Sessional Returns Session 1999-2000 - Contents


B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK, PUBLICATIONS ETC

8. Defence

The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 44 meetings. This included 5 "Quadripartite" meetings held concurrently with the Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees (abbreviated to 'CM' in the attendance table below).


Members
Meetings attended

George, Mr Bruce (Chairman)
(including 4 CM) 41
Blunt, Mr Crispin (discharged, 21.2.00)
11
Brazier, Mr Julian
34
Cann, Mr Jamie
29
Cohen, Mr Harry
(including 5 CM) 31
Colvin, Mr Michael (discharged, 3.2.00)
(including 2 CM) 9
Gapes, Mr Mike (added, 24.11.99)
35
Hancock, Mr Mike
30
Hepburn, Mr Stephen (added, 8.12.99)
25
Hood, Mr Jimmy
28
Lewis, Dr Julian (added, 3.2.00)
(including 1 CM) 27
Moffatt, Mrs Laura
(including 1 CM) 32
Taylor, Ms Dari (discharged, 8.12.99)
0
McWilliam, Mr John (discharged, 24.11.99)
0
Viggers, Mr Peter (added, 21.2.00)
(including 3 CM) 24

Overall attendance:
80.1%
Number of Members added:
4
Number of Members discharged:
4
Turnover of membership during the Session:
36%


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Paul Evans, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mrs Carol Oxborough, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Specialist: Mr Simon Fiander (seconded from the National Audit Office) (Band A2).
Committee Assistant: Miss Elisabeth Partridge, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2).
Secretary: Mrs Karen Watling, Secretary (Band C).

Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Michael Clarke, Rear-Admiral Richard Cobbold CB, Dr Jonathan Eyal, Professor Keith Hartley, Dr Beatrice Heuser, Dr Irina Isakova, Professor David Kirkpatrick, Professor Colin McInnes, Dr Andrew Rathmell, Major-General Peter Sheppard CB CBE, Mr James Sherr, Air Marshal Sir John Walker KCB, Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher Wallace KBE.

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
     Number of appearances by:
          Cabinet Ministers
5
          Other Ministers (of whom one was a Member of the House of Lords)
2
     Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
          Ministry of Defence (of whom 58 were members of HM Forces)
61
          other departments
1
               comprising:   Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1
          executive agencies
10
               comprising:   Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
2
               Defence Geographic Imagery and Intelligence Agency
3
               Defence Procurement Agency
3
               Defence Housing Executive
1
               Training and Recruitment Agencies
3
          public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
7
               comprising:   Equal Opportunities Commission
2
               Commission for Racial Equality
2
               Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
3
          HM Forces  58
     Members of the House of Lords
2
     Appearances by other witnesses
28


Overseas Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
22-24.11.99
Kosovo
7
1
Inquiry into Lessons of Kosovo
£14,485.50
29.11- 5.12.99
The Falkland Islands
3
2
Inquiry into Personnel Issues
£13,558.94
7-9.2.00
NATO and SHAPE, Brussels
8
2
Inquiries into Lessons of Kosovo and European Security and Defence
£8,692.05
31.3-5.4.00
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait
5
2
Inquiry into Iraqi No Fly Zones
£21,939.57
12-15.6.00
Italy
11
2
Inquiry into European Security and Defence
£16,484.98


UK Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
9.5.00
Yeovil
9
3
Briefing from Westland Helicopters
£58.91
22-23.5.00
Northern Ireland
5
2*
Briefings
£2,522.40
4.7.00
Abbey Wood, Bristol
4
2*
Briefing on Future Carrier Programme and Future Carrier Born Aircraft Programme
£719.00
11.7.00
RAF High Wycombe
3
1
Briefing from Strike Command
£106.30
27.11.00
Glencorse Barracks, Scotland
1
0
Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
£0.00
28.11.00
HMS Collingwood, Southampton
1
1
Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
£155.00
28.11.00
RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
1
1
Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
£232.00
4.12.00
Bulford and Tidworth Barracks, Andover
2
1
Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
£179.20

*Includes 1 specialist adviser

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No.
(1999-2000)
Date of
publication
No. of
pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report: The OCCAR Convention
69
6.12.99
42
£8.80
Received 2.2.00: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Second Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle
158
7.2.00
260
£22.00
Received 7.4.00: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000:
Third Report: Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998 on Strategic Export Controls*
225
11.2.00
131
£15.90
Cm 4799, published 14.7.00
Fourth Report: Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords]
253
16.2.00
36
£8.00
Not applicable
Fifth Report: Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency
100
10.4.00
38
£8.00
Received 16.5.00: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Sixth Report: The Appointment of the New Chief Scientific Adviser
318
9.5.00
42
£8.80
Received 16.5.00: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Seventh Report: Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
125
11.5.00
156
£17.00
Received 6.7.00: published as Eleventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Eighth Report: European Security and Defence
264
11.5.00
103
£13.60
Received 27.6.00: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Ninth Report: The Future of DERA
462
20.6.00
78
£11.50
Received 28.7.00: published as Twelfth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Tenth Report: Major Procurement Projects
528
6.7.00
528
£14.70
Received 3.10.00: published as Thirteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny*
467
25.7.00
467
£10.60
Cm 4872, published 8.12.00
Twelfth Report: The Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe
295
3.8.00
63
£10.60
Received 9.10.00:
published as Fifteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Thirteenth Report: Iraqi No Fly Zones
453
3.8.00
74
£11.50
Received 12.10.00:
published as Sixteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
Fourteenth Report: Lessons of Kosovo
347
24.10.00
113
271
£17.50
£22.30
Awaited
First Special Report: Annual Report of the Defence Committee, Session 1998-99
219
16.2.00
71
£10.30
Not applicable
Second Special Report: The Reserves Call Out Order 1999 and Progress on Territorial Army Restructuring - Government Observations on the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
220
15.2.00
7
£2.25
Not applicable
Third Special Report: Strategic Defence Review: Defence Medical Services - Government Observations on the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
221
15.2.00
5
£2.25
Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Annual Major Procurement Projects Survey: the Common New Generation Frigate Programme - Government Observations on the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
222
15.2.00
5
£2.25
Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Defence Research - Government Observations on Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
223
16.2.00
13
£4.00
Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: The OCCAR Convention - Government Observations on the First Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
224
16.2.00
5
£2.25
Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle - Government Observations on the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
452
9.5.00
18
£4.75
Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Defence Research - Government Observations on the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
629
5.7.00
5
£1.70
Not applicable
Ninth Special Report: The Appointment of the new Chief Scientific Adviser - Government Observations on the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
731
3.8.00
4
£1.45
Not applicable
Tenth Special Report: European Security and Defence - Government Observations on the Eighth Report, from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
732
3.8.00
5
£2.25
Not applicable
Eleventh Special Report: Gulf Veterans' Illnesses - Government Observations on the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
753
3.8.00
18
£4.75
Not applicable
Twelfth Special Report: The Future of DERA - Government Observations on the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
901
23.10.00
15
£4.00
Not applicable
Thirteenth Special Report: Major Procurement Projects - Government Observations on the Tenth Report, from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
902
23.10.00
12
£3.40
Not applicable
Fourteenth Special Report: Further Evidence relating to the Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency
928
14.11.00
20
£5.50
Not applicable
Fifteenth Special Report: The Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces In Europe - Government Observations on the Twelfth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
929
1.11.00
5
£2.25
Not applicable
Sixteenth Special Report: Iraqi No-Fly Zones - Government Observations on the Thirteenth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
930
1.11.00
7
£2.25
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
689-i
7.11.00
24
£6.20
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
689-ii
9.11.00
46
£9.70
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
689-iii
21.11.00
41
£8.80
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
689-iv
30.11.00
21
£5.50
Not applicable

* Joint publication with the Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99 were published on 3.12.99 as HC 896, Session 1998-99. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be published as HC 774 of Session 1999-2000.

Divisions
None.

Debates
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in the House:

Fourth Report, Session 1999-2000, Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords], on Second Reading of the Bill, 17.2.00.

Sixth Report, Session 1998-99, The Reserves Call-Out Order, and the Second Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Seventh Report, Session 1998-99, The Strategic Defence Review: Defence Medical Services, and the Third Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Eighth Report, Session 1998-99, Major Procurement Projects Survey: The Common New Generation Frigate, and the Fourth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Ninth Report, Session 1998-99, Defence Research, and the Fifth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; First Report, Session 1999-2000, The OCCAR Convention, and the Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Second Report, Session 1999-2000, Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle; on a Government Motion for the Adjournment (the Defence White Paper), 22 and 28.2.00.

Eighth Report, Session 1999-2000, European Security and Defence, on a Government Motion for the Adjournment (European Affairs), 15.6.00.

First Report, Session 1999-2000, The OCCAR Convention, and the Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Sixth Report, Session 1999-2000, The Appointment of the New Chief Scientific Adviser, and the Ninth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Ninth Report, Session 1999-2000, The Future of DERA, and the Twelfth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Tenth Report, Session 1999-2000, Major Procurement Projects, and the Thirteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; on a Government Motion for the Adjournment (Defence Procurement), 26.10.00.

Second Report, Session 1999-2000, Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle, and the Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Fifth Report, Session 1999-2000, Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency and the Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Eighth Report, Session 1999-2000, European Security and Defence, and the Tenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Thirteenth Report, Session 1999-2000, Iraqi No-Fly Zones, and the Sixteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Fourteenth Report, Session 1999-2000, Lessons of Kosovo; on a Government Motion for the Adjournment (Defence and the Armed Forces), 1 and 2.11.00.

Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 31 of the Committee's meetings. On 3 of these occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
No. of oral evidence sessions
Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency
1
Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
1
Defence White Paper/MoD Annual Reporting Cycle
4
Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords]
1
The Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces In Europe:
1
The Appointment of the new Chief Scientific Adviser
1
Strategic Export Controls
1
Lessons of Kosovo
10
The Future of DERA
1
Major Procurement Projects
2
Armed Forces Personnel Issues
7*
The Reserve Forces
1*
Total
31

*The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 1999-2000


 
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