37. Transport, Local Government and the
Regions
The Committee was nominated on 19 July 2001.†
It had 17 Members and held 31 Meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
| Bennett, Andrew (Chairman from 19.7.01)* |
30 |
| Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth (Chairman from 19.7.01)*
| 25 |
| Beresford, Sir Paul | 13
|
| Betts, Mr Clive | 23
|
| Campbell, Mr Gregory | 4
|
| Cummings, Mr John | 14
|
| Donohoe, Mr Brian H. | 25
|
| Ellman, Mrs Louise | 30
|
| Grayling, Mr Chris | 24
|
| Jackson, Helen | 23
|
| King, Ms Oona | 11
|
| McIntosh, Miss Anne | 25
|
| O'Brien, Mr Bill | 23
|
| Pugh, Dr John | 14
|
| Russell, Christine | 21
|
| Stevenson, Mr George | 10
|
| Wiggin, Mr Bill | 22
|
|
| * | Resolved, that Andrew Bennett and Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody be Chairmen of the Committee. See also footnote in entry of Liaison Committee (No. 21).
|
| † | Standing Order No. 152 was amended with effect from 23 July 2002 to replace the Committee with two committees, covering the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions, and the Department of Transport. Entries for these Committees are Nos 24 and 36 of this section (see Votes and Proceedings, 22 July 2002).
|
Overall Attendance: 63.9 %
Turnover of membership during the Session: 0 %
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Dr David Harrison, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2)
Second Clerk: Mr Richard Cooke (from 22.10.01), Assistant Clerk
(Band A3); Third Clerk: Sarah Hartwell (from 1.10.01), Assistant
Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Mr Ben Kochan Lee (from 11.3.02) (Band
B1), Mr Kevin Lee (until 14.2.02) (Band B1), Dr Greg Marsden (from
14.2.02) (Band B1) and Ms Claire O'Shaughnessy (from 1.10.01)
(Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Miss Frances Allingham, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2) and Ms Emma Sawyer (from 15.11.01), Chief Office
Clerk (Band C)
Secretaries: Mrs Susan Morrison, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1),
Mrs Alison Game (from 15.11.01 until 10.6.02), Secretary Grade
3 (Band D1) and Ms Lis McCracken (temporary, from 10.6.02)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Richard Bate, Professor Ian Cole, Ms Oonagh Gay, Mr Rob Gifford,
Mr Brendan Nevin, Mr John Popham and Professor Christine Whitehead.
| Witnesses | |
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of Appearances by: |
|
| Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
| Other Ministers | 6
|
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
| 10 |
| Department of Health | 1
|
| Government Office for the North West |
1 |
| Home Office | 1
|
| Neighbourhood Renewal Unit | 1
|
| Social Exclusion Unit | 1
|
| Executive Agencies | 3
|
| comprising: Environment Agency |
3 |
| Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 10 |
| comprising: Electoral Commission |
2 |
| English Nature | 3
|
| Housing Corporation | 3
|
| Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
| 2 |
| Welsh Assembly Government Ministers |
1 |
| Officials of the Welsh Assembly Government
| 3 |
| Appearances by other witnesses | 79
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 8-7.11.01 | BrusselsA | 1
| 1 | EU Conference on Road Safety
| £1,390.07 |
ATravel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 5-4.11.01 | North West | 7
| 5A | Inquiry into Empty Homes
| £3,931.71 |
| 27-26.11.01 | Tower Hamlets |
7 | 4B
| Inquiry into Empty Homes | £35.70
|
A including 2 specialist advisers; B
including 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: Passenger Rail Franchising and the Future of Railway Infrastructure
| 239-I | 31.1.02
| 60 | £11.00
| Cm 5472, published 19.3.02
|
| Second Report: London Underground | 387-I
| 5.2.02 | 38
| £9.00 | Cm 5486, published 8.5.02
|
| Third Report: Public Spaces: The Role of PPG 17 in the Urban Renaissance
| 238-I | 20.2.02
| 41 | £10.00
| Awaited |
| Fourth Report: The Attendance of Lord Birt at the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee
| 655 | 4.3.02
| 20 | £6.00
| Not required |
| Fifth Report: European Transport White Paper
| 556 | 8.3.02
| 35 | £9.00
| Second Special Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2001-02, HC 1285, published 28.10.02
|
| Sixth Report: Empty Homes | 240-I
| 20.3.02 | 98
| £14.50 | Cm 5514, published 8.5.02
|
| Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Empty Homes
| 240-III | 20.3.02
| 190 | £20.50
| Not applicable |
| Memoranda: Empty Homes | 240-II
| 24.10.01 | 126
| £16.30 | Not applicable
|
| Seventh Report: London Underground - The Public Private Partnership: Follow Up
| 680 | 7.3.02
| 38 | £3.00
| Cm 5486, published 8.5.02
|
| Eighth Report: 10 Year Plan for Transport |
558-I | 26.5.02
| 74 | £13.00
| Cm 5569, published 27.7.02
|
| Ninth Report: Road Traffic Speed | 557-I
| 19.6.02 | 83
| £13.00 | Cm 5621, published 15.10.02
|
| Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Road Traffic Speed
| 557-II | 5.7.02
| 307 | £23.00
| Not applicable |
| Tenth Report: Ordnance Survey | 481
| 22.6.02 | 117
| £14.50 | First Special Report of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Committee, Session 2001-02, HC 1249, published 4.11.02
|
| Eleventh Report: Air Transport Industry |
484-I | 5.7.02
| 27 | £7.50
| Cm 5623, published
31.10.02
|
| Twelfth Report: The Need for a New European Regeneration Framework
| 483-I | 31.7.02
| 111 | £14.50
| Cm 5688, published
27.11.02
|
| Thirteenth Report: Planning Green Paper |
484-I | 3.7.02
| 56 | £11.00
| Cm 5625, published
5.11.02
|
| Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Planning Green Paper
| 476-II | 21.10.02
| 182 | £18.50
| Not applicable |
| Memoranda: Planning Green Paper | 476-II
| 2.5.02 | 154
| £16.50 | Not applicable
|
| Fourteenth Report: How the Local Government Act 2000 is Working
| 602-I | 12.9.02
| 121 | £14.50
| Cm 5687, published
28.11.02
|
| Fifteenth Report: Draft Local Government Bill
| 981-I | 24.7.02
| 44 | £10.00
| Cm 5638, published
5.11.02
|
| Sixteenth Report: Tall Buildings | 482-I
| 4.9.02 | 150
| £16.50 | Cm 5649, published
5.11.02
|
| Seventeenth Report: The Bus Industry | 828-I
| 12.9.02 | 59
| £11.00 | First Special Report of the Transport Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 97, published 18.11.02
|
| Eighteenth Report: National Air Traffic Services' Finances
| 789 | 30.7.02
| 111 | £14.40
| Third Special Report of the Transport Committee, session 2001-02, HC 1305, published 4.11.02
|
| Nineteenth Report: The New Towns: Their Problems and Future
| 603-I | 27.7.02
| 17 | £11.00
| Cm 5685, published
7.11.02
|
| First Special Report: The Attendance of a Minister from HM Treasury before the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee
| 771 | 18.4.02
| 8 | £3.50
| First Special Report of the Transport Committee, Session 2001-02, HC 1241, published 28.10.02
|
| Minutes of Evidence and Appendices taken before the Committee and Transport and Urban Affairs Sub - Committees: Departmental Estimates and Annual Report 2001 and Recent Policy Developments
| 373-i-iv | 22.5.02
| 96 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Electoral Commission
| 1077-i | 10.10.02
| 16 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02
will be published as HC 1346, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 23.1.02 | Two, One on draft Report on Passenger Rail Franchising and the Future of Railway Infrastructure proposed by Miss McIntosh; one on amendment to paragraph 43 of Transport Sub-Committee Report.
|
| 13.6.02 | Two, One on an amendment to paragraph 73, of the Chairman's draft Report on Road Traffic Speed; one that paragraph 154 stand part of the report.
|
Debates
The following Reports were debated in the House:
Second Report, Session 2001-02, London Underground and Seventh
Report, Session 2001-02, London Underground - The Public Private
Partnership: Follow Up, and the Government Response thereto, on
an Estimates Day under Standing Order No. 54, 27.6.02
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Eleventh Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs
Committee, Session 2000-01, Walking in Towns and Cities, and the
Government's Response thereto, 24.1.02
Sixth Report, Session 2001-02, Empty Homes, and the Government's
Response thereto, 16.5.02
First Report, Session 2001-02, Passenger Rail Franchising and
the Future of Railway Infrastructure, and the Government's Response
thereto, 13.6.02
Ninth Report, Session 2001-02, Road Traffic Speed, and the Government's
Response thereto, 17.10.02
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 16 of the Committee's 31 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Annual Report and Estimates | 1
|
| Electoral Commission | 1
|
| Empty Homes | 5
|
| Planning Green Paper | 6
|
| Road Traffic Speed | 3
|
| Total | 16
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