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Wednesday 10th December 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Andrew Mitchell | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17th December at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 17th December 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Andrew Mitchell | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler |
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Chairman do write to the Chairman of the Procedure Committee in connection with that Committee's proposed inquiry into the sitting hours of the House.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the sitting hours of the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14th January at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 14th January 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Barbara Follett Martin Linton Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock | Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Birmingham on 26th January; Reading on 23rd February; and Cardiff on 8th March in connection with its inquiry into Connecting Parliament with the Public.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do commission the Hansard Society to establish and maintain an on-line forum on the subject matter of the Committee's inquiry into Connecting Parliament with the Public.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Scrutiny of European Business.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till a date and time to be fixed by the Chairman.
Wednesday 11th February 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 25th February at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 25th February 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin | Mr Peter Pike Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That, subject to the witnesses' agreement, the uncorrected transcript of evidence taken before the Committee be published on the Internet.—(The Chairman.)
Connecting Parliament with the Public: Elinor Goodman, Political Editor, Channel 4 News, Peter Riddell, The Times, George Pascoe-Watson, The Sun, and Michael White, Political Editor, The Guardian, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 3rd March at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10th March at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 10th March 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Mr Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24th March at Four o'clock.
Wednesday 24th March 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Connecting Parliament with the Public: Carol Devon, Director of Access and Information, and Rosemary Everett, Head of Participation Services, Scottish Parliament; Baroness Hamwee, a Member of the House of Lords, Chair, Samantha Heath, Deputy Chair, Mr Richard Horsman, Director, Secretariat, and Mr Edward Welsh, Head of Media, London Assembly; Professor Stephen Coleman, visiting Professor in e-Democracy at the Oxford Internet Institute, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 31st March at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 31st March 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Martin Linton Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That the Memorandum from the Leader of the House of Commons on Scrutiny of European Matters be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5th May at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 5th May 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Scrutiny of European Business: Mr Jimmy Hood, a Member of the House, Chairman, European Scrutiny Committee, and Mr Dorian Gerhold, Clerk, European Scrutiny Committee, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12th May at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 12th May 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19th May at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 19th May 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Connecting Parliament with the Public: Mr Duncan Cullimore, School Improvement Officer (14–19), Lewisham Local Education Authority, and Ms Chris Weeds, Parliamentary Education Officer, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26th May at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 26th May 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft report [Connecting Parliament with the Public], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons, Connecting Parliament with the Public, HC 368 (2003–04), p. 38.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16th June at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 16th June 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23rd June at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton | Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike Mr Richard Shepherd Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
Scrutiny of European Business: Mr David Heathcoat-Amory, a Member of the House, and Ms Gisela Stuart, a Member of the House, UK Parliament representatives to the Convention on the Future of Europe, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 30th June at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 30th June 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14th July at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 14th July 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
Scrutiny of European Business: Mr Richard Corbett, Mr Timothy Kirkhope, Mr Chris Huhne, and Dr John Whittaker, Members of the European Parliament, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21st July at Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 21st July 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin | Anne Picking Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Andrew Stunell Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
Sitting Hours: Rt Hon Eric Forth, Mr George Howarth, Rt Hon Andrew Mackay, Ms Meg Mun, and Jon Trickett, Members of the House, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8th September at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 8th September 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock | Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
Scrutiny of European Business: Hon Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody, and Rt Hon Michael Jack, Members of the House, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15th September at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 15th September 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
The Committee deliberated.
Sitting Hours: Mr Rogers Sands, Clerk of the House of Commons, and Mr Andrew Walker, Director of Finance & Administration, were examined.
In the absence of the Chairman, Sir Nicholas Winterton was called to the Chair.
Scrutiny of European Business: Mr Roger Sands, Clerk of the House of Commons, and Mr Liam Laurence Smyth, Clerk of Delegated Legislation, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13th October at half-past Three o'clock.
Wednesday 13th October 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 20th October at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 20th October 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton | Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking Mr Peter Pike Mr Andrew Stunell Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
Sitting Hours: Dr Chris Pond OBE, President, and Miss Anne Foster, Administrator, House of Commons Trade Union Side, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27th October at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 27th October 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr Oliver Heald Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Anne Picking | Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Paul Tyler |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10th November at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 10th November 2004
Members present
| Barbara Follett Mr Oliver Heald Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike | Joan Ruddock Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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In the absence of the Chairman, Sir Nicholas Winterton was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Sitting Hours: Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst, Chairman of Ways and Means, Derek Conway TD, and Mr Eric Illsley, Members of the House, Members of the Chairmen's Panel, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17th November at half-past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 17th November 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Hain, in the Chair
| Ann Coffey Mr David Kidney Martin Linton Mr Patrick McLoughlin Mr Peter Pike Joan Ruddock | Mr Martin Salter Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Paul Tyler Sir Nicholas Winterton |
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The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24th November at half-past Nine o'clock.
Reports from the Committee since the beginning of the 2001 Parliament
Session 2004–05
| First Special Report | Connecting Parliament with the Public: the House of Commons Commission's Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2003–04 | HC 69 |
Session 2003–04
| Memorandum | Scrutiny of European Matters in the House of Commons: Government Memorandum from the Leader of the House of Commons | HC 508 |
| First Report | Connecting Parliament with the Public | HC 368 (Reply: see above, Session 2004-05, HC 69) |
Session 2002–03
| First Report | Programming of Bills | HC 1222 |
Session 2001–02
| First Report | Select Committees | HC 224 |
| Second Report | Modernisation of the House of Commons: A Reform Programme | HC 1168 |
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