Sessional Returns 2003-04 - Contents


37  STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

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The Committee was nominated on 2 July 2001.

It had 7 Members and held 23 meetings.

Members
Tredinnick, Mr David (Chairman) 
Bennett, Andrew 
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M. 
Forth, Mr Eric (added 16.12.03) 
Hughes, Mr Kevin (added 8.1.04) 
Irranca-Davies, Huw (discharged 8.1.04) 
Mole, Chris 
Rosindell, Mr Andrew (discharged 16.12.03) 
White, Brian             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
17
8
1
13
9
1
4
1
13
  
41.6 %
2
2
28.6 %



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)
Legal Advisers: Mr Alan Preston, Speaker's Counsel (Legislation) (SCS Band 1A); Mr Anwar Akbar, Speaker's Assistant Counsel (Legislation) (SCS Band 1); Mr Peter Brooksbank, Speaker's Assistant Counsel (Legislation) (SCS Band 1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Jane Lauder, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)

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

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report949-i23.7.04 8£3.00Not applicable
Second Report949-ii22.10.04 8£3.00Not applicable
Third Report949-iii22.11.04 8£3.00Not 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 10.2.04 as HC 1321, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1320, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

None.

38  STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (JOINT COMMITTEE)

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The Committee was nominated on 25 July 2001.

It had 7 Commons Members and held 34 meetings.

Members
Tredinnick, Mr David (Chairman) 
Bennett, Andrew 
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M. 
Forth, Mr Eric (added 16.12.03) 
Hughes, Mr Kevin (added 8.1.04) 
Irranca-Davies, Huw (discharged 8.1.04) 
Mole, Chris 
Rosindell, Mr Andrew (discharged 16.12.03) 
White, Brian             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
23
15
1
19
11
2
8
1
19
  
41.6 %
2
2
28.6 %


Commons 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 Assistant: Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Jane Lauder, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)

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

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: A82-i 8.12.0332£8.00 Not applicable
Second Report: 82-ii18.12.03 12£4.50Not applicable
Third Report: 82-iii22.12.03 12£4.50Not applicable
Fourth Report: 82-iv20.1.04 20£6.00Not applicable
Fifth Report: 82-v26.1.04 16£4.00Not applicable
Sixth Report: 82-vi2.2.04 20£6.00Not applicable
Seventh Report: 82-vii 9.2.048£3.00 Not applicable
Eighth Report: 82-viii 16.2.0416£6.00 Not applicable
Ninth Report: 82-ix1.3.04 8£3.00Not applicable
Tenth Report: 82-x5.3.04 12£4.50Not applicable
Eleventh Report: 82-xi 12.3.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: 82-xii 22.3.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: 82-xiii 30.3.0412£4.50 Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: 82-xiv 6.4.0424£6.00 Not applicable
Fifteenth Report: 82-xv 6.4.0424£6.00 Not applicable
Sixteenth Report: 82-xvi 26.4.0424£6.00 Not applicable
Seventeenth Report: 82-xvii 10.5.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Eighteenth Report: 82-xviii 18.5.0424£6.00 Not applicable
Nineteenth Report: 82-xix 21.5.0412£4.50 Not applicable
Twentieth Report: 82-xx 1.6.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Twenty-First Report: 82-xxi 18.6.048£3.00 Not applicable
Twenty-Second Report: 82-xxii 28.6.0412£4.50 Not applicable
Twenty-Third Report: 82-xxiii 2.7.048£3.00 Not applicable
Twenty-Fourth Report: 82-xxiv 12.7.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Twenty-Fifth Report: 82-xxv 16.7.0412£4.50 Not applicable
Twenty-Sixth Report: 82-xxvi 23.7.048£3.00 Not applicable
Twenty-Seventh Report: 82-xxvii 10.9.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Twenty-Eighth Report: 82-xxviii 17.9.0412£4.50 Not applicable
Twenty-Ninth Report: 82-xxix 15.10.048£3.00 Not applicable
Thirtieth Report: 82-xxx 22.10.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Thirty-First Report: 82-xxxi 29.10.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Thirty-Second Report: 82-xxxii 8.11.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Thirty-Third Report: 82-xxxiii 16.11.0416£4.50 Not applicable
Thirty-Fourth Report: 82-xxxiv 22.11.0412£4.50 Not applicable
First Special Report: Departmental Returns, 2003 132917.3.04146 £17.50Not applicable


A Contains evidence given on 18 November 2003.

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 10.2.04 as HL Paper 201 and HC 1322, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HL Paper 16, Session 2004-05 and HC 1321, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

None.

39  TAX LAW REWRITE BILLS (JOINT COMMITTEE)

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[Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, 2 December 2002: "Ordered, That Mr Kenneth Clarke, Mr Parmjit Dhanda, Mr Michael Jack, Mr David Laws, Mr Chris Pond, Dawn Primarolo and Mr Anthony D. Wright be members of the Select Committee appointed to join with a Committee of the Lords as the Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills."]

The Committee was nominated on 2 December 2002.

It had 7 Commons Members and held 0 meetings.

Members
Clarke, Mr Kenneth (Chairman) 
Dhanda, Mr Parmjit 
Jack, Mr Michael 
Laws, Mr David 
Pond, Mr Chris 
*Primarolo, Dawn 
Wright, Mr Anthony D.             
  
* held a Ministerial post while being a member of the Committee.            
  
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
  
            
  
0.0 %
0.0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Richard Cooke, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mr Richard Dawson, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)

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.

40  TRADE AND INDUSTRY

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 47 meetings. This included 5 "Quadripartite" meetings held concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs, and International Development Committees (listed as concurrent meetings (CM) in the attendance table below).

Members
O'Neill, Mr Martin (Chairman) 
Bellingham, Mr Henry (discharged 8.12.03) 
Berry, Mr Roger 
Burden, Richard 
Clapham, Mr Michael 
Djanogly, Mr Jonathan 
Evans, Mr Nigel (added 8.12.03) 
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay 
Kirkbride, Miss Julie (added 11.10.04) 
Lansley, Mr Andrew (discharged 11.10.04) 
Mallaber, Judy 
Perham, Linda 
Smith, Sir Robert             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:

Meetings attended
44 (including 4 CM)
0
31 (including 5 CM)
28
30
10
31 (including 5 CM)
26
4
0
30
36
37
  
66.1 %A
2
2
18.2 %


A Not including concurrent meetings.

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mrs Elizabeth Flood, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr David Lees, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Inquiry Manager: Mr Grahame Allen (from 8.12.03), Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialist: Dr Philip Larkin (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Clare Genis, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Sandra Thomas (until 30.7.04), Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04); Miss Joanne Larcombe (from 6.9.04), Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Jonathan Coe (from 19.4.04) (shared) (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Dr Sibylle Bauer*, Dr Paul Cornish*, Dr Robin Fears, Professor Richard Green, Mr John Hodgson, Professor Daniel Kirschen and Mr Roger Quince.

*Specialist Adviser to the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees in their joint inquiry into Strategic Export Controls.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department of Trade and Industry
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Advantage West Midlands
East Midlands Development Agency
Ofgem
North West Development Agency
Office of Fair Trading
Postcomm
West Midlands Development Agency
Other departments comprising:
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
2
  
13
  
2
2
10
1
3
8
2
  
3
2
144


Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
13-20.3.04Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Singapore O'Neill, Berry, Burden, Clapham, Evans, Hoyle, Mallaber, Perham, Smith 2Inquiry into UK-ASEAN trade £51,220.24 (estimated outturn)
28-29.4.04Brussels and Paris O'Neill, Berry, Evans   Inquiry into Strategic Export Controls by the Quadripartite Committee £1,998.63
12-18.6.04Sao PauloA O'Neill  Member of UNCTAD delegation £4,652.27
27.6-3.7.04Chicago and San Francisco O'Neill, Berry, Burden, Clapham, Evans, Hoyle, Mallaber, Perham, Smith 2Inquiry into the Knowledge driven economy £54,760.78 (estimated outturn)


A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
6.4.04BrusselsA Mallaber   Attendance at EP Gender Equality Meeting£380.15
26-27.4.04BrusselsO'Neill, Berry, Burden, Djanogly, Evans, Hoyle, Mallaber, Perham, Smith 2Meetings with Commissioners and staff £4,464.16


A Travel in a representative capacity

UK Visits

None.

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: The Work of the Committee in 2003 26028.1.0414 £5.00Not applicable
Second Report: UK Broadband Market 321-I10.2.0430 £8.50DTI response received 22.4.04 and Ofcom response received 5.5.04: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: UK Broadband Market 321-II10.2.04199 £20.50Not applicable
Third Report: Resilience of the National Electricity Network 69-I10.3.0461 £13.50DTI response received 1.6.04 and Ofgem response received 11.5.04: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: Resilience of the National Electricity Network 69-II19.4.04163 £18.50Not applicable
Fourth Report: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA 390-I18.5.04198 £22.00Cm 6357, published 20.10.04
Written Evidence: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA 390-II17.11.0420 £5.50Not applicable
Fifth Report: Support to Businesses from Regional Development Agencies 1189.6.04249 £23.00Received 6.8.04: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Sixth Report: The Work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department 506-I15.6.0435 £10.00Received 1.9.04: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2003-04
Seventh Report: The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme 611-I22.7.0440 £9.50Received 24.9.04: published as Tenth Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme 611-II15.10.04106 £14.50Not applicable
Eighth Report: UK Automotive Industry in 2004 4379.9.04164 £20.00Received 1.12.04
Ninth Report: Updating Company Law: the Government's consultation document on 'Company Law. Flexibility and Accessibility' 104117.9.0413 £4.50Not applicable
Tenth Report: Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Revisited 12044.11.0426 £8.50Not applicable
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2002-03: Trade and Investment Opportunities with China and Taiwan 14216.1.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventeenth Report of Session 2002-03: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 26128.1.0420 £6.00Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of Session 2002-03: Rewards for Failure 41511.3.047 £3.00Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report: UK Broadband Market 59619.5.0418 £6.00Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report: Resilience of the National Electricity Network 6309.6.0427 £8.00Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report: Support to Businesses from Regional Development Agencies 104215.9.0413 £4.50Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report: The Work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department 104321.9.049 £4.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Postcomm: The Work of the Postal Regulator 597-i27.10.0419 £5.50Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel Poverty 143-i19.12.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Royal Mail Renewal 612-i24.5.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Royal Mail Renewal 612-ii24.5.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: DTI Structure, Aims and Resources 1205-i2.11.04     Not applicable


A Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs, and International Development Committees.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 4.8.04 as HC 1323, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 will be published as HC 1322, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

The following Report was the subject of an Estimates Day debate:

Eleventh Report, Session 2002-03, People, Pensions and Post Offices: The impact of 'Direct Payment' on post offices and their customers, HC 718, 11.12.03

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 37 of the Committee's 47 meetings.[14] On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Midlands Car Industry
2
Crown Post Offices
1
ECGD Support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project
1
Export Credit Guarantee Department
4
Fuel Disconnections
1
Fuel PovertyA
1
Future Investment in the Electricity Distribution Network
1
Network ResilienceA
1
Post Office Urban Reinvention Programme
2
Progress Towards the Knowledge Driven EconomyA
5
Pubcos
4
Reviews of DTI Structure and Business SupportA
1
Royal Mail Renewal
2
Strategic Export ControlsA
2
Support to Businesses from Regional Development AgenciesB
2
The UK Automotive Industry in 2004
3
The Work of Postcomm
1
UK Employment Regulation
1
UK-ASEAN Trade Relations
4
Total
39



A Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs, and International Development Committees.

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

41  TRANSPORT

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The Committee was nominated on 22 July 2002.

It had 11 Members and held 32 meetings.

Members
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth (Chairman) 
Campbell, Mr Gregory (discharged 4.5.04) 
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M. (added 4.5.04) 
Donohoe, Mr Brian H. 
Efford, Clive 
Ellman, Mrs Louise 
Lucas, Ian 
McIntosh, Miss Anne (added 15.12.03) 
Marsden, Mr Paul 
Osborne, Mr George (discharged 15.12.03) 
Randall, Mr John 
Stevenson, Mr George 
Stringer, Mr Graham             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
31
3
7
25
25
29
24
24
6
0
19
18
25
  
67.0 %
2
2
18.2 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Eve Samson, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Dr John Patterson (until 18.4.04), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr David Bates (from 19.4.04), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Inquiry Manager: Philippa Carling (from 26.1.04) (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Clare Maltby (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Miss Frances Allingham, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary (Grade 3, Band D1, until 31.3.04, Grade 2, Band C, from 1.4.04): Ms Lis McCracken (until 11.1.04); Susie Wheeldon (from 12.01.04 until 30.04.04) (temporary); Di Sutherland (from 10.05.04 until 30.07.06) (temporary); Louise Torry (from 6.9.04 until 11.10.04); Sarah Verrinder (from 11.10.04) (temporary)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Henry Ayi (from 19.4.04) (Band D1)
Sandwich Student: James O'Sullivan (from 4.10.04)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Mr Rob Gifford, Professor Phil Goodwin, Dr Terry Gourvish, Dr Heather Leggate, Dr Greg Marsden, Professor James McConville, Dr Sarah Pearce and Mr Laurie Price.

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 Transport
        Other departments comprising:
            Education and Skills
            Foreign & Commonwealth Office
            HM Treasury
            Home Office
            Trade and Industry
Executive agencies:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Ordnance Survey
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
Vehicle Certification Agency
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Civil Aviation Authority
General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland
Health and Safety Executive
Inland Revenue
Office of Fair Trading
Strategic Rail Authority
Trinity House Lighthouse Service
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
3
9
  
11
  
1
1
1
1
6
  
1
2
3
2
1
  
6
2
2
1
3
6
1
179


Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
26-27.11.03Utrecht, NetherlandsA  2BInquiry into the Future of the Railway £728.26
11-16.1.04USA - Washington DC, Detroit & Sacramento Dunwoody, Efford, Ellman, Lucas, Stevenson, Stringer 2Inquiry into Cars of the Future £39,502.67
10-11.5.04StockholmA  1Conference on Road Safety £423.27
16-21.10.04South Korea and Japan Dunwoody, Donohoe, Efford, Ellman, Lucas, Stringer 2Transport Integration £32,613.46 (estimated outturn)

A Travel in a representative capacity

B Includes 1 specialist adviser

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
3.12.03Sonning, Berks Efford, Stevenson3Johnson Matthey's Fuel Cell Production Plant £217.54
3.3.04Transport for London Efford, Ellman, Lucas, Stringer3 Transport Police/TfL Operations and Fuel Cell buses Nil
21-22.4.04Shrewsbury and The Marches Dunwoody, Ellman, Lucas, Marsden4 Rural Railways£2,375.90
17.6.04Birmingham National Traffic Control Centre Dunwoody2Traffic Law and its Enforcement £501.00





Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Traffic Management Bill 14419.12.0314 £4.50Cm 6131, published 12.2.04
Second Report: Departmental Annual Report 2003 24929.1.0450 £12.00Cm 6157, published 30.3.04
Third Report: The Regulation of Taxis and Licensed Hire Vehicle Services in the UK 251-I12.2.0431 £10.00Cm 6183, published 7.5.04
Fourth Report: Transport Committee Annual Report 31719.2.0415 £6.50Not applicable
Fifth Report: OFT Response to Third Report of the Committee: The Regulation of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicle Services in the UK 4185.3.0415 £6.00Cm 6183, published 7.5.04
Sixth Report: Disabled People's Access to Transport 43923.3.0460 £13.50Cm 6184, published 19.5.04
Seventh Report: The Future of the Railway 145-I1.4.04101 £15.50Received 12.10.04: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Evidence published on the Internet: The Future of the Railway 875-iv4.12.03     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: The Future of the Railway 875-v4.12.03     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: The Future of the Railway 875-vi4.12.03     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: The Future of the Railway 145-i11.2.04     Not applicable
Eighth Report: School Transport318-I 7.4.0428£8.50 Cm 6254, published 24.6.04
Oral and Written Evidence: School Transport 318-II17.11.0474 £13.00Not applicable
Ninth Report: Navigational Hazards and the Energy BillA 5553.6.0493 £14.50Received 27.8.04: published as Second Special Report, Session 2003-04
Tenth Report: The Work of the Vehicle Operator Services Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency 25026.5.0459 £12.00Cm 6307, published 2.9.04
Eleventh Report: National Rail Enquiry Service 58020.5.0488 £14.50Received 22.7.04: published as First Special Report, Session 2003-04
Twelfth Report: British Transport Police 4884.6.0450 £12.00Received 22.9.04: published as Third Special Report, Session 2003-04
Thirteenth Report: The Rail Regulator's Last consultations 8052.7.0415 £6.00Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: The Work of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency 50018.7.0474 £14.50Cm 6343, published 8.10.04
Fifteenth Report: Financial Protection for Air Travellers 806-I9.7.0424 £8.00Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Financial Protection for Air Travellers 806-i15.11.0427 £7.00Not applicable
Sixteenth Report: Traffic Law and its Enforcement 105-I31.10.0458 £12.00Cm 6442, published 10.1.05
Evidence published on the Internet: Traffic Law and its Enforcement 105-i11.2.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Traffic Law and its Enforcement 105-ii11.2.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Traffic Law and its Enforcement 105-iii21.7.04     Not applicable
Seventeenth Report: Cars of the Future 319-I7.11.0475 £14.50Received 10.1.05
Evidence published on the Internet: Cars of the Future 319-i17.5.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Cars of the Future 319-ii17.5.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Cars of the Future 319-iii24.5.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Cars of the Future 319-iv24.5.04     Not applicable
Eighteenth Report: Galileo1210 25.11.04135£17.50 Awaited
First Special Report: Government Response to the Eleventh Report of the Committee: National Rail Enquiry Service 113225.10.046 £3.00Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Ninth Report of the Committee: Navigational Hazards and the Energy Bill 113325.10.0413 £4.50Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Twelfth Report of the Committee: British Transport Police 113425.10.0415 £6.00Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Government, Health and Safety Commission and Executive, and Office of the Rail Regulator Responses to the Seventh Report of the Committee: Future of the Railway 120918.11.0441 £10.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: London Congestion Charge 591-i15.9.0436 £8.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Railways: Southern Region Power Supply Upgrade 836-i26.10.0440 £9.50Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: European Community Competence and Transport 581-i19.5.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: European Community Competence and Transport 581-ii29.6.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: European Community Competence and Transport 581-iii1.7.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: European Community Competence and Transport 581-iv19.7.04     Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Tonnage Tax 738-i29.7.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Department for Transport Annual Report 2004 1280-i22.11.04     Not applicable


A Published in typescript on 6 May 2004

Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: Aviation, published as Cm 6072 (16.12.03).

Reply to the Committee's Seventh Report: Overcrowding on Public Transport, published as Cm 6072 (10.2.04).

Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: The Work of the Highways Agency, published as Cm 6088 (17.12.03).

Reply to the Committee's Ninth Report: Ports, published as Cm 6076 (29.1.04).

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1323, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

DateSubject
24.3.04One, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on the Future of the Railway
13.10.04One, that the Traffic Law and its Enforcement Report be the Sixteenth Report of the Committee to the House


Debates

The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:

Seventh Report, Session 2002-03, Overcrowding on Public Transport, HC 201-I, 4.3.04

Ninth Report, Session 2002-03, Ports, HC 783-I, 6.5.04

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

Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, Local Roads and Pathways, HC 407-I and First Report, Session 2003-04, Traffic Management Bill, HC 144, Second Reading of the Traffic Management Bill, 5.1.04

Ninth Report, Session 2003-04, Navigational Hazards and the Energy Bill, HC 555, Second Reading of the Energy Bill, 6.5.04

Eighth Report, Session 2003-04, School Transport, HC 318-I, Second Reading of the School Transport Bill, 28.10.04

Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Aviation, HC 454-I, Motion for the Adjournment of the House on the Future of Air Transport White Paper, 8.6.04

Sixth Report, Session 2003-04, Disabled People's Access to Transport, HC 439, Motion for the Adjournment of the House on Disability, 10.6.04

The following Reports were the subject of an Estimates Day debate:

Sixth Report, Session 2002-03, Aviation, HC 454-I, 11.3.04

Eighth Report, Session 2002-03, The Work of the Highways Agency, HC 453, 24.6.04

Third Report, Session 2003-04, The Regulation of Taxis and Licensed Hire Vehicle Services in the UK, HC 251-I and Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, OFT Response to Third Report of the Committee: The Regulation of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicle Services in the UK, HC 418, 24.6.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 26 of the Committee's 32 meetings.[15] On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
British Transport Police
1
Cars of the Future
4
Department for Transport Annual Report 2004
1
Department for Transport: Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public BodiesA
2
European Community Competence and Transport
4
Financial Protection for Air Travellers
1
Galileo
1
London Congestion Charge
1
Offshore Navigational Hazards
1
Railways: Southern Region Power Supply Upgrade
1
Rural Railways
2
School Transport
2
The Future of the RailwayA
1
The Regulation of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicle Services in the UK
1
Tonnage Tax
1
Traffic Law and its Enforcement
3
Total
27



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)).

42  TREASURY

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 43 meetings.

Members
McFall, Mr John (Chairman) 
Beard, Mr Nigel 
Cousins, Mr Jim 
Eagle, Angela 
Fallon, Mr Michael 
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David (added 22.3.04) 
Lamb, Norman 
Mann, John 
Mudie, Mr George 
Plaskitt, Mr James 
Ruffley, Mr David (discharged 22.3.04) 
Tyrie, Mr Andrew (discharged 8.12.03) 
Walter, Mr Robert (added 8.12.03)             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
43
42
29
29
29
18
34
26
21
35
10
0
28
  
72.7 %
2
2
18.2 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Crispin Poyser, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr Alex Kidner, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Dominic Lindley (Band B1); Mr George Hodgson (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Lis Partridge (until 18.1.04), Senior Executive Officer (Band B1); Fiona Channon (from 12.1.04), Senior Executive Officer (Band B1)
Secretary: Mrs Amanda Waller, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Mike Cruickshank (until 19.3.04) (Band D1); Mr James Clarke (from 22.3.04) (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Mr Graham Bishop, Mr Roger Bootle, Professor Tim Congdon, Professor Sheila Dow, Professor Rebecca Harding, Professor David Heald, Professor Iain McLean, Professor David Miles, Mr Paul Ormerod, Professor Christopher Pissarides, Professor Richard Portes, Mrs Bridget Rosewell, Professor Andrew Scott, Professor Sir David Vines, Mr David Walton and Professor Robert Worcester.

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:
HM Treasury
    Other Government departments comprising:
Department of Trade and Industry
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
    Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Bank of England (including Monetary Policy Committee)
Financial Services Authority
Financial Ombudsman Service
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
3
2
  
38
  
1
2
  
10
7
4
79




Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
1-3.3.04Berlin, Jena and Dresden McFall, Cousins, Eagle3A Inquiry into Regional Productivity£9,546.16
13-18.6.04New York, North Carolina and Washington D.C. McFall, Beard, Cousins, Fallon, Lamb, Plaskitt, Walter 2Inquiries into the US and international economy, regulatory matters and regional productivity £32,114.32

A

Includes 1 specialist adviser

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
4.11.04Canary Wharf, London McFall, Beard, Fallon, Lamb, Plaskitt3 Visit to the offices of the Financial Services Authority £20.00


Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Transparency of Credit Card Charges 125-I17.12.0373 £14.50Received 27.2.04: published as Second Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: Transparency of Credit Card Charges 125-II23.12.03263 £22.50Not applicable
Second Report: Child Trust Funds 8615.12.03134 £17.50Received 10.2.04: published as First Special Report, Session 2003-04
Third Report: The 2003 Pre-Budget Report 13621.1.04118 £15.50Received 17.3.04: published as Third Special Report, Session 2003-04
Fourth Report: Annual Report for 2003 3864.3.0413 £5.00Not applicable
Fifth Report: Restoring confidence in long-term savings: Endowment mortgages 39410.3.0452 £12.00Received 7.6.04: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Sixth Report: The 2004 Budget479-I 6.4.0443£11.00 Received 28.5.04: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: The 2004 Budget 479-II16.4.0488 £13.00Not applicable
Seventh Report: The Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance 2694.6.04122 £17.50Received 21.7.04: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2003-04
Eighth Report: Restoring confidence in long-term savings 71-I28.7.0479 £14.50Received 14.10.04: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: Restoring confidence in long-term savings: 71-II28.7.04400 £29.00Not applicable
Ninth Report: The Merger of Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue 55611.11.0468 £14.50Awaited
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report on Child Trust Funds (HC 86) 3874.3.047 £4.50Not applicable
Second Special Report: Responses to the Committee's First Report: Transparency of Credit Card Charges (HC 125) 43116.3.0426 £8.00Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report on The 2003 Pre-Budget Report (HC 136) 47831.3.0421 £6.00Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report on The 2004 Budget (HC 479) 65417.6.0422 £6.00Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Responses to the Committee's Fifth Report: Restoring confidence in long-term savings: Endowment mortgages (HC 394) 65517.6.0417 £6.00Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Supplementary Government Response to the Committee's First Report: Transparency of Credit Card Charges (HC 125) 76129.6.046 £4.50Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report:
The Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance (HC 269)
105421.9.046 £4.50Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Reponses to the Committee's Eighth Report: Restoring confidence in long-term savings (HC 71) 111914.10.0428 £8.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Financial Services Authority 1211-i A8.1.04 52£10.50Not applicable
Written Evidence: (October 2003-January 2004) Restoring confidence in long-term savings 27526.2.04192 £20.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Bank of England February 2004 Inflation Report 495-i12.5.0423 £7.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Bank of England May 2004 Inflation Report 656 i-ii25.8.0434 £8.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Spending Review 2004 906 i-ii14.10.0459 £11.50Not applicable
Evidence published on the Internet: Regional Productivity 305 i-iv11.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Credit card charges and marketing 1177 i-ii 2.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: EU Single Market in Financial Services 1068-i-iii17.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Regional Productivity 305 v-vi18.11.04     Not applicable


A HC No refers to Session 2002-03

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 1.4.04 as HC 1325, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1324, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

DateSubject
19.7.04Two, on Amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Restoring confidence in long term savings


Debates

The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:

First Report, Session 2003-04, Transparency of Credit Card Charges, HC 125-I, 20.4.04

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

Second Report, Session 2003-04, Child Trust Funds, HC 86, Second Reading of the Child Trust Fund Bill, 15.12.03

Sixth Report, Session 2003-04, The 2004 Budget, HC 479-I, Second Reading of the Finance Bill, 20.4.04

The following Oral and Written Evidence was tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Oral and Written Evidence, Session 2003-04, Restoring confidence in long-term savings, the debate on the Equitable Life Inquiry, 24.3.04

The following Uncorrected Evidence was tagged to a debate in a European Standing Committee:
Uncorrected Evidence on the EU Single Market in Financial Services, 20.10.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 32 of the Committee's 43 meetings[16]. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Bank of England February 2004 Inflation Report
1
Bank of England May 2004 Inflation Report
2
Budget 2004
3
Credit card charges and marketing
2
EU Single Market in Financial Services
2
Regional Productivity
6
Restoring confidence in long-term savingsA
12
Spending Review 2004
2
The Pre-Budget Report 2003
3
Total
33



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

42A  Treasury Sub-Committee

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 19 meetings.

Members
Fallon, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Beard, Mr Nigel
Cousins, Mr Jim
Eagle, Angela
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David (added 22.3.04)
Lamb, Norman
McFall, Mr John
Mann, John
Mudie, Mr George
Plaskitt, Mr James
Ruffley, Mr David (discharged 22.3.04)
Tyrie, Mr Andrew (discharged 8.12.03)
Walter, Mr Robert (added 8.12.03)
 
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
19
18
8
11
4
16
18
6
6
10
5
0
11
 
63.2 %
2
2
18.2 %

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Alex Kidner, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Dominic Lindley (Band B1); Mr George Hodgson (Band B1)
Committee Assistant/Secretary: Mrs Amanda Waller, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Mike Cruickshank (until 22.3.04); Mr James Clarke (from 22.3.04) (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
    Number of appearances by:
Other Ministers
    Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
HM Treasury
    Government departments reporting to the Chancellor of the Exchequer comprising:
Office for National Statistics
The Office of Government Commerce
    Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
HM Customs and Excise
Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue & Customs & Excise
Statistics Commission
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
5
  
4
  
4
5
  
10
11
2
3
15


Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
9-11.2.04NetherlandsFallon, Eagle, Ruffley 2Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance £3,730.24


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
Oral and Written Evidence: Office of Government Commerce 222-i28.4.0414 £4.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Appointment Hearing: The Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce 579-i17.6.0411 £4.00Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: HM Customs & Excise Spring Departmental Report 2004 908-i12.11.0421 £5.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Statistics Commission's Annual Report 2003-04 1039-i18.11.0416 £5.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Inland Revenue Spring Departmental Report 2004 835-i18.11.0420 £3.50Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Office for National Statistics: Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04 1203-i2.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Excise Duty Fraud 1281-i22.11.04     Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Not applicable.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 1.4.04 as HC 1325, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1324, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 16 of the Committee's 19 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance
5
Appointment Hearing: the Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce
1
Child Trust FundsA
1
Excise Duty Fraud
1
HM Customs & Excise Spring Departmental Report 2004
1
Inland Revenue Spring Departmental Report 2004
1
Merger of Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue
3
Office for National Statistics Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04
1
Office of Government Commerce (2004)
1
The Statistics Commission's Annual Report 2003-2004
1
Total
16

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

43  WELSH AFFAIRS

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 37 meetings.

Members
Jones, Mr Martyn (Chairman) 
Caton, Mr Martin 
Edwards, Mr Huw 
Evans, Mr Nigel 
Francis, Dr Hywel 
Morgan, Julie 
Owen, Albert 
Price, Adam (discharged 26.1.04) 
Prisk, Mr Mark 
Williams, Mrs Betty 
Williams, Hywel (added 26.1.04) 
Williams, Mr Roger             
  
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
37
32
19
12
24
31
22
1
0
19
22
21
  
59.0 %
1
1
9.1 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr James Davies, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Mike Clark (from 11.10.04), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Dr Rebecca Davies (from 16.8.04) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Paul Derrett, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Sarah Colebrook, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Jim Lawford (from 2.4.04 until 19.9.04) (Band D1); Mrs Sharon Still (from 11.10.04) (shared) (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Glyn Alger, Dr Rachel Ashworth, Professor Stuart Cole, Anne Crowley, Calvin Jones, Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, Professor Mike Levi, Professor Michael Mcguire and Catriona Williams.

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:
Wales Office
Other departments comprising of:
Department for Trade and Industry
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments:
Traffic Commissioner for the Welsh Area
Network Rail
Strategic Rail Authority
Members of the National Assembly for Wales
Officials of the National Assembly for Wales
Welsh Assembly Government Ministers
Officials of the Welsh Assembly Government
Children's Commissioner for Wales
Appearances by other witnesses
   
  
2
2
  
3
  
1
  
1
2
4
1
1
3
4
1
78


Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
2.2.04Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven and Cardiff International Airport Jones, Caton, Evans, Morgan2 Inquiry into changes in Customs and Excise operations in Wales £1424.33
28-29.3.04Swansea and Port Talbot Jones, Caton, Francis, Morgan, Owen, R Williams 2AInquiry into Manufacturing and Trade in Wales £2855.48
10-11.5.04Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil Jones, Caton, Edwards, Francis, Morgan, Owen, R Williams 3BInquiry into Manufacturing and Trade in Wales £2,366.24
17-18.5.04Bangor, Llanberis, Wrexham and Broughton Jones, Caton, Edwards, Morgan, Owen, B Williams, H Williams 3AInquiry into Manufacturing and Trade in Wales £3,350.37
27.5.04CardiffJones 2Inquiry into the Draft Transport (Wales) Bill £459.08
21.6.04CardiffJones, Caton, Francis, Morgan, H Williams 3AMeeting as part of enlarged Economic Development and Transport Committee of the National Assembly for Wales £804.53
1.11.04CardiffJones, Caton, Edwards, Francis, Morgan, Owen, R Williams 2CInquiry into The Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales and a Meeting with the Panel of Committees' Chairs, National Assembly for Wales £2,419.92


A Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer

B Includes 1 shorthand writer

C Includes 2 specialist advisers

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: The Empowerment of Children and Young People in Wales 177-I15.1.0452 £12.00Received 28.11.03: published as Second Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: The Empowerment of Children and Young People in Wales 177-II15.1.04218 £1.50Not applicable
Second Report: Work of the Committee in 2003 17827.1.0411 £5.00Not applicable
Third Report: The Provision of Rail Services in Wales 45829.3.04181 £20.00Received 27.5.04: published as Third Special Report, Session 2003-04
Fourth Report: Draft Transport (Wales) Bill 75919.7.04205 £22.00Received 4.11.04: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2003-04
Fifth Report: The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales 53828.7.0489 £14.50Received 4.10.04: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2003-04
First Special Report: The Government Response to the Fifth Report of the Committee Session 2002-03: The Draft Public Audit (Wales) Bill 8711.12.037 £4.50Not applicable
Second Special Report: The Government Response to the First Report of the Committee Session 2003-04:The Empowerment of Children and Young People in Wales 4596.4.0411 £4.50Not applicable
Third Special Report: The Provision of Rail Services in Wales: The Government Response 7082.7.0410 £4.50Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales: The Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003-04 112619.10.047 £4.50Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: The Draft Transport (Wales) Bill: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2003-04 125217.11.048 £4.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Wales Office Annual Report 2004 80828.7.0420 £5.50Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-i11.2.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-ii16.2.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-iii24.3.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-iv27.4.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-v21.4.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-vii6.5.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-viii-ix18.5.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-x25.5.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-xi20.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 323-xii4.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales 1182-i27.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales 1182-ii2.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales 1182-iii-iv9.11.04     Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: Draft Public Audit (Wales) Bill, received 28.11.03 and published as the Committee's First Special Report Session 2003-04.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 28.07.04 as HC 1326, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1325, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

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

Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales, HC 538, 13.9.04

Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, Draft Public Audit (Wales) Bill, HC 763 and the Government's Response, HC 87, Session 2003-04, 17.6.04

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 20 of the Committee's 37 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Draft Transport (Wales) Bill
4
Manufacturing and Trade in WalesA
10
Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
4
The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales
1
The Wales Office Annual Report 2004
1
Total
20



44  WORK AND PENSIONS

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 30 meetings.

Members
Kirkwood, Sir Archy (Chairman) 
Baird, Vera 
Begg, Miss Anne 
Buck, Ms Karen 
Dismore, Mr Andrew 
Goodman, Mr Paul 
Hamilton, David 
Humble, Mrs Joan 
Marris, Rob 
Selous, Andrew 
Waterson, Mr Nigel             
  
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
30
15
26
22
26
19
14
27
26
22
17
  
73.9 %
0.0 %



Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Philip Moon, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr Mick Hillyard (until 31.10.04), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Ms Gosia McBride (from 4.10.04), Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Ms Maxine Hill (Band B1); Ms Djuna Thurley (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Kevin Candy (until 4.1.04), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Ms Louise Whitley (from 5.1.04), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Emily Lumb, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr John Kittle (shared) (Band D1) (from 10.4.04)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, Mr Paul Convery, Mr Carl Emmerson, Professor Ruth Hancock, Professor Steve Hilditch, Professor Jouni Jaakkola, Professor Philip James, Professor Peter Kemp, Mr Simon Martin, Professor Jane Millar, Professor David Piachaud, Mr Dave Simmonds, Professor David Walters and Professor Steve Wilcox.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during this Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
        Cabinet Ministers
        Other Ministers
        Department for Work and Pensions' officials
    DWP executive agencies:
Child Support Agency
    Officials from other Government departments:
Treasury
    Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments:
Equal Opportunities Commission
Health and Safety Commission
Health and Safety Executive
    Trade unions
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
3
2
4
  
1
  
2
  
1
1
1
9
90




Overseas Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
4-7.12.03Paris and Copenhagen Kirkwood, Baird, Buck, Dismore, Goodman, Hamilton, Humble, Marris, Selous 2Inquiry into Child Poverty £26,139.81
8-10.3.04Madrid and Bilbao Kirkwood, Baird, Begg, Dismore, Hamilton, Humble, Marris 3AInquiry into Health and Safety £13,155.95
10-17.9.04AustraliaKirkwood, Begg, Buck, Dismore, Hamilton, Humble, Marris, Selous 3AInquiry into the Performance of the Child Support Agency £68,446.05
(estimated outturn)


A Includes 1 facilitator

Visits to European Institutions

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
27-28.4.04BrusselsKirkwood, Hamilton, Marris, Selous 3Inquiry into Health and Safety £5,408.16


UK Visits

DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
20-22.1.04BelfastKirkwood, Begg, Hamilton, Marris 4AInquiry into Child Poverty £4,940.33
10-11.5.04EdinburghKirkwood, Begg, Dismore, Hamilton, Humble, Marris 6BInquiry into Health and Safety £8,494.26
29-30.6.04West Midlands Kirkwood, Hamilton, Humble, Marris3 Inquiry into the Performance of the Child Support Agency and Inquiry into Service Delivery to Ethnic Minority People £2,540.05


A Includes 1 facilitator

B Includes 1 specialist adviser, 1 facilitator and 1 shorthand writer

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

TitleHC No. (2003-04) Date of publicationNo. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: The Committee's Work in 2003 22720.1.0413 £5.00Not applicable
Second Report: Child Poverty in the UK 85-I8.4.04144 £17.50Cm 6200, published 10.6.04
Written Evidence: Child Poverty in the UK 85-II22.1.04258 £21.50Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Child Poverty in the UK 85-III8.4.04193 £20.50Not applicable
Third Report: Department for Work and Pensions Management of Information Technology Projects: Making IT Deliver for DWP Customers 311-I22.7.0499 £15.50Received 13.10.04: published as Second Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral and Written Evidence: Department for Work and Pensions Management of Information Technology Projects: Making IT Deliver for DWP Customers 311-II14.7.04240 £21.50Not applicable
Fourth Report: The Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive 456-I23.7.04110 £14.50Received 3.10.04: published as Third Special Report, Session 2003-04
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive 456-II12.8.04165 £18.50Not applicable
Written Evidence: The Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive 456-III12.8.04247 £21.50Not applicable
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report into the European Social Fund 22820.1.0412 £4.50Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report into the DWP's Management of Information Technology Projects 112513.10.0416 £6.00Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report into the Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive 113727.10.0420 £6.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Departmental Report 1171-i20.10.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Service Delivery by DWP to Minority Ethnic People 665-i23.6.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Service Delivery by DWP to Minority Ethnic People 665-ii15.12.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Service Delivery by DWP to Minority Ethnic People 665-iii10.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Pension Credit 1219-i10.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Pension Credit 1219-ii16.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Performance of the Child Support Agency 928-i17.9.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Performance of the Child Support Agency 928-ii10.11.04     Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Performance of the Child Support Agency 928-iii23.11.04     Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03

Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: European Social Fund, received 20.1.04 and published as the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2003-04.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 16.3.04 as HC 1327, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1326, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

DateSubject
31.3.04Seven, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Child Poverty in the UK.
14.7.04Two, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Health and Safety.


Debates

The following Report was the subject of an Estimates Day debate:

Fifth Report, Session 2002-03, Childcare for Working Parents, HC 564-I, 11.12.03

The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:

Second Report, Session 2003-04, Child Poverty in the UK, HC 85-I, 22.7.04

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
Child Poverty in the UKA
7
The Performance of the Child Support Agency
3
Health and Safety
7
One-off Evidence Session on the Departmental Report
1
Pension Credit
2
Service Delivery by DWP to Minority Ethnic PeopleA
3
Total
23



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

44A  IT Sub-Committee

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The Committee was nominated on 2 July 2003.

It had 11 Members and held 10 meetings.

Members
Kirkwood, Sir Archy (Chairman) 
Baird, Vera 
Begg, Miss Anne 
Buck, Ms Karen 
Dismore, Mr Andrew 
Goodman, Mr Paul 
Hamilton, David 
Humble, Mrs Joan 
Marris, Rob 
Selous, Mr Andrew 
Waterson, Mr Nigel             
  
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
10
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
10
4
0
  
30.0 %
0.0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Mick Hillyard, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Mr Kevin Candy (until 4.1.04), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Ms Louise Whitley (from 5.1.04), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Emily Lumb, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04), Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr John Kittle (shared) (Band D1) (from 10.4.04)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Ms Sarah Pearce.

Witnesses

Oral Evidence was given during this Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
        Cabinet Ministers
        Department for Work and Pensions officials
    DWP executive agencies:
        Child Support Agency
    Other Government department officials:
        Office of Government Commerce
    Trade unions
    Appearances by other witnesses
            
  
1
3
  
1
  
1
2
16


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

Not applicable.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2002-03 were published on 16.3.04 as HC 1327, Session 2002-03. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published as HC 1326, Session 2003-04.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 7 of the Committee's 10 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Administration of IT Projects
7
Total
7





14  
On two occasions the Committee's meeting comprised of two separate oral evidence sessions. Back

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

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


 
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