18. Human Rights (Joint Committee)
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 6 Commons Members and held 32 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
Corston, Jean (Chairman from 19.7.01) | 32
|
Baird, Vera | 25
|
Baker, Norman | 21
|
Cunningham, Tony (discharged 19.7.01) | 1
|
McNamara, Mr Kevin (added 19.7.01) | 17
|
Shepherd, Mr Richard (added 15.11.01) | 9
|
Woodward, Mr Shaun | 23
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 67.9 %
|
Number of Members added: | 2
|
Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
16.7 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Paul Evans (from 1.10.01), Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2)
Committee Specialist: Roisin Pillay (from 1.10.02), (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mrs Carolyn Bowes (until 23.10.01), Chief
Office Clerk (Band C); Duma Langton (from 26.11.01), Senior Office
Clerk (Band D1), (from 24.6.02) Higher Executive Officer (Band
B2)
Secretary: Ms Pam Morris (from 29.10.01), Secretary Grade 3 (Band
D1)
Legal Adviser: Professor David Feldman (Senior Structure Band
5)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Frances Butler, Jeremy Croft and Jodie Reed.
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers: | 2
|
Other Ministers | 2
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Home Office | 4
|
Lord Chancellor's Department | 4
|
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 8 |
Appearances by other witnesses | 18
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
4-19.10.02 | India, Australia & New Zealand
| 5 | 2
| Inquiry into the Case for a Human Rights Commission for the UK
| £41,212.34 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
6-7.2.02 | Belfast | 4
| 2 | Inquiry into the Case for a Human Rights Commission
| £2,784.90 |
12-13.6.02 | Cardiff | 2
| 3A | Inquiry into the Case for a Human Rights Commission
| £1,534.74 |
26-27.6.02 | Edinburgh | 2
| 3A | Inquiry into the Case for a Human Rights Commission
| £2,649.34 |
AIncludes 1 specialist adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Homelessness Bill | 314
| 7.11.01 | 19
| £6.00 | Not required
|
Second Report: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
| 372 | 16.11.01
| 30 | £9.00
| Not required |
Third Report: Proceeds of Crime Bill | 405
| 30.11.01 | 19
| £6.00 | Not required
|
Fourth Report: Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill
| 406 | 30.11.01
| 10 | £4.50
| Not required |
Fifth Report: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill: Further Report
| 420 | 5.12.01
| 42 | £10.00
| Not required |
Sixth Report: Mental Health Act 1983 (Remedial) Order
| 472 | 19.12.01
| 20 | £6.00
| Not required |
Seventh Report: Making of Remedial Orders |
473 | 19.12.01
| 20 | £6.00
| Response received 8.7.02 |
Eighth Report: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill
| 474 | 19.12.01
| 19 | £6.00
| Not required |
Ninth Report: Scrutiny of Bills: Progress Report
| 475 | 19.12.01
| 10 | £4.50
| Not required |
Tenth Report: Animal Health Bill | 542
| 28.1.02 | 14
| £4.50 | Not required
|
Eleventh Report: Proceeds of Crime Bill: Further Report
| 596 | 11.2.02
| 25 | £4.50
| Not required |
Twelfth Report: Employment Bill | 645
| 4.3.02 | 25
| £6.00 | Not required
|
Thirteenth Report: Police Reform Bill | 646
| 4.3.02 | 17
| £6.00 | Not required
|
Fourteenth Report: Scrutiny of Bills: Private Members Bills and Private Bills
| 674 | 8.3.02
| 14 | £4.50
| Not required |
Fifteenth Report: Police Reform Bill: Further Report
| 706 | 25.3.02
| 50 | £11.00
| Not required |
Sixteenth Report: Scrutiny of Bills: Further Progress Report
| 805 | 7.5.02
| 23 | £6.00
| Not required |
Seventeenth Report: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill
| 961 | 21.6.02
| 86 | £13.00
| Not required |
Eighteenth Report: Scrutiny of Bills: Further Progress Report
| 962 | 21.6.02
| 30 | £7.50
| Not required |
Nineteenth Report: Draft Communications Bill
| 1102 | 19.7.02
| 27 | £7.50
| Not required |
Twentieth Report: Draft Extradition Bill |
1140 | 26.7.02
| 17 | £6.00
| Not required |
Twenty-first Report: Scrutiny of Bills: Further Progress Report
| 1141 | 26.7.02
| 19 | £6.00
| Not required |
Twenty-second Report: The Case for a Human Rights Commission: Interim Report
| 1142 | 2.9.02
| 263 | £21.50
| Not required |
Twenty-third Report: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Further Report
| 1255 | 23.10.02
| 21 | £6.00
| Not required |
Twenty-fourth Report: Adoption and Children Bill: As amended by the House of Lords on Report
| 979 | 30.10.02
| 16 | £4.50
| Not required |
Twenty-fifth Report: Draft Mental Health Bill
| 1294 | 11.11.02
| 49 | £11.00
| Not required |
Twenty-sixth Report: Scrutiny of Bills: Final Progress Report
| 1295 | 16.12.02
| 30 | £7.50
| Not required |
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Human Rights Unit
| 719-i | 17.12.02
| 21 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Minutes of Evidence published on the Internet: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
| 1103 | 15.7.02
| | | Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01
were published on 6.7.01 as HC 509, Session 2000-01. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published
as HC 1323, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Second Report, Session 2001-02, Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security
Bill, Second Reading of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security
Bill, 18.11.01
Eighth Report, Session 2001-02, Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
Bill, Second Reading of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
Bill, 9.4.02
Thirteenth Report, Session 2001-02, Police Reform Bill, Second
Reading of the Police Reform Bill, 7.5.02
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 10 of the Committee's 32 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill |
1 |
The Case for a Human Rights Commission |
7 |
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
| 1 |
The Work of the Human Rights Unit | 1
|
Total | 10
|
|