B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
34A. Treasury Sub-committee
The Sub-committee was nominated on 14 May 1998.
It had 12 Members and held 23 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Spicer, Sir Michael (Chairman) | 23
|
Beard, Mr Nigel (added, 21.2.00) | 15
|
Blackman, Mrs Liz | 20
|
Cable, Dr Vincent (discharged, 22.11.99) |
0 |
Cousins, Mr Jim | 12
|
Davey, Mr Edward (added, 22.11.99) | 6
|
Fallon, Mr Michael | 7
|
Kidney, Mr David | 20
|
Moonie, Dr Lewis (discharged, 21.2.00) |
2 |
Plaskitt, Mr James (added, 29.11.99) | 11
|
Radice, Mr Giles | 0
|
Ruffley, Mr David | 5
|
Sedgemore, Mr Brian | 0
|
Smith, Jacqui (discharged, 29.11.99) | 0
|
Taylor, Sir Teddy | 0
|
|
Overall attendance: | 43.8 %
|
Number of Members added: | 3
|
Number of Members discharged: | 3
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
25 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Sub-committee: Mr Mark Egan, Assistant Clerk
(Band A3).
Committee Assistant: Ms Jane Fox, Senior Executive Officer (Band
B1).
Committee Specialists: Mr Jonathan Lepper (Band B1) and Mr Timothy
Jarrett (Band B1).
Secretary: Miss Carolyn Wilson, Secretary (Band C) (until 3.12.99);
Ms Lisette Andrews, Secretary (Band C) (from 6.12.99 until 30.9.00);
Miss Susan Wakeling, Secretary (Band C) (from 1.10.00).
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
| 4 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
HM Treasury
| 8 |
executive agencies
| 13 |
comprising: Office for National Statistics
| 2 |
United Kingdom Debt Management Office
| 6 |
National Savings
| 5 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 18 |
comprising: HM Customs and Excise
| 7 |
Inland Revenue
| 3 |
National Investment and Loans Office
| 5 |
Statistics Commission
| 2 |
Bank of England
| 1 |
Members of Parliament (of which two were by Members of the House of Lords)
| 3 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 31 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
19.7.00 | Paris
| 8 |
2 | Inquiry into HM Treasury
| £5,000 (estimated outturn)
|
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
24.11.99 | The Adjudicator's Office, London
| 3 |
2 | Inquiry into HM Customs and Excise
| £26.34
|
25.1.00 | London Money Markets Association and the Gilt-Edged Market Makers Association, London
| 4 |
2 | Inquiry into the Government's Cash & Debt Management
| £44.61
|
19.4.00 | HM Treasury, London
| 9 |
2 | Inquiry into HM Treasury
| £0.00
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
Minutes of Evidence: Office for National Statistics: Progress Report
| 293 |
22.3.00 |
22 | £5.30
| Not applicable
|
See Treasury Committee Second Report (HM Customs and Excise)
and Sixth Report (Government's Cash and Debt Management).
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-committee for Session
1998-99 were published on 3.4.00 as HC 921, Session 1998-99. The
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-committee for Session 1999-2000
will be published as HC 800, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
See Treasury Committee entry (Second Report, Session 1999-2000,
HM Customs and Excise, on an Estimates Day, under Standing
Order No. 54, 6.7.00).
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 18 of the Sub-committee's 23 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
HM Customs and Excise |
3 |
Government's Cash and Debt Management
| 6 |
Office for National Statistics: Progress Report
| 2 |
HM Treasury | 6 *
|
HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue: Progress Reports
| 1 |
Total | 18
|
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
|