Sessional Returns Session 1998-99 - Contents


10. SELECT COMMITTEES

38A. Treasury Sub-committee

The Sub-committee was nominated on 14 May 1998.

It had 12 Members and held 20 meetings.


Members
Meetings
attended

Spicer, Sir Michael (Chairman)
17
Blackman, Mrs Liz
17
Cable, Dr Vincent
.0
Cousins, Mr Jim
15
Fallon, Mr Michael (added, 5.7.99)
0
Gibb, Mr Nick (discharged, 30.11.98)
0
Kidney, Mr David
18
Lloyd, Sir Peter (discharged, 5.7.99)
5
Moonie, Dr Lewis
5
Radice, Mr Giles
1
Ruffley, Mr David (added, 30.11.98)
2
Sedgemore, Mr Brian
0
Smith, Jacqui
12
Taylor, Sir Teddy
1

Overall attendance:
38.8%
Number of Members added:
2
Number of Members discharged:
2
Turnover of membership during the Session:
17 %

Staff
Sub-committee Clerk: Ms Jennifer Long, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Assistant: Ms Jane Fox, Senior Executive Officer (Band B1).
Committee Specialists: Mr Jonathan Lepper (Band B1) and (from 22.3.99) Mr Timothy Jarrett (Band B1).
Secretary: Miss Michelle Owens, Secretary (Band C) (until 1.3.99); Miss Susan Wakeling, Secretary (Band C) (1.3.99 until 30.9.99); Miss Carolyn Wilson, Secretary (Band C) (from 1.10.99).

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 0
        Other Ministers 3
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
        HM Treasury 1
        other departments 1
            comprising: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1
        executive agencies 5
            comprising: Office for National Statistics 1
            Valuation Office Agency 4
        public bodies and non-Ministerial departments 16
            comprising: Inland Revenue 11
            Customs and Excise 5
    Appearances by other witnesses 23

Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
14-15.10.99Ottawa and Toronto, Canada
5
1
Investigating merger of Canadian taxation departments for Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise inquiries See Treasury Committee entry (combined visit with main Committee)


Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
21.1.99
Inland Revenue Adjudicator's Office, London; Inland Revenue Headquarters, London
5
2
Inland Revenue briefing
£183.30
12.7.99
Customs & Excise, Dover; Customs & Excise, London
5
2
Customs & Excise briefing
£437.59


Reports and Minutes of Evidence
See Treasury Committee First Report (Office for National Statistics), Sixth Report (Inland Revenue) and Tenth Report (Valuation Office Agency).

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-committee for Session 1997-98 were published on 1.1.99 as HC 1182, Session 1997-98. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-committee for Session 1998-99 will be published as HC 921, Session 1998-99.

Divisions
None.

Debates
See Treasury Committee entry (adjournment debate on Office for National Statistics report).

Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 11 of the Committee's 20 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence 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†     
Office for National Statistics
1
1‡
1
0
0
26
5
Inland Revenue
5
20
7†
0
0
17
6
Valuation Office Agency
3
36
4
10
1
25
11
Customs & Excise*
0
52
1†
0
0
  
  
Total
9
109
13
10
1
68
22

†Includes non-Ministerial Departments
‡Inquiry begun 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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