Sessional Returns 2004-05 - Contents


15  FINANCE AND SERVICES

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The Committee was nominated on 25 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 3 meetings.

Members
Bell, Sir Stuart (Chairman)
Adams, Mrs Irene
Ainsworth, Mr Bob
Conway, Derek
Key, Mr Robert
Lepper, Mr David
McAvoy, Mr Thomas
McLoughlin, Mr Patrick
Roe, Dame Marion
Stunell, Mr Andrew
Turner, Mr Dennis
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
2
0
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
63.6 %
0.0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr David Natzler, Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1A)
Second Clerk: Mr Tom Goldsmith, Second Clerk (Band A2)
Secretary: Miss Michelle Owens, Grade 2 (Band C)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None.

Witnesses

None.

Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits

None.

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

None.

Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04

None.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 were published on 25.11.04 as HC 1302, Session 2003-04. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05 will be published as HC 521, Session 2004-05.

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

None.

16  FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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The Committee was nominated on 19 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 17 meetings. This included 3 "Quadripartite" meetings held concurrently with Defence, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees, (listed as concurrent meetings (CM) in the attendance table below).

Members
Anderson, Donald (Chairman)
Chidgey, Mr David
Hamilton, Mr Fabian
Illsley, Mr Eric
Mackay, Mr Andrew
Mackinlay, Andrew
Maples, Mr John
Olner, Mr Bill
Pope, Mr Greg
Stanley, Sir John
Stuart, Ms Gisela
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:

Meetings attended
15 (including 1 CM)
8
12 (including 3 CM)
10
12
11
11 (including 1 CM)
13 (including 3 CM)
9 (including 1 CM)
15 (including 2 CM)
9
74.0 %A
0.0 %


A Not including concurrent meetings

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Steve Priestley, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Sarah Ioannou, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Ann Snow (Band B1) and Kit Dawnay (Band B1)
Media Officer: Adele Brown (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Kevin Candy, Senior Executive Officer (acting) (Band B1)
Secretary: Mrs Julia Kalogerides (until 3.4.05), Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Chintan Makwana (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Dr Sibylle Bauer*, Dr Wyn Bowen* and Dr Paul Cornish*.

*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 Ministers2
Other Ministers2
Number of appearances by officials or representatives of:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 10
Appearances by other witnesses 20

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
17-19.1.05Luxembourg and Brussels Anderson, Chidgey, Hamilton, Illsley, Mackay, Mackinlay, Maples, Olner, Pope, Stanley 2Luxembourg EU Presidency £11,390.40

(estimated outturn)

6-10.2.05Morocco, Algeria and Libya Anderson, Hamilton, Illsley, Mackay, Mackinlay, Maples, Olner, Pope, Stanley, Stuart 2Inquiry into Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism £23,427.14

(estimated outturn)

27.2-2.3.05New York and Washington DC Anderson, Chidgey, Hamilton, Mackay, Maples, Pope, Stuart 2Inquiry into Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism £25,054.67

(estimated outturn)

13-15.3.05LuxembourgA Anderson1 Chairpersons of Foreign Affairs Committees' Conference £2,129.02

(estimated outturn)

A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
24.1.05BrusselsA Anderson, Chidgey   Visit to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament £1,502.04

A Travel in a representative capacity

UK Visits

None.

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: The Work of the Committee in 2004 11225.1.05 38£11.00 Not applicable
Second Report: Cyprus 113-I22.2.05 87£14.50 Cm 6506, published 6.4.05
Oral and Written Evidence: Cyprus 113-II22.2.05 282£22.50 Not applicable
Third Report: Western Balkans 87-I23.2.05 93£14.50 Cm 6505, published 5.4.05
Oral and Written Evidence: Western Balkans 87-II23.2.05 170£18.50 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Human Rights Annual Report 2004 10925.3.05 248£23.00 Awaited
Fifth Report: Strategic Export Controls: HMG's Annual Report 2003, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA 14524.3.05 158£20.00 Awaited
Sixth Report: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism 36-I5.4.05 137£17.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism 36-II5.4.05 162£18.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2004-05 43625.3.05 61£11.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in the European Union 110-i6.4.05 26£7.00 Not applicable
Written Evidence: Zimbabwe 1116.4.05 4£3.00 Not applicable
Written Evidence: Overseas Territories 1156.4.05 9£4.00 Not applicable
Written Evidence: Gibraltar 4886.4.05 17£5.50 Not applicable
Written Evidence: Miscellaneous matters 4898.4.05 35£8.50 Not applicable

A Joint publication with the Defence, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees

Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04

Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2003-04, published as Cm 6415 (23.11.04).

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 were published on 18.11.04 as HC 1303, Session 2003-04. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05 will be published as HC 522, Session 2004-05.

Divisions
DateSubject
1.2.05Five, on the Chairman's draft Report on Cyprus
8.3.05Two, on publication of oral evidence

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 11 of the Committee's 17 meetings. On 1 occasion evidence was taken partly or wholly in private.
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Developments in the European Union 1
FCO Human Rights Annual Report 2004 2
Foreign and Commonwealth Annual Report 2004-2005 1
Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism 3
Strategic Export ControlsA 2
Western BalkansB 2
Total11

A Jointly with the Defence, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees

B The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2003-04; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2004-05))

17  HEALTH

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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.

It had 11 Members and held 18 meetings.

Members
Hinchliffe, Mr David (Chairman)
Amess, Mr David
Austin, John
Bradley, Mr Keith
Burns, Mr Simon
Calton, Mrs Patsy
Dowd, Jim
Jones, Mr Jon Owen
McDonagh, Siobhain
Naysmith, Dr Doug
Taylor, Dr Richard
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
Meetings attended
18
5
15
15
9
4
8
8
5
18
18
62.1 %
0.0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Dr David Harrison, Deputy Principal Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr Keith Neary, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Laura Hilder (Band B1) and Christine Kirkpatrick (Band B1)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistants: Mr Frank McShane (until 29.4.05), Higher Executive Officer (Band B2) and Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)
Secretary: Mrs Anna Browning (until 21.12.04), Grade 2 (Band C); Rowena Macdonald (from 10.1.05), Grade 2 (Band C)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

John Abraham, Professor Michael Adler, Professor Joe Collier, Professor Griffith Edwards, Professor Gerald Hastings, Ms Melanie Henwood, Professor Philip James, Professor Martin Jarvis, Professor Charles Medawar, Dr Harriet Middleton Scorer, Professor John Pasi, Dr Anton Pozniak, Mr Chris Vellenoweth and Professor Andrew Webster.

Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers2
Other Ministers3
Members of the House of Commons 2
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was also a Minister) 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representative of:
Department of Health 12
Other departments, comprising:
Department for Education and Skills 1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments, comprising:
Healthcare Industries Task Force 1
Medical Research Council 1
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 3
National Patient Safety Agency 1
Health Authorities, comprising:
County Durham and Tees Valley Health Authority 1
Strategic Health Authorities, comprising:
North West London Strategic Health Authority 1
Special Health Authorities, comprising:
National Institute for Clinical Excellence 4
NHS Trusts, comprising:
Barts and The London NHS Trust 1
Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust 1
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1
Southampton University NHS Trust 1
University Hospital Lewisham NHS Trust 1
Primary Care Trusts, comprising:
Hounslow PCT1
Appearances by other witnesses 51

Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
13-14.12.04Brussels Hinchliffe, Austin, Bradley, Calton, Jones, Naysmith 4AInquiry into The Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry £8,350.18

A Includes 1 specialist adviser

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
11.1.05Sandwich, Kent (Pfizer Laboratory) Hinchliffe, Naysmith, Taylor 6AInquiry into The Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry £776.25
25.1.05University College London (Pharmacy Department) Hinchliffe, Amess, Dowd, Jones, Naysmith, Taylor 5BInquiry into The Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry £82.80

A Includes 2 specialist advisers

B Includes 1 specialist adviser

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: The Work of the Committee 2004 2847.2.05 16£6.50 Not applicable
Second Report: The Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalised Patients 998.3.05 107£15.50 Awaited
Third Report: New Developments in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Policy 252-I20.3.05 68£13.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: New Developments in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Policy 252-II21.3.05 135£17.50 Not applicable
Fourth Report: The Influence of the Pharmaceutical IndustryA 42-I5.4.05 124£15.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: The Influence of the Pharmaceutical IndustryA 42-II26.4.05 542£38.00 Not applicable
Fifth Report: The Use of New Medical Technologies Within the NHS 398-I12.4.05 29£8.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: The Use of New Medical Technologies Within the NHS 398-II15.4.05 132£16.50 Not applicable
Sixth Report: NHS Continuing Care 399-I12.4.05 67£13.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: NHS Continuing Care 399-II3.5.05 148£16.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Public Expenditure 98-i7.3.05 61£7.00 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Government's Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374) 358-i8.4.05 26£7.00 Not applicable
Written Evidence: The Government's Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374) 358-ii2.6.05 316£22.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Public Expenditure 2004 1114-iB 20.12.0429 £7.00Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Public Expenditure 2004 1114-iiB 24.1.059 £4.00Not applicable
Memoranda: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 1113B21.2.05 248£21.50 Not applicable

A Incorporating HC 1030-i to iii, Session 2003-04

B HC No. refers to Session 2003-04

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 15.4.05 as HC 1304, Session 2003-04. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05 will be published as HC 523, Session 2004-05.

Divisions

None.

Debates

The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:

Third Report, Session 2003-04, Obesity, HC 23-I, and the Government Response, Cm 6438, 10.2.05

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 14 of the Committee's 18 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
New Developments in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Policy 2
NHS Continuing Care 2
Public Expenditure 2004A 1
Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374) 1
The Influence of the Pharmaceutical IndustryA 6
The Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalised Patients 1
The Use of Medical Technology Within the NHS 1
Total14

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))



 
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