B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
23. Procedure
The Committee was nominated on 31 July 1997.
It had 14 Members and held 15 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Winterton, Mr Nicholas (Chairman) | 15
|
Banks, Mr Tony (added, 25.11.99) | 3
|
Beith, Mr A J (added, 14.2.00) | 8
|
Beresford, Sir Paul | 8
|
Burgon, Mr Colin | 0
|
Darvill, Mr Keith | 15
|
Davey, Mr Edward (discharged, 14.2.00) |
0 |
Drew, Mr David | 8
|
Efford, Mr Clive | 9
|
Fitzsimons, Mrs Lorna | 9
|
Forth, Mr Eric (added, 26.11.99) | 13
|
Gardiner, Mr Barry | 0
|
Griffiths, Mr Nigel | 11
|
Illsley, Mr Eric | 6
|
McCafferty, Chris (discharged, 25.11.99) |
0 |
Stunell, Mr Andrew | 11
|
Syms, Mr Robert (discharged, 26.11.99) |
0 |
|
Overall attendance: | 55.2%
|
Number of Members added: | 3
|
Number of Members discharged: | 3
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
21% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Dr Robin James, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Ms Shona McGlashan, Senior Clerk (Band A3) (until
31.10.00); Mr Martyn Atkins, Assistant Clerk (Band A3) (from 1.11.00).
Committee Assistant: Miss Nerys Welfoot, Chief Office Clerk (Band
C) (until 3.12.99); Miss Carolyn Wilson, Chief Office Clerk (Band
C) (from 6.12.99).
Secretary: Miss Louise Sargent, Secretary (Band D1) (until 10.3.00);
Ms Jane Cooper, Secretary (Band D1) (from 13.3.00).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories
of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
| |
Ministers
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
| |
Government departments
| 5 |
comprising:
| |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 4 |
Department of Social Security
| 1 |
Members of Parliament
| 9 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 7 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
First Report: Delegated Legislation
| 48 |
10.3.00 |
79 | £12.50
| Awaited
|
Second Report: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Treaties
| 210 |
27.7.00 |
52 | £9.70
| Received 31.10.00: published as Second Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Third Report: Deadlines for Tabling of Oral Questions
| 735 |
25.7.00 |
19 | £5.10
| Not required
|
Fourth Report: Letters Sent by Ministers Following Undertaking in Debate
| 734 |
25.7.00 |
14 | £4.30
| Received 9.10.00: published as Third Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
First Special Report: Government Response to the Sixth Report of Session 1998-99: Procedure for Debate on the Government's Expenditure Plans
| 388 |
30.3.00 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Second Report of the Committee: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Treaties
| 990 |
22.11.00 |
4 | £1.45
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Fourth Report of the Committee: Letters Sent by Ministers Following Undertakings in Debate
| 991 |
22.11.00 |
4 | £1.45
| Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 1998-99
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report:
Procedure for Debate on the Government's Expenditure Plans,
published as the Committee's First Special Report, HC 388
(30.3.00).
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
were published on 8.12.99 as HC 911, Session 1998-99. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be
published as HC 790, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 7 of the Committee's 15 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Delegated Legislation
| 3 |
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Treaties
| 2 |
Section 82 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 *
| 2 |
Total | 7
|
The Committee took oral evidence on this
inquiry in Session 1998-99; figures appear in the Return for that
Session (HC1 (1998-99))
* The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 1999-2000
|