Sessional Returns 2001-02 - Contents


23. Northern Ireland Affairs

The Committee was nominated on 19 July 2001.

It had 13 Members and held 30 Meetings.


Members
Meetings
attended

Mates, Mr Michael (Chairman from 19.7.02)
30
Bailey, Mr Adrian
24
Barnes, Mr Harry
29
Beggs, Mr Roy
26
Bellingham, Mr Henry
20
Clarke, Mr Tony
24
McCabe, Mr Stephen
27
McGrady, Mr Eddie
12
Pound, Mr Stephen
20
Robinson, Mr Peter
18
Smyth, The Reverend Martin
23
Tami, Mark
24
Tynan, Mr Bill
26

Overall Attendance:
77.7 %

Staff

Committee Clerk: Dr Chris Ward (until 19.8.02), Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2); Mrs Elizabeth Hunt (from 20.8.01), Senior Clerk (Band A2)

Committee Assistant: Mr Tony Catinella (from 3.9.01), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)

Secretary: Mrs Yvonne Platt (until 25.1.02), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Mrs Sue Panchanathan (from 6.2.02 until 25.2.02), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Miss Jenny Cowan (from 25.2.02 until 1.11.02), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Mrs Susan Morrison (from 4.11.02), Secretary Grade 3 ( Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Mrs Sally Evans and Mr Alistair Munro.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
5
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Northern Ireland Office
3
Other departments comprising:
Home Office
2
H. M. Treasury
3
H.M. Customs and Excise
6
Inland Revenue
6
Appearances by other witnesses:
44

Overseas Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
4-5.2.02Dublin
9
1
Inquiry into The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
£5,776.98
11-15.3.02New York and Washington DC
9
2
Inquiry into The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
£52,662.67

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
3.10.01Belfast
0
3
Staff familiarisation
£980.32
19-20.11.01Belfast
10
2
Introduction to Belfast for new Members
£4,826.81
10-11.12.01Belfast
8
2
Inquiries into The Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland and The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
£3,241.12
26-27.2.02Belfast
9
3A
Inquiry into The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
£5,249.08
24-25.6.02Northern Ireland
8
2
Inquiry into Forensic Science Northern Ireland
£3,695.68
28-29.10.02Belfast
8
3A
Inquiry into The Control of Firearms in Northern Ireland and the Draft Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
£4,383.66

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: The Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland
333
11.12.01
83
£14.50
H M Treasury Response received 24.4.02: Published as Third Report, 2001-02
Second Report: The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Interim Report on Proceeds of Crime Bill
628
14.2.02
7
£3.50
Home Office Response received 26.6.02; Published in the Fourth Report, 2001-02
Third Report: The Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland: The Government's Response
713
24.4.02
17
£6.00
H M Treasury Response received 24.7.02: Published as Fifth Special Report, 2001-02
Fourth Report: The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
Volume I: Report
978-I
2.7.02
64
£2.00
Northern Ireland Office Response received 7.10.02: Published as Sixth Special Report, 2001-02
Fourth Report: The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland Volume II: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices [14]
978-II
2.7.02
96
£14.50
Not applicable
First Special Report: Government Response to the Fifth Report on Miscellaneous Financial Matters, 2000-01, and the Government Response to the 3rd Report, 1999-2000
332
5.11.01
3
£2.00
Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Fourth Report, Legal Aid in Northern Ireland, 2001-01
400
26.11.01
8
£3.00
Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Second Report, The Parades Commission, 2000-01
401
26.11.01
8
£3.00
Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Third Report, Relocation following Paramilitary Intimidation, 2000-01
461
17.12.01
5
£3.00
Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to Third Report on The Introduction of the aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland: The Government's Response
1118
26.7.02
4
£2.00
Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to Fourth Report on The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
1347
14.11.02
9
£4.00
Not applicable

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published on 13.5.02 as HC 496, Session 2000-01. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published as HC 1329, 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, The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Interim Report on Proceeds of Crime Bill and Fourth Report, Session 2001-02, The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Volume One, Debate on the Second Reading of Proceeds of Crime Bill, 18.7.02

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 17 of the Committee's 30 Meetings. On 5 occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
The Impact in Northern Ireland of Cross-Border Road Fuel Price Differentials: Three Years On
5
The Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland
4
The Control of Firearms in Northern Ireland and the Draft Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
2
The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
6
Total
17






14   Volume Two contains the Government's Response to the Committee's Second Report: The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Interim Report on the Proceeds of Crime Bill Back


 
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