10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
38. Welsh Affairs
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 14 meetings.
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Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Jones, Mr Martyn (Chairman) | 13
|
Caton, Mr Martin | 11
|
Edwards, Mr Huw | 9
|
Lewis, Dr Julian | 2
|
Livsey, Mr Richard | 8
|
Llwyd, Mr Elfyn | 11
|
Morgan, Ms Julie | 9
|
Paterson, Mr Owen | 2
|
Ruane, Mr Chris | 11
|
Smith, Mr John P | 3
|
Williams, Mrs Betty | 12
|
|
Overall attendance: | 59.1 %
|
Turnover of membership during the Session |
0% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Tom Healey, Senior Clerk (Band
A 2).
Committee Assistant: Mr Paul Derrett, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Ms Carys Thomas (Band D) (until 5.1.01); Ms Rowena
Macdonald (temporary) (from 8.1.01 until 9.2.01); Mrs Amanda Waller
(Band D) (from 12.2.01).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Ms Rachel Ashworth, Dr Denis Balsom, Mr Mark Clatworthy, Professor
Stuart Cole, Professor Phillip Cooke, Mr Mark Drakeford, Mr Richard
Edwards, Ms Jane Hutt, Professor Ross McKay, Professor Terry Marsden,
Mr Brian Morgan and Mr Hywel Williams.
Witnesses |
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Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Other Ministers
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Wales Office
| 1 |
other departments
| 2 |
comprising: Department of Culture Media and Sport
| 2 |
executive agencies
| 3 |
comprising: British Trade International
| 3 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 17 |
comprising: BBC
| 3 |
British Council
| 3 |
British Tourist Authority
| 3 |
Post Office
| 3 |
S4C | 3 |
UK Sport
| 2 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 18 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
18.12.00
| Cardiff
| 7 |
2 | Inquiry into Wales in the World: the role of the UK Government in promoting Wales abroad
| £854.16
|
15-16.1.01
| Cardiff
| 8 |
5AB
| Inquiries into Social Exclusion in Wales and Wales in the World: the role of the UK Government in promoting Wales abroad.
Meeting with the Panel of Committee Chairs of the National Assembly for Wales
| £2,864.54
|
29-30.1.01 | Conwy, Llandudno, Betws-y-Coed, and Llangollen
| 5 |
3B
| Inquiry into Wales in the World: the role of the UK Government in promoting Wales abroad
| £2,888.06
|
26-27.3.01 | Conwy, Bangor, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfon and Portmerion
| 7 |
3 | Inquiry into Wales in the World: the role of the UK Government in promoting Wales abroad
| £2,899.48
|
30.4.01-1.5.01 | HMP & YOI Pucklechurch and HMP & YOI Eastfield Park
| 8 |
3 | Inquiry into Young offenders held outside of Wales
| £1,832.25
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
B Includes 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-01)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Wales in the World: the role of the UK Government in promoting Wales abroad
| 38 |
27.3.01 |
202 | £19.50
| Awaited
|
Second Report: Welsh young offenders held outside Wales: Interim Report and proposals for further inquiry
| 511 |
11.5.01 |
17 | £5.80
| Not required
|
First Special Report: The work of the Committee since Devolution
| 81 |
21.12.00 |
21 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: The Government response to the Third Report of the Committee (Session 1999-2000) Social Exclusion in Wales
| 378 |
4.4.01 |
30 | £6.70
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Job losses in the steel industry in Wales
| 295-i |
4.4.01 |
36 | £8.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Job losses in the steel industry in Wales
| 295-ii
| 19.6.01
| 56 |
£9.70 |
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: Post Office closures in Wales
| 359 |
4.4.01 |
32 | £8.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings for Session 1999-2000 were published
as HC 801, Session 1999-2000, 13.12.00. The Minutes of Proceedings
of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published as HC 508,
Session 2000-01.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was referred to in a Motion moved on
an Opposition Day:
Third Report, Session 1999-2000, Social Exclusion in Wales,
5.2.01.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 8 of the Committee's meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Wales in the World: the role of the UK Government in promoting Wales abroad
| 5
|
Job losses in the steel industry in Wales
| 2 |
Post Office closures in Wales
| 1 |
Total | 8
|
| 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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