B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
33. Trade and Industry
The Committee was nominated on 9 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 51 meetings. 3 Members participated
in 5 "Quadripartite" meetings, held concurrently with
the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees.
The Committee also held one meeting concurrently with the Foreign
Affairs Committee. These meetings are abbreviated to 'CM' in the
attendance table below.
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| O'Neill, Mr Martin (Chairman) | 51(including 6 CM)
|
| Baldry, Mr Tony | 30(including 5 CM)
|
| Berry, Mr Roger | 37(including 6 CM)
|
| Butterfill, Mr John | 22
|
| Chope, Mr Christopher | 37
|
| Cunningham, Mr Jim | 24
|
| Hoyle, Mr Lindsay | 34
|
| Laxton, Mr Bob | 31(including 1 CM)
|
| Morgan, Mr Alasdair | 24
|
| Perham, Mrs Linda | 35(including 1 CM)
|
| Southworth, Mrs Helen | 36
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 68.7 %
|
| Number of Members added | 0
|
| Number of Members discharged | 0
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr David Natzler, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Ms Charlotte Littleboy, Assistant Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Specialist: Ms Julia Gleig (Band A2).
Committee Assistant: Mr Tony Catinella, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Mrs Alison Game, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Ian Begg, Professor John Chesshire, Professor Mike
Cruise, Mr Peter Sommer & Dr Chris Welch.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories
of witnesses:
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers
| 3 |
| Other Ministers .
| 4 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department of Trade and Industry
| 12 |
| other departments
| 2 |
| comprising: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 2 |
| executive agencies
| 4 |
| comprising: British Trade International
| 4 |
| public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 29 |
| comprising: BNFL
| 3 |
| Environment Agency
| 3 |
| Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
| 3 |
| Office for Gas and Electricity Markets
| 6 |
| Office of Telecommunications
| 6 |
| The Post Office
| 3 |
| Post Office Users National Council
| 2 |
| United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
| 3 |
| Appearances by other witnesses:
| 163 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 28-29.11.99 | Sweden
| 1* |
1 | Quadripartite Committee inquiry into Strategic Export Controls
| £532.13
|
| 30.11-2.12.99 | Sweden and the Netherlands
| 9 |
2 | Briefings on various trade and industry related issues
| £10,851.70
|
| 15-17.5.00 | Washington DC
| 1* |
1 | Quadripartite Committee inquiry into Strategic Export Controls
| £6,916.56
|
| 12-16.6.00 | Finland and the Baltic States
| 9 |
2 | Inquiry into Industrial and Trade Relations with the Baltic States; Briefings on various trade and industry related issues
| £18,000 (estimated outturn)
|
| 19-24.11.00 | Turkey
| 9 |
2 | Inquiry into Industrial and Trade Relations with Turkey, and Ilisu Dam ECGD Application
| £20,000 (estimated outturn)
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 9-10.2.00 | European Commission, Brussels
| 8 |
2 | Meetings with European Commissioners and Commission officials
| £5,209.32
|
| 10.10.00 | European Commission, Brussels
| 1* |
| European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs seminar on competition policy
| £517.24
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 28.3.00 | Rover, Longbridge
| 8 |
3**
| Inquiry into BMW, Rover and Longbridge
| £2,712.49
|
| 4.4.00 | Surrey Satellites, Guildford
| 4 |
1 | Inquiry into UK Space Policy
| £110.60
|
| 8.5.00 | Matra Marconi Space, Stevenage
| 5 |
1 | Inquiry into UK Space Policy
| £108.12
|
| 23.5.00 | Ford, Dagenham
| 6 |
2 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £81.29
|
| 17.7.00 | Toyota, Derby
| 3 |
1 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £290.90
|
| 19.7.00 | Honda, Swindon
| 4 |
0 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £45.19
|
| 6.9.00 | Nissan, Sunderland
| 2* |
1 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £356.20
|
| 19.9.00 | Ford Transit, Southampton
| 3 |
1 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £614.60
|
| 9.10.00 | Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port
| 2* |
1 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £466.40
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
** Includes shorthand writer
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Government Observations on the Thirteenth Report of Session 1998-99 on Small Businesses and Enterprise
| 49 |
9.12.99 |
21 | £5.80
| Received 8.2.00published as Fourth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Second Report: Insolvency: Draft Clauses
| 112 |
20.12.99 |
88 | £12.50
| Received 3.2.00: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Third Report: The Future of the Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 52 |
20.1.00 |
170 | £17.00
| Received 24.7.00: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Fourth Report: Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998 on Strategic Export Controls*
| 225 |
11.2.00 |
141 | £15.90
| Cm 4799, published 14.7.00
|
| Fifth Report: Dounreay: Progress Report
| 281 |
7.3.00 |
53 | £9.70
| Received 9.5.00: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Sixth Report: Application for Support from ECGD for UK participation in the Ilisu Dam Project
| 200 |
9.3.00 |
72 | £10.60
| Received 8.5.00: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Seventh Report: Business, Enterprise and the Budget
| 51 |
14.3.00 |
266 | £22.00
| Received 17.5.00: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Eighth Report: BMW, Rover and Longbridge
| 383 |
14.3.00 |
154 | £17.00
| Received 20.6.00: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Ninth Report: Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL
| 307 |
25.5.00 |
156 | £17.00
| Received 23.7.00: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Tenth Report: UK Space Policy
| 335 |
13.7.00 |
220 | £20.50
| Received 19.10.00: published as Twelfth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny*
| 467 |
25.7.00 |
72 | £10.60
| Awaited
|
| Twelfth Report: Industrial and Trade Relations with the Baltic States
| 835 |
26.7.00 |
55 | £9.70
| Received 22.9.00: published as Eleventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Thirteenth Report: The Post Office and the future of the Network
| 724 |
14.11.00 |
107 | £13.60
| Awaited
|
| Fourteenth Report: What would the Euro cost UK business?
| 755 |
16.11.00 |
93 | £12.50
| Awaited
|
| First Special Report: Government Response to the Eleventh and Twelfth Reports of Session 1998-99: The Horizon Project for Automated Payment of Benefits through Post Offices and The 1999 Post Office White Paper
| 50 |
29.11.99 |
14 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Second Special Report: Department of Trade and Industry Response to the Fourteenth Report of Session 1998-99: Draft Electronic Communications Bill
| 168 |
19.1.00 |
12 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Third Special Report: Home Office Response to the Fourteenth Report of Session 1998-99: Draft Electronic Communications Bill
| 199 |
1.2.00 |
6 | £1.70
| Not applicable
|
| Fourth Special Report: Government Observations on the First and Second Reports: Small Business and Enterprise and Insolvency: Draft Clauses
| 237 |
15.2.00 |
10 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Sixth Report: Application for Support from ECGD for UK Participation in the Ilisu Dam Project
| 482 |
16.5.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the Fifth Report: Dounreay: Progress Report
| 483 |
16.5.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Seventh Report: Business, Enterprise and the Budget
| 514 |
25.5.00 |
15 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Eighth Special Report: Government Response to the Eighth Report: BMW, Rover and Longbridge
| 634 |
4.7.00 |
10 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Ninth Special Report: Government Response to the Ninth Report: Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL
| 848 |
28.7.00 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Tenth Special Report: Government Response to the Third Report: The Future of the Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 849 |
28.7.00 |
11 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Eleventh Special Report: Government Response to the Tenth Report: UK Space Policy
| 907 |
27.10.00 |
14 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Twelfth Special Report: Government Response to the Twelfth Report: Industrial and Trade Relations with the Baltic States
| 908 |
27.10.00 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of Oftel
| 93-i |
25.1.00 |
50 | £9.70
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of Ofgem
| 193-i |
6.3.00 |
84 | £12.50
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Department of Trade and Industry
| 261-i |
8.3.00 |
21 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: British Trade International
| 550-i |
23.6.00 |
17 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
* Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International
Development Committees
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee
for Session 1998-99 were published on 11.11.99 as HC 920, Session
1998-99. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
1999-2000 will be published as HC 799, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Thirteenth Report, Session 1998-99, Small Businesses and Enterprise,
20.1.00.
Third Report, Session 1999-2000, The Future of the Export Credits
Guarantee Department, 2.11.00.
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to debates in the House:
Seventh Report, Session 1998-99, "Building Confidence
in Electronic Commerce": The Government's Proposals,
and Fourteenth Report, Session 1998-99, Draft Electronic Communications
Bill, on Second Reading of the Electronic Communications Bill,
29.11.99.
Twelfth Report, Session 1998-99, The 1999 Post Office White
Paper, on an Opposition Day debate on S.I., 1999, No. 2863,
8.12.99.
Eleventh Report, Session 1998-99, The Horizon Project for Automated
Payment of Benefits through Post Offices and Twelfth Report,
Session 1998-99, The 1999 Post Office White Paper, on a
Opposition Day debate on Protecting Post Office Services, 17.1.00.
Fourteenth Report, Session 1998-99, Draft Electronic Communications
Bill, on consideration of the Electronic Communications Bill,
25.1.00.
Twelfth Report, Session 1998-99, The 1999 Post Office White
Paper, on Second Reading of the Postal Services Bill, 15.2.00.
Fourteenth Report, Session 1998-99, Draft Electronic Communications
Bill, on Second Reading of the Regulation of Investigatory
Powers Bill, 6.3.00.
Fourth Report, Session 1998-99, Draft Limited Liability Partnership
Bill, on Second Reading of the Limited Liability Partnership
Bill [Lords], 23.5.00.
Second Report, Session 1999-2000, Insolvency: Draft Clauses,
on Second Reading of the Insolvency Bill [Lords], 24.10.00.
Ninth Report, Session 1999-2000, Proposed Public Private Partnership
for BNFL, on a Motion for the Adjournment of the House (Proposed
Public Private Partnership for BNFL), 8.11.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 38 of the Committee's 51 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| The Future of the Export Credits Guarantee Department‡
| 1 |
| Application for Support for UK Participation in the Ilisu Dam Project
| 2 |
| Business, Enterprise and the Budget
| 6 |
| BMW, Rover and Longbridge
| 4 |
| Proposed Public Private Partnership for BNFL
| 4 |
| UK Space Policy | 3
|
| Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny†
| 1 |
| The Post Office and the future of the Network
| 3 |
| What would the Euro cost UK business?
| 1 |
| Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK*
| 3 |
| The Work of the Department of Trade and Industry
| 2 |
| UK Steel Industry* |
1 |
| Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation*
| 3 |
| The Work of Oftel* |
2 |
| The Work of Ofgem | 2
|
| British Trade International
| 1 |
| Total | 39
|
‡ The Committee took oral evidence on this
inquiry in Session 1998-99; figures appear in the Return for that
Session (HC1 (1998-99))
† Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International
Development Committees
* The Committee did not complete these inquiries in Session
1999-2000
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