THURSDAY 31 JANUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Donald Anderson
Mr Tony Baldry
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Jean Corston
Mr David Curry
Mr Michael Fabricant
Mr Bruce George
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr John Horam
Mr Martyn Jones
Mr Gerald Kaufman
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr David Lepper
Mr Chris Mullin
Mr Martin O'Neill
Mr Peter Pike
Mr Barry Sheerman
Mr David Tredinnick
Mr Dennis Turner
Mr Nicholas Winterton
The Committee deliberated.
Guidelines for Overseas Travel:
The Committee deliberated further.
Resolved, That the revised
guidelines for overseas travel be approved.— (The Chairman.)
Westminster Hall
Resolved, that the Chairman
do write to Mr Speaker proposing that 28 February, 21 March, 25
April, 16 May, 13 June, and 11 July be the revised list of six
Thursdays provided by the Sessional Order for debates on Select
Committee Reports in Westminster Hall.— (The Chairman.)
Estimates Day
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the following Report to the House:
That the Liaison Committee had directed him to report
the following recommendation for the allocation of time for the
consideration of Estimates on an allotted day (being the second
allotted day in the present Session of Parliament):
That a day not later than 18 March be allotted for
the consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for
the financial year 2001-02:
Ministry of Defence, in so far as they relate to
the deployment of Ministry of Defence resources in the war against
terrorism;
HM Treasury, in so far as they relate to policy on
environmental taxation.— (The Chairman.)
Liaison Sub-Committee
Ordered, That a Sub-Committee
be appointed.— (The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr Richard
Allan, Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody, Mr Chris Mullin, Mr Barry Sheerman,
Mr Alan Williams, Mr Nicholas Winterton, Dr Tony Wright, and Sir
George Young be members of the Sub-Committee.—(The
Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr Alan
Williams be chairman of the Sub-Committee.—(The Chairman.)
The Work of Select Committees 2001
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Work of Select Committees 2001),
proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 33 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the First Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the
Report.
Overseas Travel
Resolved, That the Committee
approves the following visits:
European Scrutiny Committee to Brussels at a cost
not exceeding £18,239;
Environmental Audit Committee to Germany at a cost
not exceeding £23,599;
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to
New Zealand at a cost not exceeding £63,671;
Joint Committee on Human Rights to Dublin at a cost
not exceeding £4,000, and to New Delhi at a cost not exceeding
£44,000;
International Development Committee to Sierra Leone
at a cost not exceeding
£71,500;
Foreign Affairs Committee to Turkey at a cost not
exceeding £25,505;
Trade and Industry Committee to Geneva at a cost
not exceeding £10,745.— (The Chairman.)
The Committee deliberated further.
[Adjourned till Thursday 7 March at half-past
Nine o'clock
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