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Thursday 2 December 2004
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Mrs Irene Adams
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Donald Anderson
Mr A J Beith
Andrew Bennett
Derek Conway
Jean Corston
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Bruce George
Dr Ian Gibson | | Mr Jimmy Hood
Mr Michael Jack
Mr Robert Key
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr John McFall
Mr Martin O'Neill
Mr Barry Sheerman
Mr Dennis Turner
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Sir George Young |
The Committee deliberated.
1. Estimates Day
Ordered, That the Chairman do report to the House that the Liaison Committee has directed him to report the following recommendation for the allocation of time for the consideration of Estimates on an allotted day (being the first allotted day in the present Session of Parliament);
That a day not later than 6 February 2005 be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for the financial years 2004–05 and 2005–06:
Department for Work and Pensions, Vote on Account 2005–06, in so far as it relates to the management of IT projects by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Department of Education and Skills, Winter Supplementary Estimates, for 2004–05 in so far as it relates to academies.
2. Debates in Westminster Hall
The Committee agreed the Reports to be recommended for debate in Westminster Hall as follows:
Environmental Audit Committee, Environmental Crime and the Courts, and Environmental Crime: Fly-tipping, Fly-posting, Litter, Graffiti and Noise, HC 126 and HC 445, Session 2003–04, (13 January 2005).
Work and Pensions Committee, The Work of the Health and Safety Executive, HC 456, Session 2003–04, (20 January 2005).
3. Evidence to Select Committees
Ordered, That the Chairmen of Select Committees keep the Chairman of the Liaison Committee informed as to any problems experienced in gaining access to papers, persons and records.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Liaison Committee's Annual Report should contain a section on Evidence to Select Committees.—(The Chairman.)
4. Pre-legislative Scrutiny
Ordered, That the Chairman write to the Leader of the House of Commons urging Government departments to give Committees an early sight of proposed draft bills.—(The Chairman.)
5. Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Committee discussed a paper by the Clerks about the implications for Select Committees of the Freedom of Information Act.
6. Overseas Travel
Resolved, That the Committee approves the following overseas visits:
Defence Committee to New York and Washington, at a cost not exceeding £46,698;
European Scrutiny Committee to Bulgaria and Romania, at a cost not exceeding £27,261;
Foreign Affairs Committee to Brussels and Luxembourg, at a cost not exceeding £15,641;
Foreign Affairs Committee to New York and Washington, at a cost not exceeding £44,836;
Home Affairs Committee to Paris and the Hague, at a cost not exceeding £28,912;
International Development Committee to South Africa and Sudan, at a cost not exceeding £59,483;
International Development Committee to Iraq, at a cost not exceeding £24,510;
Joint Committee on Human Rights to Strasbourg and Geneva, at a cost not exceeding £12,301;
Modernisation Committee to Helsinki, at a cost not exceeding £16,333;
Public Accounts Committee to Brussels and Luxembourg, at a cost not exceeding £15,293;
Scottish Affairs Committee to Chicago and Seattle, at a cost not exceeding £51,345;
Trade & Industry Committee to Copenhagen, at a cost not exceeding £12,277;
Treasury Committee to China, at a cost not exceeding £47,603;
Treasury Sub-Committee to Hungary and the Czech Republic, at a cost not exceeding £7,893;
Welsh Affairs Committee to Belgium, Germany and Holland at a cost not exceeding £29,866.
[Adjourned till Thursday 20 January 2005 at half-past Nine o'clock.
Thursday 20 January 2005
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Mrs Irene Adams
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Donald Anderson
Tony Baldry
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Michael Jack
Mr Robert Key
Sir Archy Kirkwood | | Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Michael Mates
Mr Martin O'Neill
Mr Peter Pike
Dame Marion Roe
Mr David Tredinnick
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Tony Wright
Sir George Young |
The Committee deliberated.
1. Debates in Westminster Hall
The Committee agreed the Reports to be recommended for debate in Westminster Hall as follows:
Health Committee, Obesity, HC 23, Session 2003–04 (10 February 2005).
International Development Committee, Migration and Development: How to make migration work for poverty reduction, HC 79 , Session 2003–04 (24 February).
2. Specialist Advisers' Interests
Resolved, That the Committee approves the proposal by the Chairman of the Standards and Privileges Committee that that committee provide clarification of the guidelines for declaration of interests by specialist advisers.—(The Chairman.)
3. Arrangements for the proposed evidence session with the Prime Minister
The Committee discussed the structure and division of time between themes for the forthcoming oral evidence session with the Prime Minister.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 February at a quarter to Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 8 February 2005
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Richard Allan
Tony Baldry
Mr A J Beith
Derek Conway
Jean Corston
Mr John Denham
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Bruce George
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Jimmy Hood
Mr Michael Jack | | Mr Robert Key
Sir Archy Kirkwood
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr David Lepper
Mr John McFall
Mr Michael Mates
Mr Peter Pike
Dame Marion Roe
Mr Barry Sheerman
Mr David Tredinnick
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Tony Wright
Sir George Young |
The Committee discussed the proposed line of questioning to the Prime Minister.
1. Evidence session with the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Tony Blair, a Member of the House, was examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 3 March at half-past Nine o'clock.
Thursday 3 March 2005
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Derek Conway
Mr John Denham
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Bruce George
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Jimmy Hood | | Mr Michael Jack
Mr Robert Key
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Peter Pike
Mr Barry Sheerman
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Sir George Young |
The Committee deliberated.
1. Estimates Day
Ordered, That the Chairman do report to the House that the Liaison Committee has directed him to report the following recommendation for the allocation of time for the consideration of Estimates on an allotted day (being the first part of the second allotted day in the present Session of Parliament);
That a day not later than 18 March be allotted for the consideration of the following Spring Supplementary Estimate for the financial year 2004–05;
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in so far as it relates to the Future of the BBC.
2. Debates in Westminster Hall
The Committee agreed the following Report to be recommended for debate in Westminster Hall:
Science and Technology Committee: The use of Science in UK International Development Policy, HC 133, Session 2003–04 and HC 235, Session 2004–05.
3. Annual Report of the Committee
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Report (Annual Report for 2004), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 132 read and agreed to.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
4. Any Other Business
Resolved, That it is desirable that a paper on media coverage of committee meetings should be considered in the next Parliament.
[Adjourned till a date and time to be fixed by the Chairman.
Proceedings of the Sub-Committee
Tuesday 18 January 2005
Members present:
Mr Alan Williams, in the Chair
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Sir Nicholas Winterton | | Sir George Young |
The Committee discussed the themes for the evidence session with the Prime Minister on 8 February.
[Adjourned to a place and time to be fixed by the Chairman.
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