THURSDAY 13 DECEMBER 2001
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Irene Adams
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Donald Anderson
Mr Tony Baldry
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Derek Conway
Jean Corston
Mr Michael Fabricant
Mr Bruce George
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Jimmy Hood
Mr John Horam
Mr Martyn Jones
Mr Gerald Kaufman
Mr Archy Kirkwood
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr David Lepper
Mr Michael Mates
Mr Chris Mullin
Mr Peter Pike
Mrs Marion Roe
Mr Dennis Turner
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Sir George Young
Guidelines for Overseas Travel:
The Committee deliberated.
Modernisation Committee proposals:
The Committee deliberated.
Entertainment Allowance
Resolved, That approval
be sought from the House of Commons Commission to increase the
Select Committee entertainment allowance from £500 to £1000
per Committee per financial year.— (The Chairman.)
Overseas Travel
Resolved, That the Committee
approves the following visits:
Foreign Affairs Committee to Madrid at a cost not
exceeding £11,620;
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to the USA at
a cost not exceeding £60,500, and to Dublin at a cost not
exceeding £6,919;
Treasury Committee to the USA at a cost not exceeding
£55,941;
Health Committee to Canada and the USA at a cost
not exceeding £63,879;
Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee
to Japan and Hong Kong at a cost not exceeding £63,054.—(The
Chairman.)
Seminar
Resolved, that the Environmental
Audit Committee's proposed seminar be approved at an estimated
cost of £1,836 and that authority to approve such events
in future should be delegated to the Chairman of the Committee.—
(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Thursday
31 January at half-past Nine o'clock
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