10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
14. European Scrutiny
The Committee was nominated on 17 November 1998.
It had 16 Members and held 14 meetings. This included 1 meeting
held concurrently with the Agriculture and International Development
Committees (abbreviated to 'CM' in the attendance table below).
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Hood, Mr Jimmy (Chairman) | 10 (including 1 CM)
|
Bradshaw, Mr Ben | 2 (including 1 CM)
|
Breed, Mr Roger | 7 (including 1 CM)
|
Casale, Mr Roger | 7 (including 1 CM)
|
Cash, Mr William | 9
|
Connarty, Mr Michael | 9
|
Dobbin, Mr Jim | 11 (including 1 CM)
|
Ewing, Mrs Margaret | 0
|
Hall, Mr Patrick | 4 (including 1 CM)
|
Hendrick, Mr Mark (added 25.1.01) | 7
|
Jones, Ms Jenny | 8 (including 1 CM)
|
McIntosh, Miss Anne | 11 (including 1 CM)
|
Palmer, Dr Nick (discharged 25.1.01) | 0
|
Rammell, Mr Bill | 6
|
Robertson, Mr Laurence | 8 (including 1 CM)
|
Steen, Mr Anthony | 6
|
|
Overall attendance: | 50.8 %
|
Number of Members added: | 1
|
Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
6 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Dorian Gerhold, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2)
Second Clerk: Mrs Susan Craig, Senior Clerk (Band A2) (to 31.12.00).
Clerk/Advisers: Miss Josy Eldred, Senior Clerk (Band A2);
Mr David Griffiths, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Clive Wilson, Senior
Clerk (Band A2) (to 31.1.01); Mrs Rosemary Melling CBE, Senior
Clerk (Band A2); Mr Mick Hillyard, Senior Clerk (Band A2) (seconded
from the Library) (from 1.2.01).
Legal Advisers: Mr Michael Carpenter, Counsel to the Speaker (European
Legislation &c) (Senior Structure Band 3); Ms Kemi Alagbala,
Assistant Legal Adviser (Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Miss Karen McClelland, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2); assisted by Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band
C); Mr Allen Mitchell, Senior Office Clerk, (Band D1).
Secretaries: Mrs Keely Bishop, Secretary (Band D1); Miss Susan
Ramsay, Secretary (Band D1); Ms Fiona Mearns, Secretary (Band
D1) (to 3.1.01); Miss Jennifer Kelly, Secretary (Band D1); and
Miss Rowena MacDonald (Band D1) (from 4.4.01) (to 11.5.01).
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Other Ministers
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
| 2 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 1 |
Department of Trade and Industry | 2
|
Overseas Visits |
|
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
28-30.1.01 | Stockholm
| 9 |
3 | Work in preparation for the Swedish Presidency of EU
| £13,479.15
|
8-9.4.01 | Stockholm
| 1* |
1 | Working Group of European Affairs Committees
| £1,780.95
|
2-3.5.01 | Western European Union, Berlin
| 1* |
1 | Colloquy on European security and defence
| £2,095.49
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
20.3.01 | European Parliament, Brussels
| 1* |
1 | Meeting of the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee
| £740.00
|
25-27.3.01 | European Institutions, Brussels
| 5 |
3 | Meetings with European Commission officials
| £5,640.00
(estimated outturn)
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
16.3.01 | Belfast
| 1* |
1 | Second meeting of the Chairs of UK
European Committees
| £828.58
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-01)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply#
|
First Report | 28-i
| 29.12.00
| 54 |
£9.70 |
|
Second Report | 28-ii
| 26.1.00
| 36 |
£8.00 |
|
Third Report | 28-iii
| 6.2.01
| 56 |
£9.70 |
|
Minutes of Evidence: Market access for least developed countries and the sugar regime*
| 93 |
20.2.01 |
40 | £8.80
|
|
Minutes of Evidence: Inter- Governmental Conference 2000
| 119 |
20.2.01 |
12 | £4.00
|
|
Fourth Report | 28-iv
| 20.2.01
| 52 |
£9.70 |
|
Fifth Report | 28-v
| 21.2.01
| 79 |
£11.50
|
|
Sixth Report | 28-vi
| 2.3.01
| 60 |
£9.70 |
|
Seventh Report | 28-vii
| 15.3.01
| 84 |
£11.50
|
|
Eighth Report | 28-viii
| 28.3.01
| 104 |
£13.60
|
|
Ninth Report | 28-ix
| 30.3.01
| 52 |
£9.70 |
|
Tenth Report | 28-x
| 6.4.01
| 48 |
£8.80 |
|
Eleventh Report | 28-xi
| 12.4.01
| 53 |
£9.70 |
|
Twelfth Report | 28-xii
| 2.5.01
| 52 |
£9.70 |
|
Thirteenth Report | 28-xiii
| 14.5.01
| 75 |
£11.50
|
|
*Joint publication with the Agriculture and International Development
Committees
#The Committee does not require formal Government replies to each
Report, but reports Government responses on individual documents
throughout the Session.
Government replies to Reports for Session 1999-2000
None: see footnote above.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000
were published on 1.1.01 as HC 779, Session 1999-2000. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published
on 14.5.01as HC 487, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
10.1.01 | One, on an Amendment proposed to Chairman's draft Report.
|
2.5.01 | One, on an Amendment proposed to Chairman's draft Report.
|
Debates
None; proceedings take place on documents recommended by the
Committee for further consideration, rather than on the Committee's
Reports.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 14 meetings.
On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Market access for least developed countries and the sugar regime
| 1 |
Inter-Governmental Conference 2000
| 1 |
Total | 2
|
|