B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
37. Statutory Instruments
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/select_committee_on_statutory_instruments.cfm)
The Committee was nominated on 2 July 2001.
It had 7 Members and held 28 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Tredinnick, Mr David (Chairman) | 22
|
Bennett, Andrew | 13
|
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M. | 4
|
Irranca-Davies, Huw | 13
|
Mole, Chris | 14
|
Rosindell, Mr Andrew | 5
|
White, Brian | 26
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 49.4 %
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0.0 % |
Commons Staff
Commons Clerk: Mr Huw Yardley (until 29.1.03), Senior Clerk (Band
A2); Mr Martyn Atkins (from 30.1.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Jane Lauder, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Legal Advisers: Mr Alan Preston, Speaker's Counsel (Legislation)
(SCS Band 1A); Mr Anwar Akbar, Speaker's Assistant Counsel (Legislation)
(SCS Band 1); Mr Peter Brooksbank, Speaker's Assistant Counsel
(Legislation) (SCS Band 1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
None.
Overseas Visits
None.
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 | 126-i
| 3.12.02 | 12
| £4.00 | Formal Government replies are not required
|
Second Report | 126-ii
| 7.3.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Third Report | 126-iii
| 29.10.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Fourth Report | 126-iv
| 12.11.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
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 15.4.03 as HC 1337, Session 2001-02. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published
as HC 1321, Session 2002-03.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
None.
38. Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_statutory_instruments.cfm)
The Committee was nominated on 2 July 2001.
It had 7 Members and held 33 Meetings.
|
| |
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
Tredinnick, Mr David (Chairman) | 26
|
Bennett, Andrew | 18
|
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M. | 6
|
Irranca-Davies, Huw | 17
|
Mole, Chris | 19
|
Rosindell, Mr Andrew | 7
|
White, Brian | 31
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 53.7 %
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0.0 % |
Staff
Commons Clerk: Mr Huw Yardley (until 29.1.03), Senior Clerk (Band
A2); Mr Martyn Atkins (from 30.1.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Jane Lauder, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Legal Advisers: Mr Alan Preston, Speaker's Counsel (Legislation)
(SCS Band 1A); Mr Anwar Akbar, Speaker's Assistant Counsel (Legislation)
(SCS Band 1); Mr Peter Brooksbank, Speaker's Assistant Counsel
(Legislation) (SCS Band 1)
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:
| |
Government departments, comprising:
| |
Department of Trade and Industry
| 4 |
Non-Ministerial departments, comprising:
| |
HM Land Registry | 3
|
Overseas Visits
None.
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 | 96-i
| 3.12.02 | 16
| £4.00 | Formal Government replies are not required
|
Second Report | 96-ii
| 3.12.02 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Third Report | 96-iii
| 11.12.02 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Fourth Report | 96-iv
| 17.12.02 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Fifth Report | 96-v
| 19.12.02 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Sixth Report | 96-vi
| 20.1.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Seventh Report | 96-vii
| 24.1.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Eighth Report | 96-viii
| 3.2.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Ninth Report | 96-ix
| 12.2.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Tenth Report | 96-x
| 13.2.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Eleventh Report | 96-xi
| 3.3.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Twelfth Report | 96-xii
| 7.3.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Thirteenth Report | 96-xiii
| 14.3.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Fourteenth Report | 96-xiv
| 21.3.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Fifteenth Report | 96xv
| 27.3.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Sixteenth Report | 96-xvi
| 8.4.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Seventeenth Report | 96-xvii
| 11.4.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Eighteenth Report | 96-xviii
| 14.5.03 | 20
| £5.50 |
|
Nineteenth Report | 96-xix
| 21.5.03 | 28
| £7.00 |
|
Twentieth Report | 96-xx
| 28.5.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Twenty-first Report | 96-xxi and
| 13.6.03 | 32
| £7.00 |
|
Twenty-second Report | 96-xxii
| 25.6.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Twenty-third Report | 96-xxiii
| 3.7.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Twenty-fourth Report | 96-xxiv
| 10.7.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
Twenty-fifth Report | 96-xxv
| 14.7.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Twenty-sixth Report | 96-xxvi
| 18.7.03 | 8
| £3.00 |
|
Twenty-seventh Report | 96-xxvii
| 24.9.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Twenty-eighth Report | 96-xxviii
| 29.10.03 | 20
| £5.50 |
|
Twenty-ninth Report | 96-xxix
| 5.11.03 | 20
| £5.50 |
|
Thirtieth Report | 96-xxx
| 12.11.03 | 36
| £8.50 |
|
Thirty-first Report | 96-xxxi
| 17.11.03 | 16
| £4.00 |
|
Thirty-second Report | 96-xxxii
| 26.11.03 | 12
| £4.00 |
|
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 15.4.03 as HC 1338, Session 2001-02. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published
as HC 1322, Session 2002-03.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 33 Meetings. On
no occasion was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Draft Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 and Draft Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
| 1 |
Land Registration Fee Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2092)
| 1 |
Total | 2 |
39. Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_tax_rewrite_bills.cfm)
[Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons,
2 December 2002: "Ordered, That Mr Kenneth Clarke,
Mr Parmjit Dhanda, Mr Michael Jack, Mr David Laws, Mr Chris Pond,
Dawn Primarolo and Mr Anthony D. Wright be members of the Select
Committee appointed to join with a Committee of the Lords as the
Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills."]
The Committee was nominated on 2 December 2002.
It had 7 Commons Members and held 2 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Clarke, Mr Kenneth (Chairman from 14.1.03) |
2 |
Dhanda, Mr Parmjit | 1
|
Jack, Mr Michael | 2
|
Laws, Mr David | 0
|
Pond, Mr Chris | 2
|
* Primarolo, Dawn | 2
|
Wright, Mr Anthony D. | 2
|
|
* held a Ministerial post while being a member of the Committee.
|
Overall Attendance: | 78.6 %
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0.0 % |
Commons Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Richard Cooke (until 10.10.03), Assistant
Clerk (Band A3), (from 11.10.03) Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mr Richard Dawson, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2)
Committee Secretary: Miss Lisette Pelletier, Secretary Grade 3
(Band D1 until 9.2.03), Chief Office Clerk (Band C from 10.2.03)
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:
| |
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| 16 |
Inland Revenue | 16
|
Overseas Visits
Not applicable.
Visits to European Institutions
Not applicable.
UK Visits
Not applicable.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2002-03)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Bill
| 287-I | 23.1.03
| 11 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Bill
| 287-II | 10.2.03
| 46 | £10.00
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03
were published in the First Report of the Committee, Income
Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Bill, HC 287-I, Session 2002-03.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
First Report, Session 2002-03, Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions)
Bill, on the Committee and remaining stages of the Income
Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Bill, 12.2.03.
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
|
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Bill |
2 |
Total | 2 |
40. Trade and Industry
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/trade_and_industry.cfm)
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 56 Meetings. These included 6 "Quadripartite"
meetings held concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and International Development Committees (abbreviated to 'CM'
in the attendance table below).
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
O'Neill, Mr Martin (Chairman) | 54 (including 6 CM)
|
Bellingham, Mr Henry (added 2.12.02) | 7
|
Berry, Mr Roger | 38 (including 6 CM)
|
Burden, Richard | 38
|
Clapham, Mr Michael (added 20.10.03) | 1
|
Djanogly, Mr Jonathan | 28
|
Hammond, Mr Philip (discharged 2.12.02) |
0 |
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay | 18
|
Kumar, Dr Ashok (discharged 20.10.03) | 23
|
Lansley, Mr Andrew | 30 (including 5 CM)
|
Lawrence, Mrs Jackie (discharged 20.10.03) |
17 |
Mallaber, Judy (added 20.10.03) | 7
|
Perham, Linda | 39
|
Smith, Sir Robert | 46
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 60.9%
|
Number of Members added: | 3
|
Number of Members discharged: | 3
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
27.3 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mrs Elizabeth Flood, Deputy Principal
Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr David Lees, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Dr Philip Larkin, (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Clare Genis, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2)
Secretary: Miss Rowena Macdonald (until 28.9.03), Secretary Grade
3 (Band D1); Ms Sandra Thomas (from 6.10.03), Secretary Grade
3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Sibylle Bauer*, Dr Paul Cornish*, Dr Robin Fears, Professor
Richard Green, Mr John Hodgson, Professor Daniel Kirschen and
Mr Roger Quince.
*Specialist Adviser to the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International
Development and Trade and Industry Committees in their joint inquiry
into Strategic Export Controls
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers | 4
|
Other Ministers | 7
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department of Trade and Industry |
17 |
Other departments comprising: |
|
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 2 |
Office of Government Commerce |
2 |
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 34 |
comprising: Advantage West Midlands
| 4 |
East Midlands Development Agency |
3 |
Learning and Skills Council | 2
|
Ofgem | 6 |
Oftel | 8 |
North West Development Agency | 2
|
Postcomm | 3 |
Radiocommunications Agency | 4
|
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
| 2 |
Appearances by other witnesses: | 165
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination | Members
| Staff | Purpose
| Cost |
11-12.12.02 | Berlin and Munich
| 8 | 2
| Inquiry into Biotechnology | £10,357.89
|
12-18.1.03 | Boston, Washington and Raleigh
| 8 | 2
| Inquiry into Biotechnology | £51,992.10
|
24-25.6.03 | Belfast, Dublin and Shannon
| 8 | 2
| Inquiry into Regional Development Agencies
| £5,975.63 |
20-21.11.03 | StrasbourgA
| 0 | 1
| To attend an Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Reducing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (on behalf of the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees)
| £470
(estimated outturn)
|
A Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination | Members
| Staff | Purpose
| Cost |
3-4.3.03 | Brussels | 7
| 2 | Meetings with EC Commissioners and their staff
| £4,051.05 |
UK Visits
Date | Destination | Members
| Staff | Purpose
| Cost |
3-4.11.03 | Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham
| 9 | 5
| Inquiry into Support to businesses from Regional Development Agencies
| £4,950
(estimated outturn)
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2002-03)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Managing the Nuclear Legacy: Responses to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2001-02
| 86 | 25.11.02
| 21 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Second Report: The Use of Retentions in the UK Construction Industry
| 127 | 26.11.02
| 134 | £16.50
| Received 3.2.03: published as Second Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Third Report: Radio Spectrum Management |
129-I | 19.12.02
| 19 | £6.00
| Received 20.2.03: published as Third Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Minutes of Evidence: Radio Spectrum Management
| 129-II | 30.1.03
| 85 | £13.00
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2002
| 337 | 28.1.03
| 10 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: The British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Electricity (Trading and Transmission) Bill
| 468-I | 8.4.03
| 24 | £6.00
| Received 9.6.03: published as Tenth Report, Session 2002-03
|
Minutes of Evidence: The British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Electricity (Trading and Transmission) Bill
| 468-II | 29.4.03
| 160 | £18.50
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: The White Paper on Modernising Company Law
| 439 | 13.5.03
| 168 | £19.00
| Received 11.7.03: published as Thirteenth Report, Session 2002-03
|
Seventh Report: The Government's proposals for secondary legislation under the Export Control Act
| 620 | 20.5.03
| 111 | £14.50
| Cm 5988, published 17.10.03 |
Eighth Report: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2001, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny
| 474 | 20.5.03
| 116 | £14.50
| Cm 5943, published 12.9.03 |
Ninth Report: UK Steel 2003 | 686
| 27.6.03 | 128
| £16.50 | Received 11.9.03: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Tenth Report: BETTA: Comments on the Government Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2002-03
| 937 | 8.7.03
| 13 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Eleventh Report: People, Pensions and Post Offices: The impact of 'Direct Payment' on post offices and their customers
| 718 | 17.7.03
| 177 | £18.50
| Received 12.9.03: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Twelfth Report: UK Biotechnology Industry |
87 | 3.9.03
| 262 | £22.50
| Received 5.11.03: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Thirteenth Report: Government's Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2002-03, on the White Paper on Modernising Company Law
| 1022 | 18.7.03
| 18 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report: Trade and Investment Opportunities with China and Taiwan
| 128 | 30.9.03
| 150 | £16.50
| Received 8.12.03 |
Fifteenth Report: Retaining Retentions? Comments on the Government's response to the Committee's Report on the use of retentions in the UK construction industry
| 976 | 17.9.03
| 30 | £7.50
| Received 17.11.03: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Sixteenth Report: Rewards for Failure | 914
| 26.9.03 | 109
| £14.50 | Awaited
|
Seventeenth Report: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances Bill
| 968 | 29.10.03
| 88 | £13.00
| Awaited |
First Special Report: Fuel Poverty: Government Reply to the Sixth Report of Session 2001-02
| 152 | 13.12.02
| 14 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The Use of Retentions in the UK Construction Industry: Government Reply to the Second Report of Session 2002-03
| 438 | 13.2.03
| 7 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Radio Spectrum Management: Government Reply to the Third Report of Session 2002-03
| 530 | 14.3.03
| 8 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: People, Pensions and Post Offices: The impact of 'Direct Payment' on post offices and their customers Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2002-03
| 1102 | 23.9.03
| 14 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: UK Steel 2003: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2002-03
| 1103 | 23.9.03
| 6 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Sixth Special Report: UK Biotechnology Industry: Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2002-03
| 1282 | 27.11.03
| 20 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: Retaining Retentions?: Government Observations on the Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2002-03
| 1331 | 27.11.03
| 4 | £2.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: The Royal Mail | 145-i &-ii
| 11.4.03 | 62
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Support to businesses from Regional Development Agencies
| 814-i | 23.6.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Report of the Aerospace Innovation and Growth Team
| 1023-i | 18.7.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity companies' responses to the storms of October 2002
| 1104-i | 22.9.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing Strategy
| 1179-i | 21.10.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Outcome of the WTO Talks at Cancun
| 1178-i | 21.10.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: Fuel Poverty, received
26.11.02 and published as First Special Report, Session 2002-03.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02
will be published as HC 1339, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of
Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published
as HC 1323, Session 2002-03.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Fourth Report, Session 2001-02, Strategic Export Controls: Annual
Report for 2000, Licensing Policy and Prior Parliamentary Scrutiny,
27.3.03
Second Report, Session 2001-02, Security of Energy Supply, and
the Government Response, 12.6.03
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 37 of the Committee's 56 Meetings.
On 1 occasion evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.
This was during a session held jointly with the Defence, Foreign
Affairs and International Development Committees.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Biotechnology A | 2
|
The British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements
| 5 |
British Energy | 1
|
Company Law White Paper A | 1
|
Electricity companies' responses to the storms of October 2002 B
| 1 |
The Government's proposals for secondary legislation under the Export Control Act C
| 2 |
Manufacturing Strategy | 1
|
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority | 2
|
Outcome of the WTO Talks at Cancun |
1 |
People, Pensions and Post Offices | 3
|
Radio Spectrum Management | 2
|
The Report of the Aerospace Innovation and Growth Team
| 1 |
Rewards for Failure | 3
|
The Royal Mail | 2
|
Strategic Export Controls C | 1
|
Support to businesses from Regional Development Agencies B
| 4 |
The use of retentions in the construction industry A
| 2 |
Trade with China and Taiwan A | 2
|
UK Steel 2003 | 2
|
The Work of Oftel | 1
|
Total | 39*
|
A The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session
2001-02; in the Return for that Session (HC1 (2001-02))
B The Committee did not complete this Inquiry in Session 2002-03
C Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs, and International
Development Committees
* On two occasions, the Committee took oral evidence relating
to two separate inquiries during the course of one meeting.
41. Transport
(www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/transport_committee.cfm)
The Committee was nominated on 22 July 2002.
It had 11 Members and held 37 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth (Chairman) | 37
|
Brake, Tom (discharged 10.11.03) | 28
|
Campbell, Mr Gregory | 13
|
Donohoe, Mr Brian H. | 31
|
Efford, Clive | 32
|
Ellman, Mrs Louise | 35
|
Grayling, Mr Chris (discharged 2.12.02) |
2 |
Jackson, Helen (discharged 13.1.03) | 1
|
Lucas, Ian (added 13.1.03) | 19
|
Marsden, Mr Paul (added 10.11.03) | 1
|
Osborne, Mr George (added 2.12.02) | 15
|
Randall, Mr John (added 25.3.03) | 19
|
Stevenson, Mr George | 33
|
Stringer, Mr Graham | 29
|
Syms, Mr Robert (discharged 25.3.03) | 3
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 73.2 %
|
Number of Members added: | 4
|
Number of Members discharged: | 4
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
36.4 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Eve Samson, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS
Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr Martyn Atkins (until 29.1.03), Senior Clerk (Band
A2); Dr John Patterson (from 2.6.03), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Dr Greg Marsden (until 31.8.03), (Band B1);
Clare Maltby (from 1.9.03), (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Miss Frances Allingham, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Lis McCracken, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Chris Bolt, Mr Rob Gifford, Professor Phil Goodwin, Dr Terry
Gourvish, Dr Heather Leggate, Dr Greg Marsden, Professor James
McConville and Mr Laurie Price.
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of Appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers | 4
|
Other Ministers | 4
|
Members of Parliament | 3
|
Members of the House of Lords | 1
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Transport | 11
|
Executive agencies | 7 |
comprising: Audit Commission | 2
|
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
| 3 |
Driving Standards Agency | 1
|
Highways Agency | 1
|
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 50 |
comprising: Civil Aviation Authority
| 3 |
Commission for Integrated Transport
| 1 |
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
| 2 |
Disability Rights Commission | 2
|
English Nature | 4 |
Health and Safety Executive | 6
|
London Underground | 7
|
Office of the Rail Regulator and International Rail Regulator
| 10 |
Rail Passengers Council | 7
|
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
| 2 |
Strategic Rail Authority | 4
|
Sustainable Development Commission |
2 |
Appearances by other witnesses | 181
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination | Members
| Staff | Purpose
| Cost |
6-11.4.03 | USA | 8
| 3A | Inquiry into Aviation
| £47,816.75 |
A Includes 1 specialist adviser
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination | Members
| Staff | Purpose
| Cost |
14-15.5.03 | Inverness and Orkney
| 5 | 4A
| Inquiry into Aviation | £7,613.41
|
5.6.03 | Heathrow Terminal 5
| 3 | 3
| To look at the site and progress of work |
£195.00 |
A Includes 1 specialist adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2002-03)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Urban Charging Schemes | 390-I
| 9.2.03 | 49
| £11.00 | Cm 5818, published 12.5.03
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Urban Charging Schemes
| 390-II | 11.2.03
| 136 | £16.50
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Transport Committee: Annual Report 2002
| 410 | 13.2.03
| 11 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Jam Tomorrow?: The Multi Modal Study Investment Plans
| 38-I | 3.4.03
| 78 | £13.00
| Cm 5842, published 10.6.03 |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Jam Tomorrow?: The Multi Modal Study Investment Plans
| 38-II | 25.6.03
| 334 | £24.80
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Railways in the North of England
| 782-I | 19.6.03
| 33 | £9.00
| Received 14.10.03, published as Second Special Report, Session 2002-03
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Railways in the North of England
| 782-II | 11.7.03
| 200 | £20.50
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Local Roads and Pathways |
407-I | 25.6.03
| 59 | £12.00
| Cm 6007, published 28.10.03 |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Local Roads and Pathways
| 407-II | 19.9.03
| 187 | £20.50
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: Aviation | 454-I
| 17.7.03 | 100
| £14.50 | Awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Aviation
| 454-II | 18.9.03
| 219 | £21.50
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Overcrowding on Public Transport
| 201-I | 15.10.03
| 30 | £7.50
| Awaited |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Overcrowding on Public Transport
| 201-II | 5.11.03
| 164 | £18.50
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: The Work of the Highways Agency
| 453 | 29.10.03
| 29 | £10.00
| Awaited |
Ninth Report: Ports | 783-I
| 13.11.03 | 63
| £12.00 | Awaited
|
Evidence published on the Internet: Ports |
783-i | 31.10.03
| |
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Government and Office of Fair Trading Responses to the Seventeenth Report of the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee: The Bus Industry, Session 2001-02
| 97 | 26.11.02
| 18 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report: Railways in the North of England
| 1212 | 27.10.03
| 9 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Memorandum: Work of the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee in 2002
| 406 | 13.2.03
| 10 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: DTLR Annual Report and the new Estimate for DfT
| 133-i | 27.2.03
| 29 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: London Underground PPP: New Developments
| 200-i | 4.4.03
| 28 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Crisis on the Central Line
| 592-i | 10.6.03
| 24 | £7.00
| Not applicable |
Evidence published on the Internet: The Work of the DSA and the DVLA
| 917-i | 7.8.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Evidence published on the Internet: Leadership and Regulation in the Rail Industry
| 875-i | 7.8.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Evidence published on the Internet: Leadership and Regulation on the Rail Industry?
| 875-ii | 8.8.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Work of the Strategic Rail Authority
| 125-i | 19.9.03
| 74 | £12.50
| Not applicable |
Evidence published on the Internet: Departmental Annual Report 2003
| 918-i | 28.10.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Evidence published on the Internet: The Future of the Railways
| 875-iii | 7.11.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Disabled People's Access to Transport
| 1263-i | 21.11.03
| |
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2001-02
Reply to the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee's
Seventeenth Report: The Bus Industry, received 13.11.02
and published as First Special Report, Session 2002-03.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02
will be published as HC 1345, Session 2001-02. The Minutes of
Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published
as HC 1324, Session 2002-03.
Divisions
Date | Subject |
10.7.03 | Two, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Aviation
|
Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
First Report, Session 2002-03, Urban Charging Schemes, 22.5.03
The following Report was tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant
to a debate in Westminster Hall:
First Report, Session 2002-03, Urban Charging Schemes, 11.2.03
The following Minutes of Evidence were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Minutes of Evidence, Session 2002-03, London Underground PPP:
New Developments, 28.1.03
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 33 of the Committee's 37 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Aviation | 9
|
Crisis on the Central Line | 1
|
Department for Transport: Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies
| 3 |
Departmental Annual Report 2003 | 1
|
Disabled People's Access to Transport | 1
|
DTLR Annual Report and new Estimate for DfT
| 1 |
Future of the Railways | 4
|
Leadership and Regulation in the Rail Industry?A
| 2 |
London Underground PPP: New Developments |
1 |
Multi-Modal StudiesB | 3
|
National Rail Enquiries | 1
|
Overcrowding on Public Transport | 3
|
Ports | 1 |
Road and Pathway Maintenance | 2
|
Total | 33
|
A Now Future of the Railways
B The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session
2001-02; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2001-02))
|