37B. Urban Affairs Sub-committee
The Committee was nominated on 19 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 32 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
Bennett, Andrew (Chairman) | 32
|
Beresford, Sir Paul | 23
|
Betts, Mr Clive | 30
|
Cummings, Mr John | 21
|
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth | 26
|
Ellman, Mrs Louise | 28
|
Grayling, Mr Chris | 26
|
King, Ms Oona | 21
|
McIntosh, Miss Anne | 12
|
Pugh, Dr John | 19
|
Russell, Christine | 27
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 75.3 %
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Dr David Harrison, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2)
Second Clerk: Sarah Hartwell (from 23.10.01), Assistant Clerk
(Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Mr Ben Kochan (from 11.3.02) (Band B1)
and Ms Claire O'Shaughnessy (from 1.10.01) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Emma Sawyer (from 15.11.01), Chief Office
Clerk (Band D)
Secretary: Ms Susan Morrison, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Kit Campbell, Ms Anna Capaldi, Mr Martin Crookston, Ms Rita
Hale, Mr David Lambert, Professor Sir Michael Lyons, Mr David
Lunts, Mr Kelvin McDonald, Ms Amanda McIntire, Mr Brendan Nevin,
Mr David Powell, Professor Christine Whitehead and Mr Dominic
Williams.
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of Appearances by: |
|
Other Ministers | 13
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
| 15 |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
4 |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
| 3 |
Department of Trade and Industry | 2
|
Public Bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 28 |
comprising: Audit Commission | 1
|
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
| 3 |
Countryside Agency | 4
|
English Heritage | 4
|
English Nature | 3
|
English Partnerships | 4
|
Heritage Lottery Fund | 1
|
London Regional Transport | 2
|
New Opportunities Fund | 1
|
Ordnance Survey | 3
|
Sport England | 2
|
Members of the European Parliament |
1 |
Other witnesses | 102
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
15-14.1.02 | Ordnance Survey, Southampton
| 6 | 3
| Ordnance Survey inquiry | £816.54
|
17-18.6.02 | Telford, Corby and Harlow
| 7 | 3A
| New Towns inquiry | £3,527.44
|
AIncludes 1 specialist adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
Memoranda: Draft PPG 17: Sport, Open Space and Recreation
| 238-II | 16.10.01
| 49 | £11.00
| Not applicable |
Memoranda: Tall Buildings | 482-II
| 22.1.02 | 132
| £16.50 | Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Public Spaces: The Role of PPG 17 in the Urban Renaissance
| 238-III | 18.2.02
| 99 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Memoranda: The Need for a New European Regeneration Framework
| 483-II | 25.2.02
| 37 | £10.00
| Not applicable |
Memoranda: The New Towns: Their Problems and Future
| 603-II | 15.4.02
| 94 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Memoranda: How the Local Government Act 2000 is Working
| 602-II | 22.4.02
| 67 | £12.00
| Not applicable |
Memoranda: Affordable Housing | 809-II
| 1.7.02 | 230
| £21.50 | Not applicable
|
Memoranda: Draft Local Government Bill |
981-II | 8.7.02
| 68 | £12.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence published on the Internet: Public Spaces
| 854-1 | 9.7.02
| | | Not applicable
|
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Urban Affairs Sub Committee: The New Towns: Their Problems and Future
| 603-III | 17.7.02
| 105 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence published on the Internet: Affordable Housing
| 809-i | 1.8.02
|
| | Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence published on the Internet: Affordable Housing
| 809-ii | 1.8.02
| | | Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence published on the Internet: Affordable Housing
| 809-iii | 30.8.02
| | | Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Draft Local Government Bill
| 981-III | 4.9.02
| 109 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01
None.
Divisions
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 27 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
|
Affordable Housing | 3
|
Draft Local Government Bill | 4
|
Departmental Estimates and Annual Report 2001 and Recent Policy Developments
| 2 |
Draft PPG 17: Sport, Open Space and Recreation
| 4 |
How the Local Government Act 2000 is Working
| 3 |
Ordnance Survey | 2
|
Public Spaces | 1
|
Tall Buildings | 4
|
The Need for a New European Regeneration Framework
| 3 |
The New Towns: Their Problems and Future |
1 |
Total | 27
|
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