PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING
TO THE REPORT
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2001
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
| Mr Chris Bryant | Rosemary McKenna
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| Mr Frank Doran | Ms Debra Shipley
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| Michael Fabricant | John Thurso
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| Alan Keen | Derek Wyatt |
| Miss Julie Kirkbride | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Unpicking the Lock: the World Athletics Championships
in the UK), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
A paragraph—(The Chairman)—brought up, read the first
and second time, amended and inserted (now paragraph 1).
Paragraphs 1 to 3 (now paragraphs 2 to 4) read and agreed to.
Paragraph 4 (now paragraph 5) read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 5 read and postponed.
Paragraphs 6 to 8 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 9 and 10 read, amended and agreed to.
A paragraph—(The Chairman)—brought up, read the first
and second time, amended and inserted (now paragraph 11).
Paragraphs 11 to 13 (now paragraphs 12 to 14) read and agreed
to.
Paragraph 14 (now paragraph 15) read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 15 and 16 (now paragraphs 16 and 17) read and agreed
to.
Paragraphs 17 to 20 (now paragraphs 18 to 21) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 21 read as follows:
"In explanation of the events of December 1999 which derailed
the tri-sport national stadium at Wembley the Committee concluded
that the non-technical views of the BOA had a disproportionate
influence on the Secretary of State's decision-making, and exercised
unjustified influence on the Wembley Stadium project. The immediate
rejection by the Government of that report was accompanied by
a media statement which said "The removal of athletics from
the new Wembley was the right decision for all sports. The common
convention is that the Government responds to select committee
reports within two months, not half an hour.".
Paragraph disagreed to.
Paragraph 22 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 23 to 30 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 31 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 32 to 36 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 37 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 38 to 43 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 44 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 45 to 51 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 52 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 53 and 54 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 55 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 56 to 64 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 65 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 66 to 69 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 70 to 72 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 73 to 79 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 80 and 81 read, amended and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 again read. Paragraph read as follows:
"We were grateful to Sport England and the Department jointly
for the supply of a copy of the full report of the Lee Valley
Stadium Review in confidence. However, we were frustrated by the
refusal of the present Secretary of State to give us sight of
a Departmental Minute covering a meeting in December 1999 between
Mr Ken Bates, then Chairman of WNSL, and the former Secretary
of State (to which Mr Smith referred in his letter to the Committee)."
Paragraph disagreed to.
Paragraphs 82 and 83 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 84 read, amended and agreed to.
A paragraph—(The Chairman)—brought up, read the first
and second time, amended and inserted (now paragraph 85).
Paragraphs 85 to 98 (now paragraphs 86 to 99) read and agreed
to.
Paragraph 99 (now paragraph 100) read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 100 to 104 (now paragraphs 101 to 105) read and agreed
to.
Paragraph 105 (now paragraph 106) read, amended and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Report of the Committee
to the House.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134
(Select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
taken before the Committee be reported to the House.—(The
Chairman.)
A memorandum was ordered to be reported to the House.
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[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 November at Ten
o'clock.
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