Sessional Returns 2001-02 - Contents


8. Draft Communications Bill (Joint Committee)

[Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, 1 May 2002: "Ordered, That a Select Committee of six honourable Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords to consider any draft Communications Bill presented to both Houses by a Minister of the Crown."]

The Committee was nominated on 1 May 2002.
It had 6 Commons Members and held 22 Meetings.


Members
Meetings
attended

Farrelly, Paul
18
Grogan, John
21
Lansley, Mr Andrew
18
Harvey, Nick
18
Picking, Anne
21
White, Brian
20

Overall Attendance:
87.9 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Colin Lee, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2)

Second Clerk: Mr Mick Hillyard, Senior Clerk (Band A2)

Committee Assistant: Mrs Pam Fisher, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2), assisted by Mr John Kittle, Senior Office Clerk (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Sir Bryan Carsberg, Ms Paula Carter, Mr Tom Gibbons and Mr Phil Kirby.

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:

Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers
2
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Executive Agencies, comprising
Radiocommunications Agency
1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial Departments, comprising:
British Broadcasting Corporation
4
Broadcasting Standards Commission
3
Channel 4
4
Competition Commission
1
Independent Television Commission
3
National Consumer Council
2
Office of Fair Trading
2
Office of Telecommunications
1
Radio Authority
3
Appearances by other witnesses
89

Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No. (2001-02)
Date of publication
No. of pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report: Draft Communications Bill
876-I
31.7.02
170
£18.50
Government Response, Cm 5646, published 29.10.02
Minutes of Evidence: Draft Communications Bill
876-II
5.8.02
644
£44.50
Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01

Not applicable.

Divisions

Date
Subject
25.7.02Six, On amendments to Chairman's draft report


Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 10 of the Committee's 22 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Draft Communications Bill
10
Total
10





 
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