10. Environmental Audit
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 16 Members and held 35 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
Horam, Mr John (Chairman from 18.7.01) |
35 |
Barker, Mr Gregory (added 5.11.01) | 23
|
Best, Mr Harold | 21
|
Challen, Mr Colin (added 19.7.01) | 26
|
Clark, Mrs Helen (formerly Ms Helen Brinton)
| 15 |
Doughty, Sue | 29
|
Francois, Mr Mark | 31
|
Gerrard, Mr Neil | 17
|
Iddon, Dr Brian (discharged 19.7.01) | 0
|
Jones, Mr Jon Owen | 26
|
Loughton, Tim (discharged 5.11.01) | 1
|
Lucas, Ian | 26
|
Meacher, Mr Michael | 0
|
Savidge, Mr Malcolm | 18
|
Simmonds, Mr Mark | 8
|
Thomas, Mr Simon | 24
|
Walley, Joan | 28
|
Wright, David | 29
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 63.8 %
|
Number of Members added: | 2
|
Number of Members discharged: | 2
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
12.5 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mrs Jessica Mulley, Senior Clerk (Band
A2)
Committee Specialists: Ms Emma Downing, Committee Specialist (Band
B1); Mr Eric Lewis, Committee Specialist (Band B1) (seconded
from the National Audit Office)
Committee Assistant: Ms Tracy Herd (until 11.10.01), Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2); Anna O'Rourke (from 15.10.01), Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2)
Committee Secretary: Mrs Melanie Barklem (until 15.4.02), Secretary
Grade 3 (Band D1); Caroline McElwee (from 1.11.02), Secretary
Grade 3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Duncan Brack, Professor Paul Ekins, Mr Roger Harrabin
and Mr Derek Osborn.
Witnesses | |
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of Appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers | 6
|
Other Ministers | 5
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 13 |
other departments | |
Cabinet Office | 5
|
Department for International Development
| 2 |
Department for Trade and Industry |
1 |
HM Treasury | 4
|
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| |
Sustainable Development Commission |
3 |
Appearances by other witnesses: | 48
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
26-28.2.02 | Germany (Berlin and Düsseldorf)
| 13 | 2
| Inquiry into Sustainable Energy | £15,478.20
|
25-29.8.02 | Jo'burg, South AfricaA
| 3 | 1
| World Summit on Sustainable Development |
£14,681.89 |
ATravel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
16.1.02 | Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
| 13 | 9A
| Committee seminar | £1,526.70
|
22-23.4.02 | Edinburgh, Scotland
| 6 | 2
| Inquiry into Sustainable Energy | £3,519.15
|
7.5.02 | Edmonton Incinerator
| 7 | 4
| Inquiry into Waste | £325.00
|
A Includes 1 specialist adviser and 4 facilitators
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Departmental Responsibilities for Sustainable Development
| 326 | 31.1.02
| 28 | £7.50
| Cm 5519, published 8.5.02
|
Minutes of Evidence: Departmental Responsibilities for Sustainable Development
| 326-i | 28.11.01
| 16 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Departmental Responsibilities for Sustainable Development
| 326-ii | 18.12.01
| 37 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Departmental Responsibilities for Sustainable Development
| 326-iii | 11.1.02
| 57 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda?
| 363-I | 12.2.02
| 30 | £7.50
| Received 26.10.02: published as Second Special Report Session 2001-02
|
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda?
| 363-II | 12.2.02
| 70 | £13.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda?
| 363-i | 11.12.01
| 32 | £8.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda?
| 363-ii | 14.1.02
| 16 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Third Report: UK Preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
| 616-I | 21.3.02
| 49 | £11.00
| Cm 5558, published 24.7.02
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: UK Preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
| 616-II | 26.3.02
| 193 | £20.50
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Measuring the Quality of Life: 2001 Sustainable Development Headline Indicators
| 824 | 10.7.02
| 23 | £10.00
| Cm 5650, published 6.11.02
|
Fifth Report: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-I | 23.7.02
| 55 | £11.00
| Awaited |
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-II | 22.7.02
| 183 | £18.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-i | 25.3.02
| 25 | £7.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-ii | 8.4.02
| 20 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-iii | 1.5.02
| 34 | £9.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-iv | 17.5.02
| 18 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-v | 24.5.02
| 28 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 582-vi | 24.5.02
| 20 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
| 792-I | 24.7.02
| 26 | £6.00
| Awaited |
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
| 792-II | 24.7.02
| 29 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
| 792-i | 29.5.02
| 18 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
| 792-ii | 17.7.02
| 55 | £11.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
| 792-iii | 24.7.02
| 13 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: The Pre-Budget Report 2000: Fuelling the Debate: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2000-01
| 71 | 18.7.01
| 9 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda? Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2001-02
| 1000 | 3.7.02
| 10 | £4.00
| Not required |
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01
were published on 11.5.01 as HC 486, Session 2000-01. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published
as HC 1317, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
Second Report, Session 2001-02, Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New
Agenda?, on an Estimates Day under Standing Order No. 54, 7.3.02
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Third Report, Session 2001-02, UK Preparations for the World Summit
on Sustainable Development, in an Opposition Day Debate, 15.5.02
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 20 of the Committee's 35 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
| 6 |
Buying Time For Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
| 3 |
Departmental Responsibilities for Sustainable Development
| 3 |
Measuring the Quality of Life: The 2001 Sustainable Development Headline Indicators
| 1 |
Pesticides: The Voluntary Initiative | 1
|
Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda? | 2
|
UK Preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
| 4 |
Total | 20
|
|