Sessional Returns 2003-04 - Contents


30  PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 16 Members and held 55 meetings.

Members
Leigh, Mr Edward (Chairman) 
Allan, Mr Richard 
Bacon, Mr Richard 
Browning, Mrs Angela (added 24.3.04) 
Cruddas, Jon 
Curry, Mr David (added 12.5.04) 
Davidson, Mr Ian 
Field, Mr Frank 
Gibb, Mr Nick (discharged 11.12.03) 
Gillan, Mrs Cheryl (added 11.12.03 discharged 24.3.04) 
Jenkins, Mr Brian 
Jones, Mr Nigel 
Kelly, Ruth (discharged 18.10.04) 
Osborne, Mr George (discharged 12.5.04) 
Sheridan, Jim 
Simon, Mr Siôn 
Steinberg, Mr Gerry 
Timms, Mr Stephen (added 18.10.04) 
Trickett, Jon 
Williams, Mr Alan           
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
53
36
40
14
27
10
24
26
1
0
48
1
0
1
21
2
40
1
41
45
  
49.0 %
4
4
25.0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Nick Wright, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistants: Mrs Christine Randall, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Miss Leslie Young, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Miss Ronnie Jefferson, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Cabinet Office
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Ministry of Defence
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Department for Education and Skills
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department of Health
Home Office
Department for International Development
Department of Trade and Industry
Department for Transport
HM Treasury
Department for Work and Pensions
    Executive agencies comprising:
       Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Health and Safety Executive
Highways Agency
Rural Payments Agency
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
    Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
        BBC
Cambridge-MIT Institute
Criminal Records Bureau
East Midlands Development Agency
Government Communications Headquarters
HM Customs and Excise
HM Prison Service
Housing Corporation
Imperial War Museum
Inland Revenue
London Underground
National Audit Office
National Maritime Museum
National Probation Service for England and Wales
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
National Offender Management Service
Network Rail
Northwest Development Agency
Northern Ireland Audit Office
Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development
Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Northern Ireland Treasury
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Office of Government Commerce
Office of Water Services
Passport and Records Agency
Serious Fraud Office
Strategic Rail Authority
Teacher Training Agency
UKvisas
UK Passport Service
Youth Justice Board
    Appearances by other witnesses
   
  
2
2
2
11
6
9
9
1
13
7
4
4
5
56
8
10
4
3
1
1
1
156
4
1
1
1
1
10
5
1
1
10
2
74
1
1
1
3
2
1
4
4
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
10


Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
18-20.10.04MadridLeigh, Bacon, Curry, Davidson, Steinberg 2Visit to Spanish State Audit Institutions £7,459.97


Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
14.1.04Heathrow Airport Leigh, Bacon2Inquiry into HM Customs and Excise operations £188.87
3.3.04Wallace Collection - London Leigh, Steinberg2Inquiry into museums and galleries £122.20
22.3.04HaringeyLeigh, Cruddas, Jenkins 2Inquiry into the Youth Offending Programme £145.11
11.5.04Ealing, West London Leigh, Browning2Inquiry into Drug Treatment and Testing Orders £133.30
26.10.04St Thomas' Hospital - London Leigh, Jenkins2Inquiry into Emergency Care in England £100.06
1-2.11.04BelfastLeigh, Allan, Bacon, Curry, Jenkins, Steinberg 4AInquiries into the use of operating theatres in the NI Health and Personal Social Services and the Navan Centre £3,687.64


A Includes 2 shorthand writers

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Tackling fraud against the Inland Revenue 6213.1.0434 £10.00Cm 6130, published 23.3.04
Second Report: The new electricity trading arrangements in England and Wales 6316.12.0332 £10.20Cm 6130, published 23.3.04
Third Report: The Sheep Annual Premium Scheme 6418.12.0343 £11.20Cm 6136, published 24.2.04
Fourth Report: Improving service delivery: the Forensic Science Service 13727.1.0441 £11.00Cm 6155, published 31.3.04
Fifth Report: Warm Front: helping to combat fuel poverty 2063.2.0438 £11.00Cm 6175, published 29.4.04
Sixth Report: Department of Trade and Industry: Regional grants in England 20729.1.0438 £11.00Cm 6155, published 31.3.04
Seventh Report: Progress on 15 major capital projects funded by Arts Council England 25313.2.0454 £12.00Cm 6155, published 31.3.04
Eighth Report: The English national stadium project at Wembley 25410.2.0444 £11.00Cm 6155, published 31.3.04
Ninth Report: Review of grants made to the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns 3052.3.0451 £12.00Cm 6175, published 29.4.04
Tenth Report: Purchasing and managing software licences 30626.2.0427 £8.50Cm 6175, published 29.4.04
Eleventh Report: Helping consumers benefit from competition in telecommunications 40523.3.0442 £11.00Cm 6191, published 11.6.04
Twelfth Report: Getting it right, putting it right: Improving decision-making and appeals in social security benefits 40625.3.0432 £10.00Cm 6191, published 11.6.04
Thirteenth Report: Excess Votes 2002-03 40730.3.0416 £6.50Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Inland Revenue: Tax Credits 8922.4.0433 £10.00Cm 6244, published 28.6.04
Fifteenth Report: Procurement of vaccines by the Department of Health 42927.4.0437 £10.00Cm 6244, published 28.6.04
Sixteenth Report: Progress in improving the medical assessment of incapacity and disability benefits 1201.4.0434 £9.00Cm 6191, published 11.6.04
Seventeenth Report: Hip replacements: an update 405.5.0432 £10.00Cm 6271, published 15.7.04
Eighteenth Report: PFI: The new headquarters for the Home Office 50111.5.0431 £10.00Cm 6244, published 28.6.04
Nineteenth Report: Making a difference: Performance of maintained secondary schools in England 10413.5.0436 £10.00Cm 6244, published 28.6.04
Twentieth Report: Improving service delivery: the Veterans Agency 55118.5.0453 £12.00Cm 6271, published 15.7.04
Twenty-First Report: Housing the homeless 55920.5.0439 £11.00Cm 6283, published 16.7.04
Twenty-Second Report: Excess Votes (Northern Ireland) 2002-03 56025.5.048 £4.50Not applicable
Twenty-Third Report: Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ): New Accommodation Programme 6515.6.0436 £10.00Cm 6302, published 9.9.04
Twenty-Fourth Report: Transforming the performance of HM Customs and Excise through electronic service delivery 13822.6.0431 £10.00Cm 6302, published 9.9.04
Twenty-Sixth Report: Difficult forms: how government departments interact with citizens 25529.6.0434 £10.00Cm 6302, published 9.9.04
Twenty-Seventh Report: Identifying and tracking livestock in England 3266.7.0438 £11.00Cm 6332, published 14.10.04
Twenty-Eighth Report: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Trust Statement Report 2002-03 3361.7.0434 £10.00Cm 6302, published 9.9.04
Twenty-Ninth Report: Improving public services for older people 6268.7.0422 £6.50Cm 6303, published 9.9.04
Thirtieth Report: Out of sight - not out of mind: Ofwat and the public sewer network in England and Wales 46315.7.0428 £8.50Cm 6303, published 9.9.04
Thirty-First Report: Cambridge-MIT Institute 50224.6.0436 £10.00Cm 6302, published 9.9.04
Thirty-Second Report: HM Customs and Excise Standard Report 28422.7.0433 £10.00Cm 6304, published 16.9.04
Thirty-Third Report: Income generated by the museums and galleries 43020.7.0430 £10.00Cm 6304, published 16.9.04
Thirty-Fourth Report: Strategic Rail Authority: improving passenger rail services through new trains 40827.7.0444 £11.00Cm 6304, published 16.9.04
Thirty-Fifth Report: Early years: progress in developing high quality childcare and early education accessible to all 4447.9.0441 £11.00Cm 6416, published 15.12.04
Thirty-Sixth Report: Tackling VAT fraud 51229.7.0437 £10.00Cm 6304, published 16.9.04
Thirty-Seventh Report: Risk management: the nuclear liabilities of British Energy plc 3549.9.0435 £10.00Cm 6355, published 11.11.04
Thirty-Eighth Report: An early progress report on the New Deal for Communities programme 49214.9.0441 £11.00Cm 6355, published 11.11.04
Thirty-Ninth Report: Ministry of Defence: Operation TELIC - United Kingdom military operations in Iraq 27316.9.0449 £12.00Cm 6355, published 11.11.04
Fortieth Report: Youth offending: the delivery of community and custodial sentences 30712.10.0443 £11.00Cm 6416, published 15.12.04
Forty-First Report: Improving departments' capability to procure cost-effectively 54114.10.0440 £11.00Cm 6416, published 15.12.04
Forty-Second Report: Increased resources to improve public services: a progress report on departments' preparations 55219.10.0456 £12.00Cm 6416, published 15.12.04
Forty-Third Report: Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2003 38321.10.0465 £13.50Cm 6416, published 15.12.04
Forty-Fourth Report: Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases 20826.10.0430 £10.00Awaited
Forty-Fifth Report: Criminal Records Bureau: delivering safer recruitment? 45328.10.0440 £11.00Awaited
Forty-Sixth Report: The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: a new way to combat climate change 6049.11.0427 £8.50Awaited
Forty-Seventh Report: The management of suspensions of clinical staff in NHS hospitals and ambulance trusts in England 29616.11.0438 £11.00Awaited
Forty-Eighth Report: Connexions Service 61830.11.0440 £11.99Awaited
Forty-Ninth Report: The recovery of debt by the Inland Revenue 58425.11.0444 £11.00Awaited
Fiftieth Report: Northern Ireland: The management of industrial sickness absence 5612.12.0438 £10.00Awaited
Fifty-First Report: Success in the regions 5927.12.0443 £11.00Awaited
Fifty-Second Report: Health and Safety Executive: Improving health and safety in the construction industry 62714.12.0445 £11.00Awaited
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Managing resources to deliver better public services 181-i12.1.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Network Rail - making a fresh start 639-i2.6.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: The management of sickness absence in the prison service 284-i18.6.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Tackling cancer in England: saving more lives 712-i22.6.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Visa entry to the United Kingdom: The entry clearance operation 737-i25.6.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: London Underground: are the Public Private partnerships likely to work successfully? and London Underground PPP: were they good deals? 783-i29.6.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Department for International Development: Responding to HIV/Aids 807-i2.7.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Improving the speed and quality of asylum decisions 837-i5.7.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Improving patient care by reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection: a progress report 1044-i14.9.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: The BBC's investment in Freeview 1065-i23.9.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Ofgem: Social Action Plan and Household Energy Efficiency 1053-i17.9.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Helping farm businesses in England 1131-i19.10.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Ministry of Defence: Battlefield helicopters 1191-i1.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: PFI: The STEPS deal 1211-i2.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: The use of operating theatres in the Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services 1227-i8.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Navan Centre 1228-i8.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Department of Health Improving emergency care in England 1233-i8.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Managing risks to improve public services 1245-i12.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Improving public transport in England through light rail 1258-i16.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: Welfare to work: tackling the barriers to the employment of older people 1249-i19.11.04       
Uncorrected evidence published on the internet: 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 1283-i23.11.04       


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Reply to the Committee's Forty-Second Report: A safer place to work: Improving the management of health and safety risks to staff in NHS trusts, published as Cm 6051 (10.12.03).

Reply to the Committee's Forty-Third Report: Fisheries enforcement in England, published as Cm 6105 (21.1.04).

Reply to the Committee's Forty-Fourth Report: New IT systems for Magistrates' Courts: the Libra project, published as Cm 6105 (21.1.04).

Reply to the Committee's Forty-Fifth Report: Protecting public health and consumer interests in relation to food: the Food Standards Agency, published as Cm 6105 (21.1.04).

Reply to the Committee's Forty-Sixth Report: Ministry of Defence: Building an air manoeuvre capability: the introduction of the Apache Helicopter, published as Cm 6105 (21.1.04).

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 11.3.04 as HC 1315, Session 2002-03. The Minute of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1314, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

The following Reports were the subject of debates in the House:

Sixty-Fourth Report, Session 2001-02, Public Private Partnerships: Airwave, Sixty-Fifth Report, Session 2001-02, Awarding the new licence to run the National Lottery, Sixty-Sixth Report, Session 2001-02, Progress in achieving Government on the Web, Sixty-Seventh Report, Session 2001-02, Inland Revenue: Tax Credits, Sixty-Eighth Report, Session 2001-02, Collection of fines and other penalties in the criminal justice system, First Report, Session 2002-03, Collecting the television licence fee, Second Report, Session 2002-03, Dealing with pollution from ships, Third Report, Session 2002-03, Tobacco smuggling, Fourth Report, Session 2002-03, Private Finance Initiative: Redevelopment of MOD main building, Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, The 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease, Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Ministry of Defence: Exercise Saif Sareea II, Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, Excess Votes 2001-02, Eighth Report, Session 2002-03, Excess Votes (Northern Ireland) 2001-02, Ninth Report, Session 2002-03, The Office for National Statistics: Outsourcing the 2001 census, Tenth Report, Session 2002-03, Individual Learning Accounts, Eleventh Report, Session 2002-03, Facing the challenge: NHS emergency planning in England, Twelfth Report, Session 2002-03, Tackling pensioner poverty: encouraging take-up of entitlements, Thirteenth Report, Session 2002-03, Ministry of Defence: Progress in reducing stocks, Fourteenth Report, Session 2002-03, Royal Mint Trading Fund 2001-02 Accounts, Fifteenth Report, Session 2002-03, OPRA: Tackling the risks to pension scheme members, Sixteenth Report, Session 2002-03, Improving public services through innovation: the Invest to Save Budget, Seventeenth Report, Session 2002-03, Helping victims and witnesses: the work of Victim Support, Eighteenth Report, Session 2002-03, Reaping the rewards of agricultural research, Nineteenth Report, Session 2002-03, The PFI contract for the redevelopment of West Middlesex University Hospital, Twentieth Report, Session 2002-03, Better public services through call centres, Twenty-First Report, Session 2002-03, The Operations of HM Customs and Excise in 2001-02, Twenty-Second Report, Session 2002-03, PFI refinancing update, Twenty-Third Report, Session 2002-03, Innovation in the NHS - the acquisition of the Heart Hospital, Twenty-Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, Protecting the public from waste, Twenty-Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Safety, quality, efficacy: the regulation of medicines in the UK, Twenty-Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, The management of substitution cover for teachers, Twenty-Eighth Report, Session 2002-03, Delivering better value for money from the Private Finance Initiative, Twenty-Ninth Report, Session 2002-03, Inland Revenue: Tax Credits and tax debt management, Thirtieth Report, Session 2002-03, Department for International Development: Maximising impact in the water sector, Thirty-First Report, Session 2002-03, Tackling Benefit Fraud, Thirty-Second Report, Session 2002-03, The Highways Agency: Maintaining England's motorways and trunk roads, Thirty-Third Report, Session 2002-03, Ensuring the effective discharge of older patients from NHS acute hospitals, Thirty-Fourth Report, Session 2002-03, The Office of Fair Trading: progress in protecting consumers' interests, Thirty-Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, PFI construction performance, Thirty-Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Improving service quality: Action in response to the inherited SERPS problem, Thirty-Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, Ministry of Defence: the construction of nuclear submarine facilities at Devonport, Thirty-Eighth Report, Session 2002-03, Department of Trade and Industry: Regulation of weights and measures, Thirty-Ninth Report, Session 2002-03, A safer place to work: Protecting NHS hospital and ambulance staff from violence and aggression, Fortieth Report, Session 2002-03, Improving social housing through transfer, Forty-First Report, Session 2002-03, Modernising procurement in the Prison Service, Forty-Second Report, Session 2002-03, A safer place to work: Improving the management of health and safety risks to staff in NHS trusts, Forty-Third Report, Session 2002-03, Fisheries enforcement in England, Forty-Fourth Report, Session 2002-03, New IT systems for Magistrates' Courts: the Libra project, Forty-Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, Protecting public health and consumer interests in relation to food: the Food Standards Agency, Forty-Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Ministry of Defence: Building an air manoeuvre capability: the introduction of the Apache Helicopter, Forty-Seventh Report, Session 2003-04, Film Council: Improving access to, and education about, the moving image through the British Film Institute, Forty-Eighth Report, Session 2003-04, The Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services Ltd and Forty-Ninth Report, Session 2003-04, The operational performance of PFI prisons and of the Treasury Minutes and the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel Memorandum on these Reports (Cm 5728, 5770, 5789, 5801, 5802, 5823, 5849, 5953, 5961, 5962, 5963, 5984, 6016, 6051, 6105 and 6110: Motion to take note, 12.2.04.

First Report, Session 2003-04, Tackling fraud against the Inland Revenue, Second Report, Session 2003-04, The new electricity trading arrangements in England and Wales, Third Report, Session 2003-04, The Sheep Annual Premium Scheme, Fourth Report, Session 2003-04, Improving service delivery: the Forensic Science Service, Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, Warm Front: helping to combat fuel poverty, Sixth Report, Session 2003-04, Department of Trade and Industry: Regional grants in England, Seventh Report, Session 2003-04, Progress on 15 major capital projects funded by Arts Council England, Eighth Report, Session 2003-04, The English national stadium project at Wembley, Ninth Report, Session 2003-04, Review of grants made to the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Purchasing and managing software licences, Eleventh Report, Session 2003-04, Helping consumers benefit from competition in telecommunications, Twelfth Report, Session 2003-04, Getting it right, putting it right: Improving decision-making and appeals in social security benefits, Thirteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Excess Votes 2002-03, Fourteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Inland Revenue: Tax Credits, Fifteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Procurement of vaccines by the Department of Health, Sixteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Progress in improving the medical assessment of incapacity and disability benefits, Seventeenth Report, Session 2003-04, Hip replacements: an update, Eighteenth Report, Session 2003-04, PFI: The new headquarters for the Home Office and Nineteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Making a difference: Performance of maintained secondary schools in England and of the Treasury Minutes and the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel Memorandum on these Reports (Cm 6130, 6136, 6155, 6175, 6191, and 6244): Motion to take note, 29.6.04.

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 54 of the Committee's 55 meetings.[11] On 1 occasion evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Cambridge-MIT Institute
1
Criminal Records Bureau: delivering safer recruitment?
1
Department for Education and Skills: Connexions Service - advice and guidance for all young people
1
Department for International Development: responding to HIV/AIDS
1
Department for Regional Development: management of industrial sickness absence
1
Department of Health: improving emergency care in England
1
Difficult Forms: how government agencies interact with citizens
1
Drug Treatment and Testing Order: early lessons
1
DVLA 2002-03 Trust Statement
1
Early Years: progress in developing high quality childcare and early education accessible to all
1
English Regions: an early progress report on the New Deal for Communities programme
1
English Regions: success in the regions
1
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ): New Accommodation Programme
1
Health and Safety Executive: improving health and safety in the construction industry
1
Helping farm businesses in England
1
Hip replacements: an update
1
HM Customs and Excise: Standard Report 2002-03
1
HM Customs and Excise: tackling VAT fraud
1
Identifying and tracking livestock in England
1
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
1
Improving patient care by reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection: a progress report
1
Improving Procurement: progress by the Office of Government Commerce in improving departments' capability to procure cost-effectively
1
Improving public transport in England through light rail
1
Improving the speed and quality of asylum decisions
1
Income generated by the museums and galleries
1
Increased resources to improve public services: a progress report on departments' preparations
1
London Underground PPP
1
Making a difference: performance of maintained secondary schools in England
1
Managing resources to deliver better public services
1
Managing risks to improve public services
1
Ministry of Defence: battlefield helicopters
1
Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2003
2
Ministry of Defence: Operation TELIC - United Kingdom Military Operations in Iraq
1
Navan Centre
1
Network Rail - making a fresh start
1
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) Social Action Plan and Household Energy Efficiency
1
Out of sight - not out of mind: Ofwat and the public sewer network in England and Wales
1
PFI: the STEPS Deal
1
Progress in improving the medical assessment of incapacity and disability benefits
1
Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases
1
Risk Management: the nuclear liabilities of British Energy plc
1
Strategic Rail Authority: improving passenger rail services through new trains
1
Tackling cancer in England: saving more lives
1
Tax Credits - C&AG's Standard Report on the Accounts of the Inland Revenue 2002-03
1
The BBC's investment in Freeview
1
The management of sickness absence in the prison service
1
The management of suspensions of clinical staff in NHS hospital and ambulance Trusts in England
1
The recovery of debt by the Inland Revenue
1
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: a new way to combat climate change
1
The Use of Operating Theatres in the Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services
1
Transforming the performance of HM Customs and Excise through electronic service delivery
1
Visa entry to the United Kingdom: the entry clearance operation
1
Welfare to Work: tackling the barriers to the employment of older people
1
Youth Offending: the delivery of community and custodial sentences
1
Total
55



31  PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 30 meetings.

Members
Wright, Tony (Chairman) 
Brennan, Kevin 
Brooke, Annette 
Campbell, Mrs Anne (added 16.12.03) 
Chapman, Sir Sydney 
Heyes, Mr David 
Hopkins, Mr Kelvin 
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian 
Lyons, Mr John (discharged 16.12.03) 
Prentice, Mr Gordon 
Trend, Mr Michael 
White, Brian           
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
30
21
21
22
19
20
30
23
0
28
5
22
  
73.0 %
1
1
9.1 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Philip Aylett, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr Clive Porro, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Chris Carrington (until 4.6.04) (Band B1); Lucinda Maer (from 7.6.04) (Band B1)
Media Officer: Adele Brown (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Miss Jackie Recardo, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Jennifer Pickard, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Philip Jones (from 8.3.04) (shared) (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Professor Rodney Brazier, Professor Stuart Weir and Professor Diana Woodhouse.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
    Number of appearances by:
Members of the House of Commons
Members of the House of Lords
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Cabinet Office
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department of Health
Home Office
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Department of Trade and Industry
Department for Work and Pensions
    Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments:
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
    The following officials also attended meetings of the Committee:
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
3
10
  
6
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
  
1
  
1
24




Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
18-24.4.04United States: Washington and North Carolina Wright, Brennan, Campbell, Heyes, Hopkins, Liddell-Grainger, Prentice, White 2Government by Inquiry and Public Service Reform £31,613.64
27-28.10.04ParisWright, Brooke, Campbell, Heyes, Hopkins, Liddell-Grainger 2Reform of the Civil Service and Public Service Reform £7,103.11


Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
8-9.12.03CardiffWright, Brennan, Heyes, Hopkins, Prentice 2Various current inquiries £1,940.37
16.9.04Sunningdale, Berkshire Wright, Campbell, Chapman, Heyes, Hopkins, Liddell-Grainger, Prentice 3Inquiry into Civil Service Issues £299.33


Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: A Draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform 128-I5.1.0437 £10.00Cm 6373, published 15.11.04
Oral and Written Evidence: A Draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform 128-II5.1.04100 £14.50Not applicable
Second Report: The Work of the Committee in 2003 22926.1.048 £5.00Not applicable
Third Report: Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions 3551.3.04229 £23.00Received 15.10.04: published as First Special Report, Session 2003-04
Fourth Report: Taming the Prerogative: Strengthening Ministerial Accountability to Parliament 42216.3.0459 £13.50Cm 6187, published 21.7.04
Fifth Report: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-I13.7.0473 £14.50Awaited
Written Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-II13.7.04153 £18.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-i26.2.0412 £4.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-ii15.3.0415 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-iii15.4.0424 £7.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-iv11.5.0417 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-v11.5.0415 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-vi17.6.0423 £7.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System 212-vii29.6.0415 £5.50Not applicable
First Special Report: Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report 126216.11.046 £3.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Interim Report of the Review of Government Communications 1223-iA22.12.03 17£5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Ombudsman 41-i19.1.0419 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Ombudsman: Access to Information 41-ii15.3.0427 £7.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Ombudsman: NHS Complaints System 41-iii15.3.0426 £7.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Review of Government Communications 274-i27.2.0415 £4.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Review of Government Communications 274-ii11.5.0425 £7.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Review of Government Communications 274-iii1.7.0417 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Civil Service Issues 423-i15.4.0420 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Cabinet Office 513-i11.5.0421 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Government by Inquiry 606-i17.6.0419 £5.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Government by Inquiry 606-ii14.7.0455 £10.50Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Government by Inquiry 606-iii26.7.0413 £4.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Government by Inquiry 606-iv26.7.0413 £4.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Government by Inquiry 606-v17.9.0414 £5.50Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Government by Inquiry 606-vi27.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Government by Inquiry 606-vii16.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Choice, Voice and Public Services 1263-i18.11.04     Not applicable



A HC No. refers to Session 2002-03

Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Cabinet Office Response to the Committee's Fourth Report: Government By Appointment: Opening Up The Patronage State, published as Cm 6056 (17.12.03).

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 27.2.04 as HC 1316, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1315, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

DateSubject
11.12.03Two, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on A Draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform
7.7.04Three, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System

Debates

The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:

Ninth Report, Session 2001-02, Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions, HC 1086, 8.1.04

Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, On Target? Government By Measurement, HC 62-I, 26.2.04

The following Report was tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

First Report, Session 2003-04, A Draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform, HC 128-I, 21.1.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 23 of the Committee's 30 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System
7
Choice, Voice and Public Services
1
Civil Service Issues
1
Government by Inquiry
7
Review of Government Communications
3
The Work of the Cabinet Office
1
Work of the Ombudsman
3
Total
23



32  REGULATORY REFORM

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 16 Members and held 22 meetings.

Members
Pike, Mr Peter (Chairman) 
Brown, Mr Russell 
Cotter, Brian 
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M. 
Goodman, Mr Paul (discharged 11.12.03) 
Havard, Mr Dai 
King, Andy 
Lazarowicz, Mr Mark 
Love, Mr Andrew 
MacDougall, Mr John 
Mole, Chris 
Murphy, Mr Denis 
Naysmith, Dr Doug 
Norman, Mr Archie (added 11.12.03) 
Rosindell, Mr Andrew 
Steen, Mr Anthony 
White, Brian           
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
22
10
10
0
0
10
0
13
1
11
4
13
18
1
0
1
18
  
37.5 %
1
1
6.3 %



Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Martyn Atkins (until 31.8.04), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Liam Laurence Smyth, Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1A) (from 1.9.04)
Committee Specialist: Mr Stuart Deacon (from 5.1.04) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Liz Booth, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
    Number of appearances by:
        Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
        Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
        Cabinet Office
        Office for National Statistics
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
3
  
1
2
3
12


Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

None.

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004 10816.12.0336 £8.50Not applicable
Second Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004 33717.2.0492 £14.50Not applicable
Third Report: Draft Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004 33812.2.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Fourth Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004 4148.3.0428 £6.50Not applicable
Fifth Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (National Health Service Charitable Trust Accounts and Audit) Order 2004 43816.3.0452 £11.00Not applicable
Sixth Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004 5534.5.0444 £10.00Not applicable
Seventh Report: Draft Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004 59413.5.0416 £4.50Not applicable
Eighth Report: Draft Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004 68318.6.0416 £4.50Not applicable
Ninth Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2004 8175.7.0452 £11.00Not applicable
Tenth Report: Draft Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004 90015.7.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2004 6842.8.04132 £15.50Not applicable
Twelfth Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2004 105620.9.0452 £11.00Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: Draft Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2004 124611.11.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Execution of Deeds and Documents) Order 2004 127123.11.0436 £8.50Not applicable
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2002-03
The operation of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001: a progress report
25623.1.048 £3.00Not applicable
Second Special Report: Draft Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004 8181.7.0416 £4.50Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Registration of Births and Deaths) (England and Wales) Order 2004 1202-i1.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Registration of Births and Deaths) (England and Wales) Order 2004 1202-ii5.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Operation of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 1271-i17.11.04     Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Reply to the Committee's First Special Report of Session 2002-03: The operation of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001: a progress report, received 19.12.03 and published as First Special Report, Session 2003-04.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 11.3.04 as HC 1317, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1316, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

First and Third Reports, Session 2003-04, Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004, HC 108 and Draft Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004, HC 338, 24.2.04

Fourth and Seventh Reports, Session 2003-04, Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004, HC 414 and Draft Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004, HC 594, 8.3.04

Second and Eighth Reports, Session 2003-04, Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004, HC 337 and Draft Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004, HC 683, 30.6.04

Sixth and Tenth Reports, Session 2003-04, Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004, HC 553 and Draft Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004, HC 900, 14.9.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 5 of the Committee's 22 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2004 2
Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Registration of Births and Deaths) (England and Wales) Order 2004 2
The Operation of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 1
Total5


33  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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The Committee was nominated on 12 November 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 39 meetings.

Members
Gibson, Dr Ian (Chairman)
Dhanda, Mr Parmjit (discharged 15.12.03)
Farrelly, Paul (added 15.12.03)
Harris, Dr Evan
Harris, Mr Tom (discharged 2.3.04)
Hoey, Kate (added 2.3.04)
Iddon, Dr Brian
Key, Mr Robert
McWalter, Mr Tony
Murrison, Dr Andrew
Smith, Geraldine
Spink, Bob
Turner, Dr Desmond
 
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
38
0
23
35
0
8
34
34
29
0
12
26
33
 
63.4 %
2
2
18.2 %

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Chris Shaw, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Emily Commander, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Dr Alun Roberts (Band B1); Dr Hayaatun Sillem (from 1.4.04) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ana Ferreira, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Simali Shah, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 9.1.04); Christine McGrane (from 5.1.04), (temporary) (until 18.7.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 19.7.04)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Robert Long (from 20.4.04) (shared) (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Dr Paul Atherton, Mr Andrew Barnett, Professor Michael Elves, Dr Gillian Lockwood, Professor Sheila McLean, Professor Anne Mills, Professor Derek Morgan, Professor John Ryan and Mr David Worlock.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
    Number of appearances by:
        Cabinet Ministers
        Other Ministers
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
        Department for International Development
        Department for Education and Skills
        Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
        Department of Trade and Industry
        Foreign and Commonwealth Office
        Office of Science and Technology
    Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments:
        Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
        Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
        Economic and Social Research Council
        Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
        Medical Research Council
        Natural Environment Research Council
        Research Councils UK
        Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
    Non-departmental public bodies:
        British Library
        Higher Education Funding Council for England
        Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority
        The British Council
    Appearances by other witnesses
  
  
3
8
  
8
1
2
2
1
1
  
5
4
5
1
2
1
4
1
  
1
3
5
1
122


Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
15-19.6.04MalawiGibson, Spink, Farrelly,
E Harris, Iddon, McWalter, Turner
2Use of science in UK international development policy £31,591.58
14-17.11.04Sweden & Italy Farrelly,
E Harris, Iddon, Key, McWalter, Turner
2Human reproductive technologies and the law £15,476.07
(estimated outturn)


Visits to European Institutions

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
1.2.04BrusselsGibson, Spink, Farrelly,
E Harris, Iddon, Key, Turner
4AEU chemicals legislation £5,688.96


A Includes 1 shorthand writer

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
22.1.04Dana CentreGibson, Spink,
E Harris
7AHuman reproductive technologies and the law, launch of e-consultation £656.01
10.2.04British Library, Wellcome Trust Gibson,
E Harris, McWalter
2 Scientific publications£112.60
26.2.04Reed Elsevier, London Gibson, Farrelly,
E Harris, Iddon, McWalter
1Scientific publications £118.67
4.5.04Fertility Clinics, London Gibson,
E Harris, Hoey, Iddon, Key, McWalter
3Human reproductive technologies and the law £174.87
25.5.04Overseas Development Institute Gibson, Spink, Farrelly,
E Harris, Iddon, McWalter, Turner
3BUse of science in UK international development policy £52.16
20.7.04British Library Gibson, Farrelly,
E Harris, Iddon, McWalter
3Scientific publications Report, press conference £166.92
19.10.04National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill Gibson,
E Harris, Iddon, McWalter
2Human reproductive technologies and the law £243.38
2.11.04QinetiQ, Farnborough Gibson,
E Harris, Key, McWalter, Turner
2Nanotechnology £320.80


A Includes 4 facilitators

B Includes 1 specialist adviser

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Annual Report 2003 6920.1.0418 £6.50Not applicable
Second Report: Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing 5529.1.0418 £8.50Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 25.5.04: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Third Report: The Work of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 612.2.0446 £15.50Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 15.4.04: published as Third Special Report, Session 2003-04
Fourth Report: Office of Science and Technology: Scrutiny Report 2003 3164.3.0419 £12.00Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 7.5.04: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Fifth Report: Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology 56-I2.4.0477 £14.50Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 9.6.04: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology 56-II2.4.04147 £16.50Not applicable
Sixth Report: Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy 172-I12.5.0467 £13.50Department of Trade and Industry and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Response, received 8.7.04: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written evidence: Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy 172-II12.5.04117 £14.50Not applicable
Seventh Report: Director General for Higher Education: Introductory Hearing 46121.6.0412 £6.50Department for Education and Skills Response, received 24.8.04: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Eighth Report: The Work of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils 46222.6.04109 £15.50Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 25.10.04: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Ninth Report: Director General of the Research Councils: Introductory Hearing 5775.7.0422 £6.00Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 14.9.04: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Tenth Report: Scientific Publications: Free for all? 399-I20.7.04114 £15.50Department of Trade and Industry Response, received 26.10.04: published in Fourteenth Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: Scientific Publications: Free for all? 399-II20.7.04479 £34.00Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Research Assessment Exercise: a re-assessment 58623.9.04112 £15.50Department for Education and Skills Response received 23.11.04
Twelfth Report: Government Support for Beagle 2 7112.11.04141 £17.50Awaiting Department of Trade and Industry Response
Thirteenth Report: The Use of Science in UK International Development Policy 133-I26.10.04107 £15.50Awaiting Department for International Development Response
Oral and Written Evidence: The Use of Science in UK International Development Policy 133-II26.10.04401 £29.50Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Responses to the Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific Publications: Free for all? 12008.11.0467 £13.50Awaiting Department of Trade and Industry Response
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, Light Pollution and Astronomy 12718.12.0318 £6.00Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report, Session 2002-03: The Work of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 17119.1.0410 £4.50Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report, Session 2003-04, The Work of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 52629.4.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report, Session 2003-04, Office of Science and Technology: Scrutiny Report 2003 58818.5.0410 £4.50Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report, Session 2003-04, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing 62911.6.044 £3.00Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology 65023.6.0414 £4.50Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report Session 2003-04, Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy 89519.7.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report, Session 2003-04, Director General for Higher Education: Introductory Hearing 101517.9.047 £4.50Not applicable
Ninth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report, Session 2003-04, Director General of the Research Councils: Introductory Hearing 105927.9.045 £3.00Not applicable
Tenth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Eight Report, Session 2003-04, The Work of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils 11993.11.0427 £8.00Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 59930.6.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: OST Scrutiny 2004 315-i15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: OST Scrutiny 2004 315-ii15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: OST Scrutiny 2004 315-iii15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: OST Scrutiny 2004 315-iv15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: OST Scrutiny 2004 315-v17.11.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-i15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-ii15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-iii15.9.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-iv22.11.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-v22.11.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-vi22.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-vii16.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Work of the Economic and Social Research Council 1122-i26.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-viii3.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Human reproductive technologies and the law 599-ix16.11.04     Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Response to the Committee's Seventh Report: Light Pollution and Astronomy, received 11.12.03 and published as the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2003-04.

Home Office Response to the Committee's Eighth Report: The Scientific Response to Terrorism, published as Cm 6108 (22.1.04).

Department of Trade and Industry Response to the Committee's Ninth Report: The Work of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, received 5.1.04 and published as the Committee's Second Special Report, Session 2003-04.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 5.11.04 as HC 1318, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1317, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

The following Reports and Special Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:

Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, Light Pollution and Astronomy, HC 747-I and the Government Response, HC 127, 12.2.04

Eighth Report, Session 2002-03, The Scientific Response to Terrorism, HC 415-I and the Government Response, Cm 6108, 18.3.04

Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology, HC 56-I, and the Government Response, HC 650, 24.6.04

Sixth Report, Session 2003-04, Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy, HC 172 and the Government Response, HC 895, 9.9.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 38 of the Committee's 39 meetings.[12] On 2 occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Beagle 2
2
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1
Chief Executive, MRC: Introductory Hearing
1
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils 2004
1
DGHE: Introductory Hearing
1
DGRC: Introductory Hearing
1
ESRC Scrutiny Session 2004
1
EU Chemicals Legislation
4
Government Support for NanotechnologyA
2
Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law
9
International Development
7
Office of Science and Technology Scrutiny 2004
4
Research Assessment Exercise 2004
2
Scientific Publications
4
Total
40



A The Committee took oral evidence on this Inquiry in Session 2002-03; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2003-04)).

34  SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 19 meetings.

Members
Adams, Mrs Irene (Chairman)
Carmichael, Mr Alistair
Duncan, Mr Peter
Hamilton, David
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Lyons, Mr John
MacDougall, Mr John
McKechin, Ann
Robertson, John
Sarwar, Mr Mohammad
Weir, Mr Michael
 
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
18
14
9
13
4
10
12
16
12
9
15

63.2 %
0.0 %

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Mike Clark, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mrs Diane Nelson, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mrs Pam Fisher (until 9.1.04), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Miss Joanne Larcombe (until 5.9.04), Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04); Camilla Brace (from 9.10.04), Grade 2 (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 the Scottish Parliament
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Scotland Office
Other departments comprising:
        HM Customs and Excise
        HM Treasury
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
3
2
1
  
1
  
3
1
25



Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
28-30.3.04Washington Adams, Lyons, McKechin, Weir2 Inquiry into The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp £22,587.68




Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
15-18.3.04Islay, Glasgow and Bushmills Adams, Carmichael, Duncan, Hamilton, Lyons, MacDougall, McKechin 3AInquiry into The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp £9,431.98
21-22.6.04Dungavel and Maryhill, Glasgow Adams, Hamilton, Lyons, MacDougall, McKechin, Robertson, Sarwar, Weir 1General briefing sessions on immigration issues £1,337.72
13.9.04Ofcom, Glasgow Adams, Carmichael, Duncan, Lyons, McKechin, Robertson, Sarwar 2General briefing session on the role of Ofcom £1,456.33
14-15.11.04DounreayAdams, Carmichael, Lyons, McKechin, Robertson, Sarwar, Weir 2General briefing session on the decommissioning of UKAEA Dounreay £3,676.89


A Includes 1 Shorthand Writer

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change 773.2.04100 £15.50Received 26.3.04: published as First Special Report, Session 2003-04
Second Report: Work of the Committee in 2003 34423.2.0410 £5.00Not required
Third Report: The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp 41928.4.0421 £16.00Received 5.7.04: published as Second Special Report, Session 2003-04
First Special Report: 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 5147.4.044 £3.00Not applicable
Second Special Report: Response by the Government to the Third Report (Session 2003-04) on The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp 8225.7.0412 £4.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Registration of Voters in Scotland 78-i20.1.043 £3.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Scotland Office Annual Report 2004 823-i20.10.0420 £5.50Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Implications for Grangemouth of BP's Plans for its Petrochemicals Business 905-119.7.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Implications for Grangemouth of BP's Plans for its Petrochemicals Business 905-ii24.11.04     Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

None.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 9.2.04 as HC 1319, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1318, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

DateSubject
21.1.04Four, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on the Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change


Debates

The following Reports and Special Report were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in the House:

First Report, Session 2003-04, Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change, HC 77, Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill: Second Reading, 9.2.04

Third Report, Session 2003-04, The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp, HC 419, Finance Bill: (Clauses Nos 4,5,20,28,57 to 77,86,111 and 282 to 289 and Schedules Nos. 1, 3, 11, 12, 21 and 37 to 39): Committee 1st Day, 27.4.04

First Report, Session 2003-04, Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change, HC 77, and the Government Response, HC 514, Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill: Committee, 4.5.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 8 of the Committee's 19 meetings.[13] On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Coincidence of Parliamentary Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of ChangeA
1
Implications for Grangemouth of BP's Plans for its Petrochemicals Business
2
Registration of Voters in Scotland
1
Scotland Office Annual Report 2004
1
The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp
4
Total
9




A The Committee took oral evidence on this Inquiry in Session 2002-03; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2003-04)).

35  SELECTION

The Committee was nominated on 25 July 2001.

It had 9 Members and held 34 meetings.

Members
McWilliam, Mr John (Chairman) 
Ainsworth, Mr Bob 
Fitzpatrick, Jim 
Heppell, Mr John 
Luff, Mr Peter 
Quinn, Lawrie 
Ryan, Joan 
Stunell, Mr Andrew 
Young, Sir George             
  
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session: 
Meetings attended
30
30
32
24
31
32
29
30
25
  
85.9 %
0.0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Miss Sîan Jones, Assistant Clerk (Band A3) (until 30.4.04), Senior Clerk (Band A2) (from 1.5.04)
Committee Assistant: Mr Rob Bartram, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

None.

Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

None.

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

None.

Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

None.

Minutes of Proceedings

None.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

None.

36  STANDARDS AND PRIVILEGES

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 20 meetings.


Members
Young, Sir George (Chairman) 
Browning, Mrs Angela (added 29.4.04) 
Cranston, Ross (discharged 28.10.04) 
David, Mr Wayne (added 28.10.04) 
Dismore, Mr Andrew 
Foster, Mr Derek 
Foster, Mr Michael Jabez (discharged 10.5.04) 
Heath, Mr David 
Mackay, Mr Andrew 
McNamara, Mr Kevin 
Ottaway, Richard (discharged 29.4.04) 
Pound, Mr Stephen 
Thomas, Mr Simon (added 11.12.03)             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:

Meetings attended
20
7
13
1
12
18
12
13
16
10
11
9
6
  
69.8 %
3
3
27.3 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Dr Christopher Ward, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Ms Charlotte Littleboy, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Secretary: Ms Lisa Hasell, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)

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 Minister
Member of the House of Lords
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Department for Education and Skills
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
1
1
  
2
1
3


Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

None.

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Conduct of Mr George Galloway 734.12.039 £4.50Not required
Second Report: Conduct of Ms Diane Abbott 28528.1.0412 £4.50Not required
Third Report: Conduct of Mr John Spellar 33911.2.0417 £6.00Not required
Fourth Report: Conduct of Mr Iain Duncan Smith 476-I29.3.04121 £15.50Not required
Written submissions received by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards: Conduct of Mr Iain Duncan Smith 476-II29.3.04182 £18.50Not applicable
Oral evidence taken by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards: Conduct of Mr Iain Duncan Smith 476-III29.3.04372 £29.00Not applicable
Fifth Report: Privilege: Protection of a Witness 4471.4.0477 £12.50Department for Constitutional Affairs Response, received 13.7.04: published as Sixth Report, Session 2003-04
Sixth Report: Privilege: Protection of a Witness (Government Response) 105516.9.047 £4.50Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

None.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 27.4.04 as HC 1320, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1319, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 4 of the Committee's 20 meetings. On all occasions evidence was taken wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Conduct of Mr Iain Duncan Smith
1
Privilege: Protection of a Witness
3
Total
4






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On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised of two separate oral evidence sessions. Back

12   On two occasions the Committee's meeting comprised of two separate oral evidence sessions. Back

13   On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised of two separate oral evidence sessions. Back


 
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