Sessional Returns 2001-02 - Contents


32. Standards and Privileges

The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 27 Meetings.


Members
Meetings
attended

Young, Sir George (Chairman, from 18.7.01)
27
Baldry, Tony (discharged, 5.11.01)
2
Bottomley, Peter (discharged, 4.3.02)
17
Brown, Mr Russell
16
Chidgey, Mr David (discharged, 5.11.01)
0
Cranston, Ross
23
Dismore, Mr Andrew
21
Foster, Mr Michael Jabez
25
Heath, Mr David (added, 5.11.01)
22
Levitt, Mr Tom
24
Mackay, Mr Andrew (added, 4.3.02)
8
McNamara, Mr Kevin
16
Ottaway, Richard (added, 5.11.01)
18
Williams, Mr Alan
24

Overall Attendance:
81.8 %
Number of Members added:
3
Number of Members discharged:
3
Turnover of membership during the Session:
27.3 %

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Alan Sandall, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2) (until 31.10.02); Dr Christopher Ward, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2) (from 1.11.02)

Second Clerk: Mr Mike Clark, Senior Clerk (Band A2)

Secretary: Miss Lisa Hasell, Secretary (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

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

Number of appearances by:

Members of Parliament 1

Appearances by other witnesses 3

Overseas Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
13-16.10.02Ottawa
2A
0
Global Conference of Parliamentarians Against Corruption
£6,748.48

ATravel in a representative capacity

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: Complaint against Mr Geoffrey Robinson: Supplementary Report
297
24.10.01
14
£4.50
Not required
Second Report: Complaint against Mr Roy Beggs
319
31.10.01
33
£9.00
Not required
Third Report: Complaint against Mr John Maxton
320
31.10.01
23
£6.00
Not required
Fourth Report: Restrictions on the Initiation of Parliamentary Proceedings: A Consultation Paper
478
19.12.01
10
£4.50
Not required
Fifth Report: Complaints against Mr Keith Vaz - Volume I
605-I
8.2.02
342
£25.00
Not required
Fifth Report: Complaints against Mr Keith Vaz - Volume II
605-II
8.2.02
147
£16.50
Not required
Sixth Report: Registration of Interests by Members who have not taken their seat
624
13.2.02
8
£3.50
Not required
Seventh Report: Complaints against Mr Nigel Griffiths
625
13.2.02
41
£10.00
Not required
Eighth Report: Complaints against Mr Archy Kirkwood
755
24.4.02
32
£7.50
Not required
Ninth Report: A new Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules
763
30.4.02
52
£11.00
Not required
Tenth Report: Complaint against Mr Peter Brooke
1147
24.7.02
17
£6.00
Not required

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published on 25.7.01 as HC 503, Session 2000-01. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published as HC 1336, Session 2001-02.

Divisions

Date
Subject
30.10.01One, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Complaint against Mr John Maxton.

Debates

The following Reports were debated in the House:

First Report, Session 2001-02, Complaint against Mr Geoffrey Robinson: Supplementary Report, 31.10.01

Fifth Report, Session 2001-02, Complaints against Mr Keith Vaz, 13.2.02

Sixth Report, Session 2001-02, Registration of Interests by Members who have not taken their seat, 26.3.02

Ninth Report, Session 2001-02, A new Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules, 14.5.02

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 27 meetings. On all occasions evidence was taken wholly in private.

InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Complaints against Mr Keith Vaz
2
Total
2





 
previous page contents next page

House of Commons home page Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries index

© Parliamentary copyright 2003
Prepared 15 January 2003