Sessional Returns 2002-03 - Contents


B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK, PUBLICATIONS ETC

11. Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)

(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcdgb.cfm)

[Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, 10 July 2003: "Ordered, That a Select Committee of eight honourable Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords to consider any clauses of a draft Gambling Bill presented to both Houses by a Minister of the Crown."]

The Committee was nominated on 10 July 2003.
It had 8 Commons Members and held 3 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Greenway, Mr John (Chairman from 16.9.03)
3
Anderson, Janet
2
Banks, Mr Tony
1
Ennis, Jeff
2
Meale, Mr Alan
1
Page, Mr Richard
2
Pugh, Dr John
2
Wright, Mr Anthony D.
3

Overall Attendance:
66.7 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Commons Staff
Committee Clerk: Sarah Davies, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialists: Ms Abigail Plenty (Band B1), Mr Jago Russell (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Alison Mara, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Miss Lisette Pelletier, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Peter Collins, Bill Galston OBE and Professor David Miers.

Witnesses
None.

Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits

DateDestinationMembers StaffPurposeCost
18.11.03
Hammersmith
53Meeting with the Interactive Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association (hosted by betfair) £226.61 (estimated outturn)


Reports and Minutes of Evidence
None.

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee will be published in the First Report of the Committee, Session 2003-04.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
None.

12. Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee)
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcmib.cfm)

[Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, 10 July 2003: "Ordered, That a Select Committee of eight honourable Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords to consider any draft Mental Incapacity Bill presented to both Houses by a Minister of the Crown."]

The Committee was nominated on 10 July 2003.
It had 8 Commons Members and held 14 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Bercow, Mr John
6
Browning, Mrs Angela
10
Burstow, Mr Paul
9
Dowd, Jim
9
Hesford, Stephen
11
Humble, Mrs Joan
11
Irranca-Davies, Huw
10
Moffatt, Laura
12

Overall Attendance:
69.6 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Commons Staff
Second Clerk: Miss Sîan Jones, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)

Committee Specialists: Mr Vincent McCarthy (Band A2), Ms Manjit Gheera (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Miss Francene Graham, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Miss Lisette Pelletier, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)

Specialist Advisers
Professor Anthony Holland and Ms Penny Letts.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
1
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
3
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Constitutional Affairs
1
Department of Health
1
Appearances by other witnesses
54


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

TitleHC No. (2002-03) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Draft Mental Incapacity Bill 1083-I28.11.03150 £16.50
Awaited
Minutes of Evidence: Draft Mental Incapacity Bill 1083-II28.11.03498 £35.00
Not applicable


Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published in the First Report of the Committee, Draft Mental Incapacity Bill, HC 1083-I, Session 2002-03.

Divisions

DateSubject
17.11.03
One, on an amendment proposed to the Chairman's draft Report.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 9 of the Committee's 14 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill
9
Total
9



13. Education and Skills
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/education_and_skills_committee.cfm)

The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 54 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Sheerman, Mr Barry (Chairman)
52
Baron, Mr John (discharged 17.12.02)
2
Chaytor, Mr David
50
Davey, Valerie
49
Ennis, Jeff
37
Holmes, Paul
42
Jackson, Mr Robert (added 17.12.02)
10
Jones, Helen (added 20.10.03)
5
Munn, Ms Meg (discharged 20.10.03)
33
Pollard, Mr Kerry
40
Shaw, Mr Jonathan R.
46
Simmonds, Mr Mark
14
Turner, Mr Andrew
35

Overall Attendance:
69.9 %
Number of Members added:
2
Number of Members discharged:
2
Turnover of membership during the Session:
18.2 %



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr David Lloyd, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Miss Sîan Jones (until 27.4.03), Assistant Clerk (Band A3); Mrs Annabel Jones (from 28.4.03 until 17.7.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Ms Susan Griffiths (from 1.10.03), Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialist: Ms Sara Eustace, (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mrs Pam Fisher (from 13.1.03 until 14.7.03), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Miss Susan Monaghan (from 20.10.03)/Mrs Lisa Wrobel, Higher Executive Officers (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Catherine Jackson, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Janet Beer, Valerie Bragg, Ms Louise Gardiner, Sir Peter Newsam, Professor Alan Smithers, Sir William Taylor CBE, Mr Tony Travers and Mr Thomas Weko.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers3
Other Ministers7
Members of Parliament1
Members of the House of Lords1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Education and Skills 11
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments 22
comprising: Audit Commission1
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 1
National College for School Leadership 2
Learning and Skills Council2
Teacher Training Agency2
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) 14
Appearances by other witnesses79

Overseas Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
2.4.03
Dublin
6
2
Inquiry into Secondary Education
£2,322.57
29.6-1.7.03
PragueA
3
0
Conference on European Access Network
£4,337.07

A  Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions
None

UK Visits

DateDestination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
31.3-1.4.03
Northern Ireland
7
2
Inquiry into Secondary Education
£2,098.83
27-28.5.03
EdinburghA
1
0
Meeting at the University of Edinburgh
£95.15

A  Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No. (2002-03)
Date of publication
No. of pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report: The Work of the Committee in 2002
359
30.1.03
9
£4.50
Not applicable
Second Report: Secondary Education: Visits to Birmingham and Auckland
486
10.3.03
118
£14.50
Not applicable
Third Report: A Level Standards
153
14.4.03
141
£16.50
Department for Education and Skills Response, received 14.7.03: published as Third Special Report, Session 2002-03
Fourth Report: Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision
94
22.5.03
254
£22.50
Department for Education and Skills Response, received 18.9.03: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Fifth Report: The Future of Higher Education
425-I
10.7.03
103
£14.50
Department for Education and Skills Response, Cm 5932, published 28.7.03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Future of Higher Education
425-II
10.7.03
314
£23.50
Not applicable
Sixth Report: The Work of Ofsted
531
23.7.03
67
£12.00
Department for Education and Skills Response, received 17.9.03: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2002-03; Ofsted Response, received 16.9.03: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of Ofsted
388
3.2.03
50
£11.00
Not applicable
Seventh Report: Secondary Education: Pupil Achievement
513
15.10.03
222
£20.50
Awaited
First Special Report: The Government's Response from Department for Education and Skills to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2001-02: Library Resources for Higher Education
362
30.1.03
5
£3.00
Not applicable
Second Special Report: The Government's Response from Department for Education and Skills to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2001-02: Post-16 Student Support
440
24.2.03
17
£5.50
Not applicable
Third Special Report: The Government's Response from Department for Education and Skills to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03: A Level Standards
1026
23.7.03
4
£3.00
Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: The Government's Response from Department for Education and Skills to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03: Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision
1096
18.9.03
15
£5.50
Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Responses from Department for Education and Skills to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03: The Work of Ofsted
1190
27.10.03
20
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Individual Learning Accounts (Follow Up) and National Skills Strategy
117-i
22.1.03
19
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare
140-i
24.1.03
17
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Work of the Department for Education and Skills
177-i
4.2.03
20
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Work of the Department for Education and Skills
177-ii
6.5.03
39
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Learning and Skills Council
166-i
4.7.03
18
£5.50
Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: Post-16 Student Support, received 7.2.03 and published as Second Special
Report, Session 2002-03.
Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: Library Resources for Higher Education, received 6.1.03 and published as First
Special Report, Session 2002-03.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 were published on 27.3.03 as HC 1315, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1300, Session 2002-03.
Divisions

Date
Subject
23.6.03
Two, on amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on the Future of Higher Education


Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, The Future of Higher Education, 18.9.03

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 38 of the Committee's 54 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Future of Higher Education
7
Individual Learning Accounts (Follow Up) and the National Skills Strategy
1
Learning and Skills Council
1
Ofsted Standards and Quality in Education
1
Public Expenditure
2
Qualifications and Curriculum AuthorityA
1
Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision
4
Secondary Education: Pupil Achievement
4
Secondary Education: School Admissions
7
Secondary Education: Teacher Retention
6
Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare
1
The Work of Ofsted Autumn 2003
1
The Work of the Department for Education and Skills
2
Total
38

A  The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2001-02; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2001-02))

14. Environmental Audit
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environmental_audit_committee.cfm)

The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 16 Members and held 35 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Ainsworth, Mr Peter (Chairman from 16.7.03) (added 9.1.03)
26
Barker, Mr Gregory
24
Best, Mr Harold
0
Challen, Mr Colin
28
Chaytor, Mr David (added 10.12.02)
21
Clark, Mrs Helen
12
Doughty, Sue
25
Flynn, Paul (added 20.10.03)
4
Francois, Mr Mark
21
Gerrard, Mr Neil (discharged 10.12.02)
0
Horam, Mr John (Chairman until 16.7.03)
27
Jones, Mr Jon Owen
10
Lucas, Ian (discharged 20.10.03)
11
Meacher, Mr Michael (discharged 11.9.03)
0
Morley, Mr Elliot (added 11.9.03)
0
Savidge, Mr Malcolm
13
Simmonds, Mr Mark (discharged 9.1.03)
0
Thomas, Mr Simon
20
Walley, Joan
26
Wright, David
25

Overall Attendance:
52.3 %
Number of Members added:
4
Number of Members discharged:
4
Turnover of membership during the Session:
25.0 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mrs Jessica Mulley, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialists: Ms Emma Downing, (Band A2); Mr Eric Lewis, (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Anna O'Rourke, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Caroline McElwee, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Duncan Brack, Professor Paul Ekins, Mr Roger Harrabin, Ms Leslie Heasman and Mr Derek Osborn.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of Appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers4
Other Ministers4
Members of Parliament1
Members of the House of Lords1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 11
Other departments comprising:
Export Credits Guarantee Department 4
Department for Trade and Industry 3
Department for Transport2
Home Department3
HM Treasury3
Appearances by other witnesses:70

Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestinationMembers StaffPurposeCost
7.3.03
London Remade's network of Eco Industrial Sites, in and around London
84
As part of the Committee's inquiry into 'Waste - An Audit'
£395.00

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No. (2002-03)
Date of publication
No. of pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report: Pesticides. The Voluntary Initiative
100
26.11.02
63
£11.00
Received 10.2.03: published as First Special Report, Session 2002-03
Second Report: Johannesburg and Back: The World Summit on Sustainable Development - Committee Delegation Report on Proceedings
169
18.12.02
17
£6.00
Not applicable
Third Report: Annual Report 2002
262
20.1.03
15
£4.50
Not applicable
Fourth Report: Pre-Budget Report 2002
167
1.4.03
54
£13.00
Received 29.3.03: published as Third Special Report, Session 2002-03
Fifth Report: Waste - An Audit
99-I
23.4.03
39
£9.00
Received 17.7.03: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Waste - An Audit
99-II
23.4.03
244
£21.50
Not applicable
Sixth Report: Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement - Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report, Session 2001-02
909
8.7.03
24
£7.50
Received 9.9.03: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Seventh Report: Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development
689
17.7.03
123
£14.50
Received 23.10.03: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2002-03
Eighth Report: Energy White Paper - Empowering Change?
618
22.7.03
123
£16.50
Received 10.11.03: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Ninth Report: Budget 2003 and Aviation
672
29.7.03
30
£18.50
Awaited
Tenth Report: Learning the Sustainability Lesson
472-I
31.7.03
59
£12.00
Received 13.10.03: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Learning the Sustainability Lesson
472-II
31.7.03
373
£27.50
Not applicable
Eleventh Report: The Sustainable Development Headline Indicators 2002
1080
18.9.03
27
£7.50
Awaited
Twelfth Report: World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality
98-I
23.10.03
42
£10.00
Awaited
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality
98-II
23.10.03
207
£20.50
Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: Greening Government 2003
961
13.11.03
65
£12.00
Awaited
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2002-03 on Pesticides: The Voluntary Initiative
443
24.2.03
10
£4.00
Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2001-02 on A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review
471
3.3.03
15
£4.50
Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2002-03 on the Pre-Budget Report 2002
688
20.5.03
15
£4.00
Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: The Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2002-03 on Waste - An Audit.
1081
20.10.03
34
£8.50
Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2002-03 on Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement
1082
20.10.03
6
£3.00
Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2002-03 on Learning the Sustainability Lesson
1221
3.11.03
23
£7.00
Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report, Session 2002-03 on Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development
1238
3.11.03
8
£4.00
Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2002-03 on Energy White Paper - Empowering Change?
1333
27.11.03
15
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Greening Government and Timber
961-i
11.9.03
23
£7.00
Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review, received 10.3.03 and published as Second Special Report, Session 2002-03.

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 were published on 9.12.03 as HC 1317, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1277, Session 2002-03.

Divisions
None.

Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, Waste - An Audit, Estimates Day debate, 19.6.03
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Fifth Report, Session 2001-02, A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review, Energy Issues, 12.6.03
The following Report was tagged on the Order Paper:
First Report, Session 2002-03, Pesticides. The Voluntary Initiative, Debate on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on a Government Motion, 12.12.02

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 24 of the Committee's 35 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Budget 2003 & Aviation
4
Energy White Paper - Empowering Change?
1
Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development
2
GM Food - Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials
4
Greening Government 2003
1
Pre-Budget Report 2002
1
Waste - An Audit
6
World Summit for Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality
5
Total
24



14A. Education for Sustainable Development Sub-Committee
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environmental_audit_committee/eacsub_committee1.cfm)

The Committee was nominated on 15 January 2003.
It had 5 Members and held 13 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Walley, Joan (Chairman)
12
Ainsworth, Mr Peter
13
Challen, Mr Colin
12
Chaytor, Mr David
9
Clark, Mrs Helen
10

Overall Attendance:
86.2 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mrs Jessica Mulley, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialist: Ms Emma Downing, (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Anna O'Rourke, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Caroline McElwee, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Jacqueline Burgess and Libby Grundy.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Ministers1
Appearances by other witnesses25


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits

DateDestination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
13.5.03Nottingham
5
3
Learning the Sustainability Lesson - Evidence session
£1,063.10
20.5.03London School and College Visit
3
2
Learning the Sustainability Lesson (Sub-Committee)
£30.24


Reports and Minutes of Evidence
None.

Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
None.

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2001-02 were published on 9.12.03 as HC 1317, Session
2001-02. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1277, Session 2002-03.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 8 of the Committee's 13 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Learning the Sustainability Lesson
8
Total
8






 
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