B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
27. Scottish Affairs
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 18 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| Marshall, Mr David (Chairman) | 18
|
| Adams, Mrs Irene | 8
|
| Atkinson, Mr Peter | 0
|
| Begg, Miss Anne | 10
|
| Brown, Mr Russell (added 29.11.99) | 15
|
| Clarke, Mr Eric | 11
|
| McAllion, Mr John (discharged 29.11.99) |
0 |
| Osborne, Ms Sandra (discharged 29.11.99) |
0 |
| Sarwar, Mr Mohammed (added 29.11.99) | 11
|
| Smith, Sir Robert | 14
|
| Stewart, Mr David (discharged 29.11.99) |
0 |
| Swayne, Mr Desmond | 12
|
| Tynan, Mr Bill (added 29.11.99) | 13
|
| Welsh, Mr Andrew | 13
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 63.1 %
|
| Number of Members added: | 3
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 3
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
27 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr John Whatley, Senior Clerk (Band
A2 ).
Committee Assistant: Miss Jane Appleton, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Miss Julie Storey, Secretary (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Stewart Dunlop, Professor Alan McGregor and Mr David Webster.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers
| 3 |
| Other Ministers
| 2 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Scotland Office:
| 2 |
| Scottish Executive:
| 1 |
| other departments:
| |
| comprising: Department of Social Security
| 4 |
| executive agencies
| |
| comprising: Benefits Agency in Scotland
| 2 |
| public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| |
| comprising: BBC Scotland
| 1 |
| Members of Parliament
| 1 |
| Members of the Scottish Executive
| 1 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 20 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 14-18.5.00 | Finland
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £8,454.89
|
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
| Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 17.1.00 | Glasgow
| 5 |
2 | Meeting with the Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee, Scottish Parliament
| £1,093.01
|
| 24.1.00 | Glasgow and Paisley
| 7 |
3A
| Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £1,962.41
|
| 14.2.00 | Dumfries and Annan
| 4 |
3 | Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £1,767.40
|
| 6-7.3.00 | Western Isles
| 4 |
2 | Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £3,616.50
|
3.4.00
4.4.00
| Arbroath
Campbeltown
| 5
4
| 2
2
| Inquiry into Poverty
in Scotland
Inquiry into Poverty
in Scotland
| £2,399.86
(total cost for Arbroath and Campbeltown)
|
| 13.4.00 | Leeds
| 3 |
3AC
| Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £1,110.20
|
| 12-13.6.00 | Glasgow
| 4 |
2 | Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £ 972.52
|
| 7.6.00 | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM)
| 6 |
2 | Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £ 138.50
|
| 26.6.00 | Hamilton
| 4 |
2 | Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland
| £ 836.93
|
| 20.11.00 | Glasgow and Dumbarton
| 6 |
3AC
| Inquiry into the Drinks Industry in Scotland
| £1,005.22
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
B Includes 1 shorthand writer
C Includes 1 facilitator
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Poverty in Scotland
| 59-I |
19.7.00 |
68 | £10.60
| Reply received 4.12.00: published as HC 55
|
| Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Poverty in Scotland
| 59-II |
26.1.00 |
407 | £31.00
| Not applicable
|
| First Special Report: Response to Committee's First Report of Session 1998-99, Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland
| 119 |
16.12.99 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Second Special Report: Response to Committee's Second Report of Session 1998-99, Tourism in Scotland
| 486 |
23.5.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of BBC Scotland and the Broadcasting Council for Scotland
| 176-i |
1.3.00 |
27 | £7.00
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Scotland Office since Devolution
| 390-i |
17.4.00 |
10 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Scotland Office Departmental Report 2000
| 607-i |
7.9.00 |
28 | £7.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
were published on 11.11.99 as HC 915, Session 1998-99. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be
published on 15.12.00 as HC 794, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 12.7.00 | Eight, on amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Poverty in Scotland.
|
Debates
The following Report was the subject of debate in the House:
First Report, Session 1998-1999, Inward/Outward Investment
in Scotland, on an Estimates Day, under Standing Order No.
54, 16.12.99
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 13 of the Committee's 18 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| Poverty in Scotland |
10 |
| The Work of BBC Scotland and the Broadcasting Council for Scotland
| 1 |
| The Work of the Scotland Office since Devolution
| 1 |
| Scotland Office Departmental Report 2000
| 1 |
| The Drinks Industry in Scotland
| 2 |
| Total | 141
|
1 Includes sessions covering more than
one subject
|
