Select Committee on Liaison Minutes of Proceedings


  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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