10. SELECT COMMITTEES
38A. Treasury Sub-committee
The Sub-committee was nominated on 14 May 1998.
It had 12 Members and held 20 meetings.
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Members | Meetings
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| attended
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|
Spicer, Sir Michael (Chairman) | 17
|
Blackman, Mrs Liz | 17
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Cable, Dr Vincent | .0
|
Cousins, Mr Jim | 15
|
Fallon, Mr Michael (added, 5.7.99) | 0
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Gibb, Mr Nick (discharged, 30.11.98) | 0
|
Kidney, Mr David | 18
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Lloyd, Sir Peter (discharged, 5.7.99) | 5
|
Moonie, Dr Lewis | 5
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Radice, Mr Giles | 1
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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
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
14-15.10.99 | Ottawa 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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