Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport Second Report

ANNEX: ACTIVITY IN 2002

Attendance (out of 33 formal meetings)

Kaufman, Mr Gerald (Chairman)  33

Bryant, Mr Chris      29

Doran, Mr Frank      29

Fabricant, Michael     29

Flook, Mr Adrian       21

Keen, Alan            31

Kirkbride, Miss Julie    24

McKenna, Rosemary    21

Shipley, Ms Debra      23

Thurso, John        26

Wyatt, Derek        28

Overall Attendance: 81%

Committee members also hosted a number of informal meetings with visiting politicians, scholars and others from this country and overseas.

Inquiries on­going or started in 2002

1. Swimming and swimming facilities (for both elite sport and community use) including historic baths.

2. Reform of the Arts Council, the development of the South Bank and of the RSC base in Stratford.

3. The reform of regulation of the communications sector.

4. Preparations for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.

5. Progress with the Wembley national stadium project.

6. The Government's proposals for gambling regulation and related policies.

7. UK heritage and conservation (evidence session only).

8. BBC Report and Accounts for 2001­02 (evidence session only).

9. The funding of national museums and galleries and the free admission initiative.

10. Government support for tourism.

11. A London bid for the 2012 Olympic.

12. Privacy and media intrusion.

13. The British film industry.

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following departments and public bodies:

 

DCMS DTI Arts Council BBC British Museum British Tourist Authority Broadcasting Standards Commission Cadw (Welsh heritage) Channel 4 Television English Heritage English Tourism Council Gaming Board for Great Britain

Heritage Lottery Fund Historic Scotland Independent Television Commission National Lottery Commission Natural History Museum OFTEL Radio Authority Radiocommunications Agency Sport England Sheffield City Council UK Athletics UK Sport

The Committee examined around 80 other witnesses from a range of organisations and businesses.

Overseas visits

USA, Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, Washington (April 2002) as part of the inquiries into communications and gambling at a cost of £52,000.

UK visits

1. The RSC in Stratford­upon­Avon, Laban Dance Centre in Deptford and the South Bank Centre (February and March 2002) as part of the inquiry into arts development at a cost of £3,250.

2. Manchester (February and June 2002) as part of the inquiry into preparations for the Commonwealth Games (and follow­up) at a cost of £7,000.

3. Natural History Museum and British Museum (October and November 2002) as part of the inquiry into museums and galleries and free admission at a cost of £200.

Reports in 2002

2001­02

Second Report, Testing the waters: the sport of swimming, HC 4

Third Report, Arts development, HC 489

Fourth Report, Communications, HC 539

Fifth Report, Revisiting the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games, HC 842

Sixth Report, Wembley National Stadium project: into injury time, HC 843

Seventh Report, The Government's proposals for gambling: nothing to lose?, HC 827

2002­03

First Report, Museums and galleries: funding and free admission, HC 85

Votes in Committee

None.

Debates on Reports

None.

Reference on Order Paper to publications ('tags')

• 1 March 2002, First Report, Session 2000­01, The Operation of the National Lottery (Government Adjournment Debate)

• 5 July 2002, Volume of Memoranda (HC 827­II, Session 2001­02), and Minutes of Evidence 11 and 25 June and 2 July 2002, on Gambling (HC 827­i, ii and iii) (Government Adjournment Debate)

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 22 of the Committee's 37 Meetings. On one occasion evidence was taken wholly in private (on the Wembley national stadium project— later published in part).

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Prepared 31 January 2003