Sessional Information Digest: 2003 - 04
Section C1
Departmental Select Committees: their work and reports
The following is a list of the select committees which are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and which now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House oversees the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure.
The listing of each departmental committee includes its membership as at Prorogation on 18 November 2004, the reports issued during the 2003-04 session and of Government observations received. Further information about Select Committees is available on the Parliamentary website - http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/cmsel/htm.
Constitutional Affairs
Clerk: Mr Roger Phillips
Members (11)
Nominated 28 January 2003
Rt. Hon Alan Beith (LD) (Chairman)
| Mr Peter Bottomley (Con) | | | Mr James Clappison (Con) | | Mr Ross Cranston (Lab) |
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Lab) | | | Mr Jim Cunningham (Lab) | | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lab) |
| Andrew Rosindell (Con) | | | Mr Clive Soley (Lab) | | Mr Keith Vaz (Lab) |
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court
( court of final appeal )
| HC 48
| |
2
| Asylum and Immigration Appeals
| HC 211
| Cm 6236; HC 868; HC 1136 |
3
| Work of the Committee 2003
| HC 410
| |
4
| Civil Legal Aid: adequacy of provision
| HC 391
| Cm 6367 |
5
| Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill
| HC 746
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1 sp
| Protection of a witness - Privilege
| HC 210 |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Fourth Report of 2002-03 on Immigration and Asylum: the Government's proposed changes to publicly funded immigration and asylum work
| HC 299 |
3 sp
| Further Government Response to the Second Report on Asylum and Immigration Appeals
| HC 868 |
4 sp
| Additional Government Response to the Second Report on Asylum and Immigration Appeals
| HC 1136 |
Culture, Media and Sport
Clerk: Mr Fergus Reid
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Chris Bryant (Lab) | Mr Frank Doran (Lab) | Mr Michael Fabricant (Con) |
| Mr Adrian Flook (Con) | Mr Nick Hawkins (Con) | Mr Alan Keen (Lab/Co-op) |
| Ms Rosemary McKenna (Lab) | Ms Debra Shipley (Lab) | Mr John Thurso (LD) |
| Mr Derek Wyatt (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Cultural objects: developments since 2000
| HC 59
| Cm 6149 |
2
| DCMS Annual Report: Work of the Department in 2002-03
| HC 74
| |
3
| Broadcasting in transition
| HC 380
| |
4
| Work of the Department in 2003
| HC 404
| Cm 6242 |
5
| Reform of the National Lottery
| HC 196
| Cm 6232 |
6
| Arts Development: Dance
| HC 587
| Cm 6326 |
7
| Drugs and role models in sport: making and setting examples
| HC 499
| Cm 6347 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Privacy and media intrusion
Replies to the Committee's Fifth Report, 2002-03
| HC 213 |
2 sp
| Broadcasting in transition
Government and Ofcom Replies to the Committee's Third Report, 2003-04
| HC 585 |
Defence
Clerk: Mr Mark Hutton
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Rt. Hon. Bruce George (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr James Cran (Con) | | | Mr David Crausby (Lab) | | Mr Mike Gapes (Lab) |
| Mr Mike Hancock (Lab) | | | Mr Dai Havard (Lab) | | Mr Kevan Jones (Lab) |
| Mr Richard Ottaway (Con) | | | Mr Frank Roy (Lab) | | Ms Rachel Squire (Lab) |
| Mr Peter Viggers (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Armed Forces Pensions and Compensation
| HC 96
| |
2
| Annual Report for 2003
| HC 293
| |
3
| Lessons of Iraq
| HC 57
| HC 635 |
4
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny (joint report)
| HC 635
| |
5
| Defence White Paper 2003
| HC 465
| HC 1048 |
6
| Defence Procurement
| HC 572
|
| |
| Special Reports | * 1 joint report |
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Lessons of Iraq: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 635 |
| | |
2 sp
| Defence White Paper 2003: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 1048 |
| | |
1 jr
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny
| HC 390 |
Education and Skills
Clerk: Mr David Lloyd
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Barry Sheerman MP (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr David Chaytor (Lab) | Ms Valerie Davey (Lab) | | Mr Jeff Ennis (Lab) |
| Mr Nick Gibb (Con) | Mr Paul Holmes (LD) | | Mr Robert Jackson(Con) |
| Mrs Helen Jones (Lab) | Mr Kerry Pollard (Lab) | | Mr Jonathan Shaw (Lab) |
| Mr Andrew Turner (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Public Expenditure: Schools' Funding
| HC 112
| HC 377 |
2
| The Work of the Committee in 2003
| HC 348
| |
3
| The Draft School Transport Bill
| HC 509
| Cm 6331 |
4
| Secondary Education: School Admissions
| HC 58
| Cm 6349 |
5
| Secondary Education: Teacher Retention and Recruitment
| HC 1057
| |
6
| The Work of Ofsted
| HC 426
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Secondary Education: Pupil Achievement
| HC 147 |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report: Public Expenditure: Schools' Funding
| HC 377 |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clerk: Mathew Hamlyn
Members (17)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con) (Chairman)
| Ms Candy Atherton (Lab) | | Mr Colin Breed (LD) | | Mr David Burnside (UUP) |
| Mr David Drew (Lab) | | Mr Patrick Hall (Lab) | | Mr Mark Lazarowicz(Lab) |
| Mr David Lepper (Lab) | | Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) | | MrAustin Mitchell(Lab) |
| Ms Diana Organ (Lab) | | Ms Joan Ruddock (Lab) | | Rt Hon Gillian Shephard (Con) |
| Mr Alan Simpson (Lab) | | Mr David Taylor (Lab) | | Mr Paddy Tipping (Lab) |
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Water Pricing
| HC 121
| HC 420 |
2
| The Annual Report of the Committee 2003
| HC 225
| HC 1037 |
3
| Caught in the net: by-catch of dolphins and porpoises off the UK coast
| HC 88
| HC 540 |
4
| End of Life Vehicles Directive and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
| HC 103
| HC 557 |
5
| The Food Standards Agency and Shellfish
| HC 248
| HC 601 |
6
| Marine Environment
| HC 76
| HC 706 |
7
| Implementation of CAP Reform in the UK
| HC 226
| HC 916 |
8
| Gangmasters (follow up)
| HC 455
| HC 1035 |
9
| Milk Pricing in the United Kingdom
| HC 335
| HC 1036 |
10
| Marine Environment: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 706
| |
11
| GM Planting Regime
| HC 607
| HC 1128 |
12
| Reform of the Sugar Regime
| HC 550
| HC 1129 |
13
| Bovine TB
| HC 638
| HC 1130 |
14
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Conserving the Jewels of England's Natural Heritage
| HC 475
| HC 1255 |
15
| The Departmental Annual Report 2004
| HC 707
| |
16
| Climate Change, Water Security and Flooding
| HC 558
| |
17
| Agriculture and EU Enlargement
| HC 421
| |
18
| Dismantling Defunct Ships in the UK
| HC 834
| |
19
| Water Pricing: Follow up
| HC 1186
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1 sp
| Gangmasters: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 122 |
2 sp
| New Covent Garden Market: a follow-up: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 123 |
3 sp
| Biofuels: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 270 |
4 sp
| Water Pricing: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 420 |
5 sp
| Conduct of the GM Public Debate: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 443 |
6 sp
| Conduct of the GM Public Debate: Food Standards Agency Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 483 |
7 sp
| Caught in the net: by-catch of dolphins and porpoises off the UK coast Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 540 |
8 sp
| End of Life Vehicles Directive and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 557 |
9 sp
| The Food Standards Agency and Shellfish: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 601 |
10 sp
| Implementation of CAP Reform in the UK: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 916 |
11 sp
| Vets and Veterinary Services: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 974 |
12 sp
| Gangmasters (follow up): Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 1035 |
13 sp
| Milk Pricing in the United Kingdom: Replies from the Government and the Office of Fair Trading
| HC 1036 |
14 sp
| The Annual Report of the Committee 2003: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 1037 |
15 sp
| GM Planting Regime: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 1128 |
16 sp
| Reform of the Sugar Regime: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 1129 |
17 sp
| Bovine TB: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| HC 1130
|
18 sp
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Conserving the Jewels of England's Natural Heritage: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| |
Foreign Affairs
Clerk: Mr Steve Priestley
Members (11)
Nominated 19 July 2001
Rt Hon Donald Anderson (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr David Chidgey (LD) | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab) | Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Andrew Mackay (Con) | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Lab) | Mr John Maples (Con) |
| Mr Bill Olner (Lab) | Mr Greg Pope (Lab) | Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con) |
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Foreign Affairs Committee Annual Report 2003
| HC 220
| |
2
| Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism
| HC 81
| Cm 6162 |
3
| Iran
| HC 80
| Cm 6198 |
4
| Human Rights Annual Report 2003
| HC 389
| Cm 6275 |
5
| South Africa
| HC 117
| Cm 6283 |
6
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny (joint report)
| HC 390
| |
7
| Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism
| HC 441
| Cm 6340 |
8
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2003-2004
| HC 745
|
| |
| Special Reports | 1 joint report |
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1sp
| Implications for the Work of the House and its Committees of the Government's Lack of Co-operation with the Foreign Affairs Committee's Inquiry into The Decision to go to War in Iraq
| HC 440
| |
1jr
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny
| HC 390
| |
Health
Clerk: Dr David Harrison
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr David Hinchliffe (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr David Amess (Con) | Mr John Austin (Lab) | Rt Hon Keith Bradley (Lab) |
| Mr Simon Burns (Con) | Mrs Patsy Calton (LD) | Mr Jim Dowd (Lab) |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Ms Siobhain McDonagh (Lab) | Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab) |
| Dr Richard Taylor (Ind) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| The Work of the Health Committee, 2003
| HC 239
| |
2
| Elder Abuse
| HC 111
| Cm 6270 |
3
| Obesity
| HC 23
| |
4
| Palliative Care
| HC 454
| Cm 6327 |
5
| GP Out-of-Hours Services
| HC 697
| Cm 6352 |
6
| The Provision of Allergy Services
| HC 696
| |
Home Affairs
Clerk: Dr Robin James
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Rt. Hon John Denham (Lab) (Chairman)
| Ms Janet Anderson (Lab) | Mr James Clappison (Con) | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Lab) |
| Mrs Janet Dean (Lab) | Mr Damian Green (Con) | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Lab) |
| Mr Bob Russell (LD) | Mr Marsha Singh (Lab) | Mr John Taylor (Con) |
| Mr David Winnick (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
| HC 109
| Cm 6132 |
2
| Asylum Applications
| HC 218
| Cm 6166 |
3
| The Work of the Home Affairs Committee in 2003
| HC 345
| |
4
| Identity Cards
| HC 130
| Cm 6359 |
5
| Draft Sentencing Guidelines 1 and 2
| HC 1207
| |
International Development
Clerk: Mr Alistair Doherty
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Tony Baldry (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr John Barrett (LD) | Rt Hon John Battle (Lab) | Mr Hugh Bayley (Lab) |
| Mr John Bercow (Con) | Rt Hon Ann Clwyd (Lab) | Mr Tony Colman (Lab) |
| Quentin Davies (Con) | Mr Piara Khabra (Lab) | Ms Chris McCafferty (Lab) |
| Mr Tony Worthington (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Trade and Development at the WTO: Learning the lessons of Cancun to revive a genuine development round
| HC 92
| HC 452/HC 353 |
2
| Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| HC 230
| HC 487 |
3
| Annual Report 2003
| HC 312
| |
4
| Kenya: DFID's Country Assistance Plan 2004-07 and Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals
| HC 494
| HC 857 |
5
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny
| HC 390
| |
6
| Migration and Development: How to make migration work for poverty reduction
| HC 79
| |
7
| DFID's Agriculture Policy
| HC 602
| HC 1273
|
8
| DFID's Departmental Report 2004
| HC 749
| |
| Special Reports | 1 joint report |
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2002-03:
Department for International Development: Departmental Report 2003
| HC 231 |
| | |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report:
Trade and Development at the WTO: Learning the lessons of Cancun to revive a genuine development round
| HC 452/HC 353 |
| | |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report:
Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
| HC 487 |
| | |
4 sp
| Kenya: DFID's Country Assistance Plan 2004-07 and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report
| HC 857 |
5 sp
| DFID's Agriculture Policy: Government Response to the Committee's 7th Report.
| HC 1273 |
1 jr
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny
| HC 390 |
| | |
Northern Ireland Affairs
Clerk: Dr John Patterson
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Michael Mates (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab) | Roy Beggs (UU) | Gregory Campbell (DU) |
| Mr Tony Clarke (Lab) | Stephen Hepburn (Lab) | Iain Luke (Lab) |
| Eddie McGrady (Lab) | Stephen Pound (Lab) | Reverend Martin Smyth (UU) |
| Hugo Swire (Con) | Mark Tami (Lab) | Bill Tynan (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| The Committee's work in 2003
| HC 146
| HC 510 |
2
| The separation of paramilitary prisoners at HMP Maghaberry
| HC 302-I
| HC 583 |
3
| Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland: one year on
| HC 395
| HC 666 |
4
| The Compensation Agency
| HC 271
| HC 955 |
5
| 'Hate Crime': the Draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
| HC 615
| HC 954 |
6
| Social Housing Provision in Northern Ireland
| HC 493-I
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report on The Illegal Drugs Trade and Drug Culture in Northern Ireland Session 2002-2003
| HC 180 |
2 sp
| Work of the Committee in 2003: Government's Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 510 |
3 sp
| The Separation of Paramilitary Prisoners at HMP Maghaberry: Government's Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 583 |
4 sp
| Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland: one year on. The Government's Response
| HC 666 |
5 sp
| 'Hate Crime': the Draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 Government Response
| HC 954 |
6 sp
| The Compensation Agency Government Response
| HC 955 |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions
Clerk: Miss Kate Emms
Members (11)
Nominated 22 July 2002
Mr Andrew Bennett MP (Lab) (Chairman)
| Sir Paul Beresford (Con) | Clive Betts (Lab) | Mr Graham Brady (Con) |
| David Clelland (Lab) | Mr John Cummings (Lab) | Eleanor Laing (Con) |
| Chris Mole (Lab) | Mr Bill O'Brien (Lab) | Christine Russell (Lab) |
| Adrian Sanders (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| ODPM Annual Report and Accounts 2003
| HC 102
| Cm 6141 |
2
| Annual Report to the Liaison Committee 2003
| HC 221
| |
3
| The Fire Service
| HC 43
| Cm 6154 |
4
| Coalfield Communities
| HC 44
| Cm 6265 |
5
| Decent Homes
| HC 46
| Cm 6266 |
6
| Social Cohesion
| HC 45
| Cm 6284 |
7
| Postal Voting
| HC 400
| HC 973 |
8
| The Role and Effectiveness of the Housing Corporation
| HC 401
| Cm 6351 |
9
| Local Government Revenue
| HC 402
| Cm 6321 |
10
| Supporting Vulnerable and Older People: The Supporting People Programme
| HC 504
| Cm 6348 |
11
| The Role of Historic Buildings in Urban Regeneration
| HC 47
| |
12
| Draft Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres
| HC 952
| |
13
| Gypsy and Traveller Sites
| HC 633
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| |
1sp
| Government Response to and the Electoral Commission's Observations on the Committee's Seventh Report, Session 2003-04, Postal Voting
| HC 973
| |
| | | |
Science and Technology
Clerk: Mr Chris Shaw
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Dr Ian Gibson MP (Lab) (Chairman)
| Paul Farrelly (Lab) | Dr Evan Harris (LD) | Kate Hoey (Lab) |
| Dr Brian Iddon (Lab) | Mr Robert Key (Con) | Mr Tony McWalter(Lab) |
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Con) | Ms Geraldine Smith (Lab) | Mr Bob Spink (Con) |
| Dr Desmond Turner (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Annual Report 2003
| HC 169
| |
2
| Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing
| HC 55
| HC 629 |
3
| The Work of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
| HC 6
| HC 526 |
4
| The Office of Science and Technology: Scrutiny Report 2003
| HC 316
| HC 588 |
5
| Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology
| HC 56
| HC 650 |
6
| Within REACH: The EU's new chemicals strategy
| HC 172
| HC 895 |
7
| Director General for Higher Education: Introductory Hearing
| HC 461
| HC 1015 |
8
| The Work of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
| HC 462
| HC 1199 |
9
| Director General of the Research Councils: Introductory Hearing
| HC 577
| HC 1059 |
10
| Scientific Publications: Free for all?
| HC 399
| |
11
| Research Assessment Exercise: a re-assessment
| HC 586
| |
12
| Government support for Beagle 2
| HC 711
| |
13
| The Use of Science in UK International Development Policy
| HC 133
| |
14
| Responses to the Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific Publications: Free for all?
| HC 1200
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report, Session 2002-03: Light Pollution and Astronomy
| HC 127 |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report, Session 2002-03: The Work of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
| HC 171 |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report, Session 2003-04: The Work of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
| HC 526 |
4 sp
| Government's Response to the Committee's Fourth Report, Session 2003-04, The Office of Science and Technology: Scrutiny Report 2003
| HC 588 |
5 sp
| Government's Response to the Committee's Second Report, Session 2003-04, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing
| HC 629 |
6 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology
| HC 650 |
7 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report, Session 2003-04, Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy
| HC 895 |
8 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report, Session 2003-04: Director General for Higher Education: Introductory Hearing
| HC 1015 |
9 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report, Session 2003-04: Director General of the Research Councils: Introductory Hearing
| HC 1059 |
10 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report, Session 2003/04, The Work of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
| HC 1199 |
Scottish Affairs
Clerk: Mike Clark
Members (10)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Ms Irene Adams MP (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD) | Mr Peter Duncan (Con) | Mr David Hamilton (Lab) |
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) | Mr John Lyons (Lab) | John MacDougall (Lab) |
| Ms Ann McKechin (Lab) | Mr John Robertson (Lab) | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change
| HC 77
| HC 514 |
2
| Work of the Committee in 2003
| HC 344
| |
3
| The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp
| HC 419
| HC 822 |
| | | |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| |
1 sp
| Response by the Government to the First Report (Session 2003-04) on the Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change
| HC 514
| |
2 sp
| Response by the Government to the Third Report (Session 2003-04) on The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp
| HC 822
| |
Trade and Industry
Clerk: Mrs Elisabeth Flood
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Martin O'Neill (Lab) (Chairman)
| Dr Roger Berry (Lab) | Mr Richard Burden (Lab) | Mr Michael Clapham(lab) |
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Con) | Nigel Evans (Con) | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) |
| Julie Kirkbride (Con) | Judy Mallaber (Lab) | Ms Linda Perham (Lab) |
| Sir Robert Smith (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| The Work of the Committee in 2003
| HC 260
| |
2
| UK Broadband Market
| HC 321
| HC 596 |
3
| Resilience of the National Electricity Network
| HC 69
| HC 630 |
4
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny (1st Joint Report)
| HC 390
| |
5
| Support to Businesses from Regional Development Agencies
| HC 118
| HC 1042 |
6
| The Work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department
| HC 506
| HC 1043 |
7
| The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme
| HC 611
| |
8
| UK Automotive Industry in 2004
| HC 437
| |
9
| Updating Company Law: the Government's consultation document on 'Company Law: Flexibility and Accessibility'
| HC 1041
| |
10
| Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Revisited
Comments on Responses to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 1204
| |
| | | |
| | | | |
| Special Reports | 1 joint report |
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Trade and Investment Opportunities with China and Taiwan:
Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of the Session 2002-03
| HC 142 |
| | |
2 sp
| The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Government Response to the Committee's Seventeenth Report of Session 2002-03
| HC 261 |
| | |
3 sp
| Government Reply to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of Session 2002-03, on Rewards for Failure
| HC 415 |
| | |
| | |
| | |
4 sp
| UK Broadband Market
Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 596 |
| | |
5 sp
| Resilience of the National Electricity Network
Responses to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 630 |
| | |
6 sp
| Support to businesses from Regional Agencies
Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 1042 |
| | |
7 sp
| The Work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department
Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 1043 |
1 jr
| Strategic Export Controls - Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny
| HC 390 |
Transport
Clerk: Ms Eve Samson
Members (11)
Nominated 22 July 2002
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Jeffrey M Donaldson (DU) | Mr Brian Donohoe (Lab) | Mr Clive Efford (Lab) |
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Lab/Co-op) | Mr Ian Lucas (Lab) | Miss A McIntosh (LD) |
| Paul Marsden (LD) | Mr John Randall (Con) | Mr George Stevenson(Lab) |
| Mr Graham Stringer (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Traffic Management Bill
| HC 144
| Cm 6131 |
2
| The Departmental Annual Report 2003
| HC 249
| Cm 6157 |
3
| The Regulation of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicle Services in the UK
| HC 251
| Cm 6183 |
4
| Transport Committee Annual Report 2002-03
| HC 317
| |
5
| The Office of Fair Trading's Response to the Third Report of the Committee: The Regulation of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicle Services in the UK
| HC 418
| |
6
| Disabled People's Access to Transport
| HC 439
| |
7
| The Future of the Railway
| HC 145
| |
8
| School Transport
| HC 318
| Cm 6254 |
9
| Navigational Hazards and the Energy Bill
| HC 555
| |
10
| The Work of the Vehicle Operating Services Agency and The Vehicle Certification Agency
| HC 250
| Cm 6307 |
11
| National Rail Enquiry Service
| HC 580
| |
12
| British Transport Police
| HC 488
| |
13
| The Rail Regulator's Last Consultations
| HC 805
| |
14
| The Work of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
| HC 500
| Cm 6343 |
15
| Financial Protection for Air Travellers
| HC 806
| |
16
| Traffic Law and its Enforcement
| HC 105
| |
17
| Cars of the Future
| HC 319
| |
18
| Galileo
| HC 1210
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Eleventh Report of the Committee: National Rail Enquiry Service
| HC 1132 |
| | |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Ninth Report of the Committee: Navigational Hazards and the Energy Bill
| HC 1133 |
| | |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Twelfth Report of the Committee: British Transport Police
| HC 1134 |
| | |
4 sp
| Government, Health and Safety Commission and Executive, and Office of the Rail Regulator Responses to the Seventh Report from the Committee, on the Future of the Railway
| HC 1209 |
Treasury
Clerk: Mr Crispin Poyser
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr John McFall MP (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Nigel Beard (Lab) | Mr Jim Cousins (Lab) | Ms Angela Eagle (Lab) |
| Mr Michael Fallon (Con) | Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory (Con) | Mr Norman Lamb (LD) |
| Mr John Mann (Lab) | Mr George Mudie (Lab) | Mr James Plaskitt (Lab) |
| Mr Robert Walter (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Transparency of Credit Card Charges
| HC 125
| HC 431/HC761 |
2
| Child Trust Funds
| HC 86
| HC 387 |
3
| The 2003 Pre-Budget Report
| HC 136
| HC 478 |
4
| Annual Report for 2003
| HC 386
| |
5
| Restoring confidence in long-term savings: Endowment mortgages
| HC 394
| |
6
| The 2004 Budget
| HC 479
| |
7
| The Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance
| HC 269
| |
8
| Restoring confidence in long-term savings
| HC 71
| |
9
| The Merger of Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue
| HC 556
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report on Child Trust Funds (HC 86)
| HC 387
| |
2 sp
| Responses to the Committee's First Report: Transparency of Credit Card Charges (HC 125)
| HC 431
| |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report on The 2003 Pre-Budget Report (HC 136)
| HC 478
| |
4 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report on The 2004 Budget (HC 479)
| HC 654
| |
5 sp
| Responses to the Committee's Fifth Report: Restoring confidence in long term savings: Endowment mortgages (HC 394)
| HC 655
| |
6 sp
| Supplementary Government Response to the Committee's First Report: Transparency of Credit Card Charges (HC 125)
| HC 761
| |
7 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report: The Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance (HC 269)
| HC 1054
| |
8 sp
| Responses to the Committee's Eighth Report: Restoring confidence in long-term savings (HC 71)
| HC 1119
| |
Welsh Affairs
Clerk: Mr James Davies
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Martyn Jones (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Martin Caton (Lab) | Mr Huw Edwards (Lab) | Mr Nigel Evans (Con) |
| Dr Hywel Francis (Lab) | Ms Julie Morgan (Lab) | Mr Albert Owen (Lab) |
| Mr Mark Prisk (Con) | Mrs Betty Williams (Lab) | Mr Hywel Williams(PC) |
| Mr Roger Williams (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| The Empowerment of Children and Young People in Wales
| HC 177
| HC 459 |
2
| Work of the Committee in 2003
| HC 178
| |
3
| The Provision of Rail Services in Wales
| HC 458
| HC708 |
4
| Draft Transport (Wales) Bill
| HC 759
| HC 1252 |
5
| The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales
| HC 538
| HC 1126 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| The Government Response to the Fifth Report of the Committee Session 2002-03: The Draft Audit (Wales) Bill
| HC 87 |
| | |
2 sp
| The Government Response to the First Report of the Committee Session 2003-04: The Empowerment of Children and Young People in Wales
| HC 459 |
| | |
3 sp
| The Provision of Rail Services in Wales: The Government Response
| HC 708 |
| | |
4 sp
| The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales: The Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 1126 |
| | |
5 sp
| The Draft Transport (Wales) Bill: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2003-04
| HC 1252 |
Work and Pensions
Clerk: Mr Philip Moon
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Sir Archy Kirkwood (LD) (Chairman)
| Ms Vera Baird QC (Lab) | Miss Anne Begg (Lab) | Ms Karen Buck (Lab) |
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) | Mr Paul Goodman (Con) | Mr DavidHamilton(Lab) |
| Mrs Joan Humble (Lab) | Mr Rob Marris (Lab) | Mr Andrew Selous(Con) |
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| The Committee's Work in 2003
| HC 227
| |
2
| Child Poverty in the UK
| HC 85
| Cm 6200 |
3
| Department for Work and Pensions Management of Information Technology Projects: Making IT Deliver for DWP Customers
| HC 311
| HC 1125 |
4
| The Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive
| HC 456
| HC 1137 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of 2002-03 into the European Social Fund
| HC 228 |
| | |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report into the DWP's Management of Information Technology Projects
| HC 1125 |
| | |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report into the Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive
| HC 1137 |
| | |
Section C2
Subject Listing of Reports of Departmental Select Committees
The following subject list to the reports of the Departmental Select Committees (excluding, therefore, the Public Accounts Committee) is in an abbreviated form. Special reports and Government observations are not included. Full details are given in Section C1.
Allergies - Health (6) HC 696 means that the subject is covered by the sixth report, 2003-04 of the Health Committee, published as House of Commons Paper HC 696 of the Session.
Aggregates levy - Northern Ireland Affairs (3) HC 395
Agriculture and EU enlargement - Environment (17) HC 421
Agriculture DfID's policy - (7) HC 602
Allergies - Health (6) HC 696
Armed Forces; Pensions - Defence (1) HC 96
Art Works; Cultural heritage - Culture (1) HC 59
Asylum; Immigration - Home Affairs (2) HC 218
Bovine tuberculosis - Environment (13) HC 638
British Transport Police - Transport (12) HC 488
Broadband - Trade (2) HC 321
Broadcasting - Culture (3) HC 380
Budget - Treasury (6) HC 479
Cetaceans - Environment (3) HC 88
Chemicals - Science and Technology (6) HC 172
Child Trust Fund - Treasury (2) HC 86
Children; Poverty - Work and Pensions (2) HC 85
Climate change; Flood Control - Environment (16) HC 558
Common Agricultural Policy - Environment (7) HC 226
Company Law - Trade (9) HC 1041
Constituencies - Scottish Affairs (1) HC 77
Credit cards - Treasury (1) HC 125
Crime - Northern Ireland Affairs (5) HC 615
Customs and Excise - Treasury (9) HC 556
Dance - Culture (6) HC 587
Defence - Defence (5) HC 465
Defence equipment - Defence (6) HC 572
Developing countries; overseas aid - Science and Technology (13) HC 133
Development aid - International Development (4) HC 494
Disabled - Transport (6) HC 439
Elderly - Health (2) HC 111
Endowment mortgages - Treasury (5) HC 394
Energy supply - Trade (3) HC 69
Gangmasters - Environment (8) HC 455
General practitioners; locums - Health (5) HC 697
Genetically modified organisms - Environment (11) HC 607
Holidays; air travel - Transport (15) HC 806
Human rights - Foreign Affairs (4) HC 389
Identity cards - Home Affairs (4) HC 130
Industrial health and safety - Work and Pensions (4) HC 456
Information technology; Department for Work and Pensions - Work and Pensions (3) HC 311
Iran - Foreign Affairs (3) HC 80
Iraq conflict - Defence (3) HC 57
Maghaberry Prison - Northern Ireland Affairs (2) HC 302
Mars; Space technology - Science and Technology (12) HC 711
Migration - International Development (6) HC 79
Milk - Environment (9) HC 335
Motor vehicles - Trade (8) HC 437
Motor vehicles - Transport (17) HC 319
Nanotechnology - Science and Technology (5) HC 56
National Lottery - Culture (5) HC 196
Obesity - Health (3) HC 23
Palestinians; overseas aid - International Development (2) HC 230
Post offices - Trade (7) HC 611 & (10) HC 1204
Powers; Children's Commissioner for Wales - Welsh Affairs (5) HC 538
Pre-Budget Report - Treasury (3) HC 136
Public expenditure; education - Education and Skills (1) HC 112
Railways; Rail regulator's consultations - Transport (13) HC 805
Railways; travel information - Transport (11) HC 580
Railways - Transport (7) HC 145
Railways; Wales - Welsh Affairs (3) HC 458
Research assessment - Science and Technology (11) HC 586
Road traffic; law - Transport (16) HC 105
Road traffic control - Transport (1) HC 144
Schools; School travel schemes - Transport (8) HC 318
Science; publishing - Science and Technology (10) HC 399 & (14) HC 1200
Seas and oceans - Environment (6) HC 76
Secondary education; teachers - Education and Skills (5) HC 1057
Secondary education; Admissions - Education and Skills (4) HC 58
Sentencing - Home Affairs (5) HC 1207
Shellfish - Environment (5) HC 248
Shipping - Environment (18) HC 834
Shipping; Wind power - Transport (9) HC 555
Sites of special scientific interest - Environment (14) HC 475
Small businesses - Trade (5) HC 118
South Africa - Foreign Affairs (5) HC 117
Space technology; Galileo project - Transport (18) HC 1210
Sports competitors; drugs - Culture (7) HC 499
Sugar - Environment (12) HC 550
Taxation - Treasury (7) HC 269
Taxis - Transport (3) HC 251
Terminal care - Health (4) HC 454
Terrorism; Iraq - Foreign Affairs (7) HC 441
Terrorism - Foreign Affairs (2) HC 81
Trade; World Trade Organisation - International Development (1) HC 92
Waste management - Environment (4) HC 103
Water; pricing - Environment (1) HC 121 & (19) HC 1186
Whisky - Scottish Affairs (3) HC 419
Young People - Welsh Affairs (1) HC 177
Section C3
Other Select Committees
This section lists Select Committees, other than those set up under Standing Order No 121 to monitor the work of Government Departments (see Section C1) and those connected with private legislation.
The reports of these Committees are given below. For those which publish numerous reports of a periodical nature, an indication of the numbers involved is given, but further details are available from the House of Commons Information Office if required. Membership shown is as at Prorogation on 18 November 2004.
Accommodation and Works
Clerk: Mr Tim Jarvis
Members (9)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Derek Conway (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Tony Banks (Lab) | Mr Harold Best (Lab) | | Mr Bob Ainsworth (Lab) |
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (Con) | Mr Albert Owen (Lab) | | Ms Anne Picking (Lab) |
| Sir Robert Smith (LD) | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1
| Visitor facilities: Access to Parliament (joint report)
| HC 324 |
Administration
Clerk: Mr Tim Jarvis
Members (9)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mrs Marion Roe (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Nick Ainger (Lab) | Mrs Patsy Calton (LD) | Ms Caroline Flint (Lab) |
| Mr Peter Luff (Con) | Mr Martin Linton (Lab) | Mr Iain Luke (Lab) |
| Mr John MacDougall (Lab) | Ms Julie Morgan (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1
| Visitor facilities: Access to Parliament (joint report)
| HC 324 |
Broadcasting
Clerk: Ms Steven Mark
Members (10)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr David Lepper (Lab/Co-op) (Chairman)
| Ms Helen Clark (Lab) | Mr Roger Gale (Con) | Mr Gregory Barker (Con) |
| David Hamilton (Lab) | Mr Iain Luke (Lab) | Mr Jim Sheridan (Lab) |
| Mr John Lyons (Lab) | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Lab) | Mr Alan Reid (LD) |
Catering
Clerk: Mr Steven Mark
Members (9)
Nominated 19 July 2001
Mr Dennis Turner (Lab/Co-op) (Chairman)
| Ms Janet Anderson (Lab) | Mr Peter Atkinson (Con) | Mr Ronnie Campbell (Lab) |
| Mr Tony Cunningham (Lab) | Mrs Janet Dean (Lab) | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) |
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Con) | Mr Peter Wishart (SNP) |
Consolidation Etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
Clerk: Mr Tom Mohan
Members (24)
Nominated 12 December 2001
| Mr Russell Brown (Lab) | John Burnett (LD) | Mr David Cairns (Lab) |
| Mr Paul Farrelly (Lab) | Mr Colin Challen (Lab) | Mr Barry Gardiner (Lab) |
| Sir Patrick Cormack (Con) | Mr Jim Dobbin (Lab) | Mr John McDougall (Lab) |
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Con) | Mr Anthony Steen (Con) |
Nominated 14 March 2001
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry (Chairman)
| Lord Acton (Lab) | Lord Brightman (XB) | Viscount Colville of Culcross (XB) |
| Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con) | Lord Christopher (Lab) | Earl of Dundee (Con) |
| Baroness Janner of Braunstone (Lab) | Baroness Fookes DBE (Con) | Baroness Mallalieu (Lab) |
| Lord Phillips of Sudbury (LD) | Lord Razzell (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]
| HC 403, HL 46
| Cm 6078 |
Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
Clerk: Mr Andrew Kennon and Francene Graham
Members (12)
Nominated 10 May 2004
Alan Milburn (Lab) (Chairman)
| Alan Campbell (Lab) | George Foulkes (Lab) | Sally Keeble (Lab) |
| Andrew Mitchell (Con) | Bob Russell (LD) |
Nominated 10 May 2004-12-20
| Lord Best OBE (XB) | Lord Cambell-Savours (Lab) | Earl of Caithness (Con) |
| Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab) | Lord Phillips of Sudbury OBE (LD) | Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Draft Charities Bill
| HC 660, HL 167
| Cm 6078 |
Draft Disability Discrimination Bill (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Andrew Kennon and Mr Jake Vaughan
Members (12)
Nominated by the House of Lords on 21 January 2004
Lord Carter (Lab) (Chairman)
| Lord Addington (LD) | Lord Rix (XB) | Lord Swinfen (Con) |
| Lord Tebbitt (Con) | Baroness Wilkins (Lab) |
Nominated by the House of Commons on 15 January 2004
| Anne Begg (Lab) | Roger Berry (Lab) | Rt Hon Tom Clarke (Lab) |
| Mr Paul Goodman (Con) | Mr Tom Levitt (Lab) | Mr Roger Williams (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Draft Disability Discrimination Bill
| HL 82, HC 352
| Cm 6276 |
Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos) (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Jake Vaughan
Members (16)
Nominated by the House of Commons on 21 June 2004
Mr John Greenway (Con) (Chairman)
| Janet Anderson (Lab) | Tony Banks (Lab) | Jeff Ennis (Lab) |
| Mr Alan Meale (Lab) | Mr Richard Page (Con) | Dr John Pugh (LD) |
| Mr Anthony D. Wright (Lab) |
Nominated by the House of Lords on 21 June 2004
| Rt Hon Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Con) | Lord Donoughue (Lab) |
| Viscount Falkland (LD) | Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab) |
| Baroness Golding (Lab) | Lord Mancroft (Con) | Lord Wade of Chorlton (Con) |
| Lord Walpole (XB) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos)
| HL 146, HC 843
| Cm 6330 |
Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Ms Sarah Davies (Commons) Ms Audrey Nelson (Lords)
Members (16)
Nominated by the House of Commons on 9 September 2003
Mr John Greenway (Con) (Chairman)
| Janet Anderson (Lab) | Tony Banks (Lab) | Jeff Ennis (Lab) |
| Mr Alan Meale (Lab) | Mr Richard Page (Con) | Dr John Pugh (LD) |
| Mr Anthony D. Wright (Lab) |
Nominated by the House of Lords on 9 September 2003
| Rt Hon Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Con) | Lord Donoughue (Lab) |
| Viscount Falkland (LD) | Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab) |
| Baroness Golding (Lab) | Lord Mancroft (Con) | Lord Wade of Chorlton (Con) |
Lord Walpole (XB)
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply
|
1
| Draft Gambling Bill
| HL 63, HC 139
| Cm 6253 |
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Glenn McKee (Commons) Ms Chloe Mawson (Lords)
Members (24)
Nominated by the House of Commons on 20 July 2004
| Mrs Liz Blackman (Lab) | Mrs Angela Browning (Con) | Mr David Hinchliffe (Lab) |
| Mr George Howarth (Lab) | Tim Loughton (Con) | Paul Marsden (LD) |
| Laura Moffatt (Lab) | Ms Meg Munn (Lab) | Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab) |
| Mr Gwyn Prosser (Lab) | Dr Howard Stoate (Lab) | Hywel Williams (PC) |
Nominated by the House of Lords on 14 July 2004
Lord Carlile of Berriew (LD) (Chairman)
| Baroness Barker (LD) | Lord Carter (Lab) | Baroness Cumberlege (Con) |
| Baroness Eccles of Moulton | Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB) | Lord Mayhew of Twysden (Con) |
| Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab) | Baroness Murphy (XB) | Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab) |
| Lord Rix (XB) | Lord Turnberg (Lab) |
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Gordon Baker and Mr Sian Jones
Members (16)
Lords (nominated 16 July 2003)
Lord Carter (Lab) (Chairman)
| Baroness Barker (LD) | Baroness Fookes DBE (Con) | Lord Knight of Collingtree (Con) |
| Baroness McIntosh (Con) | Lord Pearson (Con) | Lord Rix (XB) |
| Lord Roper (LD) | Baroness Wilkins (Lab) |
Commons (nominated 16 July 2003)
| Mr John Bercow (Lab) | Mrs Angela Browning (Con) | Mr Paul Burstow (LD) |
| Mr Jim Dowd (Lab) | Mr Stephen Hesford (Lab) | Mrs Joan Humble (Lab) |
| Mr Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab) | Mrs Laura Moffatt (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| |
1
| Draft Mental Incapacity Bill
| HLP 181, HC 1083
| |
Environmental Audit
Clerk: Mr Mike Hennessy
Members (16)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Peter Ainsworth (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Gregory Barker (Con) | Mr Harold Best (Lab) | Mr Colin Challen (Lab) |
| Mr David Chaytor (Lab) | Mrs Helen Clark (Lab) | Ms Sue Doughty (LD) |
| Mr Paul Flynn (Lab) | Mr Mark Francois (Con) | Mr John Horam (Con) |
| Mr John McWilliam (Lab) | Mr Elliot Morley (Lab) | Mr Malcolm Savidge (Lab) |
| Mr Simon Thomas (PC) | Joan Walley (Lab) | Mr David Wright (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper
| Govt reply
|
1
| Annual Report 2003
| HC 215
| |
| | | |
2
| GM Foods - Evaluating the farm scale trials
| HC 90
| |
| | | |
3
| Pre-budget report 2003: Aviation follow up
| HC 233
| |
| | | |
4
| Water: the periodic review 2004 and the Environmental Programme
| HC 416
| HC 950 |
| | | |
5
| GM Foods - Evaluating the farm scale trials: the Government Response
| HC 564
| |
| | | |
6
| Environmental crime and the courts
| HC 126
| HC 1232 |
| | | |
7
| Aviation: Sustainability and the Government Response
| HC 623
| |
| | | |
8
| Greening Government 2004
| HC 881
| HC 1259 |
| | | |
9
| Environmental Crime: Fly-tipping, fly-posting, litter graffiti and noise
| HC 445
| HC 1232 |
| | | |
10
| Budget 2004 and energy
| HC 490
| HC 1183 |
| | | |
11
| Aviation: Sustainability and the Government's second response
| HC 1063
| |
| | | |
12
| Environmental crime: wildlife crime
| HC 605
| |
|
13
| The sustainable development strategy: Illusion or reality
| HC 624
| |
Special reports
No
| Title
| Paper
| Govt reply
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Twelth Report of Session 2002-03, on the World Summit on sustainable development
| HC 232
| |
| | | |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2002-03, on the Sustainable Development headline indicators 2002
| HC 320
| |
| | | |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report 2002-03, Greening Government 2003
| HC 489
| |
| | | |
4 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report, Session 2003-04, Water: the Periodic Review 2004 and the Environmental Programme
| HC 950
| |
| | | |
5 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Budget 2004 and Energy
| HC 1183
| |
|
6 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report, Session 2003-04 Environmental Crime and the Courts and Ninth Report, Session 2003-04 Fly-tipping, Fly-posting, Litter, Graffiti and Noise
| HC 1232
| |
|
7 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report, 2003-04 on Greening Government 2004
| HC 1259
| |
European Scrutiny
Clerks: Mr Dorian Gerhold
Members (14)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Jimmy Hood (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Richard Bacon (Con) | Mr William Cash (Con) | Mr Michael Connarty (Lab) |
| Mr Wayne David (Lab) | Mr Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op) | Mr Nick Harvey (LD) |
| Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory (Con) | Sandra Osborne (Lab) | Anne Picking (Lab) |
| Mr Angus Roberston (SNP) | Mr John Robertson (Lab) | Mr Anthony Steen (Con) |
| Mr Bill Tynan (Lab) |
The Committee considers European Legislation and reports on a large number of items each year. 37 reports were published in Session 2003-04 as serial parts of HC 42. Further details are available from the House of Commons Information Office or on the parliament website.
Finance and Services
Clerk: Mr David Natzler
Members (11)
Nominated 19 November 2001
Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mrs Irene Adams (Lab) | Mr Bob Ainsworth (Lab) | Mr Derek Conway (Con) |
| Mr Robert Key (Con) | Mr David Lepper (Lab/Co-op) | Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab) |
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (Con) | Mrs Marion Roe (Con) | Mr Andrew Stunell (LD) |
| Mr Dennis Turner (Lab/Co-op) |
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Malcolm Jack (Commons) and Mr David Beamish (Lords)
Members (24)
Nominated by the House of Commons 19 June 2002:
Rt Hon Dr Jack Cunningham (Lab)(Chairman)
| Janet Anderson (Lab) | Mr James Arbuthnot (Con) | Mr Chris Bryant (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC (Con) | Rt Hon William Hague (Con) | Mr Stephen McCabe (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Joyce Quin (Lab) | Mr Terry Rooney (Lab) | Mr Clive Soley (Lab) |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Lab) | Mr Paul Tyler (LD) |
Nominated by the House of Lords 4 July 2002:
| Lord Archer of Sandwell (Lab) | Viscount Bledisloe (XB) | Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Lord Carter (Lab) | Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con) | Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen (Lab) |
| Lord Goodhart (LD) | Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon (Con) | Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (LD) |
| Baroness O'Cathain (Con) | Earl of Selbourne (Con) | Rt Hon Lord Weatherill (XB) |
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Clerk: Mr Nick Walker (Commons) Mr Ed Lock (Lords)
Members (12)
Nominated by the House of Commons 16 July 2001
Rt Hon Jean Corston (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr David Chidgey (Lab) | Mr Kevin Mc Namara (Lab) | Mr Richard Shepherd (Con) |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Lab) | Mr Shaun Woodward (Lab) |
Nominated by the House of Lords 3 July 2001
| Lord Bowness (Con) | Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con) | Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD) |
| Lord Judd (Lab) | Lord Plant of Highfield (Lab) | Baroness Stern (XB) |
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1
| Deaths in Custody: interim report
| HL 12; HC 134 |
| | |
2
| Government response to the Committee's Ninth report of 2002-03 on the Case for a Children's Commissioner for England
| HL 13; HC 135 |
| | |
3
| Scrutiny of Bills: progress report
| HL 23; HC 252 |
| | |
4
| Scrutiny of Bills: second progress report
| HL 34; HC 303 |
| | |
5
| Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Bill
| HL 35; HC 304 |
| | |
6
| Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. Statutory Review and Continuance of Part 4
| HL 38; HC 381 |
| | |
7
| The meaning of public authority under the Human Rights Act 1998
| HL 39; HC 382 |
| | |
8
| Scrutiny of Bills: third progress report
| HL 49; HC 427 |
| | |
9
| Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Remedial) Order 2004
| HL 59; HC 477 |
| | |
10
| Scrutiny of Bills fourth progress report
| HL 64: HC 503 |
| | |
11
| Commission for Equality and Human Rights: Structure, functions and powers
| HL 78; HC 536 |
| | |
12
| Scrutiny of Bills: fifth progress report
| HL 93: HC 603 |
| | |
13
| Scrutiny of Bills: sixth progress report
| HL 102; HC 640 |
| | |
14
| Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill: New Clauses
| HL 130; HC 828 |
| | |
15
| Civil Partnership Bill [HL]
| HL 136; HC 885 |
| | |
16
| Commission for Equality and Human Rights: the Government's White Paper
| HL 156; HC 998 |
| | |
17
| Scrutiny of Bills: seventh progress report
| HL 157; HC 999 |
| | |
18
| Review of Counter-terrorism powers
| HL 158; HC 713 |
| | |
19
| The Children Bill
| HL 161; HC 537 |
| | |
20
| Scrutiny of Bills; Eighth progress report
| HL 182; HC 1187 |
| | |
21
| The International Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights
| HL 183; HC 1188 |
| | |
22
| The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004
| HL 190; HC 1212 |
| | |
23
| Scrutiny of Bills; final progress report
| HL 210; HC 1282 |
Information
Clerk: Mr Steven Mark
Members (9)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Robert Key (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Richard Allan (LD) | Mr Neil Gerrard (Lab) | Mr Peter Luff (Con) |
| Mr John Mann (Lab) | Ms Ann McKechin (Lab) | Ms Margaret Moran (Lab) |
| Mr Gwyn Prosser (Lab) | Jim Sheridan (Lab) |
Liaison
Clerks: Mr George Cubie and Mr Robert Wilson
Members (36)
Nominated: 5 November 2001
Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mrs Irene Adams (Lab) | | Mr Peter Ainsworth (Con) | Mr Richard Allan (LD) |
| Rt Hon Donald Anderson (Lab) | | Mr Tony Baldry (Con) | Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Alan Beith (LD) | | Mr Andrew Bennett (Lab) | Derek Conway (Con) |
| Rt Hon Jean Corston (Lab) | | Mr John Denham (Lab) | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Bruce George (Lab) | | Dr Ian Gibson (Lab) | Mr David Hinchliffe (Lab) |
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lab) | | Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con) | Mr Martyn Jones (Lab) |
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Lab) | | Mr Robert Key (Con) | Sir Archy Kirkwood (LD) |
| Mr Edward Leigh (Con) | | Mr David Lepper (Lab/Co-op) | Mr Michael Mates (Con) |
| Mr John McFall (Lab/Co-op) | | Mr John McWilliam (Lab) | Mr Martin O'Neill (Lab) |
| Mr Peter Pike (Lab) | | Mrs Marion Roe (Con) | Mr Barry Sheerman (Lab/Co-op) |
| Mr David Treddinick (Con) | | Mr Dennis Turner (Lab/Co-op) | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con) |
| Dr Tony Wright (Lab) | | Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con) |
Oral Evidence
No
| Title
| Paper No |
| | |
19.3.04
| Evidence from the Prime Minister
3 February 2004
| HC 310-i |
| | |
15.9.04
| Evidence from the Prime Minister
6 July 2004
| HC 310-ii |
| | |
24.11.04
| Evidence from the Leader of the House
19 October 2004
| HC 1180-i |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1
| Annual Report 2003
| HC 446 |
Modernisation of the House of Commons
Clerks: Mr George Cubie
Members (15)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Rt Hon Peter Hain (Lab) (Chairman)
| Ms Ann Coffey (Lab) | Ms Barbara Follett (Lab) | Mr Oliver Heald (Con) |
| Mr David Kidney (Lab) | Mr Martin Linton (Lab) | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (Con) |
| Ms Anne Picking (Lab) | Mr Peter Pike (Lab) | Ms Joan Ruddock (Lab) |
| Mr Martin Salter (Lab) | Mr Richard Shepherd (Con) | Mr Andrew Stunell (LD) |
| Mr Paul Tyler (LD) | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con) |
Reports
No
1
| Title
Connecting Parliament with the Public
| Paper No
HC 368 |
Procedure
Clerks: Mr Simon Patrick
Members (13)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr John Bercow (Con) | Mr John Burnett (LD) | Mr David Hamilton (Lab) |
| Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) | Mr Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab) | Mr Eric Joyce Lab) |
| Mr Iain Luke (Lab) | Ms Rosemary Mckenna (Lab) | Mr Tony McWalter (Lab/Co-op) |
| Sir Robert Smith (LD) | Mr Desmond Swayne (Con) | Mr David Wright (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Estimates and Appropriation Procedure
| HC 393
| HC 576 |
| | | |
2
| Results of Sitting Hours Questionnaire
| HC 491
| |
| | | |
3
| Joint Activities with the National Assembly for Wales
| HC 582
| HC 681 |
| | | |
4
| Programming of Legislation
| HC 325
| HC 1169 |
| | | |
5
| Public Petitions
| HC 1248
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First report on Estimates and Appropriation Procedure
| HC 576
| |
| | | |
2 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth report of session 2002-03 on Procedures for Debate, Private Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker
| HC 610
| |
| | | |
3 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third report of session 2002-03 on Sessional Orders and Resolutions
| HC 613
| |
| | | |
4 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report on Joint Activities with the National Assembly for Wales
| HC 681
| |
| | | |
5 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report on Programming of Legislation
| HC 1169
| |
Public Accounts
Clerk: Mr Nicholas Wright
Members (16)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Edward Leigh (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Richard Allan (LD) | Mr Richard Bacon (Con) | Mrs Angela Browning (Con) |
| Mr Jon Cruddas (Lab) | Mr David Curry (Con) | Mr Ian Davidson (Lab/Co-op) |
| Rt Hon Frank Field (Lab) | Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) | Mr Nigel Jones (LD) |
| Jim Sheridan (Lab) | Mr Sion Simon (Lab) | Rt Hon Stephen Timms (Lab) |
| Mr Jon Trickett (Lab) | Mr Gerry Steinberg (Lab) | Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Tackling fraud against the Inland Revenue
| HC 62
| Cm 6130 |
| | | |
2
| The new electricity trading arrangements in England and Wales
| HC 63
| Cm 6130 |
| | | |
3
| The Sheep annual premium scheme
| HC 64
| Cm 6136 |
| | | |
4
| Improving service delivery: the Forensic Science Service
| HC 137
| Cm 6155 |
| | | |
5
| Warm Front: helping to combat fuel poverty
| HC 206
| Cm 6175 |
| | | |
6
| Department of Trade and Industry: Regional grants in England
| HC 207
| Cm 6155 |
| | | |
7
| Progress on 15 major capital projects funded by Arts Council England
| HC 253
| Cm 6155 |
| | | |
8
| The English national stadium project at Wembley
| HC 254
| Cm 6155 |
| | | |
9
| Review of grants made to the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
| HC 305
| Cm 6175 |
| | | |
10
| Purchasing and managing software licences
| HC 306
| Cm 6175 |
| | | |
11
| Helping consumers benefit from competition in telecommunications
| HC 405
| Cm 6191 |
| | | |
12
| Getting it right, putting it right: Improving decision making and appeals in social security benefits
| HC 406
| Cm 6191 |
| | | |
13
| Excess Votes 2002-03
| HC 407
| |
| | | |
14
| Inland Revenue: Tax Credits
| HC 89
| Cm 6244 |
| | | |
15
| Procurement of vaccines by the Department of Health
| HC 429
| Cm 6244 |
| | | |
16
| Progress in improving the medical assessment of incapacity and disability benefits
| HC 120
| Cm 6191 |
| | | |
17
| Hip replacement: an update
| HC 40
| Cm 6271 |
| | | |
18
| PFI: The new headquarters for the Home Office
| HC 501
| Cm 6244 |
| | | |
19
| Making a difference: Performance of maintained secondary schools in England
| HC 104
| Cm 6244 |
| | | |
20
| Improving service delivery: the Veterans Agency
| HC 551
| Cm 6271 |
| | | |
21
| Housing the homeless
| HC 559
| Cm 6283 |
| | | |
22
| Excess Votes (Northern Ireland) 2002-03 Report
| HC 560
|
|
23
| Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ): New Accommodation Programme
| HC 65
| Cm 6302 |
|
24
| Transforming the performance of HM Customs and Excise through electronic service delivery
| HC 138
| Cm 6302 |
| | | |
25
| Managing resources to deliver better public services
| HC 181
| |
| | | |
26
| Difficult forms: how government departments interact with citizens
| HC 255
| Cm 6302 |
| | | |
27
| Identifying and tracking livestock in England
| HC 326
| Cm 6332 |
| | | |
28
| Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Trust Statement Report 2002-03
| HC 336
| Cm 6302 |
| | | |
29
| Improving public services for older people
| HC 626
| Cm 6303 |
| | | |
30
| Out of sight- not out of mind: Ofwat and the public sewer network in England and Wales
| HC 463
| Cm 6303 |
| | | |
31
| Cambridge - MIT Institute
| HC 502
| Cm 6302 |
| | | |
32
| HM Customs and Excise Standard Report
| HC 284
| Cm 6304 |
| | | |
33
| Income generated by museums and galleries
| HC 430
| Cm 6304 |
| | | |
34
| Strategic Rail Authority: improving passenger rail services through new trains
| HC 408
| Cm 6304 |
| | | |
35
| Early years: progress in developing high quality childcare and early education accessible to all
| HC 444
| |
| | | |
36
| Tackling VAT fraud
| HC 512
| Cm 6304 |
| | | |
37
| Risk management: the nuclear liabilities of British Energy plc
| HC 354
| Cm 6355 |
| | | |
38
| An early progress report on the New Deal for Communities programme
| HC 492
| Cm 6355 |
| | | |
39
| Ministry of Defence: Operation TELIC - United Kingdom military operations in Iraq
| HC 273
| Cm 6355 |
| | | |
40
| Youth offending: the delivery of community and custodial sentences
| HC 307
| |
| | | |
41
| Improving departments' capability to procure cost effectively
| HC 541
| |
| | | |
42
| Increased resources to improve public services: a progress report on departments' preparations
| HC 552
| |
| | | |
43
| Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2003
| HC 383
| |
| | | |
44
| Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases
| HC 208
| |
| | | |
45
| Criminal Records Bureau: delivering safer recruitment?
| HC 453
| |
| | | |
46
| The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: a new way to combat climate change
| HC 604
| |
| | | |
47
| The management of suspensions of clinical staff in NHS hospitals and ambulance trusts in England
| HC 296
| |
| | | |
48
| Connexions Service
| HC 618
| |
| | | |
49
| The recovery of debt by the Inland Revenue
| HC 584
| |
| | | |
50
| Northern Ireland: The management of industrial sickness absence
| HC 561
| |
| | | |
51
| Success in the regions
| HC 592
| |
| | | |
52
| Health and Safety Executive: Improving health and safety in the construction industry
| HC 627
| |
Public Administration
Clerk: Mr Philip Aylett
Members (11)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Dr Tony Wright (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Kevin Brennan (Lab) | | Mrs Annette Brooke (LD) | | Mrs Anne Campbell (Lab) |
| Sir Sydney Chapman (Con) | | Mr David Heyes (Lab) | | Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) |
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) | | Mr Gordon Prentice (Lab) | | Hon Michael Trend CBE (Con) |
| Mr Brian White (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| A draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform
| HC 128
| |
| | | |
2
| The Work of the Committee in 2003
| HC 229
| |
| | | |
3
| Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions
| HC 355
| |
| | | |
4
| Taming the Prerogative: Strengthening Ministerial Accountability to Parliament
| HC 422
| |
| | | |
5
| A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System
| HC 212
| |
Special reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report on Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions
| HC 1262
| |
Regulatory Reform
Clerk: Mr Mick Hillyard
Members (16)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Mr Peter Pike (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Russell Brown (Lab) | Brian Cotter (LD) | Mr Jeffrey Donaldson (UU) |
| Mr Dai Havard (Lab) | Mr Andy King (Lab) | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Lab/Co-op) |
| Mr Andrew Love (Lab/Co-op) | Mr John MacDougall (Lab) | Mr Chris Mole (Lab) |
| Mr Denis Murphy (Lab) | Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab/Co-op) | Mr Archie Norman (Con) |
| Mr Andrew Rosindell (Con) | Mr Anthony Steen (Con) | Mr Brian White (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004
| HC 108 |
| | |
2
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Patents) Order
| HC 337 |
| | |
3
| Draft regulatory reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004
| HC 338 |
| | |
4
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004
| HC 414 |
| | |
5
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (National Health Service Charitable Trusts Account and Audit) Order 2004
| HC 438 |
| | |
6
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004
| HC 553 |
| | |
7
| Draft regulatory reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004
| HC 594 |
| | |
8
| Draft regulatory reform (Patents) Order 2004
| HC 683 |
| | |
9
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2004
| HC 817 |
| | |
10
| Draft regulatory reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004
| HC 900 |
| | |
11
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Fire Safety) Order 2004
| HC 684 |
| | |
12
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2004
| HC 1056 |
| | |
13
| Draft regulatory reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2004
| HC 1246 |
| | |
14
| Proposal for the regulatory reform (Execution of Deeds and Documents) Order 2004
| HC 1271 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
|
1 sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Special Report Session 2002-03 on The Operation of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 a progress report
| HC 256 |
| | |
2 sp
| Draft regulatory reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004
| HC 818 |
Selection
Clerk: Miss Sian Jones
Members (9)
Nominated 3 July 2001
Mr John McWilliam (Lab) (Chairman)
| Mr Bob Ainsworth (Lab) | Mr Jim Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Mr John Heppell (Lab) |
| Mr Peter Luff (Con) | Mr Lawrie Quinn (Lab) | Ms Joan Ryan (Lab) |
| Mr Andrew Stunell (LD) | Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con) |
Standards and Privileges
Clerks: Dr Christopher Ward
Members (10)
Nominated 16 July 2001
Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con) (Chairman)
| Mrs Angela Browning (Con) | Mr Wayne David (Lab) | Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Derek Foster (Lab) | David Heath CBE (LD) | Rt Hon Andrew Mackay (Con) |
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Lab) | Mr Stephen Pound (Lab) | Mr Simon Thomas (PC) |
|
1
| Conduct of Mr George Galloway
| HC 73 |
| | |
2
| Conduct of Ms Diane Abbott
| HC 285 |
| | |
3
| Conduct of Mr John Spellar
| HC 339 |
| | |
4
| Conduct of Mr Iain Duncan Smith
| HC 476 |
| | |
5
| Privilege: Protection of a Witness
| HC 447 |
| | |
6
| Government Response to the Committee's fifth report: Privilege: Protection of a Witness (HC 447)
| HC 1055 |
Standing Orders
Clerk: Mr John Whatley
Members (11)
Nominated 24 October 2001
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means)
Mrs Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
| Sir Patrick Cormack (Con) | | Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) | Helen Jones (Lab) |
| Ann McKechin (Lab) | | Mr Bill O'Brien (Lab) | Mr Ernie Ross (Lab) |
| Sir Robert Smith (LD) | | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con) |
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Clerk: Mr Mick Hillyard (Commons)
Ms Kath Kavanagh (Lords)
Members (14)
Nominated by the House of Lords 26 June 2001
| Lord Brougham and Vaux (Con) | Lord Dykes (LD) | Baroness Gale (Lab) |
| Lord Greenway (XB) | Lord Howard of Rising (Con) | Lord Lea of Crondall OBE (Lab) |
| Lord Mancroft (Con) |
Nominated by the House of Commons 2 July 2001
Mr David Tredinnick (Con) (Chairman)
| Andrew Bennett (Lab) | | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (DU) | Mr Eric Forth (Con) |
| Mr Kevin Hughes (Lab) | | Chris Mole (Lab) | Mr Brian White (Lab) |
The Committee produced 34 reports in session 2003-04, published as serial parts of HC 82. Further details are available from the House of Commons Information Office.
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Clerk: Mr Mick Hillyard
Members (7)
Mr David Tredinnick (Con) (Chairman)
| Mr Andrew Bennett (Lab) | | | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (DU) | Mr Eric Forth (Con) |
| Mr Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab) | | | Mr Chris Mole (Lab) | Mr Brian White (Lab) |
The Committee produced three reports in session 2003-04, published as serial parts of HC 949. Further details are available from the House of Commons Information Office.
Section C4
National Audit Office and Northern Ireland Audit Office
National Audit Office and Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) reports are, in many cases, the forerunners of Public Accounts Committee inquiries. Their publication is noted in the Weekly Information Bulletin and a list of titles and House of Commons Paper numbers of all reports published during 2003-04 Session are listed here. Copies are available from the Stationery Office.
Title
| Paper No
| Public Accounts
Cttee Report No |
Audit of assumptions for the 2003 Pre-Budget Report (Cm 6042)
| HC 35
| |
Operation TELIC - United Kingdom military operations in Iraq
| HC 60
| HC 273 |
Managing resources to deliver better public services
| HC 61
| HC 181 |
Refinancing the public private partnership for National Air Traffic Services
| HC 157
| |
Northern Ireland Policing Board: best value performance plan for 2003/04
| HC 160
| |
Out of sight - not out of mind: OFWAT and the public sewer network in England and Wales
| HC 161
| HC 463 |
Youth Offending: the delivery of community and custodial sentences
| HC 190
| HC 307 |
Ministry of Defence major projects report 2003
| HC 195
| HC 383 |
(NIAO) The Navan Centre
| HC 204
| |
(NIAO) The private finance initiative: a review of the funding and management of three projects in the health sector
| HC 205
| |
Increased resources to improve public services: a progress report on departments' preparations
| HC 234
| HC 552 |
Income generated by Museums and Galleries
| HC 235
| HC 430 |
Strategic Rail Authority: improving passenger rail services through new trains
| HC 263
| HC 408 |
Risk management: the nuclear liabilities of British Energy plc
| HC 264
| HC 354 |
Criminal Records Bureau: delivering safer recruitment
| HC 266
| HC453 |
Early years: progress in developing high quality childcare and early education accessible to all
| HC 268
| HC 444 |
(NIAO) De Lorean: the recovery of public funds
| HC 287
| |
(NIAO) Local management of schools
| HC 297
| |
(NIAO) Management of surplus land and property in the health estate
| HC 298
| |
English regions: an early progress report on the new deal for communities programme
| HC 309
| HC 492 |
HM Customs and Excise: tackling VAT fraud
| HC 357
| HC 512 |
Evaluation of regulatory impact assessments compendium report 2003-04
| HC 358
| |
The United Kingdom's civil space activities
| HC 359
| |
Ministry of Defence: the management of defence research and technology
| HC 360
| |
Improving procurement: progress by the Office of Government Commerce in improving departments' capability to procure cost effectively
| HC 361
| HC 541 |
Cambridge MIT Institute
| HC 362
| HC 502 |
The recovery of debt by the Inland Revenue
| HC 363
| HC 584 |
Tackling cancer in England: saving more lives
| HC 364
| HC 166 2004-05 |
Financial auditing and reporting 2002-03: general report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
| HC 365
| |
The drug treatment and testing order: early lessons
| HC 366
| |
Visa entry to the United Kingdom: the entry clearance operation
| HC 367
| |
Audit of assumptions for the 2004 Budget (HC 301 2003/04)
| HC 434
| |
Connexions Service: advice and guidance for all young people
| HC 484
| HC 618 |
The Royal Parks: an executive agency
| HC 485
| |
Ministry of Defence: battlefield helicopters
| HC 486
| |
The UK emissions trading scheme: a new way to combat climate change
| HC 517
| HC 604 |
Improving public transport in England through light rail
| HC 518
| |
Financial management in the European Union: a progress report
| HC 529
| |
PFI (private finance initiative); the STEPS deal
| HC 530
| |
Health and Safety Executive: improving health and safety in the construction industry
| HC 531
| HC 627 |
Network Rail - making a fresh start
| HC 532
| |
The management of sickness absence in the Prison Service
| HC 533
| HC 146 2004-05 |
Improving the speed and quality of asylum decisions
| HC 535
| |
(NIAO) Recoupment of drainage infrastructure costs
| HC 614
| |
Asylum and migration: a review of Home Office statistics
| HC 625
| |
(NIAO) Use of consultants
| HC 641
| |
London Underground: are public private partnerships likely to work successfully?
| HC 644
| |
London Underground PPP: were they good deals?
| HC 645
| |
Department for International Development: responding to HIV/Aids
| HC 664
| |
(NIAO) General report by the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland on financial auditing and reporting 2002-03
| HC 673
| |
(NIAO) Introducing gas central heating in Housing Executive homes
| HC 725
| |
(NIAO) Department for Employment and Learning: Jobskills
| HC 762
| |
(NIAO) Imagine Belfast 2008
| HC 826
| |
Managing National Lottery distribution fund balances
| HC 875
| |
Improving patient care by reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection
| HC 876
| |
Improving IT procurement: the impact of the Office of Government Commerce's initiatives on departments and suppliers in the delivery of major IT-enabled projects
| HC 877
| |
OFGEM: social action plan and household energy efficiency
| HC 878
| |
Providing services beyond the reading rooms
| HC 879
| |
National Audit Office resource accounts for 2003/04
| HC 953
| |
Welfare to work: tackling the barriers to employment of older people
| HC 1026
| |
Helping farm businesses in England
| HC 1028
| |
English regions: getting citizens involved: community participation in neighbourhood renewal
| HC 1070
| |
Improving emergency care in England
| HC 1075
| |
Energy watch and Postwatch: helping and protecting customers
| HC 1076
| |
(NIAO) Northern Ireland Audit Office resource accounts for 2003/04
| HC 1156
| |
Ministry of Defence: major projects report 2004 with project summary sheets
| HC 1159
| |
VisitBritain: bringing visitors to Britain
| HC 1160
| |
Ministry of Defence: the rapid procurement of capability to support operations
| HC 1161
| |
Facing justice: tackling defendants non attendance at court
| HC 1162
| |
Section C5
Other Committees
Advisory Committee on Works of Arts
Clerk: Mr Jarvis
Members: (10)
Appointed: 11 July 2001
Mr Tony Banks (Lab) (Chairman)
Mr Peter Ainsworth (Con)
| Mr John Burnett (LD)
| Mr Frank Cook (Lab) |
Mr Mark Fisher (Lab)
| Mr Robert Jackson (Con)
| Mr Hugo Swire (Con) |
Mr Michael Trend CBE (Con)
| Mr Shaun Woodward (Lab)
| Derek Wyatt (Lab) |
Chairmen's Panel
Secretary: Mr Cranmer
Members (35)
Nominated 26 June 2001
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Con) (Chairman of Ways and Means)
Mrs Sylvia Heal (Lab) (1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
Sir Michael Lord (Con) (2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
Mr David Amess (Con)
| Mrs Irene Adams (Lab)
| Janet Anderson (Lab) |
Mr Nigel Beard (Lab)
| Miss Anne Begg (Lab)
| Mr Joe Benton (Lab) |
Sir John Butterfill (Con)
| Mr Martin Caton (Lab)
| Mr David Chidgey (Lib Dem) |
Mr Derek Conway (Con)
| Mr Frank Cook (Lab)
| Mr James Cran (Con) |
Mr John Cummings (Lab)
| Rt Hon Eric Forth (Con)
| Mr Roger Gale (Con) |
Mr Win Griffiths (Lab)
| Mr Mike Hancock (Lib Dem)
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lab) |
Mr Kevin Hughes (Lab)
| Mr Alan Hurst (Lab)
| Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) |
Mr John McWilliam (Lab)
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Lab)
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Lab) |
Mr Bill Olner (Lab)
| Mr Peter Pike (Lab)
| Dame Marion Roe (Con) |
Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Con)
| Mr George Stevenson (Lab)
| Mr David Taylor (Lab) |
Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe (Con)
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con)
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Ecclesiastical Committee
Nominated in pursuance of Section 2(2) of the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919
Clerks: Miss McCullough (Commons), Mr Walters (Lords)
Members: (30)
Nominated 24 January 2002
House of Lords
Lord Brightman (CB)
| Lord Campbell of Alloway (C)
| Lord Judd (L) |
Lord Lloyd of Berwick (CB) (Chairman)
| Baroness Massey of Darwen (L)
| Lord Newby (Lib Dem) |
Baroness Perry of Southwark (C)
| Lord Pilkington of Oxenford (C)
| Baroness Rendell of Babergh (L) |
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Lib Dem)
| Rt Hon Lord Weatherhill (CB)
| Baroness Wilcox (C) |
Lord Williams of Elvel (L)
| Baroness Young (L)
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House of Commons
Nominated 24 January 2002
Mr Nigel Beard (Lab)
| Sir Stuart Bell (Lab)
| Mr Peter Bottomley (Con) |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Con)
| Sir Patrick Cormack (Con)
| Mr David Drew (Con) |
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab)
| Rt Hon Frank Field (Lab)
| Rt Hon Derek Foster (Lab) |
Rt Hon John Gummer (Con)
| Mr Simon Hughes (Lib Dem)
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Lab) |
Mr Peter Pike (Lab)
| Mr David Taylor (Lab)
| Prof. Steve Webb (Lib Dem) |
Intelligence and Security
Clerk: Mr Alistair Corbett (Clerk) Mr Martin Sterling (Assistant Clerk)
Members (9)
Appointed 30 July 2001
Rt Hon Ann Taylor (Lab) (Chairman)
| James Arbuthnot (Con) | | | Lord Archer of Sandwell (Lab)) | Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Alan Beith (LD) | | | Rt Hon Alan Howarth CBE (Lab) | Rt Hon Michael Mates (Con) |
| Rt Hon Joyce Quin (Lab) | | | Rt Hon Gavin Strang (Lab) |
Private Bills: Court of Referees
Clerk: Mr Cranmer
Members (10)
Nominated 14 February 2002
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Con) (Chairman of Ways and Means)
Mrs Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means)
Mr Michael Lord (Con) (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Con) | | | Sir John Butterfill (Con) | | Sir Archy Kirkwood (LD) |
| Linda Perham (Lab) | | | Bridget Prentice (Lab) | | Mr Ernie Ross (Lab) |
| Mr Dennis Turner (Lab) |
Private Bills: Unopposed Bills (Panel)
Clerk: Mr John Whately
Members (20)
Appointed 17 October 2001
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Con) (Chairman of Ways and Means)
Mrs Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means)
Mr Michael Lord (Con) (2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
| Mr John Austin (Lab) | Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab) | Mr Nigel Beard (Lab) |
| Mr Peter Bottomley (Con) | Sir John Butterfill (Con) | Mr Colin Challen (Lab) |
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Lab) | Mr Paul Farrelly (Lab) | Mr Brian Jenkins(Lab) |
| Helen Jones (Lab) | Siobhain McDonagh (Lab) | Mr John Mann (Lab) |
| Sir Robert Smith (LD) | Sir Peter Tapsell (Con) | Mr Jon Trickett (Lab) |
| Mr Robert Walter (Con) | Mrs Ann Winterton (Con) |
Selection
Clerk: Ms Payne
Members (9)
Nominated 3 July 2001
Mr John McWilliam (Lab) (Chairman)
| Ms Karen Buck (Lab)) | Mr James Cran (Lab) | Mr John Heppell (Lab) |
| Mr Keith Hill (Lab) | Mr Phil Hope (Lab) | Mr John McWilliam (Lab) |
| Mr Andrew Stunell (LD) | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab) | Sir George Young (Con) |
Section C6
'Matters' Discussed by Grand Committees
Scottish Grand Committee
Since its establishment in 1957 the powers and functions of this committee have changed. New current arrangements were agreed by the House in 1994 and enhanced in December 1995. To reflect these arrangements this Section now includes the full details of the business dealt with at each sitting. Further information can be found in House of Commons Information Office Factsheet P8 Scottish and Welsh Business in the House of Commons.
Date and Location
| Chairmen
| Business |
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None
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Welsh Grand Committee
Since its establishment in 1959/60 the functions of the committee have changed. The current arrangements were agreed by the House in March 1996. This Section will reflect these changes. Further information can be found in House of Commons Information Office Factsheet P8 Scottish and Welsh Business in the House of Commons.
Date and Location
| Chairmen
| Business |
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16.12.2003 (Westminster)
| Mr Win Griffiths
| Government's legislative programme and Public Expenditure in Wales |
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24.3.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr Win Griffiths
| The Budget Statement and its implications for Wales |
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6.7.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr Win Griffiths
| Report of the Richard Commission Chairman |
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20.7.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr Win Griffiths
| Draft Transport (Wales) Bill |
Northern Ireland Grand Committee
Established in 1975, the Committee's powers and functions were enhanced in March 1997 and brought into line with the Scottish and Welsh Grand Committees. See House of Commons Standing Orders 109-116.
Date and Location
| Chairmen
| Business |
15.1.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr Roger Gale
| Proposal for a draft Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 |
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26.2.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr James Cran
| Draft Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
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29.4.2004 (Westminster)
| Mrs Marion Roe
| Social Economy in Northern Ireland
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20.5.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr James Cran
| Proposal for a draft Special Educational Needs and disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 |
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17.6.2004 (Westminster)
| Mr Joe Benton
| Community Relations Policy |
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Standing Committee on Regional Affairs
The current powers and functions of the Committee were agreed by the House in April 2000. The Committee had not sat previously since July 1978. The Committee consists of 13 Members who represent English constituencies. See House of Commons Standing Orders 117.
Date and Location
| Chairmen
| Business |
11.12.2003
| Mr Alan Hurst
| The English Regions and Referendums on Elected Regional Assemblies |
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15.6.2004
| Mr Eric Forth
| Regional Economic Performance and the Northern way |
Section C7
European Standing Committees
The European Standing Committees (ESC) lettered A, B and C, are constituted for the duration of a Session and consider matters referred to them by the House. Their composition appears in the Weekly Information Bulletin. Chairmen are appointed for consideration of individual documents. Any Member may attend and speak. For further details see Factsheet L11 available from the House of Commons Information Office. Committees A, B and C deal with matters within the responsibilities of different Departments. The list is as follows:
| ESC A: | Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Environment, Transport and the Regions; Forestry Commission (and analogous responsibilities of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices) |
| ESC B: | HM Treasury (including Customs and Excise); Social Security; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Lord Chancellor's Department; together with any matters not otherwise allocated by Standing Order No 119 |
| ESC C: | Trade and Industry; Education and Employment; Culture, Media and Sport |
ESC A: appointed 14 November 2002
| Mrs Janet Dean | Mr Parmjit Dhanda | Mr Michael Jabez Foster |
| Mr Mark Francois | Mr Matthew Green | Mr Mark Hoban |
| Norman Lamb | Mr Rob Marris | Sandra Osborne |
| Laurie Quinn | Mr Peter Viggers | Dr Rudi Vis |
| David Hamilton |
Documents Discussed
Date
| Chairman
| Document No and Subject |
14.1.2004
| Mr Bill O'Brien
| Controls on fluorinated greenhouse gases (17129/03) |
21.1.2004
| Mr John McWilliam
| Protection of groundwater against pollution (12985/03) |
29.1.2004
| Janet Anderson
| Common agricultural policy: reform of the tobacco, olive oil, cotton and sugar sectors (12965/03) |
2.2.2004
| Mr Kevin Hughes
| Trans-European transport network (COM(03) 132) |
25.2.2004
| Mr Kevin Hughes
| Levels of certain heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air (11645/03) |
11.3.2004
| Mr Martin Caton
| Fisheries: catch quotas and effort limitation 2004 (15388/03) |
30.3.2004
| Mr Alan Hurst
| Recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bat of Biscay (5199/04, 5205/04) |
20.4.2004
| Mr Roger Gale
| Protection of animals during transport (7969/01 and 11794/03) |
7.6.2004
| Mr Peter Pike
| Global navigation satellite system (12058/03 and 6470/04) |
16.6.2004
| Irene Adams
| Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (Reach) (15409/03) |
21.6.2004
| Alan Hurst
| Genetically modified maize (8235/04) |
8.9.2004
| Miss Anne Begg
| Establishment of a community fisheries control agency (9149/04) |
13.9.2004
| Mr Nigel Beard
| Driving licences (15820/03) |
2.11.2004
| David Taylor
| Marketing of oilseed rape genetically modified for glyphosate tolerance (12343/04) |
ESC B: appointed 14 November 2002
| John Barrett | Mr David Cairns | Mr Paul Farrelly |
| Dr Hywel Francis | Jane Griffiths | Mr Kelvin Hopkins |
| Mr Boris Johnson | Mr Elfyn Llwyd | Dr Nick Palmer |
| Anne Picking | Mark Tami | Mr Robert Walter |
| Mr John Wilkinson |
Documents Discussed
Date
| Chairman
| Document No and Subject |
10.12.2003
| Mr David Chidgey
| Security at European Council meetings and other comparable events (10965/3/03) |
5.2.2004
| Mr David Chidgey
| Procedures for granting and withdrawing refugee status (14686/03) |
23.2.2004
| Mrs Marion Roe
| Protecting the European Community's financial interests (12090/03) |
10.3.2004
| Mr Nigel Beard
| Value added tax (13853/03) |
21.4.2004
| Mr David Taylor
| Asylum systems (10243/03) |
11.5.2004
| Mr Kevin Hughes
| Support for occupied Palestinian territories (12441/03) |
22.6.2004
| Mr Nigel Beard
| Establishing a European Defence Agency (Unnumbered memorandum) |
23.6.2004
| Mr Roger Gale
| European Communities (staff regulations) (15185/03) |
30.6.2004
| Mr Roger Gale
| Preliminary draft budget 2005 |
16.9.2004
| Mr James Cran
| Criminal sanctions (9317/04) |
20.10.2004
| Mr Nigel Beard
| Integration of financial markets (Unnumbered memorandum) |
27.10.2004
| Mr Eric Forth
| Excise (8241/04) |
8.11.2004
| Miss Anne Begg
| Credit institutions and investment firms (11545/04 and Addenda 1-3) |
ESC C: appointed 14 November 2002
| Tony Cunningham | Valerie Davey |
| Jim Dobbin | Mr Dai Havard | Mr Ivan Henderson |
| Mr Michael Jack | Mr Iain Luke | Dr Andrew Murrison |
| The Reverend Martin Smyth | Mr Hugo Swire | Mr Anthony D Wright |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Mr Stephen Hesford |
Documents Discussed
Date
| Chairman
| Document No and Subject |
11.2.2004
| Mr Mike Hancock
| European space policy (14886/03) |
24.3.2004
| Mr John Cummings
| Working time directive (5188/04) |
26.4.2004
| Mr Eric Forth
| Genetically modified maize (5916/04) |
28.4.2004
| Mrs Irene Adams
| Disposal of batteries and accumulators (15494/03) |
5.5.2004
| Mr John Cummings
| DOHA Development Agreement |
6.5.2004
| Mr Kevin Hughes
| Nutrition and health claims made on foods (11646/03) |
13.10.2004
| Mr Edward O'Hara
| Industrial Policy for an enlarged Europe (8875/04) |
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