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
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
13-20.3.04 | Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Singapore
| O'Neill, Berry, Burden, Clapham, Evans, Hoyle, Mallaber, Perham, Smith
| 2 | Inquiry into UK-ASEAN trade
| £51,220.24 (estimated outturn) |
28-29.4.04 | Brussels and Paris
| O'Neill, Berry, Evans |
| Inquiry into Strategic Export Controls by the Quadripartite Committee
| £1,998.63 |
12-18.6.04 | Sao PauloA
| O'Neill | | Member of UNCTAD delegation
| £4,652.27 |
27.6-3.7.04 | Chicago and San Francisco
| O'Neill, Berry, Burden, Clapham, Evans, Hoyle, Mallaber, Perham, Smith
| 2 | Inquiry into the Knowledge driven economy
| £54,760.78 (estimated outturn) |
A Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
6.4.04 | BrusselsA
| Mallaber | |
Attendance at EP Gender Equality Meeting | £380.15
|
26-27.4.04 | Brussels | O'Neill, Berry, Burden, Djanogly, Evans, Hoyle, Mallaber, Perham, Smith
| 2 | Meetings with Commissioners and staff
| £4,464.16 |
A Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2003-04)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: The Work of the Committee in 2003
| 260 | 28.1.04 | 14
| £5.00 | Not applicable |
Second Report: UK Broadband Market |
321-I | 10.2.04 | 30
| £8.50 | DTI 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-II | 10.2.04 | 199
| £20.50 | Not applicable
|
Third Report: Resilience of the National Electricity Network
| 69-I | 10.3.04 | 61
| £13.50 | DTI 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-II | 19.4.04 | 163
| £18.50 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA
| 390-I | 18.5.04 | 198
| £22.00 | Cm 6357, published 20.10.04
|
Written Evidence: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA
| 390-II | 17.11.04 | 20
| £5.50 | Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Support to Businesses from Regional Development Agencies
| 118 | 9.6.04 | 249
| £23.00 | Received 6.8.04: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2003-04
|
Sixth Report: The Work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 506-I | 15.6.04 | 35
| £10.00 | Received 1.9.04: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2003-04
|
Seventh Report: The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme
| 611-I | 22.7.04 | 40
| £9.50 | Received 24.9.04: published as Tenth Report, Session 2003-04
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme
| 611-II | 15.10.04 | 106
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Report: UK Automotive Industry in 2004
| 437 | 9.9.04 | 164
| £20.00 | Received 1.12.04
|
Ninth Report: Updating Company Law: the Government's consultation document on 'Company Law. Flexibility and Accessibility'
| 1041 | 17.9.04 | 13
| £4.50 | Not applicable |
Tenth Report: Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Revisited
| 1204 | 4.11.04 | 26
| £8.50 | Not applicable |
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2002-03: Trade and Investment Opportunities with China and Taiwan
| 142 | 16.1.04 | 12
| £4.50 | Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventeenth Report of Session 2002-03: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
| 261 | 28.1.04 | 20
| £6.00 | Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of Session 2002-03: Rewards for Failure
| 415 | 11.3.04 | 7
| £3.00 | Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report: UK Broadband Market
| 596 | 19.5.04 | 18
| £6.00 | Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report: Resilience of the National Electricity Network
| 630 | 9.6.04 | 27
| £8.00 | Not applicable |
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report: Support to Businesses from Regional Development Agencies
| 1042 | 15.9.04 | 13
| £4.50 | Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report: The Work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 1043 | 21.9.04 | 9
| £4.50 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Postcomm: The Work of the Postal Regulator
| 597-i | 27.10.04 | 19
| £5.50 | Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel Poverty
| 143-i | 19.12.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Royal Mail Renewal
| 612-i | 24.5.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Royal Mail Renewal
| 612-ii | 24.5.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: DTI Structure, Aims and Resources
| 1205-i | 2.11.04 |
| | 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