10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
17. Health
The Committee was nominated on 17 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 13 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Hinchliffe, Mr David (Chairman) | 12
|
Amess, Mr David | 8
|
Austin, Mr John | 12
|
Brand, Dr Peter | 6
|
Burns, Mr Simon | 12
|
Gordon, Mrs Eileen | 10
|
Gunnell, Mr John | 5
|
Hesford, Mr Stephen | 2
|
McDonagh, Ms Siobhain | 8
|
Roe, Mrs Marion | 2
|
Stoate, Dr Howard | 10
|
|
Overall attendance: | 60.8 %
|
Turnover of membership during the session |
0% |
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Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Dr John Benger, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Ms Sarah Ioannou, Assistant Clerk (Band A3).
Committee Specialist: Ms Suzanne O'Leary (Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Mr Francis McShane, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Miss Alexandra Richards, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Carol Black, Professor Nick Bosanquet, Dr Neil Brooks,
Mr Seán Boyle, Dr Neil Brooks, Professor Harry Burns, Professor
Joe Collier, Anna Coote, Mr Bob Dredge, Mr Richard Harbord, Professor
David Hunter, Professor Michael Kelly, Professor Lindsay McLellan,
Professor Allyson Pollock, Mrs Bryony Soper, Mr Chris Vellenoweth
and Mrs Sandra White.
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Other Ministers
| 5 |
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department of Health
| 6 |
other departments
| 1 |
comprising: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
| 1 |
executive agencies
| 1 |
comprising: Medical Devices Agency
| 1 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 1 |
comprising: Sport England
| 1 |
Health Authorities
| 14 |
Birmingham
| 2 |
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
| 2 |
Hillingdon
| 1 |
Sandwell
| 1 |
Calderdale and Kirklees
| 2 |
County Durham and Darlington
| 2 |
West Surrey
| 2 |
Manchester
| 2 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 35 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
14-15.11.00 | West Country
| 4 |
4 | Inquiry into Public Health
| £2,763.32
|
22.11.00 | Bromley-by-Bow Centre
| 4 |
3 | Inquiry into Public Health
| £152.75
|
23-25.1.01 | Scotland and Northern Ireland
| 5 |
5 A
| Inquiry into Public Health
| £8,107.90
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-01)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Access to NHS Dentistry
| 247 |
27.3.01 |
90 | £12.50
| Cm 5145, published
3.5.01
|
Second Report: Public Health
| 30-I |
28.3.01 |
88 | £12.50
| Awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: Public Health
| 30-II |
28.3.01 |
553 | £39.00
| Not applicable
|
Third Report: Head Injury: Rehabilitation
| 307 |
3.4.01 |
177 | £18.00
| Awaited
|
Fourth Report: The Provision of Information relating to the Safety of Breast Implants
| 308 |
4.4.01 |
108 | £13.60
| Awaited
|
First Special Report: The Committee's Work, Sessions 1997-98 to 1999-2000
| 152 |
13.3.01 |
136 | £15.90
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session1999-2000
were published on 21.12.00 as HC 782, Session 1999-2000. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published
on 20.6.01 as HC 490, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Fourth Report, Session 1999-2000, Provision of NHS Mental Health
Services, 1.3.01
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Second Report, Session 1999-2000, The Tobacco Industry
and the Health Risks of Smoking, on Second Reading
of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill, 22.1.01
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 8 of the Committee's 13 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken
partly or wholly in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Access to NHS Dentistry | 1
|
Public Health | 5
|
Head Injury: Rehabilitation | 1
|
The Provision of Information relating to the Safety of Breast Implants
| 1 |
Total | 8 |
| The Committee also took oral evidence (on three occasions) on this inquiry in Session 1999-2000; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC100 (1999-2000))
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