11 EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 28 meetings.
Members
Sheerman, Mr Barry (Chairman)
Chaytor, Mr David
Davey, Valerie
Ennis, Jeff
Gibb, Mr Nick
Greenway, Mr John (added 25.1.05)
Holmes, Paul
Jackson, Mr Robert (discharged 25.1.05)
Jones, Helen
Pollard, Mr Kerry
Shaw, Jonathan
Turner, Mr Andrew
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
27
12
19
18
19
13
23
1
18
8
21
15
63.0 %
1
1
9.1 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr David Lloyd, Deputy Principal
Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Dr Sue Griffiths, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Libby Aston (Band B1) and Nerys Roberts
(Band B1)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mrs Lisa Wrobel, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) / Miss Susan Monaghan, Higher Executive Officer (Band
B2)
Secretary: Ms Catherine Jackson (until 7.4.05), Grade 2 (Band
C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr John Kittle (shared) (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Janet Beer, Christine Braddock, Valerie
Bragg, Professor Andrew Coyle, Mr Chris Hayes, Professor Bob Hudson,
Sarah Morgan, Dame Pat Morgan Webb, Sir Peter Newsam, Professor
Christine Pascal OBE, Dr Rosemary Peacocke, Mrs Teresa Smith,
Professor Alan Smithers, Professor Kathy Sylva, Sir William Taylor
CBE and Mr Tony Travers.
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 House of Lords (of whom 1 was also a Minister)
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Education and Skills
Department of Health
Home Office
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Audit Commission
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Healthcare Commission
Learning and Skills Council
Local Government Association
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
Appearances by other witnesses
|
2
4
2
12
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
6
51
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
21-26.1.05 | Canada
| Sheerman, Chaytor, Ennis, Gibb, Holmes, Pollard, Shaw
| 2 | Inquiry into Prison Education & Inquiry into Every Child Matters
| £36,240.72 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
8.2.05 | Feltham YOI
| Sheerman, Chaytor, Ennis, Greenway, Holmes, Jones, Shaw
| 4A | Inquiry into Prison Education
| £220.00 |
A
Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Public Expenditure on Education and Skills
| 168 | 7.1.05
| 88 | £14.50
| Received 8.3.05: published as Third Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Second Report: Education Outside the Classroom
| 120 | 10.2.05
| 235 | £23.00
| Awaited |
Third Report: UK e-University
| 205 | 3.3.05
| 175 | £17.50
| Awaited |
Fourth Report: Work of the Committee in 2004
| 359 | 8.3.05
| 16 | £5.00
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Secondary Education
| 86 | 17.3.05
| 106 | £15.50
| Awaited |
Sixth Report: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 37-I | 24.3.05
| 51 | £12.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 37-II | 31.3.05
| 399 | £28.50
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Prison Education
| 114-I | 31.3.05
| 106 | £15.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Prison Education
| 114-II | 4.4.05
| 280 | £22.50
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Teaching Children to Read
| 121 | 7.4.05
| 191 | £22.00
| Awaited |
Ninth Report: Every Child Matters
| 40-I | 5.4.05
| 79 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Every Child Matters
| 40-II | 14.4.05
| 279 | £22.50
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Secondary Education: Teacher Retention and Recruitment: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003-04
| 85 | 6.12.04
| 17 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Government's and Ofsted's Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2003-04: The Work of Ofsted
| 206 | 25.1.05
| 25 | £8.00
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Public Expenditure on Education and Skills: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2004-05
| 492 | 4.4.05
| 10 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Work of Ofsted (Session 2003-04)
| 1221-i | 24.1.05
| 52 | £10.50
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Admissions to Higher Education
| 41-i | 25.11.04
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Tuition Fees and Student Bursaries
| 369-i | 23.2.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Tuition Fees and Student Bursaries
| 369-ii | 6.4.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Work of the Department for Education and Skills
| 405 | 2.3.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Work of Ofsted
| 463 | 16.3.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: The Work
of Ofsted, Department for Education and Skills Response received
20.12.04 and Ofsted's Response received 18.10.04 and published
as the Committee's Second Special Report, Session 2004-05.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
2003-04 were published on 24.5.05 as HC 1298, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
were published on 8.6.05 as HC 517, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
9.3.05 | Four, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Secondary Education
|
15.3.05 | Three, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on the National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
|
Debates
The following Report and Oral Evidence were tagged
on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Fourth Report, Session 2003-04, Secondary Education:
School Admissions, HC 58-I, and Oral Evidence, Session 2004-05,
Secondary Education, HC 86i, 9.12.04
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 19 of the Committee's
28 meetings.[2]
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Admissions to Higher Education
| 1 |
Education Outside the ClassroomA
| 1 |
Every Child Matters |
7 |
National Skills Strategy: 14-19 EducationA
| 1 |
Prison EducationA
| 2 |
Secondary Education |
1 |
Teaching Children to ReadA
| 2 |
The Work of Ofsted March 2005
| 1 |
The Work of the Department for Education and Skills
| 1 |
Tuition Fees and Student Bursaries
| 2 |
UK eUniversityA
| 1 |
Total | 20
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on these inquiries in Session
2003-04; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))
12 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 16 Members and held 15 meetings.
Members
Ainsworth, Mr Peter (Chairman)
Barker, Gregory
Best, Mr Harold
Challen, Mr Colin
Chaytor, Mr David
Clark, Mrs Helen
Doughty, Sue
Flynn, Paul
Francois, Mr Mark
Horam, Mr John
McWilliam, Mr John
Morley, Mr Elliot
Savidge, Mr Malcolm
Thomas, Mr Simon
Walley, Joan
Wright, David
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
15
6
0
15
7
4
8
11
6
0
6
0
7
8
12
0
43.8 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Michael Hennessy, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Lynne Spiers, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Eric Lewis (Band A2) and Elena Ares (Band A2)
Media Officer: Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Francene Graham (until 30.1.05), Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2); Miss Louise Combs (from 31.1.05), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Caroline McElwee, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Robert Long (shared) (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Duncan Brack, Professor Paul Ekins, Mr Roger Harrabin and Mr Derek
Osborn.
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:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Other departments comprising:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
HM Treasury
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and
non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Environment Agency
Office of Government Commerce
Appearances by other witnesses:
|
2
4
1
2
3
3
40
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
29.11.04 | BrusselsA
| Challen |
| European Environment Committees Meeting
| £410.45 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Housing: Building a Sustainable Future
| 135-I | 30.1.05
| 73 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Housing: Building a Sustainable
Future
| 135-II | 30.1.05
| 320 | £24.00
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Corporate Environmental Crime
| 136 | 8.2.05
| 110 | £15.50
| Awaited |
Third Report: The World Summit on Sustainable Development
2002: a UK progress report
| 381 | 2.3.05
| 41 | £11.00
| Awaited |
Fourth Report: The International Challenge of Climate
Change: UK Leadership in the G8 and EU
| 105 | 27.3.05
| 313 | £26.00
| Awaited |
Fifth Report: Environmental Education: a follow-up to
Learning the Sustainability Lesson
| 84-I | 4.4.05
| 54 | £12.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Environmental Education: a
follow-up to Learning the Sustainability Lesson
| 84-II | 5.4.05
| 279 | £22.50
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Government Response to the
Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2003-04, on Environmental Crime:
Wildlife Crime
| 438 | 17.3.05
| 18 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Hazardous Waste and Waste
Policy
| 267 | 14.3.05
| 33 | £8.50
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Reply to the Committee's Twelfth Report: Environmental Crime: Wildlife Crime,
received 17.3.05 and published as the Committee's First Special Report, Session
2004-05.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 were published
on 11.3.05 as HC 1299, Session 2003-04. The Minutes of Proceedings of the
Committee for Session 2004-05 will be published as HC 518, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports and Special Report were debated in Westminster Hall:
Sixth Report, Session 2003-04, Environmental Crime and the Courts, HC
126, Ninth Report, Session 2003-04, Environmental Crime: Fly-tipping
fly-posting, Litter, Graffiti and Noise,
HC 445, and Sixth Special Report, Session 2003-04, Government
Responses to the Committee's Sixth and Ninth Reports, on Environmental Crime and
the Courts; and Fly-tipping, Fly-posting, Litter, Graffiti and Noise, HC
1232, Adjournment Debate ,13.1.05
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 12 of the Committee's 15 meetings. On none of these
occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence
sessions
|
Pre-Budget Report 2004: the road ahead
| 4 |
Sustainable Procurement Policy
| 3 |
The international challenge of Climate Change: UK leadership
in the G8 and EUA
| 6 |
Total | 13
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2003-04; figures
appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))
12A ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE: FOLLOW-UP TO LEARNING THE SUSTAINABILITY
LESSON INQUIRY
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 17 November 2004.
It had 4 Members and held 5 meetings.
Members
Walley, Joan (Chairman from 24.11.04)
Ainsworth, Mr Peter
Challen, Mr Colin
Thomas, Mr Simon
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
5
4
4
4
85.0 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Lynne Spiers, Senior Clerk
(Band A2)
Media Officer: Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Secretary: Caroline McElwee, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Robert Long (shared) (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Ms Libby Grundy.
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:
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Education and Skills
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Office for Standards in Education
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
3
1
2
2
18
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Not applicable.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for
Session 2004-05 will be published as HC 518, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 5 of the Committee's 5
meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Environmental Education
| 5 |
Total | 5
|
13 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD
AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 17 Members and held 11 meetings.
Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Atherton, Ms Candy
Breed, Mr Colin
Burnside, David
Drew, Mr David
Hall, Patrick
Lazarowicz, Mr Mark
Lepper, Mr David
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Mitchell, Mr Austin
Organ, Diana
Ruddock, Joan
Shephard, Mrs Gillian
Simpson, Alan
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy
Wiggin, Mr Bill
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
11
2
7
1
8
5
10
7
2
7
2
6
0
7
8
9
6
52.4 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Matthew Hamlyn, Deputy
Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Ms Fiona McLean, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Jonathan Little (Band B1) and Dr Antonia
James (Band B1)
Inquiry Manager: Mr Marek Kubala (Band B1)
Media Officer: Ms Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Miss Louise Combs (until 30.1.05), Higher
Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Andrew Boyd (from 31.1.05), Higher
Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Jim Lawford (until 20.2.05), Chief
Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Robert Long (shared) (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:
Cabinet Ministers
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
Members of Parliament
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
1
1
1
37
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
25-26.11.04 | The HagueA
| Jack, Mitchell | 1
| Meeting of Agriculture Committees of EU National Parliaments and the European Parliament
| £1,182.28 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
29.11.04 | European Commission, BrusselsA
| Lazarowicz | 1
| Meeting of Environment Committees of EU National Parliaments and the European Parliament
| £690.96 |
31.1-2.2.05 | European Commission, Brussels
| Jack, Atherton, Breed, Lazarowicz, Lepper, Mitchell, Ruddock, Simpson, Taylor
| 3 | Visit to the European Commission
| £6,571.29 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
31.1-3.2.05 | ExeterA
| | 1
| To attend the International Symposium on Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
| £282.00 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: The Draft Animal Welfare Bill
| 52-I | 8.12.04
| 133 | £17.50
| Received 14.2.05: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The Draft Animal Welfare Bill
| 52-II | 8.12.04
| 549 | £39.00
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Dismantling Defunct Ships in the UK: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| 257 | 25.1.05
| 16 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Third Report: The Work of the Committee in 2004
| 281 | 3.2.05
| 25 | £8.50
| Awaited |
Fourth Report: Waste policy and the Landfill Directive
| 102 | 17.3.05
| 240 | £22.00
| Awaited |
Fifth Report: The Government's Rural Strategy and the draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
| 408-I | 26.3.05
| 79 | £14.50
| Cm 6574, published 26.5.05
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The Government's Rural Strategy and the draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
| 408-II | 4.4.05
| 337 | £24.80
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: The future for UK fishing
| 122 | 24.3.05
| 234 | £23.00
| Awaited |
Seventh Report: Food information
| 469 | 30.3.05
| 276 | £24.50
| Awaited |
Eighth Report: Progress on the use of pesticides: the Voluntary Initiative
| 258 | 5.4.05
| 231 | £23.00
| Awaited |
Ninth Report: Climate Change: looking forward
| 130-I | 1.4.05
| 60 | £13.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Climate Change: looking forward
| 130-II | 5.4.05
| 272 | £22.50
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: The Departmental Annual Report 2004: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| 100 | 10.12.04
| 14 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Climate Change, Water Security and Flooding: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| 101 | 10.12.04
| 18 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Agriculture and EU Enlargement: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| 221 | 18.1.05
| 5 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: The Draft Animal Welfare Bill: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| 385 | 3.3.05
| 37 | £9.50
| Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: Water Pricing: follow-up: Government Reply to the Committee's Report
| 490 | 4.4.05
| 14 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The work of Defra
| 330-i | 7.4.05
| 24 | £7.00
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Reply to the Committee's Fifteenth Report: The
Departmental Annual Report 2004, received 25.11.04 and published
as the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2004-05.
Reply to the Committee's Sixteenth Report: Climate
Change, Water Security and Flooding, received 24.11.04 and
published as the Committee's Second Special Report, Session 2004-05.
Reply to the Committee's Seventeenth Report: Agriculture
and EU Enlargement, received 23.12.04 and published as the
Committee's Third Special Report, Session 2004-05.
Reply to the Committee's Eighteenth Report: Dismantling
Defunct Ships in the UK, received 25.1.05 and published as
the Committee's Second Report, Session 2004-05.
Reply to the Committee's Nineteenth Report: Water
Pricing: follow-up, received 22.3.05 and published as the
Committee's Fifth Special Report, Session 2004-05.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
2003-04 were published on 4.3.05 as HC 1300, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
were published on 7.6.05 as HC 519, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 7 of the Committee's 11
meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Climate Change: Looking Forward
| 4 |
The work of Defra | 1
|
Waste policy and the Landfill DirectiveA
| 2 |
Total | 7
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2003-04;
figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))
13A DRAFT NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES BILL SUB-COMMITTEE
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 10 February 2005.
It had 5 Members and held 2 meetings.
Members
Tipping, Paddy (Chairman)
Breed, Mr Colin
Drew, Mr David
Jack, Mr Michael
Wiggin, Mr Bill
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
2
2
2
2
2
100.0 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Matthew Hamlyn, Deputy
Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Ms Fiona McLean, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Mr Jonathan Little (Band B1)
Media Officer: Ms Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Andrew Boyd, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, 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:
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of, public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Environment Agency
English Nature
Countryside Agency
Appearances by other witnesses
|
2
1
2
1
3
3
7
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Not applicable.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for
Session 2004-05 were published on 7.6.05 as HC 519, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 2 of the Committee's 2
meetings. On neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
| 2 |
Total | 2
|
13B FUTURE FOR UK
FISHING SUB-COMMITTEE
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 3 November 2004.
It had 7 Members and held 6 meetings.
Members
Mitchell, Mr Austin (Chairman)
Atherton, Ms Candy
Burnside, David
Drew, Mr David
Lazarowicz, Mr Mark
Organ, Diana
Simpson, Alan
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
6
3
5
4
5
4
3
71.4 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Fiona McLean, Senior Clerk
(Band A2)
Inquiry Manager: Mr Marek Kubala (Band B1)
Media Officer: Ms Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Miss Louise Combs (until 30.1.05),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Andrew Boyd (from 31.1.05),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Jim Lawford (until 20.2.05),
Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, 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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Scottish Executive
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of, public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Sea Fish Industry Authority
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
2
3
1
22
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
17-18.1.05 | Scotland: Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Peterhead
| Mitchell, Burnside, Drew, Lazarowicz, Organ, Simpson
| 3A | To take evidence in the Future for UK Fishing inquiry and to visit the fish market at Peterhead
| £6,719.25 |
A
Includes 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Not applicable.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for
Session 2003-04 were published on 4.3.05 as HC 1300, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2004-05
were published on 7.6.05 as HC 519, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 6 of the Committee's 6
meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
The Future for UK FishingA
| 6 |
Total | 6
|
A
The Sub-Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session
2003-04; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))
13C GOVERNMENT'S RURAL
DELIVERY STRATEGY SUB-COMMITTEE
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 27 October 2004.
It had 6 Members and held 1 meeting.
Members
Tipping, Paddy (Chairman)
Breed, Mr Colin
Drew, Mr David
Jack, Mr Michael
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Taylor, David
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
1
1
1
1
0
1
83.3 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Matthew Hamlyn, Deputy
Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Committee Specialist: Mr Jonathan Little (Band B1)
Media Officer: Ms Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Miss Louise Combs (until 30.1.05),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Andrew Boyd (from 31.1.05),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Jim Lawford (until 20.2.05),
Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, 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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
1
2
10
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
7-8.12.04 | Cambridgeshire
| Tipping, Drew, Taylor |
2 | Inquiry into the Government's Rural Delivery Strategy
| £1,466.00 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Not applicable.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for
Session 2003-04 were published on 4.3.05 as HC 1300, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for Session 2004-05
were published on 7.6.05 as HC 519, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at the Committee's meeting.
On no occasion was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
The Government's Rural Delivery StrategyA
| 1 |
Total | 1
|
A
The Sub-Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session
2003-04; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))
13D PROGRESS ON PESTICIDES
SUB-COMMITTEE
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 15 December 2004.
It had 5 Members and held 4 meetings.
Members
Ruddock, Joan (Chairman)
Drew, Mr David
Simpson, Alan
Tipping, Paddy
Wiggin, Mr Bill
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
4
2
2
4
4
80.0 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Fiona McLean, Senior Clerk
(Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Mr Jonathan Little (Band B1)
Media Officer: Ms Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Miss Louise Combs (until 30.1.05),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Andrew Boyd (from 31.1.05),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); Mr Jim Lawford (until 20.2.05),
Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, 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:
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
HM Treasury
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
2
1
22
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Not applicable.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Sub-Committee for
Session 2004-05 were published on 7.6.05 as HC 519, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 4 of the Committee's 4
meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Progress on Pesticides |
4 |
Total | 4
|
14 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 15 Members and held 16 meetings.
Members
Hood, Mr Jimmy (Chairman)
Bacon, Mr Richard
Byrne, Mr Liam (added 21.2.05)
Cash, Mr William
Connarty, Mr Michael
David, Mr Wayne
Dobbin, Jim
Harvey, Nick
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David
Osborne, Sandra
Picking, Anne
Robertson, Angus
Robertson, John
Steen, Mr Anthony
Tynan, Mr Bill
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
13
5
5
12
15
10
14
9
11
12
5
15
11
11
14
70.1 %
1
0
6.6 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Dorian Gerhold, Deputy
Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Miss Olivia Davidson, Assistant Clerk
(Band A3)
Clerk/Advisers: Mr David Griffiths, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr
Terry Byrne, Senior Clerk (Band A2);
Mr Peter Harborne, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Sir Edward
Osmotherly, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Legal Advisers: Mr Michael Carpenter, Counsel to
the Speaker (European Legislation & c) (SCS Band 1A);
Dr Gunnar Beck, Assistant Legal Adviser (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Ms Jacqueline Ahrens (until 20.2.05), Higher
Executive Officer (Band B2);
Rebecca Crew (from 21.2.05), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2);
assisted by Mr Brian Dye, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Chief Office Clerk: Mr Allen Mitchell (Band C)
Secretaries: Mrs Keely Bishop, Grade 2 (Band C); Miss Susan Ramsay,
Grade 2 (Band C);
Liz Booth, Grade 2 (Band C); Dory Royle, Grade 2
(Band C); Sue Panchanathan, Grade 2 (Band C)
Office Support Assistant: Estelita Manalo (Band D2)
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 European Parliament
European Commissioner
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department of Health
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department for Work and Pensions
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
5
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
5-7.12.04 | Luxembourg
| Hood, Connarty, David, Dobbin, Harvey
| 3 | Presidency visit
| £10,062.11 |
8-9.2.05 | LuxembourgA
| Hood | 1
| Meeting of the chairpersons of COSAC
| £2,088.04 |
6-10.3.05 | Romania & Bulgaria
| Hood, Connarty, Dobbin, Steen, Tynan
| 3 | Visit to candidate countries
| £13,682.88 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
17.1.05 | CardiffA
| David | 2
| Meeting of Chairs of European Committees of the UK Parliament and the devolved assemblies
| £651.84 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report | 38-i
| 16.12.04 | 124
| £15.50 | Not applicable
|
Second Report | 38-ii
| 17.12.04 | 62
| £13.50 | Not applicable
|
Third Report | 38-iii
| 27.1.05 | 146
| £17.50 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report | 38-iv
| 3.2.05 | 82
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Report | 38-v
| 7.2.05 | 62
| £13.50 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Report: The work of the Committee in 2004
| 38-vi | 4.2.05
| 16 | £6.50
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report | 38-vii
| 15.2.05 | 49
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Report | 38-viii
| 1.3.05 | 49
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Ninth Report | 38-ix
| 8.3.05 | 54
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Tenth Report | 38-x
| 17.3.05 | 49
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Eleventh Report | 38-xi
| 31.3.05 | 64
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Twelfth Report | 38-xii
| 12.4.05 | 54
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirteenth Report: The European Commission's Work Programme for 2005
| 38-xiii | 1.4.05
| 16 | £6.50
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report: Aspects of the EU's Constitutional Treaty
| 38-xiv-I | 6.4.05
| 85 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Aspects of the EU's Constitutional Treaty
| 38-xiv-II | 6.4.05
| 136 | £16.50
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report | 38-xv
| 14.4.05 | 74
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
2003-04 were published on 11.2.05 as HC 1301, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
will be published as HC 520, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
1.12.04 | One, on consideration of the Committee's First Report
|
19.1.05 | Three, on consideration of the supplementary memorandum to be submitted to the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
|
26.1.05 | One, on a motion concerning the Committee's request to be allowed to sit in public
|
23.3.05 | Sixty-Four, on consideration of the Committee's Fourteenth Report: Aspects of the EU's Constitutional Treaty
|
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 6 of the Committee's 16
meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
EU's Constitutional TreatyA
| 4 |
Justice, Freedom and Security
| 1 |
Open method of co-ordination for health care and long-term care
| 1 |
Total | 6
|
A
The Committee also took oral evidence for this inquiry in Session
2003-04; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))
2 On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised
two separate oral evidence sessions. Back
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