The Trade and Industry Committee
The Trade and Industry Committee is appointed by
the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration,
and policy of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Current membership
Mr Martin O'Neill MP (Labour, Ochil) (Chairman)
Mr Roger Berry MP (Labour, Kingswood)
Richard Burden MP (Labour, Birmingham Northfield)
Mr Michael Clapham MP (Labour, Barnsley West and
Penistone)
Mr Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative, Huntingdon)
Mr Nigel Evans MP (Conservative, Ribble Valley)
Mr Lindsay Hoyle MP (Labour, Chorley)
Miss Julie Kirkbride MP (Conservative, Bromsgrove)
Judy Mallaber MP (Labour, Amber Valley)
Linda Perham MP (Labour, Ilford North)
Sir Robert Smith MP (Liberal Democrat, West Aberdeenshire
and Kincardine)
The following Members
were also members of the Committee for part of this
inquiry:
Mr Henry Bellingham MP (Conservative, North West
Norfolk)
Dr Ashok Kumar MP (Labour, Middlesbrough South
and East Cleveland)
Mr Andrew Lansley MP (Conservative, Cambridgeshire
South)
Mrs Jackie Lawrence MP (Labour, Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Powers
The committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk/t&icom.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Elizabeth
Flood (Clerk), David Lees (Second Clerk), Philip Larkin (Committee
Specialist), Grahame Allen (Inquiry Manager), Clare Genis (Committee
Assistant) and Joanne Larcombe (Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerks
of the Trade and Industry Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 5777; the Committee's email address is tradeindcom@parliament.uk
Footnotes
The oral evidence appended to this Report is in two
parts: Part 1 relates to lessons from the storms of October 2002,
and Part 2 to future investment in the networks.
In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral
evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number.
References to written evidence are indicated in the form 'App'
followed by the and then either '(Part 1)' or '(Part 2)'.
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