10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
37. Treasury
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 1997.
It had 12 Members and held 16 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| Radice, Mr Giles (Chairman) | 16
|
| Beard, Mr Nigel | 15
|
| Blackman, Mrs Liz (discharged, 29.1.01) |
1 |
| Cousins, Mr Jim | 14
|
| Davey, Mr Edward | 13
|
| Fallon, Mr Michael | 10
|
| Kidney, Mr David | 9
|
| Mallaber, Judy (added, 29.1.01) | 9
|
| Plaskitt, Mr James | 13
|
| Ruffley, Mr David | 10
|
| Sedgemore, Mr Brian | 2
|
| Spicer, Sir Michael | 8
|
| Taylor, Sir Teddy | 5
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 65.1 %
|
| Number of Members added: | 1
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
8 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Simon Patrick, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mr Mark Egan, Assistant Clerk (Band A3).
Committee Assistant: Ms Jane Fox, Senior Executive Officer
(Band B1), assisted by Mr Michael Cruickshank, Senior Office Clerk
(Band D1).
Committee Specialists: Mr Jonathan Lepper (Band B1) and Mr Timothy
Jarrett (Band B1).
Secretary: Miss Susan Wakeling, Secretary (Band C).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Charles Bean, Mr Roger Bootle, Professor David Heald,
Professor David Miles, Mrs Bridget Rosewell, Professor Andrew
Scott and Mr David Walton.
| 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:
| |
| HM Treasury |
14 |
| public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 14 |
| comprising: Bank of England
| 11 |
| Financial Services Authority
| 3 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 33 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 11-12.12.00 | Rome
| 2* |
1 | Mmeeting of Parliamentarians for Global Action's 22nd Annual Forum
| £2,980
(estimated outturn)
|
| 23-25.1.01 | Paris
| 1* |
1 | Meeting of chairpersons of Parliamentary Budget Committees from OECD countries
| £1,740
(estimated outturn)
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
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: Work of the Treasury Committee and Treasury Sub-committee
| 41 |
20.12.00 |
61 | £9.70
| Received 12.3.01: published as First Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
| Second Report: National Statistics
| 137 |
18.1.01 |
84 | £12.50
| Received 21 and 26.3.01: published as Second Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
| Third Report: HM Treasury
| 73-I |
1.2.01 |
36 | £8.00
| Awaited
|
| Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: HM Treasury
| 73-II |
2.2.01 |
180 | £19.50
| Not applicable
|
| Fourth Report: The International Monetary Fund: A Blueprint for Parliamentary Accountability
| 162 |
13.3.01 |
48 | £8.80
| Awaited
|
| Fifth Report: Banking and the Consumer
| 138 |
13.3.01 |
140 | £15.90
| Received 8.5.01. Not yet printed
|
| Sixth Report: HM Customs and Excise: Collection of Excise Duties
| 237 |
26.3.01 |
29 | £9.70
| Awaited
|
| Seventh Report: Government Actuary's Department
| 236 |
27.3.01 |
53 | £9.70
| Awaited
|
| Eighth Report: Royal Mint
| 239 |
27.3.01 |
53 | £9.70
| Awaited
|
| Ninth Report: The Monetary Policy Committee—An End of Term Report
| 42 |
28.3.01 |
117 | £14.70
| Received 11.5.01. Not yet printed
|
| Tenth Report: Equitable Life and the Life Assurance Industry: an Interim Report
| 272-I |
29.3.01 |
27 | £6.50
| Awaited
|
| Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: Equitable Life and the Life Assurance Industry: An Interim Report
| 272-II
| 30.3.01
| 101 |
£13.60
| Not applicable
|
| Eleventh Report: Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Confirmation Hearing
| 449-I |
2.5.01 |
7 | £2.55
| Not required
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Confirmation Hearing
| 449-II
| 24.5.01
| 24 |
£6.50 |
Not Applicable
|
| First Special Report: Work of the Treasury Committee and Treasury Sub-committee: Government Response to First Report of Session 2000-01
| 351 |
22.3.01 |
8 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Second Special Report: National Statistics: Responses from the Government and the Statistics Commission to Second Report of 2000-01
| 376 |
29.3.01 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: 2001 Budget
| 326-i to iv
| 9.4.01
| 72 |
£11.50
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Council of Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN)
| 459-i |
24.5.01 |
16 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 1999-2000
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000
were published on 5.3.01 as HC 800, Session 1999-2000. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 will be published
as HC 507, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 6.3.01 | Four, on consideration of Chairman's draft Report on Banking and the Consumer
|
| 27.3.01 | One, on Question, That the Chairman do write to Lord Burns about allegations in the press concerning the Chancellor of the Exchequer
|
| 27.3.01 | Three, on Amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Equitable Life and the Life Assurance Industry: An Interim Report.
|
Debates
The following Minutes of Evidence were referred to on the
Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Minutes of Evidence, 13, 15 and 20 March 2001, HC 326-i to
iv, on 2001 Budget, 9.4.01
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 13 of the Committee's 16 meetings.
On 1 of these occasions evidence was taken partly in private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| The International Monetary Fund: a Blueprint for Parliamentary Accountability
| 1 |
| Banking and the Consumer
| 2‡
|
| The Monetary Policy Committee
| 4 |
| Equitable Life and the Life Assurance Industry: An Interim Report
| 1 |
| 2001 Budget | 3
|
| Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Confirmation Hearing
| 1 |
| Council of Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN)
| 1 |
| Total | 13
|
| ‡ | The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 1999-2000; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC100 (1999-2000))
|
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