37 TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 29 meetings. This included
3 "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)
Berry, Mr Roger
Burden, Richard
Clapham, Mr Michael
Djanogly, Mr Jonathan
Evans, Mr Nigel
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay
Kirkbride, Miss Julie
Mallaber, Judy
Perham, Linda
Smith, Sir Robert
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
28 (including 3 CM)
16 (including 3 CM)
15
19
0
16 (including 3 CM)
11
2
17
18
25
55.2 %A
0.0 %
|
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, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialist: Dr Philip Larkin (Band B1)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Clare Genis, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2)
Secretary: Miss Joanne Larcombe, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Jonathan Coe (shared) (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Sibylle Bauer*, Dr Gavin Cameron, Dr Paul Cornish*,
Prof Alex Kemp and Mr Nigel Meager.
*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 | 3
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department of Trade and Industry
| 22 |
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Ofcom | 3
|
Ofgem | 3
|
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
| 2 |
Other departments comprising:
| |
Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 3 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 120 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
7.12.04 | Geneva
| O'Neill, Evans, Hoyle, Kirkbride, Mallaber, Smith
| 2 | Inquiry into WTO Doha Negotiations
| £4,421.25 |
7-8.2.05 | Copenhagen
| O'Neill, Burden, Clapham, Evans, Mallaber, Perham
| 2 | Inquiry into Employment Regulation
| £6,211.04 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
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: The Electricity Distribution Networks: Lessons from the storms of October 2002 and Future investment in the networks
| 89 | 13.12.04
| 152 | £17.50
| Ofgem response, received 14.2.05; Department of Trade and Industry response, received 9.2.05: published as Third Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Second Report: Pub Companies
| 128-I | 21.12.04
| 71 | £13.50
| Department of Trade and Industry response, received 22.2.05; Office of Fair Trading response, received 16.2.05: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Pub Companies
| 128-II | 14.3.05
| 309 | £23.50
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Crown Post Offices
| 91-I | 5.1.05
| 30 | £8.50
| Department of Trade and Industry response, received 22.2.05: published as Tenth Report, Session 2004-05
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Crown Post Offices
| 91-II | 10.2.05
| 106 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2004
| 214 | 20.1.05
| 16 | £5.00
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Debt and Disconnection: Gas and electricity supply companies and their domestic customers
| 297-I | 10.2.05
| 36 | £10.00
| Received 14.4.05 |
Sixth Report: Trade with South East Asia
| 368 | 4.4.05
| 86 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Seventh Report: UK Employment Regulation
| 90-I | 21.3.05
| 35 | £10.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: UK Employment Regulation
| 90-II | 18.5.05
| 202 | £20.50
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Progress towards the Knowledge Driven Economy
| 432 | 22.3.05
| 275 | £24.50
| Awaited |
Ninth Report: Implementation of ECGD's Business Principles
| 374-I | 4.4.05
| 31 | £8.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Implementation of ECGD's Business Principles
| 374-II | 4.5.05
| 159 | £16.50
| Not applicable |
Tenth Report: Crown Post Offices: Responses to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2004-2005
| 435 | 11.3.05
| 11 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls HMG's Annual Report for 2003, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA
| 145 | 24.3.05
| 160 | £20.00
| Awaited |
Twelfth Report: Fuel Prices
| 279 | 1.6.05B
| 313 | £25.50
| Awaited |
Thirteenth Report: Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications
| 407-I | 5.4.05
| 23 | £6.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications
| 407-II | 4.5.05
| 90 | £13.00
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report: Coal Health Compensation Schemes
| 375-I | 6.4.05
| 35 | £10.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Coal Health Compensation Schemes
| 375-II | 4.5.05
| 108 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report: The UK Aerospace Industry
| 151-I | 5.4.05
| 48 | £12.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: The UK Aerospace Industry
| 151-II | 18.5.05
| 112 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Sixteenth Report: Jobs for the girls: The effect of occupational segregation on the gender pay gap
| 300-I | 7.4.05
| 38 | £10.00
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Jobs for the girls: The effect of occupational segregation on the gender pay gap
| 300-II | 19.5.05
| 135 | £16.50
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: UK Automotive Industry: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2003-04
| 129 | 5.1.05
| 13 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Revisited: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2003-04
| 215 | 10.2.05
| 6 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Responses to the Committee's First Report of Session 2004-05 The Electricity Distribution Networks: Lessons from the storms of October 2002 and future investments in the networks
| 433 | 15.3.05
| 20 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Pub Companies: Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2004-05
| 434 | 14.3.05
| 6 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
| 466-i | 19.5.05
| 88 | £13.00
| Not applicable |
A Jointly
with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development
Committees
B Issued as HC 279-I
on 23.3.05 in typescript
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Department of Trade and Industry response to the
Committee's Eighth Report: UK Automotive Industry in 2004,
received 1.12.04 and published as First Special Report, Session
2004-05.
Department of Trade and Industry response to the
Committee's Tenth Report: Post Office Urban Network Reinvention
Revisited, received 6.1.05 and published as Second Special
Report, Session 2004-05.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
2003-04 were published on 21.2.05 as HC 1322, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
were published on 19.4.05 as HC 541, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 23 of the Committee's
29 meetings.[7]
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Coal Health Compensation Schemes
| 2 |
Crown Post OfficesA
| 2 |
ECGD's Anti-Corruption Measures
| 1 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
| 1 |
Occupational Segregation and the Gender Pay Gap
| 4 |
Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications
| 2 |
Strategic Export ControlsB
| 2 |
The Competitiveness of the UK Aerospace Industry
| 3 |
UK Employment RegulationA
| 4 |
UK Fuel Prices | 5
|
Total | 26
|
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))
B Jointly with the
Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
38 TRANSPORT
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The Committee was nominated on 22 July 2002.
It had 11 Members and held 14 meetings.
Members
Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth (Chairman)
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M.
Donohoe, Mr Brian H.
Efford, Clive
Ellman, Mrs Louise
Lucas, Ian
McIntosh, Miss Anne
Marsden, Mr Paul
Randall, Mr John
Stevenson, Mr George
Stringer, Mr Graham
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
14
7
8
9
14
11
12
0
5
0
12
59.7 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Eve Samson, Deputy Principal
Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Mr David Bates, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Inquiry Manager: Philippa Carling (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Clare Maltby (Band B1)
Media Officer: Jessica Bridges-Palmer (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Miss Frances Allingham, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Sarah Verrinder (until 21.12.04), (temporary); Miss
Michelle Edney (from 10.1.05), Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Henry Ayi-Hyde (Band D1)
Sandwich Student: James O'Sullivan
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Rob Gifford, Professor Phil Goodwin, Dr Terry
Gourvish, Dr Heather Leggate, Dr Greg Marsden, Professor James
McConville and Mr Laurie Price.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
Other Ministers | 6
|
Members of the House of Lords
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Transport
| 4 |
Executive agencies: |
|
Highways Agency | 2
|
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Advantage West Midlands
| 1 |
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
| 3 |
Disability Rights Commission
| 1 |
HM Customs & Excise
| 1 |
National Audit Office |
2 |
Office of Fair Trading |
2 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 71 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
3.2.05 | MCA Control Centre, Dover, Kent
| Dunwoody, Donohoe, Efford
| 3 | Inquiry into Search and Rescue
| £393.60 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2004
| 251 | 10.2.05
| 28 | £8.50
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Tonnage Tax
| 299 | 10.2.05
| 95 | £15.50
| Awaited |
Third Report: Disabled People's Access to Transport: A year's worth of improvements?
| 93 | 4.3.05
| 110 | £15.50
| Awaited |
Fourth Report: The Departmental Annual Report 2004
| 409 | 10.3.05
| 74 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Fifth Report: Rural Railways
| 169-I | 15.3.05
| 43 | £11.00
| Awaited |
Sixth Report: The Performance of the London Underground
| 94 | 18.3.05
| 85 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Seventh Report: Road Pricing: The Next Steps
| 218-I | 24.3.05
| 57 | £12.00
| Awaited |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps
| 218-i | 19.1.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps
| 218-ii | 26.1.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps
| 218-iii | 2.2.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps
| 218-iv | 8.2.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Search and Rescue
| 322-I | 1.4.05
| 38 | £10.00
| Awaited |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Search and Rescue
| 322-i | 15.2.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Search and Rescue
| 322-ii | 8.3.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Ninth Report: European Community Competence and Transport
| 467 | 2.4.05
| 176 | £20.00
| Not applicable |
Tenth Report: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom
| 378-I | 3.4.05
| 38 | £10.00
| Awaited |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom
| 378-i | 2.3.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom
| 378-ii | 17.3.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom
| 378-iii | 21.3.05
| |
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Government Response to the Seventeenth Report, Session 2003-04: Cars of the Future
| 377 | 9.3.05
| 13 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Eighteenth Report, Session 2003-04: Galileo
| 410 | 14.3.05
| 15 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Reply to the Committee's Sixteenth Report: Traffic
Law and its Enforcement, published as Cm 6442 (10.1.05).
Reply to the Committee's Seventeenth Report: Cars
of the Future, received 7.1.05 and published as the Committee's
First Special Report, Session 2004-05.
Reply to the Committee's Eighteenth Report: Galileo,
received 21.2.05 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 3.5.05 as HC 1323, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
were published on 4.5.05 as HC 542, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
16.3.05 | One, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Road Pricing: The Next Steps
|
Debates
The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Seventh Report, Session 2003-04, Future of the
Railway, HC 145-I, 6.12.04
Sixteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Traffic Law
and its Enforcement, HC 105-I, 11.1.05
The following Report was referred to as relevant
to a debate in a European Standing Committee:
Eighteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Galileo,
HC 1210, 2.12.04
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 12 of the Committee's
14 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Disabled People's Access to Transport: follow-up
| 1 |
Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in Britain
| 3 |
Performance of the London Underground
| 1 |
Road Pricing: The Next Steps
| 4 |
Rural RailwaysA
| 1 |
Search and Rescue | 2
|
Total | 12
|
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))
39 TREASURY
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 17 meetings.
Members
McFall, Mr John (Chairman)
Beard, Mr Nigel
Cousins, Mr Jim
Eagle, Angela
Fallon, Mr Michael
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David
Lamb, Norman
Mann, John
Mudie, Mr George
Plaskitt, Mr James
Walter, Mr Robert
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
17
16
7
17
14
11
5
12
7
12
10
68.4 %
0.0 %
|
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) and Mr Andrew Staines (from 4.4.05) (Band B1)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Fiona Channon, Senior Executive
Officer (Band B1)
Secretary: Mrs Amanda Waller, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr James Clarke (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Graham Bishop, Mr Roger Bootle, Professor Sheila
Dow, Professor Rebecca Harding, Professor David Heald, Professor
Iain McLean, Professor David Miles, Professor Christopher Pissarides,
Mrs Bridget Rosewell, Professor Andrew Scott, 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 | 2
|
Other Ministers | 1
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
HM Treasury | 21
|
Number of appearances from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Bank of England (including Monetary Policy Committee)
| 10 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 32 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
28.2-4.3.05 | China
| McFall, Eagle, Fallon, Heathcoat-Amory, Mann, Walter
| 2 | Inquiry into China and the world and UK economy
| £23,361.14 (estimated outturn)
|
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
23.11.04 | European Parliament BrusselsA
| McFall | 1
| Meeting on EU Budget |
£833.39 |
4-5.4.05 | European Parliament BrusselsA
| | 1
| Meeting on EU Budget and financing
| £401.00 |
25.4.05 | European Parliament BrusselsA
| | 1
| Meeting on economic governance in the EU
| £292.00 |
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: The 2004 Pre-Budget Report
| 138 | 27.1.05
| 98 | £17.50
| Received 18.3.05: published as First Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Second Report: Credit card charges and marketing
| 274 | 4.2.05
| 112 | £17.50
| Received 4.4.05: published as Second Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Third Report: Work of the Treasury Committee
| 335 | 18.2.05
| 14 | £5.00
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Excise Duty Fraud
| 126 | 15.3.05
| 143 | £20.00
| Awaited |
Fifth Report: Cash Machine Charges
| 191 | 31.3.05
| 180 | £23.00
| Awaited |
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's First Report: The 2004 Pre-Budget Report (HC 138)
| 483 | 24.3.05
| 17 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2004-05: Credit card charges and marketing (HC 274)
| 508 | 11.4.05
| 16 | £6.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Impact of China on the world and UK economy
| 314-i-ii | 7.4.05
| 81 | £12.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Budget 2005
| 482-i-ii | 14.4.05
| 56 | £10.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Bank of England February 2005 Inflation Report
| 500-i | 15.4.05
| 18 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Regional ProductivityA
| 501 | 11.4.05
| 253 | £21.50
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: EU Single Market in Financial Services
| 1068 i-iiiB |
23.11.04 | 75
| £12.50 | Not applicable
|
A
Incorporating HC 305-i-v, 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 4.2.05 as HC 1324, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
will be published as HC 543, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster
Hall:
Fifth Report, Session 2003-04, Restoring confidence
in long-term savings: Endowment mortgages, HC 394, and Eighth
Report, Session 2003-04, Restoring confidence in long-term
savings, HC 71-I, 9.12.04
The following Report was tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Ninth Report, Session 2003-04, The Merger of Customs
& Excise and the Inland Revenue, HC 556, Debate on Second
Reading of Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill, 8.12.04
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 2004-05, Budget
2005, Second Reading of the Finance Bill, 6.4.05
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 12 of the Committee's
17 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Bank of England February 2005 Inflation Report
| 1 |
Bank of England November 2004 Inflation Report
| 2 |
Cash machine charges |
3 |
Impact of China on the world economy
| 1 |
The 2004 Pre-Budget Report
| 3 |
The 2005 Budget | 2
|
Total | 12
|
39A TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 5 meetings.
Members
Fallon, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Beard, Mr Nigel
Cousins, Mr Jim
Eagle, Angela
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David
Lamb, Norman
McFall, Mr John
Mann, John
Mudie, Mr George
Plaskitt, Mr James
Walter, Mr Robert
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
4
5
4
2
2
5
5
1
2
3
4
67.3 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Alex Kidner, Senior Clerk
(Band A2)
Committee Specialists: Mr Dominic Lindley (Band B1); Mr George
Hodgson (Band B1) and Mr Andrew Staines (from 4.4.05) (Band B1)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Fiona Channon, Senior Executive
Officer (Band B1)
Secretary: Mrs Amanda Waller, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr James Clarke (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
Other Ministers
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
HM Treasury
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
HM Customs and Excise
Appearances by other witnesses
|
1
1
3
1
9
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
18.1.05 | Budapest and Prague
| Fallon, Eagle, Lamb, McFall
| 1 | Inquiry into Excise Duty Fraud
| £5,530.03 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
31.1.05 | Glasgow
| Fallon, Cousins, Eagle, McFall, Walter
| 2 | Inquiry into Excise Duty Fraud
| £2,473.35 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Performance Targets and Monitoring
| 331 | 24.3.05
| 20 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Office for National Statistics: Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04
| 1203-iA |
2.12.04 | 17
| £5.50 | Not applicable
|
A
HC No. refers to Session 2003-04
Government replies to Reports for Session 2003-04
Not applicable.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 4 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
|
Excise Duty FraudA
| 3 |
Performance Targets and Monitoring
| 1 |
Total | 4
|
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))
40 WELSH AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 18 meetings.
Members
Jones, Mr Martyn (Chairman)
Caton, Mr Martin
Edwards, Mr Huw
Evans, Mr Nigel
Francis, Dr Hywel
Morgan, Julie
Owen, Albert
Prisk, Mr Mark
Williams, Mrs Betty
Williams, Hywel
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
18
15
9
2
5
12
3
0
14
7
9
47.5 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Mike Clark (until 3.1.05),
Second Clerk (Band A2); Mr James Davies, Second Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Specialist: Dr Rebecca Davies (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mr Paul Derrett, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2)
Media Officer: Jessica Bridges Palmer (shared) (Band
B1)
Secretary: Sarah Colebrook, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mrs Sharon Still (until 1.12.04), (shared)
(Band D1); Stuart McIlvenna (until 10.02.05), (shared) (Band D1);
Jim Lawford (from 14.2.05), (shared) (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Glyn Alger, Calvin Jones, Professor Dylan Jones-Evans,
Professor Michael Levi and Professor Mike Mcguire.
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:
Wales Office
Other departments comprising:
Home Office
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
BBC Wales
Ofcom
S4C
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) and Health Service Commissioner
Welsh Assembly Government Ministers
Officials of the Welsh Assembly Government
Appearances by other witnesses
|
3
3
6
2
3
2
1
1
2
18
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
30.1-2.2.05 | Netherlands and Belgium
| Jones, Caton, Edwards, Morgan, B Williams, R Williams
| 3 | Inquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
| £11,781.04 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
29.11.04 | Llangefni, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Ruthin, Llangollen and Wrexham
| Jones, Caton, Edwards, Owen, B Williams
| 6A | Inquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
| £3,980.07 |
14.1.05 | National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff
| Jones, Caton, Edwards, Francis, Morgan, H Williams, R Williams
| 3B | Meeting as part of enlarged Local Government and Public Services Committee of the National Assembly for Wales
| £1,065.70 |
20.1.05 | Monmouth
| Jones, Caton, H Williams
| 3B | Inquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
| £887.11 |
21-22.2.05 | Swansea, Treforest and Newport
| Jones, Caton, Francis, R Williams
| 3 | Inquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
| £1,606.41 |
18.3.05 | Cardiff
| Jones, Caton, Morgan, Owen, H Williams, R Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into the Ofcom review of broadcasting in Wales
| £595.00 |
A
Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
B Includes 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: Work of the Committee in 2004
| 256 | 27.1.05
| 17 | £6.50
| Not required |
Second Report: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales
| 329-I | 24.2.05
| 59 | £13.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales
| 329-II | 9.2.05
| 371 | £29.50
| Awaited |
Third Report: Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill [Lords]
| 234 | 9.2.05
| 80 | £13.50
| Received 6.4.05 |
Fourth Report: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
| 46-I | 23.3.05
| 82 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales
| 46-II | 23.3.05
| 433 | £31.30
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Draft Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill
| 547-i | 5.4.05
| 9 | £4.00
| 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 6.4.05 as HC 1325, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
will be published as HC 544, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were referred to on the Order
Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
First Report, Session 2004-05, Work of the Committee
in 2004, HC 256, Second Report, Session 2004-05, Manufacturing
and Trade in Wales, HC 329 I, Third Report, Session 2004-05,
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill [Lords], HC 234,
and Fourth Report, Session 2004-05, Police Service, Crime
and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales, HC 46, 4.4.05
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 10 of the Committee's
18 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly
or wholly in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Draft Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill
| 1 |
Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in WalesA
| 6 |
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill [HL]
| 2 |
The Ofcom review of broadcasting in Wales
| 1 |
Total | 10
|
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))
41 WORK AND PENSIONS
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 11 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
11
6
10
7
10
6
7
8
9
9
5
72.7 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Philip Moon, Deputy Principal
Clerk (SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Ms Gosia McBride, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Ms Maxine Hill (Band B1) and Ms Djuna Thurley
(Band B1)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Louise Whitley, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Emily Lumb, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr John Kittle (shared) (Band D1)
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 | 1
|
Other Ministers | 3
|
Department for Work and Pensions' officials
| 4 |
DWP executive agencies:
| |
Jobcentre Plus | 1
|
The Pension Service |
1 |
Public bodies and non Ministerial departments:
| |
Social Security Advisory Committee
| 2 |
Trade unions | 2
|
Appearances by other witnesses
| 11 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
16.3.05 | BrusselsA
| Kirkwood | 1
| Lisbon Strategy Conference
| £1,254.58 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
30.11-1.12.04 | Blackpool
| Kirkwood, Baird, Goodman, Hamilton, Humble
| 6A | Inquiry into Pension Credit
| £5,177.02 |
31.1.05 | Glasgow
| Kirkwood, Begg, Dismore, Hamilton, Marris
| 4B | Inquiry into Pension Credit
| £3,342.12 |
A
Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
B Includes 1 facilitator
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2004-05)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages |
Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2004
| 133 | 10.2.05
| 14 | £5.00
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Performance of the Child Support Agency
| 44-I | 25.1.05
| 74 | £14.50
| Received 24.3.05: published as First Special Report, Session 2004-05
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Performance of the Child Support Agency
| 44-II | 26.1.05
| 136 | £16.50
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Pension Credit
| 43-I | 9.3.05
| 86 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Pension Credit
| 43-II | 9.3.05
| 244 | £21.50
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Department for Work and Pensions: Delivery of Services to Ethnic Minority Clients
| 268-I | 6.4.05
| 74 | £14.50
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Department for Work and Pensions: Delivery of Services to Ethnic Minority Clients
| 268-II | 6.4.05
| 209 | £22.00
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: The Child Support Agency: Government Response to the Committee's 2nd Report of Session 2004-05
| 477 | 24.3.05
| 21 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Staffing Efficiencies
| 298 | 8.2.05
| |
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Social Security Advisory Committee
| 423 | 16.3.05
| |
| 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 19.5.05 as HC 1327, Session 2003-04.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2004-05
will be published as HC 545, Session 2004-05.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
19.1.05 | One, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on the Performance of the Child Support Agency
|
Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Fourth Report, Session 2003-04, The Work of the
Health and Safety Commission and Executive, HC 456-I, 20.1.05
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 6 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
|
One-off Evidence Session on Staffing Efficiencies
| 1 |
One-off Evidence Session on the Social Security Advisory Committee
| 1 |
Pension CreditA
| 3 |
Service Delivery by DWP to Minority Ethnic ClientsB
| 1 |
Total | 6
|
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))
B The
Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2002-03
and 2003-04; figures appear in the Returns for those Sessions
(HC 1 (2003-04)) and (HC 1 (2004-05))
41A IT SUB-COMMITTEE
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 2 July 2003.
It had 11 Members and held 0 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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0 %
0.0 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Gosia McBride, Assistant
Clerk (Band A3)
Media Officer: Mr Luke Robinson (shared) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Louise Whitley, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Ms Emily Lumb, Grade 2 (Band C)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr John Kittle (shared) (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Sarah Pearce.
Witnesses
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
None
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
None.
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