Sessional Returns 2001-02 - Contents


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
26-28.2.02Germany (Berlin and Düsseldorf)
13
2
Inquiry into Sustainable Energy
£15,478.20
25-29.8.02Jo'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
16.1.02Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
13
9A
Committee seminar
£1,526.70
22-23.4.02Edinburgh, Scotland
6
2
Inquiry into Sustainable Energy
£3,519.15
7.5.02Edmonton 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





 
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