B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
11A. Environment, Transport and Regional
Affairs: Environment Sub-committee
The Sub-committee was nominated on 15 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 34 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Chairman) | 34
|
Mr Hilary Benn (added, 6.12.99) | 28
|
Mr Crispin Blunt (added, 21.2.00) | 19
|
Mr Tom Brake | 24
|
Christine Butler | 23
|
Mr John Cummings | 22
|
Mr Brian Donohoe | 27
|
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody | 25
|
Mr Louise Ellman | 28
|
Mr James Gray | 14
|
Mr Bill Olner | 28
|
Mr John Randall (discharged, 21.2.00) | 3
|
Mr Alan Whitehead (discharged, 6.12.99) |
0 |
|
Overall attendance: | 73.5 %
|
Number of Members added: | 2
|
Number of Members discharged: | 2
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
18 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Sub-committee: Mr David Harrison, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mr Huw Yardley, Senior Clerk (Band A2) (Assistant
Clerk (Band A3) until 30.9.00).
Committee Specialists: Miss Katie Smith (Band B1), Dr Dave Taylor
(Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Miss Jacqueline Recardo, Chief Office Clerk
(Band C).
Secretary: Mrs Susan Morrison, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Alan Barber, Mr Richard Bate, Mary Bowerman, Dr Janet Dwyer,
Professor John Harrington, Mr Dominic Hogg, Mr David Lambert,
Mr David MacDonald, Mr David Mansell, Mr John Popham, Mr Tony
Redmond, Mr Graham Reid, Dr Julie Rugg, Mr David Slater, Dr Vanessa
Toulmin, Mr Stephen Tromans.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Ministers
| 8 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 18 |
other departments
| 2 |
comprising: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
| 1 |
Department of Trade and Industry
| 1 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 40 |
comprising: Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate
| 1 |
Audit Commission
| 3 |
British Nuclear Fuels
| 2 |
Countryside Agency
| 5 |
English Heritage
| 3 |
English Nature
| 5 |
Environment Agency
| 8 |
HM Customs and Excise
| 1 |
Health and Safety Commission and Executive
| 3 |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
| 1 |
New Opportunities Fund
| 2 |
Planning Inspectorate
| 3 |
Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee
| 3 |
Members of Parliament | 1
|
Appearances by other witnesses | 143
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
16-21.7.00 | Spain
| 4 |
2 | Inquiry into UK Biodiversity
| £7,000 (estimated outturn)
|
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
13-14.1.00 | Somerset and Bristol, South West
| 5 |
4A
| Inquiry into the Environment Agency
| £1,674.23
|
6-7.3.00 | Bromsgrove and Lichfield
| 3 |
4AB
| Inquiry into Travelling Fairs
| £703.97
|
19-20.4.00 | Kirkcaldy
| 3 |
3A
| Inquiry into Travelling Fairs
| £1,712.79
|
20.6.00 | Suffolk
| 4 |
4AA
| Inquiry into UK Biodiversity
| £518.97
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
AA Includes 2 specialist
advisers
B Includes 1 shorthand
writer
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Work of the Health and Safety Executive
| 31-II |
14.2.00 |
77 | £11.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Environment Agency
| 34-II |
18.5.00 |
142 | £15.90
| Not applicable
|
Memoranda: The Audit Commission
| 174-II
| 24.1.00
| 81 |
£11.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Audit Commission
| 174-III
| 22.6.00
| 88 |
£12.50
| Not applicable
|
Memoranda: Travelling Fairs
| 284-II
| 2.3.00
| 64 |
£10.60
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: Travelling Fairs
| 284-III
| 5.6.00
| 78 |
£11.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Town and Country Parks
| 333-i |
11.4.00 |
29 | £7.00
| Not applicable
|
Memoranda: The Planning Inspectorate and Public Inquiries
| 364-II
| 23.3.00
| 103 |
£13.60
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Planning Inspectorate and Public Inquiries
| 364-III
| 11.7.00
| 135 |
£15.90
| Not applicable
|
Memoranda: UK Biodiversity
| 441-II
| 15.5.00
| 118 |
£14.70
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: UK Biodiversity
| 441-III
| 6.12.00
| 145 |
£17.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Countryside Agency
| 665-i |
18.8.00 |
26 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Divisions
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 31 of the Sub-committee's 34 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
The Work of the Health and Safety Executive
| 1 |
The Environment Agency
| 4 |
The Audit Commission |
4 |
Travelling Fairs | 3
|
Town and Country Parks
| 1 |
The Planning Inspectorate and Public Inquiries
| 4 |
DETR Annual Report 2000 and Expenditure Plans 2000-01 to 2001-02
| 1 |
UK Biodiversity | 6
|
The Countryside Agency |
1 |
Delivering Sustainable Waste Management*
| 7 |
Total | 32
|
The Committee took oral evidence on this
inquiry in Session 1998-99; figures appear in the Return for that
Session (HC 1 (1998-99))
* The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 1999-2000
|