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TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Oona King |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That those who have submitted Memoranda in relation to the Committee's inquiry into Corruption have leave to publish them.—(The Chairman.)
Corruption: Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 December at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Oona King |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report [The Work of the International Development Committee 1997–2000], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Special Report are published in the First Special Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC82, p. xxx]
[Adjourned till tomorrow at a quarter to Four o'clock
WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2000
The Committee met concurrently with the European Scrutiny Committee
and the Agriculture Committee.
Members present:
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Tony Worthington
| | Barbara Follett | Mr Bowen Wells
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The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments).
European Scrutiny Committee:
Mr Ben Bradshaw, Mr Colin Breed, Mr Roger Casale, Mr Jim Dobbin, Mr Patrick Hall, Mr Jimmy Hood, Ms Jenny Jones, Miss Anne McIntosh, Mr Laurence Robertson.
Agriculture Committee:
Mr David Borrow, Mr David Curry, Mr David Drew, Mr Michael Jack, Mr Mark Todd.
Mr Jimmy Hood was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Market access for least-developed countries and the sugar regime: Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Trade, Mr David Walmsley, Trade Policy Division, and Mr Richard Carden, Director General of Trade Policy, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
Market access for least-developed countries and the sugar regime: Rt Hon Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Mr Henry Brown, New Crops and Sugar Division, and Ms Christine Baxter, Sugar Branch, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, were examined.
Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence, be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 January at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Corruption: Mr David Phillips, Executive Director, and Mr Ian White, Director, Crown Agents, Mr Stephen Williams, Joint Secretary and General Counsel, Unilever PLC, Dr Reg Hinkley, Vice President and General Auditor, BP, Mr John Bray, Principal Research Consultant, Control Risks Group, and Mr Mike Welton, Chief Executive, Balfour Beatty, were examined.
Ordered, That Mr Mike Welton be further examined in private.—(The Chairman.)
Corruption: Mr Mike Welton, Chief Executive, Balfour Beatty, was further examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Four o'clock
WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY 2001
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.
Members present:
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Andrew Rowe
| | Tess Kingham | Mr Tony Worthington
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The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments).
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Mr David Chidgey, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Mr Roger Berry, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Martin O'Neill.
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 January at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 16 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Corruption: Dr Anne Cockcroft, CIET Europe, was examined.
Corruption: Simon Taylor, Global Witness, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 January at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 23 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Tess Kingham |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That those who have submitted Memoranda in relation to the Committee's inquiry into the Globalisation White Paper have leave to publish them.—(The Chairman.)
Corruption: Mr George Staple and Mr Jeremy Carver CBE, Clifford Chance, and Mr Monty Raphael, Peters and Peters, were examined.
Corruption: Mr Roger Davies, Senior Audit Partner, Mr Rick Helsby, Partner, Head of Forensic Investigations EMEA, and Mr Ian Trumper, Director, Corporate Investigations, PricewaterhouseCoopers, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 25 January at Eleven o'clock
THURSDAY 25 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Corruption: General Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed, National Security Adviser to President Obesanjo, HE Prince Bola A. Ajibola, Nigerian High Commissioner, Dr Usman Bujage, Special Adviser to the Vice President on Political Affairs, Mr Ebenezer Obeya, Legal Adviser to the National Security Adviser, and Mr Enrico Monfrini, Lawyer, were examined.
Ordered, That the witnesses be further examined in private.—(The Chairman.)
Corruption: General Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed, National Security Adviser to President Obesanjo, HE Prince Bola A. Ajibola, Nigerian High Commissioner, Dr Usman Bujage, Special Adviser to the Vice President on Political Affairs, Mr Ebenezer Obeya, Legal Adviser to the National Security Adviser, and Mr Enrico Monfrini, Lawyer, were further examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 29 January at half past Five o'clock
MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Mr Tony Colman | Tess Kingham |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Andrew Rowe |
The Committee deliberated.
The Globalisation White Paper: Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Richard Manning CB, Director-General (Resources), and Mr David Batt, Head, White Paper Team, Department for International Development, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at a quarter to Four o'clock
TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2001
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.
Members present:
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Tess Kingham |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments).
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Dr Norman A Godman, Mr John Maples, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Mr Tony Baldry, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Martin O'Neill.
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Strategic Export Controls: Rt Hon Robin Cook, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr William Ehrman, Director, International Security, Mr Tim Dowse, Head of Non-Proliferation Department, and Mr Ian Bailey, Deputy Head of Export Control Policy Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Ten o'clock
WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Mr Andrew Robathan |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Tenth Report from the Committee in Session 1999-2000 [After Seattle - The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 February at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Oona King | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Corruption: Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Roger Wilson, Chief Governance Advisor, and Mr Phil Mason, Anti-corruption Co-ordinator, Department for International Development, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Eleven o'clock
WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
Ordered, That at this day's sitting, witnesses be examined in private.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee deliberated.
Corruption: Rt Hon Jack Straw, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and Ms Lorna Harris, Head of the Judicial Co-operation Unit, Home Office, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 March at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2001
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Oona King | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [The Globalisation White Paper], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC208, p. xxiv.]
[Adjourned till today at Five o'clock
TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2001
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.
Members present:
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Mr Piara S Khabra |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments).
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Dr Norman A Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Mr Roger Berry, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Martin O'Neill.
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Draft Report [Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 1999 and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny], proposed by Ann Clwyd, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC212, p. xxxv.]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 March at half-past Nine o'clock
TUESDAY 13 MARCH 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Oona King | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Tess Kingham |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Four o'clock
WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Oona King |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Andrew Rowe |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 20 March at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 20 MARCH 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Barbara Follett | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Ms Oona King |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [HIV/AIDS: The Impact on Social and Economic Development], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC354, p. xciv]
[Adjourned till Thursday 22 March at Ten o'clock
THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2001
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Andrew Robathan | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [Corruption], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC39, pp. lxxi–lxxiii]
[Adjourned till this day at Three o'clock
THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2001
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Andrew Robathan |
The Committee deliberated.
Consideration of the Chairman's draft Report resumed.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC39, pp. lxxi–lxxiii]
[Adjourned till Thursday 29 March at Eleven o'clock
THURSDAY 29 MARCH 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Tony Colman | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Mr Andrew Robathan |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam: Further Report], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC395, p. xvi]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 April at Ten o'clock
TUESDAY 24 APRIL 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Andrew Robathan | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Ten o'clock
WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL 2001
[MORNING SITTING]
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.
Members present:
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Tess Kingham | Mr Tony Worthington |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Jamie Cann, Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Mr Ted Rowlands, Dr Phyllis Starkey.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Mr Roger Berry, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Martin O'Neill.
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Strategic Export Controls: Mr Ian Davis, Arms and Security Programme Manager, Saferworld, Sarah Meek, Light Weapons Programme Manager, International Alert, Julia Saunders, Policy Adviser, Oxfam, and Mr Michael Crowley, Senior Analyst, BASIC, were examined.
Strategic Export Controls: Major General Alan Sharman, Director General, and Mr Brinsley Salzmaan, Exports Director, of the Defence Manufacturers' Association, and Mr Farouk Saeed, Commercial Services Manager, Thales Defence Ltd, Vice Chairman, and Mr Mike McLaughlin, Head of Government Relations, Rolls-Royce plc, Member of the Executive Committee, British Defence Manufacturers Export Licensing Group, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at twenty minutes to Four o'clock
WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL 2001
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.
Members present:
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Bowen Wells |
| Mr Piara S Khabra | Mr Tony Worthington |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Mr Roger Berry, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Martin O'Neill.
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Strategic Export Controls: Professor Roderick Floud, President Elect, and Provost of London Guildhall University, Dr Andrew Tilbrook, Imperial College Business Gateway, and Mr Nicholas Bohm, Universities UK, were examined.
Strategic Export Controls: Rt Hon Lord Scott of Foscote, a Member of the House of Lords, and Ms Presiley Baxendale QC, were examined.
Strategic Export Controls: Rt Hon Stephen Byers, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 May at Five o'clock
TUESDAY 1 MAY 2001
The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.
Members present:
| Ann Clwyd | Tess Kingham |
| Mr Tony Colman | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Piara S. Khabra |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
Defence Committee:
Mr Bruce George, Laura Moffatt, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Bob Laxton, Mr Martin O'Neill.
Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.
The Committees deliberated.
Draft Report (The Draft Export Control and Non-Proliferation Bill), proposed by Ann Clwyd, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2000-01, HC445, p. xlviii]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 May at Twelve o'clock
TUESDAY 8 MAY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Tess Kingham | Mr Tony Worthington |
| Mr Andrew Rowe |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the First Report from the Committee in Session 2000-01 [The Globalisation White Paper] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Thursday 10 May at Eleven o'clock
THURSDAY 10 MAY 2001
Members present:
Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | Mr Andrew Rowe |
| Mr Andrew Robathan | Mr Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Fifth Report from the Committee in Session 2000-01 [ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam: Further Report] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned to a day and time to be fixed by the Chairman
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