29 PROCEDURE
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 13 Members and held 14 meetings.
Members
Winterton, Sir Nicholas (Chairman)
Irranca-Davies, Huw
Atkinson, Mr Peter (discharged 8.11.04)
Bercow, Mr John (added 8.11.04)
Burnett, Mr John
Hamilton, David
Illsley, Mr Eric
Joyce, Eric
Luke, Mr Iain
McKenna, Rosemary
McWalter, Mr Tony
Smith, Sir Robert
Swayne, Mr Desmond
Wright, David
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
14
3
8
0
5
8
4
0
7
9
10
14
10
6
53.8 %
1
1
7.7 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Simon Patrick, Deputy Principal Clerk
(SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Miss Jenny McCullough, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Assistant: Ms Susan Morrison, Chief Office Clerk (Band
C)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers
Other Ministers
Members of Parliament
Officers of the House of Commons
|
1
1
11
3
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2003-04) |
Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Estimates and Appropriation Procedure
| 393 | 3.3.04 | 59
| £13.50 | Received 4.5.04: published as First Special Report, Session 2003-04
|
Second Report: Results of Sitting Hours Questionnaire
| 491 | 30.3.04 | 16
| £6.50 | Not required |
Third Report: Joint activities with the National Assembly for Wales
| 582 | 11.5.04 | 18
| £6.50 | Received 27.5.04: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2003-04
|
Fourth Report: Programming of Legislation
| 325 | 14.7.04 | 112
| £15.50 | Received 19.10.04: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2003-04
|
Fifth Report: Public Petitions | 1248
| 15.11.04 | 12 | £4.50
| Awaited |
First Special Report: Estimates and Appropriation Procedure: The Government's Response to the Committee's First Report, Session 2003-04
| 576 | 6.5.04 | 5
| £3.00 | Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Procedures for Debates, Private Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker: The Government's Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03
| 610 | 20.5.04 | 7
| £4.00 | Not applicable |
Third Special Report: The Government's Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03: Sessional Orders and Resolutions
| 613 | 20.5.04 | 4
| £3.00 | Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Joint activities with the National Assembly for Wales: The Government's Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2003-04
| 681 | 17.6.04 | 2
| £2.00 | Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: Programming of Legislation: The Government's Response to the Committee's Fourth Report, Session 2003-04
| 1169 | 21.10.04 | 7
| £4.00 | Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: Procedures for Debates,
Private Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker, received
12.5.04 and published as the Committee's Second Special Report,
Session 2003-04.
Reply to the Committee's Third Report: Sessional Orders and
Resolutions, received 19.5.04 and published as the Committee's
Third Special Report, Session 2003-04.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03
were published on 9.12.03 as HC 1314, Session 2002-03. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published
as HC 1313, Session 2003-04.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports and Special Reports were debated in the
House:
First Report, Session 2003-04, Estimates and Appropriation
Procedure, HC 393, Motion to approve, 12.5.04
Third Report, Session 2003-04, Joint activities with the National
Assembly for Wales, HC 582, Motion to approve, 7.6.04
Fourth Report, Session 2002-03, Procedures for Debates, Private
Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker, HC 333, and
the Government's Response, HC 610, and Fourth Report, Session
2003-04, Programming of Legislation, HC 325, and the Government's
Response HC 1169, 26.10.04
Third Report, Session 2002-03, Sessional Orders and Resolutions,
HC 855, 3.11.04
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Third Report, Session 2002-03, Sessional Orders and Resolutions,
HC 855, 19.5.04
The following Report and Special Report were tagged on the Order
Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
First Special Report, Session 2003-04, Estimates and Appropriation
Procedure: The Government's Response to the Committee's First
Report, Session 2003-04, HC 576, 12.5.04
First Report, Session 2001-02, Making of Remedial Orders: Recommendations
by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, HC 626, 18.6.04
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 6 of the Committee's 14 meetings. On
none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in
private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Programming of Legislation | 6
|
Total | 6 |
5