10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
13. Environmental Audit
The Committee was nominated on 12 November 1997.
It had 16 Members and held 7 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Horam, Mr John (Chairman) | 7
|
Body, Sir Richard | 1
|
Brinton, Mrs Helen | 5
|
Chaytor, Mr David | 7
|
Gerrard, Mr Neil | 5
|
Grieve, Mr Dominic | 5
|
Jones, Mr Jon Owen | 4
|
Keetch, Mr Paul | 1
|
Loughton, Mr Tim | 4
|
1Meacher, Mr Michael | 0
|
Russell, Ms Christine | 3
|
Savidge, Mr Malcolm | 4
|
Sawford, Mr Phil | 0
|
Shaw, Mr Jonathan | 1
|
Thomas, Mr Simon | 5
|
Walley, Joan | 6
|
|
1The Minister for the Environment has ex officio
membership of the Committee
2Overall attendance: | 51.8 %
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0 % |
2Taking into account the Minister's position, actual
overall attendance in 2000-01 was 55.2%
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Fergus Reid, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2) (Senior Clerk (Band A2)until 28.2.01).
Committee Specialists: Mr Eric Lewis (seconded from the National
Audit Office) (Grade 7); Miss Emma Downing (seconded from the
Library) (Band A3).
Committee Assistant: Ms Tracy Herd, Higher Executive Officer (Band
B2).
Secretary: Mrs Melanie Barklem, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Duncan Brack, Professor Paul Ekins, Mr Paul Herrington,
Mr Chris Hewett, Ms Julie Hill, Professor Gerald Manners, Mr Alastair
Fulton, Mr Alister Scott, Mr Neil Summerton and Mr David Wilkinson.
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Other Ministers
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Government departments
| 7 |
comprising:
| |
Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 4 |
HM Treasury | 3
|
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 3 |
comprising:
| |
Office of Water Services (Ofwat)
| 3 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 10 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
24.1.01 | European Parliament and European Commission, Brussels
| 11 |
3 | Meetings with the Environment Commissioner and the European Parliament Environment Committee
| £5,266.74
|
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-01)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Environmental Audit: the first parliament
| 67-I |
9.1.01 |
59 | £9.70
| Cm 5098, published 27.3.01
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
| 67-II |
9.1.01 |
106 | £13.70
| Not applicable
|
Second Report: The Pre-Budget Report 2000:fuelling the debate
| 71-I |
5.3.01 |
53 | £9.70
| Received 8.5.01
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
| 71-II |
5.3.01 |
108 | £13.60
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: Water Prices and the Environment: Government response and follow-up
| 290-i |
4.4.01 |
51 | £9.70
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Budget 2001
| 333-i |
3.5.01 |
21 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Climate Change: COP6
| 357-i |
10.5.01 |
21 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Memoranda of Evidence: Renewable Energy
| 334 |
9.5.01 |
119 | £14.70
| Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 1999-2000
Reply to the Committee's First Report: EU Policy and the
Environment: An agenda for the Helsinki Summit, published
as HC 68 (8.1.01).
Reply to the Committee's Second Report: World Trade and Sustainable
Development: An agenda for the Seattle Summit, published as
HC 69 (8.1.01).
Reply to the Committee's Third Report: Comprehensive Spending
Review: Government response and follow-up, published as HC
70 (8.1.01).
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000
were published on 14.2.01 as HC 777, Session 1999-2000. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 will be published
as
HC 486, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Sixth Report, Session 1998-99,Greening Government Initiative
1999, Fifth Report, Session 1999-2000, Greening Government
Initiative: first annual report from the Green Ministers Committee;
and the joint Government response to the Reports (Cm 4819), 18.1.01.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 6 of the Committee's 7 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence was taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Pre-Budget 2000 | 3
|
Water prices and the environment: follow-up
| 1 |
Climate Change: COP6 |
1 |
Budget 2001 | 1
|
Total | 6
|
|