Sessional Returns 2002-03 - Contents


B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK, PUBLICATIONS ETC

15. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 17 Members and held 32 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman from 12.11.03)
30
Atherton, Ms Candy (added 16.12.02)
14
Borrow, Mr David (discharged 27.10.03)
18
Breed, Mr Colin
16
Burnside, David
5
Curry, Mr David (Chairman until 12.11.03)
31
Drew, Mr David
26
Hall, Mr Patrick
16
Lazarowicz, Mr Mark (added 16.12.02)
20
Lepper, Mr David
21
Martlew, Mr Eric (discharged 16.12.02)
0
Mitchell, Mr Austin
27
Organ, Diana
21
Ruddock, Joan (added 27.10.03)
4
Sawford, Phil (discharged 10.3.03)
3
Shephard, Mrs Gillian
23
Simpson, Mr Alan (added 10.3.03)
19
Simpson, Mr Keith (discharged 2.12.02)
0
Taylor, David
17
Tipping, Paddy
28
Todd, Mr Mark (discharged 16.12.02)
0
Wiggin, Mr Bill (added 2.12.02)
25

Overall Attendance:
66.9 %
Number of Members added:
5
Number of Members discharged:
5
Turnover of membership during the Session:
29.4 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Miss Kate Emms (until 10.12.02), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Tim Jarvis (from 11.12.02 until 30.9.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Ms Fiona McLean (from 1.10.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Richard Kelly (until 12.9.03), (Band B1); Dr Kate Trumper, (Band B1); Mr Jonathan Little (from 15.9.03), (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett (until 27.6.03), Chief Office Clerk (Band C); Miss Louise Combs (from 7.7.03), Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Intern: Ms Rebecca Flynn (from 29.10.03)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Peter Howsam, Professor Penny Johnes and Mr Robin Murray.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers3
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 8
Members of Parliament1
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 2 were Ministers) 3
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 18
Department for Transport1
Department for Work and Pensions 1
Home Office1
HM Customs and Excise1
Inland Revenue1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Environment Agency8
Forestry Commission1
Joint Nature Conservation Committee 5
Office of Water Services5
Appearances by other witnesses66

Overseas Visits

DateDestination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
14-15.11.02Copenhagen A
1
0
Conference on European Cooperation on Environmental Issues
£782.90
3-5.3.03Copenhagen
10
2
Inquiry into the Future of Waste Management
£5,468.02
18.5.03AthensA
2
1
Conference of Agriculture Committees of the European Union Parliaments
£1,516.27
29-30.5.03AthensA
1
1
Conference of Environment Committees of the European Union Parliaments
£2,994.71
5-11.7.03Brazil
9
2
Inquiries into Poultry Farming in the UK and Alternative Uses of Crops (Biofuels)
£44,231.21
2-3.10.03RomeA
2
1
Conference of Agriculture Committees of the European Union Parliaments
£1,596.24

A  Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions

DateDestination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
18-20.11.02European Commission, Brussels
8
3
Inquiries into the Water Framework Directive and into the Mid-Term Review of the CAP
£5,740.08


UK Visits

DateDestination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
22.1.03Rainham and Lewisham
8
2
Inquiry into the Future of Waste Management
Nil
23.1.03Defra, Nobel House
9
2
Meeting with Defra Management
Nil
12.2.03Peterborough and Leicester
12
2
Inquiry into the Future of Waste Management
£801.00
4.6.03WellesbourneA
1
1
Inquiry into Horticulture Research International
£288.00
16.6.03CambridgeA
1
1
Inquiry into Gangmasters
£97.00

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: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
110
28.11.02
131
£16.50
Received 19.2.03: published as Third Special Report, Session 2002-03
Second Report: Annual Report of the Committee 2002
269
23.1.03
109
£14.50
Not applicable
Third Report: The Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy
151
21.1.03
191
£20.50
Received 24.3.03: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Fourth Report: The Water Framework Directive
130
19.3.03
49
£11.00
Received 22.5.03: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Water Framework Directive
130-II
19.3.03
255
£21.50
Not applicable
Fifth Report: Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
394
18.3.03
61
£12.00
Received 21.5.03: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Sixth Report: Rural Payments Agency
382
8.4.03
52
£11.00
Received 9.6.03: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2002-03
Seventh Report: Badgers and Bovine TB
432
9.4.03
131
£16.50
Received 11.6.03: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Eighth Report: The Future of Waste Management
385-I
22.5.03
38
£9.00
Received 22.7.03: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Future of Waste Management
385-II
22.5.03
298
£22.50
Not applicable
Ninth Report: The Delivery of Education in Rural Areas
467
5.6.03
153
£16.50
Received 8.8.03: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Tenth Report: Horticulture Research International
873
3.7.03
9
£4.00
Received 26.8.03: published as Eleventh Special Report, Session 2002-03
Eleventh Report: Rural Broadband
587
15.7.03
196
£20.50
Received 15.9.03: published as Twelfth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Twelfth Report: The Departmental Annual Report 2003
832
23.7.03
47
£10.00
Received 23.9.03: published as Thirteenth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Thirteenth Report: Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom
779-I
23.7.03
31
£9.00
Received 17.10.03: published as Fourteenth Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom
779-II
23.7.03
112
£14.50
Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Gangmasters
691
18.9.03
142
£16.50
Awaited
Fifteenth Report: New Covent Garden Market: A Follow-Up
901
9.10.03
63
£11.00
Awaited
Sixteenth Report: Vets and Veterinary Services
703
23.10.03
153
£16.50
Awaited
Seventeenth Report: Biofuels
929-I
6.11.03
25
£7.50
Awaited
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Biofuels
929-II
6.11.03
165
£18.50
Not applicable
Eighteenth Report: Conduct of the GM Public Debate
1220
20.11.03
84
£13.00
Awaited
First Special Report: The Government's Response from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 2001-02: The Role of DEFRA
340
28.1.03
16
£4.00
Not applicable
Second Special Report: The Future of UK Agriculture in a Changing World: Government Reply to the Ninth Report of Session 2001-02 from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
384
4.2.03
26
£7.00
Not applicable
Third Special Report: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy: Government Reply to the First Report of Session 2002-03 from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
478
4.3.03
10
£4.00
Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: The Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy: Government Reply to the Third Report of Session 2002-03
615
8.4.03
10
£4.00
Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000: Government Reply to the Fifth Report of Session 2002-03
748
10.6.03
9
£4.00
Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: The Water Framework Directive: Government Reply to the Fourth Report of Session 2002-03
749
10.6.03
23
£7.00
Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Rural Payments Agency: Government Reply to the Sixth Report of Session 2002-03
830
24.6.03
7
£4.00
Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Badgers and Bovine TB: Government Reply to the Seventh Report of Session 2002-03
831
24.6.03
9
£4.00
Not applicable
Ninth Special Report: The Future of Waste Management: Government Reply to the Eighth Report of Session 2002-03
1084
16.9.03
18
£5.50
Not applicable
Tenth Special Report: The Delivery of Education in Rural Areas: Government Reply to the Ninth Report of Session 2002-03
1085
16.9.03
18
£5.50
Not applicable
Eleventh Special Report: Horticulture Research International: Government Reply to the Tenth Report of Session 2002-03
1086
16.9.03
2
£3.00
Not applicable
Twelfth Special Report: Rural Broadband: Government Reply to the Eleventh Report of Session 2002-03
1174
21.10.03
11
£4.00
Not applicable
Thirteenth Special Report: The Departmental Annual Report 2003: Government Reply to the Twelfth Report of Session 2002-03
1175
21.10.03
10
£4.00
Not applicable
Fourteenth Special Report: Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom: Government Reply to the Thirteenth Report of Session 2002-03
1219
28.10.03
11
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Government Response to the Foot and Mouth Inquiry Reports and other matters arising
111
17.12.02
19
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Animal by-products regulation
707
14.7.03
26
£7.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Ofwat Annual Report
785
15.7.03
17
£5.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Rural Delivery Review
874
6.8.03
13
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
915-i
15.10.03
9
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: The WTO Conference in Cancun
1042-i
15.10.03
9
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence and Memoranda: US "Ghost Ships"
1336
15.12.03
41
£9.50
Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
Reply to the Committee's Ninth Report: The Future of UK Agriculture in a Changing World, received 27.1.03 and published as Second Special Report, Session 2002-03.
Reply to the Committee's Tenth Report: The Role of DEFRA, received 20.1.03 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 3.2.03 as HC 1316, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1301, Session 2002-03.

Divisions

DateSubject
25.6.03Two, on consideration of Mr Jack's draft Report on Horticulture Research International


Debates
The following Report and Special Report were debated in Westminster Hall:
Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, Badgers and Bovine TB and Eighth Special Report, Session 2002-03, Badgers and Bovine TB: Government Reply to the Committee's Report, 3.7.03
The following Reports and Minutes of Evidence were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Ninth Report, Session 2001-02, The Future of UK Agriculture in a Changing World, Minutes of Evidence, Session 2001-02, The Royal Society Inquiry into Infectious Diseases in Livestock, Minutes of Evidence, Session 2001-02, Foot and Mouth Disease 2001: Lessons to be Learned Inquiry and Minutes of Evidence, Session 2002-03, Government Response to the Foot and Mouth Inquiry Reports and other matters arising, on a Government Motion on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 12.12.02
Third Report, Session 2002-03, The Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy, on a Government Motion to take note of European Union Documents relating to the Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy, 12.2.03
Eighth Report, Session 2002-03, The Future of Waste Management, on an Estimates Day under Standing Order No. 54, 19.6.03

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
Alernative Uses for Crops (Biofuels)
4
Animal By-products Regulations
1
Defra's Rural Delivery Review
1
Gangmasters
3
Government Response to the Foot and Mouth Disease Inquiry Reports and other matters arising
1
Marine Environment A
1
Ofwat Annual Report
1
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
1
The Conduct of the GM Public Debate
1
The Departmental Annual Report 2003
1
The Future of Waste Management
5
US "Ghost" Ships
1
Water Framework Directive*
3
Water Pricing
2
WTO Conference in Cancun
1
Total
27

A  The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 200203

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

15A. Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 3 February 2003.
It had 8 Members and held 2 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Drew, Mr David (Chairman)
2
Atherton, Ms Candy
2
Breed, Mr Colin
2
Jack, Mr Michael
2
Mitchell, Mr Austin
1
Organ, Diana
1
Taylor, David (added 5.2.03)
1
Wiggin, Mr Bill
2

Overall Attendance:
81.3 %
Number of Members added:
1
Number of Members discharged:
0
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialist: Mr Richard Kelly (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witness:
Number of appearances by:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB 4
Appearances by other witnesses6


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 2 Meetings. On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis
2
Total
2




15B. Broadband in Rural Areas Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 24 February 2003.
It had 7 Members and held 4 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Borrow, Mr David (Chairman)
4
Atherton, Ms Candy
3
Curry, Mr David (added 27.2.03)
4
Drew, Mr David
3
Mitchell, Mr Austin (added 2.4.03)
1
Organ, Diana
2
Wiggin, Mr Bill
2

Overall Attendance:
70.4 %
Number of Members added:
2
Number of Members discharged:
0
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 2
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Trade and Industry 1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Office of Telecommunications4
South East England Development Agency 2
Appearances by other witnesses16


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 4 of the Committee's 4 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Broadband in Rural Areas
4
Total
4




15C. Cetacean By-catch Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 15 October 2003.
It had 9 Members and held 2 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Atherton, Ms Candy (Chairman)
0
Breed, Mr Colin
1
Curry, Mr David
0
Drew, Mr David
2
Lazarowicz, Mr Mark
2
Mitchell, Mr Austin
2
Organ, Diana
2
Simpson, Mr Alan
1
Wiggin, Mr Bill
1

Overall Attendance:
61.1 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Fiona McLean, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Senior Executive Officer (Band B1); Miss Louise Combs, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Appearances by other witnesses6


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 2 Meetings. On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Cetacean By-catch*
2
Total
2

*  The Sub-Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 2002-03

15D. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 28 January 2003.
It had 5 Members and held 1 Meeting.


Members
Meetings attended

Tipping, Paddy (Chairman)
1
Borrow, Mr David
1
Drew, Mr David
1
Hall, Mr Patrick
1
Wiggin, Mr Bill
1

Overall Attendance:
100.0 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Tim Jarvis, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Countryside Agency2
Appearances by other witnesses5


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 1 of the Committee's 1 Meeting. On no occasion was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
1
Total
1



15E. Delivery of Education in Rural Areas Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 11 December 2002.
It had 7 Members and held 3 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Organ, Diana (Chairman)
3
Borrow, Mr David
2
Curry, Mr David
2
Drew, Mr David
2
Jack, Mr Michael
2
Mitchell, Mr Austin
2
Taylor, David
2

Overall Attendance:
71.4 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Tim Jarvis, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 2
Appearances by other witnesses13


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 3 of the Committee's 3 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Delivery of Education in Rural Areas
3
Total
3




15F. Environmental Directives Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 29 October 2003.
It had 8 Members and held 2 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Tipping, Paddy (Chairman from 12.11.03)
2
Curry, Mr David (Chairman until 12.11.03)
0
Drew, Mr David
1
Mitchell, Mr Austin
2
Organ, Diana
1
Ruddock, Joan
2
Taylor, David
1
Wiggin, Mr Bill
1

Overall Attendance:
62.5 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Senior Executive Officer (Band B1); Miss Louise Combs, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Intern: Ms Rebecca Flynn

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.

Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following category of witness:
Appearances by other witnesses9


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 2 Meetings. On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and End of Life Vehicles Directive*
2
Total
2

*  The Sub-Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 2002-03

15G. Mid-Term Review of the CAP Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 10 July 2002.
It had 12 Members and held 2 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Curry, Mr David (Chairman)
2
Borrow, Mr David
0
Burnside, David
0
Drew, Mr David
1
Hall, Mr Patrick
0
Jack, Mr Michael
2
Lepper, Mr David
0
Mitchell, Mr Austin
1
Taylor, David
0
Tipping, Paddy
0
Todd, Mr Mark
1
Wiggin, Mr Bill (added 2.12.02)
2

Overall Attendance:
37.5 %
Number of Members added:
1
Number of Members discharged:
0
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialist: Mr Richard Kelly, (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.

Witnesses
Oral evidence 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) 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4
Appearances by other witnesses1


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 2 Meetings. On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Mid-Term Review of the CAPA
2
Total
2

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))


15H. New Covent Garden Market Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 19 June 2003.
It had 6 Members and held 2 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
2
Borrow, Mr David
0
Curry, Mr David
2
Drew, Mr David
0
Mitchell, Mr Austin
2
Tipping, Paddy
2

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



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Tim Jarvis, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 1
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister) 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Covent Garden Market Authority 2
Appearances by other witnesses3


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 2 Meetings. On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
New Covent Garden Market: a Follow up2
Total2




15I. Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 21 May 2003.
It had 6 Members and held 3 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Taylor, David (Chairman)
3
Borrow, Mr David
1
Curry, Mr David
0
Mitchell, Mr Austin
3
Organ, Diana
3
Wiggin, Mr Bill
3

Overall Attendance:
72.2 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialist: Mr Richard Kelly, (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following catgories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 1
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was Minister) 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
Appearances by other witnesses12


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 3 of the Committee's 3 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom
3
Total
3



15J. Rural Payments Agency Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 21 November 2002.
It had 5 Members and held 1 Meeting.


Members
Meetings attended

Tipping, Paddy (Chairman)
1
Breed, Mr Colin
1
Drew, Mr David
1
Shephard, Mrs Gillian
1
Wiggin, Mr Bill (added 22.1.03)
1

Overall Attendance:
100.0 %
Number of Members added:
1
Number of Members discharged:
0
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %



Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (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 officials from, or representatives of:
Executive agencies comprising:
Rural Payments Agency3

Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 1 of the Committee's 1 Meeting. On no occasion was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Rural Payments Agency
1
Total
1




15K. Vets and Veterinary Services Sub-Committee

The Committee was nominated on 8 April 2003.
It had 6 Members and held 3 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
3
Curry, Mr David (added 7.5.03)
1
Drew, Mr David
3
Lazarowicz, Mr Mark
2
Tipping, Paddy
3
Wiggin, Mr Bill
3

Overall Attendance:
83.3 %
Number of Members added:
1
Number of Members discharged:
0
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0.0 %


Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialist: Mr Richard Kelly, (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Office of Science and Technology 1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2
Appearances by other witnesses9


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 3 of the Committee's 3 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Vets and Veterinary Services
3
Total
3




16. European Scrutiny

(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/european_scrutiny.cfm)
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 16 Members and held 36 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Hood, Mr Jimmy (Chairman)
26
Bacon, Mr Richard (added 9.1.03)
19
Breed, Mr Colin
8
Casale, Roger (discharged 3.3.03)
0
Cash, Mr William
27
Connarty, Mr Michael
29
Cunningham, Tony
16
David, Mr Wayne
24
Davis, Mr Terry
16
Dobbin, Jim
27
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David (added 15.9.03)
4
Hendrick, Mr Mark
18
Marshall, Mr Jim
17
McIntosh, Miss Anne (discharged 15.9.03)
25
Robertson, Angus
28
Robertson, John (added 3.3.03)
16
Steen, Mr Anthony
24
Tynan, Mr Bill
29
Watkinson, Angela (discharged 9.1.03)
0

Overall Attendance:
61.3 %
Number of Members added:
3
Number of Members discharged:
3
Turnover of membership during the Session:
18.8 %

Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Dorian Gerhold, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Ms Jane Fox, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Clerk/Advisers: Mr David Griffiths, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mrs Rosemary Melling CBE (until 17.9.03),
  Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Terry Byrne, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Miss Josephine Eldred, Senior Clerk  (Band A2); Sir Edward Osmotherly CB (from 8.9.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Legal Advisers: Mr Michael Carpenter, Counsel to the Speaker (European Legislation &c) (SCS Band 2); Dr  Gunnar Beck, Assistant Legal Adviser (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Miss Karen McClelland (until 9.4.03), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Miss  Jacqueline Ahrens (from 7.4.03), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); assisted by Mr Brian Dye, Chief  Office Clerk (Band C); Mr Allen Mitchell, Senior Office Clerk (Band D1); Estelita Manalo (from 25.11.02),  Office Support Assistant (Band D2)
Secretaries: Mrs Keely Bishop, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Miss Susan Ramsay, Secretary Grade 3 (Band  D1); Mrs Rebecca Crew (until 14.3.03), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Liz Booth, Secretary Grade 3 (Band  D1); Miss Joanne Larcombe (from 7.4.03 until 3.10.03), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Dorothy Royle (from  13.11.03), Secretary Grade 3 (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:
Cabinet Ministers5
Other Ministers4
Members of Parliament1
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 2 were Ministers) 2
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 11
Home Office4
Appearance by other witnesses6

Overseas Visits

DateDestination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
17-18.11.02CopenhagenA
0
1
Conférence des Organes Spécialisés dans les Affaires Communautaires (COSAC) Working Group
£765.86
1-4.12.02Athens and Nicosia
6
3
Presidency visit
£14,373.80
(estimated outturn)
15-16.12.02CopenhagenA
1
1
COSAC Working Group
£1,492.62
27-28.1.03BrusselsA
2
1
Extraordinary COSAC
£1,270.00
27-28.2.03HelsinkiA
1
1
Attendance at Conference "The new financial framework - challenging EU road for the future"
£2,290.00
10-13.3.03Strasbourg and Luxembourg
7
3
Visit to European Institutions and the European Court of Human Rights
£15,623.69
19-20.3.03AthensA
1
1
COSAC Working Group
£2,330.96
3-5.5.03AthensA
3
1
COSAC
£7,451.81
CancelledHagenA
0
0
Conference on Europeanization of Parliamentary Democracy
£25.85
5-7.10.03RomeA
2
1
COSAC
£3,392.79
9-12.6.03Rome & Valletta
8
3
Presidency Visit
£16,255.48
4.11.03Paris
6
1
Meeting with Committee of the Assemblée Nationale
£2,705.90
6.11.03BrusselsA
1
1
Meeting of European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee
£914.81

A  Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No. (2002-03)
Date of publication
No. of pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report:
63-i
6.12.02
92
£13.00
Not applicable
Second Report:
63-ii
19.12.02
56
£11.00
Not applicable
Third Report: Scrutiny Reserve Breaches
63-iii
11.12.02
36
£7.50
Not applicable
Fourth Report:
63-iv
6.1.03
100
£13.00
Not applicable
Fifth Report:
63-v
9.1.03
88
£13.00
Not applicable
Sixth Report:
63-vi
15.1.03
48
£10.00
Not applicable
Seventh Report:
63-vii
4.2.03
100
£13.00
Not applicable
Eighth Report: The Committee's Work in 2002
63-viii
24.1.03
20
£4.50
Not applicable
Ninth Report:
63-ix
7.2.03
60
£11.00
Not applicable
Tenth Report:
63-x
11.2.03
64
£11.00
Not applicable
Eleventh Report:
63-xi
12.2.03
76
£12.00
Not applicable
Twelfth Report:
63-xii
27.2.03
48
£10.00
Not applicable
Thirteenth Report:
63-xiii
13.3.03
60
£11.00
Not applicable
Fourteenth Report:
63-xiv
17.3.03
60
£11.00
Not applicable
Fifteenth Report:
63-xv
2.4.03
53
£11.00
Not applicable
Sixteenth Report:
63-xvi
11.4.03
44
£9.00
Not applicable
Seventeenth Report:
63-xvii
15.4.03
44
£9.00
Not applicable
Eighteenth Report:
63-xviii
16.4.03
52
£10.00
Not applicable
Nineteenth Report:
63-xix
15.5.03
48
£9.00
Not applicable
Twentieth Report:
63-xx
23.5.03
44
£9.00
Not applicable
Twenty-First Report:
63-xxi
28.5.03
68
£12.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Second Report:
63-xxii
13.6.03
72
£12.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Third Report:
63-xxiii
23.6.03
80
£13.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Fourth Report: Convention on the Future of Europe and the Role of National Parliaments
63-xxiv
16.6.03
40
£9.00
Received 23.9.03: published as Second Special Report, Session 2002-03
Twenty-Fifth Report:
63-xxv
2.7.03
80
£13.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Sixth Report: The Convention's Proposals on Criminal Justice Vol I
63-xxvi-I
3.7.03
52
£10.00
Received 10.9.03: published as First Special Report, Session 2002-03
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Convention's Proposals on Criminal Justice Vol II
63-xxvi-II
3.7.03
68
£11.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Seventh Report:
63-xxvii
10.7.03
52
£10.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Eighth Report:
63-xxvi
17.7.03
68
£12.00
Not applicable
Twenty-Ninth Report:
63-xxix
23.7.03
88
£13.00
Not applicable
Thirtieth Report:
63-xxx
24.7.03
76
£12.00
Not applicable
Thirty-First Report:
63-xxxi
24.9.03
64
£11.00
Not applicable
Thirty-Second Report:
63-xxxii
26.9.03
116
£14.50
Not applicable
Thirty-Third Report:
63-xxxiii
30.10.03
148
£16.50
Not applicable
Thirty-Fourth Report:
63-xxxiv
6.11.03
68
£11.00
Not applicable
Thirty-Fifth Report:
63 - xxxv
13.11.03
52
£11.00
Not applicable
Thirty-Sixth Report:
63-xxxvi
18.11.03
63
£12.00
Not applicable
Thirty-Seventh Report:
63- xxxvii
26.11.03
88
£13.00
Not applicable
Thirty-Eighth Report:
63-xxxviii
1.12.03
55
£12.00
Not applicable
First Special Report: The Convention's Proposals on Criminal Justice: Government Observations on the Committee's Report
1118
25.9.03
12
£4.00
Not applicable
Second Special Report: The Convention on the Future of Europe and the Role of National Parliaments: Government Observations on the Committee's Report
1176
21.10.03
8
£3.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: European Council, Enlargement and the Convention on the Future of Europe
103-i
16.12.02
16
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Copenhagen European Council
231-i
14.3.03
16
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
409-i
16.4.03
16
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: The Convention, the draft Treaty and the IGC
1030-i
29.7.03
12
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: The Inter-Governmental Conference on the Draft Treaty on a Constitution for Europe
1078-i
24.9.03
16
£4.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: The Inter-Governmental Conference on the Draft Treaty on a Constitution for Europe
1078-ii
8.12.03
16
£4.00
Not applicable



Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
None.

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 were published on 18.3.03 as HC 1318, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1302, Session 2002-03.

Divisions

Date
Subject
21.5.03Two, on consideration of the Committee's Twenty-second Report.
17.9.03One, on consideration of the Committee's Thirty-second Report.



Debates
The following Report and Special Report were debated in Westminster Hall:
Thirty-Third Report, Session 2001-02, Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the Role of National Parliaments Vol I and Third Special Report, Session 2001-02, Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the Role of National Parliaments: Government Observations on the Committee's Thirty-third Report of Session 2001-02, 30.1.03
The following Minutes of Evidence were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in Westminster Hall:
Minutes of Evidence, Session 2002-03, European Council, Enlargement and the Convention on the Future of Europe, 30.1.03
The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Fisheries, 16.1.03
Twenty-Fourth Report, Session 2002-03, Convention on the Future of Europe and the Role of National Parliaments, debate on European Affairs on a Motion for the Adjournment of the House, 18.6.03

Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 13 of the Committee's 36 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Commission's Annual Work Programme.
1
Copenhagen European Council
1
Draft Council Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia
1
European Council, Enlargement and the Convention on the Future of Europe
1
Inter-Governmental Conference on the draft treaty on a Constitution for Europe
2
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
1
Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
1
The Convention's proposals on criminal justice (Working Group X of the Convention on the Future of Europe, entitled Freedom, Security and Justice)
4
The Convention, the draft Treaty and the IGC
1
Total
13



17. Finance and Services
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/finance_and_services_committee.cfm)

The Committee was nominated on 25 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 6 Meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Bell, Mr Stuart (Chairman)
6
Adams, Mrs Irene
0
Ainsworth, Mr Bob (added 18.6.03)
2
Conway, Derek
3
Fabricant, Michael
3
Hill, Keith (discharged 18.6.03)
2
Lepper, Mr David
2
McAvoy, Mr Thomas
3
McLoughlin, Mr Patrick
2
Roe, Mrs Marion
3
Stunell, Mr Andrew
6
Turner, Mr Dennis
2

Overall Attendance:
51.5 %
Number of Members added:
1
Number of Members discharged:
1
Turnover of membership during the Session:
9.1 %


Staff
Clerks of the Committee: Mr Robert Rogers, Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1A); Ms Shona McGlashan, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Secretary: Mrs Helen Agnew (until 14.3.03), Secretary Grade 2 (Band C)/Mrs Karen Georgiou (until 14.3.03), Secretary Grade 2 (Band C); Miss Michelle Owens (from 17.3.03), Secretary Grade 2 (Band C)

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.

Witnesses
None.

Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence
None.

Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
None.

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published as HC 1319, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1303, Session 2002-03.

Divisions
None.

Debates
None.

Oral Evidence
None.





 
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