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Tuesday 19 November 2002
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Ireland in connection with its inquiry into the British Film Industry.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.
Tourism:
Mr Tony Bird, Director of Membership, CBI, Mr Richard Tobias OBE, Chief Executive, British Incoming Tour Operators Association, and Mr Ian Reynolds, Chief Executive, ABTA, Tourism Alliance, were examined.
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Dr Kim Howells, a Member of the House, Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting, and Mr Brian Leonard, Head of Tourism Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 November at half-past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 26 November 2002
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Alan Keen
Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Tourism:
Mr Andrew Mathieson, Chairman, Mr Ivan Broussine, Chief Executive, and Mr Peter J Taylor, Director, Scottish Tourism Forum, were examined.
Mr Peter Lederer OBE, Chairman, and Mr Philip Riddle, Chief Executive, Scottish Tourist Board (VisitScotland), were examined.
Mr Mike Watson, a Member of Scottish Parliament, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Scottish Executive, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 December at half past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 3 December 2002
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Michael Fabricant
Alan Keen
Rosemary McKenna
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John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (National Museums and Galleries: Funding and Free Admission), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report from the Culture Media and Sport Committee, HC (2002-03) 85, p 29.)
Resolved, That the Committee do not proceed with the proposed visit to Ireland in connection with its inquiry into the British film industry.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the rescission of the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the proposed visit to Ireland.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 December at half past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 11 December 2002
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Los Angeles USA in connection with its inquiry into the British Film Industry.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.
Manchester Commonwealth Games follow-up:
Mr Charles Allen, Chairman, Ms Francis Done, Chief Executive, Manchester 2002 Ltd and Mr Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive, Manchester City Council, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 December at half-past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 17 December 2002
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Tourism:
Mr Philip Evans, Chairman, Mr Jonathan Jones, Chief Executive, and Mr Steve Webb, Director of Strategy, Wales Tourist Board, were examined.
Mr Tony Winterbottom, Director of Strategy Implementation and Project Development, London Development Agency, and Mr Perry Phillips, Senior Economist, GLA Economics Unit, Greater London Authority, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 January at Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 14 January 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Alan Keen
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John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Work of the Committee in 2002), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report from the Culture Media and Sport Committee, HC (2002-03) 184, p 14.)
2012 Olympics:
Mr Mark Bostock, Project Director, Mr Sam Higginson, Project Manager, and Mr Nick Banks, Senior Consultant, Arup were examined.
Mr Max Caller, Chief Executive, Hackney Borough Council, Mr Norman Turner, Director of Culture and Community, Newham Borough Council, Mr Ray Gerlach, Acting Corporate Director of Customer Services, Tower Hamlets Borough Council, and Mr Simon White, Chief Executive, Waltham Forest Borough Council, were examined.
Mr Craig Reedie, Great Britain Member of the International Olympic Committee, was examined.
Mr Craig Reedie, Chairman of the British Olympic Association, was further examined, Mr Simon Clegg, Chief Executive, Sir Steven Redgrave, Vice-President, and Mr David Luckes, Project Co-ordinator, British Olympic Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 January at half past Ten o'clock.
Wednesday 15 January 2003
[MORNING SITTING]
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Alan Keen
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John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
2012 Olympics:
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport was further examined, Rt Hon Richard Caborn, a Member of the House, Minister of Sport, and Mr Robert Raine, Head of Commonwealth Games Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 January at half past Two o'clock.
Wednesday 15 January 2003
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
2012 Olympics:
Mr Richard Sumray, Mayor's representative on the 2012 Olympic Bid Stakeholders Group, Greater London Authority; Mr Tony Winterbottom, Director of Strategy Implementation and Project Development, Mr Michael Ward, Chief Executive, London Development Agency and; Mr Jay Walder, Managing Director, Finance and Planning, Mr Barry Broe, Director of Strategic Planning, Transport for London, were examined.
Sir Rodney Walker KT, Chairman, and Mr John Scott, Director, International Relations and Major Events, UK Sport; and Mr Roger Draper, Acting Chief Executive, and Mr Ian Fytche, Director of Strategy, Sport England, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 January at Three o'clock.
Tuesday 21 January 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
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Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (A London Olympic Bid for 2012), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report from the Culture Media and Sport Committee, HC (2002-03) 268, p 25.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 January Three o'clock.
Tuesday 28 January 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
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Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Structure and Strategy for Supporting Tourism), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report from the Culture Media and Sport Committee, HC (2002B03) 65, pp 29-30.)
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 February at half past Four o'clock.
Tuesday 11 February 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 February at half-past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 25 February 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That members of the public be not admitted during the examination of witnesses on the morning of Tuesday 4 March in connection with the Committee's inquiry into privacy and media intrusion.—(The Chairman.)
Privacy and media intrusion:
Professor Eric Barendt, University College London and Mr Michael Tugendhat QC were examined.
Mr Rabinder Singh QC and Mr James Strachan were examined.
Mr Max Clifford, Max Clifford Associates, was examined.
Mr Paul Dacre, Editor, The Daily Mail and Editor-in-Chief, Associated Press, Mr Robin Esser, Executive Managing Editor, and Mr Eddie Young, Legal Manager, The Daily Mail, were examined
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 March at half past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 4 March 2003
[MORNING SITTING]
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride Rosemary McKenna
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and Media Intrusion:
Mr Ivor Rowlands, Mr Issac Idun, Mr Brian Clarke, Ms Julia Hynard and Mr Stephen Hynard and others, were examined.
[This evidence was taken in private pursuant to the Order of the Committee of 25 February1].
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 March at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 4 March 2003
[AFTERNOON SITTING]
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and media intrusion:
Mr Mike Jempson, Director, and Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Presswise Trust, were examined.
Mr Chris Frost, Chairman of the Ethics Council, Mr John Toner, Servicing Officer to the Ethics Council and full-time official National Union of Journalists (NUJ), and Mr Rodney Bennett-England, Chairman, National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ), were examined.
Mr Simon Kelner, Editor, The Independent, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 March at a quarter past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 11 March 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and media intrusion:
The Chairman declared a pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee's inquiry into privacy and media intrusion, namely: articles written from time to time for newspapers represented within the inquiry. The Chairman also declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to this inquiry as a member of the National Union of Journalists.
Mr Piers Morgan, Editor, and Mr Marcus Partington, Legal Manager, The Daily Mirror, were examined.
Rebekah Wade, Editor, The Sun, Mr Andrew Coulson, Editor, News of the World, Mr Tom Crone, Legal Manager, News International Plc, and Mr Stuart Kuttner, Managing Editor, News International, were examined.
Mr Alan Rusbridger, Editor, and Mr Ian Mayes, Readers' Editor, The Guardian, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 March at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 25 March 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and media intrusion:
Ms Caroline Thomson, Director of Public Policy, and Mr Fraser Steel, Head of Programme Complaints Unit, The BBC, were examined.
Mr Guy Black, Director, Professor Robert Pinker, Acting Chairman, and Ms Vivien Hepworth, Member, Press Complaints Commission, were examined.
Sir Harry Roche, Chairman, Press Standards Board of Finance, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 April at half-past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 1 April 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and media intrusion:
Lord Alf Dubs, Chairman, Mr Strachan Heppell CB, Commissioner, Mr Paul Bolt, Director, and Ms Judith Barnes, Head of Complaints, Broadcasting Standards Commission, were examined.
Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Nicholas Hodgson, Legal Adviser, and Mr David Willink, Civil Law Development Division, Lord Chancellor's Department, were examined.
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, was further examined, and Mr Andrew Ramsay, Director, Creative Industries, Broadcasting and Gambling Group, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, was examined.
Lord David Currie of Marylebone, Chairman, Mr Stephen Carter, Chief Executive, and Mr Dominic Morris CBE, Policy Adviser, Office of Communications, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 April at half-past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 8 April 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie Kirkbride
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and media intrusion:
Mr Paul Horrocks, Editor, Manchester Evening News, Mr Peter Cox, Editor, Daily Record, Mr Edmund Curran, Editor, Belfast Telegraph, Mr Peter Long, Editor in Chief, Celtic Newspaper Group, and Mr Ed Asquith, Editorial Director, Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group, and Mr David Newell, Director, Newspaper Society, were examined.
Mr Ian Locks, Chief Executive, Periodical Publishers Association and Ms Jane Ennis, Editor, Now Magazine, were examined.
Mr Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC News, Stephen Whittle, Controller Editorial Policy, BBC, Mr Michael Jermey, Managing Director, and Mr John Battle, Head of Compliance, ITN, were examined.
Mr Clive Soley, a Member of the House, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 April at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 29 April 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do seek to take evidence from Sir Christopher Meyer, Chairman, Press Complaints Commission.—(The Chairman).
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Ealing Studios, Pinewood Studios, Leavesden Studios and Framestore CFC in Soho in connection with its inquiry into the British Film Industry.—(The Chairman).
Resolved, That the Committee do visit the British Council in connection with its inquiry into the British Film Industry.—(The Chairman).
British film industry:
Mr Bernie Corbett, General Secretary, Mr Clive Dawson, Screenwriter, Julian Friedmann, Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, were examined.
Mr John McVay, Chief Executive, Mr Andy Paterson, Mr Peter Watson, and Ms Andrea Calderwood, Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, were examined.
Mr Jeremy Thomas, Recorded Picture Company, Mr Barnaby Thompson, Fragile Films and Ealing Studios, Mr Michael Kuhn, Kuhn & Co, and Mr Stephen Woolley, Company of Wolves, were examined .
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 May at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 6 May 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
British film industry:
Ms Pat Trueman, Chief Executive, Mr John Hough, director, Mr Andi Reiss, director/producer, Mr Jeff Allen, and Mr Hugh Whittaker, The Directors' Guild of Great Britain, were examined.
Ms Gurinder Chadha, director/producer, was examined.
Mr David Castro, Chief Executive Officer, Mr Peter Bloore, Chair of Trustees, Mr Charles Harris, Co-Chairman, Executive Board, New Producers Alliance, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 8 May at half past Ten o'clock.
Thursday 8 May 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 May at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 13 May 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
British film industry:
Mr Tim Bevan and Mr Eric Fellner, Co-Chairmen, and Debra Hayward, Head of Film, Working Title, were examined.
Mr Christopher P Marcich, Senior Vice-President & Managing Director, Motion Picture Association, was examined.
Mr David Elstein, Chairman, Mr Marc Samuelson, Deputy Chairman, Ms Fiona Clarke-Hackeston, Director, British Screen Advisory Council, Mr Tim Adler, Editor, Screen Finance, Mr Andrew Somper, Joint Managing Director, ScottsAtlantic, were examined.
Lord Richard Attenborough was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 May at half-past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 20 May 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into policy on cultural property and the implications of the situation in Iraq.—(The Chairman.)
British film industry:
Mr John Wilkinson, Chief Executive, Barry Jenkins, Chairman, Executive Board, The Cinema Exhibitors Association, Mr Jason Wood, Mr Dick Penny, and Mr Ian Christie FBA, The Association of Independent Exhibitors, were examined.
Mr Alan Yentob, Director of Drama, Entertainment and Children's, and Ms Caroline Thomson, Director of Public Policy, BBC, Mr Clive Jones, Joint Managing Director, Mr John Cresswell, Chief Operations Officer, Granada, and Mr Piers Caldecote, Corporate Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Carlton Communications, ITV plc, were examined.
Ms Jane Cussons, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Sarah Curtis, Producer, Ms Sally Hibbin, Producer, Ms Barbara Benedek, Chairman, and Ms Joy Chamberlain, Women in Film and Television, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 May at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 21 May 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Privacy and media intrusion:
Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, was examined.
Draft Report (Privacy and Media Intrusion), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, HC (2002 2003) 458, p.52.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 June at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 10 June 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Michael Fabricant
Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
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Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
British film industry:
Mr Allon Reich, Mr Andrew Macdonald, DNA Films, Mr Francois Ivernel, Managing Director, Cameron McCracken, Deputy Managing Director, Pathé UK, Mr Chris Auty, Chief Executive, The Film Consortium, were examined.
Mr Frank Pierce, President, Mr Mark Batey, Chief Executive, Film Distributors Association, Mr Stewart Till CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United International Pictures, Mr David Kosse, Managing Director, Mr Alex Hamilton, Head of Sales and Business Development, and Ms Sam Nichols, Head of Distribution, Momentum Pictures, were examined.
Ms Dinah Caine, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Kate O'Connor, Director of Policy and Development, Skillset, and Mr Roger Crittenden, Director, National Film And Television School, Mr Ian McGarry, General Secretary, Equity, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 June at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 17 June 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Alan Keen
Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
British film industry:
Mr Alexander Walker, Film Critic for The Evening Standard and author, was examined.
Mr Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder, and Mr James Rothnie, Director of Corporate Affairs, Easy Group, were examined.
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, was further examined, and Rt Hon Lord McIntosh of Haringey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 June at Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 24 June 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
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Mr Adrian Flook
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Chairman write to the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts to draw his attention to the Committee's Reports into the Wembley national stadium project.—(The Chairman.)
British film industry:
Mr Frank Doran declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the inquiry into the British film industry as the Secretary of the Trade Union Group of Labour Members of Parliament.
Mr Mark Thompson, Chief Executive, Mr David Scott, Managing Director and Deputy Chief Executive, and Ms Tessa Ross, Head of Film Four, Channel Four, were examined.
Mr Anthony Minghella CBE, Chairman, Ms Amanda Nevill, Director, British Film Institute, Mr James Patterson, Director, Media Archive for Central England (MACE), and Mr Luke McKernan, Head of Information, British Universities Film and Video Council, Film Archive Forum, were examined.
Sir Alan Parker CBE, Chairman, Mr John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Marcia Williams, Head of Diversity, Mr Steve Norris, British Film Commissioner, UK Film Council, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 July at Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 1 July 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the annual report and accounts of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do take evidence from Ms Barbara Cassani, Chairman, London 2012.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Thursday 8 July at Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 8 July 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the Government's proposals for reforming the National Lottery.—(The Chairman.)
Cultural objects:
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, was further examined, and Mr Nigel Pittman, Senior Adviser, Iraq Project Team, Dr David Gaimster, Senior Policy Advisor, Cultural Property Unit, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 July at Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 15 July 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire further into policy on cultural property.—(The Chairman.)
BBC Report and Accounts 2002-03:
Mr Gavyn Davies OBE, Chairman, Rt Hon Lord Ryder, Vice-Chairman, Mr Greg Dyke, Director-General, Mr John Smith, Director of Finance, Dame Pauline Neville-Jones DCMG, Governor, Ms Jana Bennett OBE, Director, Television, Ms Jenny Abramsky CBE, Director, Radio, Mr Ashley Highfield, Director, New Media, Mr Mark Byford, Director, World Service, Mr Pat Loughrey, Director, Nations and Regions, and Ms Caroline Thomson, Director, Policy and Legal, BBC, were examined. Mr Richard Sambrook, Director of BBC News, was further examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 September at Three o'clock.
Tuesday 9 September 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Rosemary McKenna
John Thurso
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The British film industry), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, HC (2002 03) 667, pp. 78 79.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 September at five minutes to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Alan Keen
Rosemary McKenna
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into musical theatre.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the preparedness of the Office of Communications to execute its duties in regard to broadcasting.—(The Chairman.)
Olympics 2012:
Ms Barbara Cassani, Chairman, London 2012, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 October at five minutes to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 14 October 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
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Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the implications of the merger of Granada and Carlton for ITV's public service broadcasting obligations.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the renewal of the BBC's Charter.—(The Chairman.)
Musical theatre:
John Thurso declared a pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee's inquiry into musical theatre, namely: the deputy Chairmanship of a listed plc hotel company.
Chris Bryant declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee's inquiry into musical theatre as an associate of the National Youth Theatre.
Mr Robert Cogo-Fawcett, Chairman, Ms Carol Metcalfe, Artistic Director, Mr Tim Sawers, Executive Director, and Ms Janie Dee, Artiste, The Bridewell Theatre, were examined.
Ms Caroline Underwood, Chairman, and Ms Georgina Bexon, Chief Executive, Mercury Musical Developments, were examined.
Dr Maggie Semple, Chairman of Trustees, National Youth Music Theatre, was examined.
Ms Sarah Weir, Executive Director, Arts Council London, and Ms Nicola Thorold, Director, The Arts council for England, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 October at five minutes to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 21 October 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Rosemary McKenna
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The Committee deliberated.
Cultural objects:
Sir Neil Chalmers, Director, The Natural History Museum, was examined.
Mr Maurice Davies, Deputy Director, and Ms Helen Wilkinson, Policy Officer, The Museums Association, were examined.
Mr Julian Radcliffe OBE, Chairman, The Art Loss Register, Mr Richard Ellis, Trace Database (Invaluable Group), and Mr Thornton Kay, Director, SALVO Theft Database, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 November at five minutes to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 4 November 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Cultural objects:
Mr Anthony Browne, Chairman of British Art Market Federation (BAMF) and Member of Illicit Trade Advisory Panel (ITAP), Mr Richard Aydon, Executive Committee Member of BAMF, and Group Legal Director and Company Secretary, Christies International plc, Mr James Ede, Chairman, Antiquities Dealers Association and Member of ITAP, and Mr Johnny van Haeften, Managing Director, Johnny van Haeften Ltd, and Deputy Chairman of Society of London Art Dealers, British Art Market Federation, were examined.
Professor Norman Palmer, Chairman of the Illicit Trade Advisory Panel (ITAP), Chairman of the Working Group on Human Remains (HRWG) and member of the Spoliation Advisory Panel, and Mr James Dowling, Secretary of the HRWG, were examined. Mr David Gaimster, Secretary of ITAP, was further examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 November at five minutes to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 11 November 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Frank Doran
Mr Adrian Flook
Alan Keen
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Rosemary McKenna
Ms Debra Shipley
Derek Wyatt
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The Committee deliberated.
Cultural objects:
Mr Peter Higgins, Head of Law Enforcement Policy, and Mr Mark Futcher, Senior Policy Manager, HM Customs & Excise, were examined.
Caroline Flint, a Member of the House, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for measures to tackle organised crime, and Mr Steve Wilkes, Head of Burglary Unit, Home Office, were examined.
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Dr David Gaimster, Senior Policy Adviser, Cultural Property Unit, were further examined. Mr Alan Davey, Director of Arts and Culture, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 November at five minutes to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday18 November 2003
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr Chris Bryant
Mr Frank Doran
Michael Fabricant
Mr Adrian Flook
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Alan Keen
Miss Julie
Kirkbride
Ms Debra Shipley
John Thurso
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit the Laban Dance School in connection with its National Lottery inquiry.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into drugs in sport and the implications of sporting figures' status as role models for young people.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned to a day and time to be fixed by the Chairman.
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