 16.3.99
| 44 |
£9.70 |
|
Twelfth Report | 34-xii
| 26.3.99
| 59 |
£10.60
| |
Thirteenth Report | 34-xiii
| 31.3.99
| 39 |
£8.80 |
|
Fourteenth Report | 34-xiv
| 31.3.99
| 31 |
£8.00 |
|
Fifteenth Report | 34-xv
| 19.4.99
| 18 |
£6.50 |
|
Sixteenth Report | 34-xvi
| 30.4.99
| 63 |
£10.60
| |
Seventeenth Report |
34-xvii |
11.5.99 |
56 | £9.70
| |
Eighteenth Report | 34-xviii
| 14.5.99
| 33 |
£8.00 |
|
Nineteenth Report | 34-xix
| 28.5.99
| 40 |
£8.00 |
|
Twentieth Report | 34-xx
| 2.6.99
| 40 |
£8.00 |
|
Twenty-first Report |
34-xxi |
21.6.99 |
80 | £11.50
| |
Twenty-second Report |
34-xxii |
8.7.99 |
75 | £10.60
| |
Twenty-third Report |
34-xxiii |
9.7.99 |
51 | £9.70
| |
Twenty-fourth Report |
34-xxiv |
20.7.99 |
64 | £10.30
| |
Twenty-fifth Report |
34-xxv |
20.7.99 |
27 | £6.20
| |
Twenty-sixth Report |
34-xxvi |
28.7.99 |
48 | £8.00
| |
Twenty-seventh Report |
34-xxvii |
30.7.99 |
53 | £9.70
| |
Twenty-eighth Report |
34-xxviii |
9.11.99 |
126 | £19.50
| |
Twenty-ninth Report |
34-xxix |
9.11.99 |
56 | £9.70
| |
Thirtieth Report | 34-xxx
| 11.11.99
| 41 |
£8.80 |
|
Thirty-first Report |
34-xxxi |
19.11.99 |
56 | £9.70
| |
Minutes of Evidence: 1999 European Community Draft Budget
| 98 |
10.12.98 |
7 | £2.80
| |
Minutes of Evidence: The Schengen Agreement
| 430 |
17.5.99 |
12 | £4.00
| |
Minutes of Evidence: Justice and Home Affairs Council 27-28 May 1999
| 464 |
19.5.99 |
10 | £3.40
| |
Minutes of Evidence: The ECOFIN Council 25 May 1999
| 589 |
23.6.99 |
10 | £3.40
| |
Minutes of Evidence: Employment Issues
| 689 |
7.7.99 |
13 | £4.00
| |
Minutes of Evidence: Takeover Bids
| 766 |
21.7.99 |
10 | £3.40
| |
Minutes of Evidence: The Forthcoming Inter-Governmental Conference
| 942 |
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* The Committee does not require formal Government replies to
each Report, but reports Government responses on individual documents
throughout the Session.
Government replies to Reports for Session 1997-98
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
will be published as HC 901, Session 1998-99.
Divisions
Date | Subject
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23.6.99 | One, on an amendment proposed to Chairman's draft Report.
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Debates
None; proceedings take place on documents recommended by the
Committee for further consideration, rather than on the Committee's
Reports.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 11 of the Committee's 33 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
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