Sessional Returns 2004-05 - Contents


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 Ministers3
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:
Ofcom3
Ofgem3
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 2
Other departments comprising:
Export Credits Guarantee Department 3
Appearances by other witnesses 120

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
7.12.04Geneva O'Neill, Evans, Hoyle, Kirkbride, Mallaber, Smith 2Inquiry into WTO Doha Negotiations £4,421.25
7-8.2.05Copenhagen O'Neill, Burden, Clapham, Evans, Mallaber, Perham 2Inquiry into Employment Regulation £6,211.04

Visits to European Institutions

None.

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 Electricity Distribution Networks: Lessons from the storms of October 2002 and Future investment in the networks 8913.12.04 152£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-I21.12.04 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-II14.3.05 309£23.50 Not applicable
Third Report: Crown Post Offices 91-I5.1.05 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-II10.2.05 106£14.50 Not applicable
Fourth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2004 21420.1.05 16£5.00 Not applicable
Fifth Report: Debt and Disconnection: Gas and electricity supply companies and their domestic customers 297-I10.2.05 36£10.00 Received 14.4.05
Sixth Report: Trade with South East Asia 3684.4.05 86£14.50 Awaited
Seventh Report: UK Employment Regulation 90-I21.3.05 35£10.00 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: UK Employment Regulation 90-II18.5.05 202£20.50 Not applicable
Eighth Report: Progress towards the Knowledge Driven Economy 43222.3.05 275£24.50 Awaited
Ninth Report: Implementation of ECGD's Business Principles 374-I4.4.05 31£8.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Implementation of ECGD's Business Principles 374-II4.5.05 159£16.50 Not applicable
Tenth Report: Crown Post Offices: Responses to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2004-2005 43511.3.05 11£4.50 Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls HMG's Annual Report for 2003, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary ScrutinyA 14524.3.05 160£20.00 Awaited
Twelfth Report: Fuel Prices 2791.6.05B 313£25.50 Awaited
Thirteenth Report: Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications 407-I5.4.05 23£6.00 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications 407-II4.5.05 90£13.00 Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Coal Health Compensation Schemes 375-I6.4.05 35£10.00 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Coal Health Compensation Schemes 375-II4.5.05 108£14.50 Not applicable
Fifteenth Report: The UK Aerospace Industry 151-I5.4.05 48£12.00 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: The UK Aerospace Industry 151-II18.5.05 112£14.50 Not applicable
Sixteenth Report: Jobs for the girls: The effect of occupational segregation on the gender pay gap 300-I7.4.05 38£10.00 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Jobs for the girls: The effect of occupational segregation on the gender pay gap 300-II19.5.05 135£16.50 Not applicable
First Special Report: UK Automotive Industry: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2003-04 1295.1.05 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 21510.2.05 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 43315.3.05 20£6.00 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Pub Companies: Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2004-05 43414.3.05 6£3.00 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 466-i19.5.05 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.
InquiryNumber 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 Prices5
Total26

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 Ministers1
Other Ministers6
Members of the House of Lords 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Transport 4
Executive agencies:
Highways Agency2
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
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
3.2.05MCA Control Centre, Dover, Kent Dunwoody, Donohoe, Efford 3Inquiry into Search and Rescue £393.60

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2004 25110.2.05 28£8.50 Not applicable
Second Report: Tonnage Tax 29910.2.05 95£15.50 Awaited
Third Report: Disabled People's Access to Transport: A year's worth of improvements? 934.3.05 110£15.50 Awaited
Fourth Report: The Departmental Annual Report 2004 40910.3.05 74£14.50 Awaited
Fifth Report: Rural Railways 169-I15.3.05 43£11.00 Awaited
Sixth Report: The Performance of the London Underground 9418.3.05 85£14.50 Awaited
Seventh Report: Road Pricing: The Next Steps 218-I24.3.05 57£12.00 Awaited
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps 218-i19.1.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps 218-ii26.1.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps 218-iii2.2.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Road Pricing: The Next Steps 218-iv8.2.05      Not applicable
Eighth Report: Search and Rescue 322-I1.4.05 38£10.00 Awaited
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Search and Rescue 322-i15.2.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Search and Rescue 322-ii8.3.05      Not applicable
Ninth Report: European Community Competence and Transport 4672.4.05 176£20.00 Not applicable
Tenth Report: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom 378-I3.4.05 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-i2.3.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom 378-ii17.3.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Integrated Transport: the Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom 378-iii21.3.05      Not applicable
First Special Report: Government Response to the Seventeenth Report, Session 2003-04: Cars of the Future 3779.3.05 13£4.00 Not applicable
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Eighteenth Report, Session 2003-04: Galileo 41014.3.05 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
DateSubject
16.3.05One, 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.
InquiryNumber 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 Rescue2
Total12

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 Ministers2
Other Ministers1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
HM Treasury21
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
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
28.2-4.3.05China McFall, Eagle, Fallon, Heathcoat-Amory, Mann, Walter 2Inquiry into China and the world and UK economy £23,361.14 (estimated outturn)

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
23.11.04European Parliament BrusselsA McFall1 Meeting on EU Budget £833.39
4-5.4.05European Parliament BrusselsA   1 Meeting on EU Budget and financing £401.00
25.4.05European 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
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: The 2004 Pre-Budget Report 13827.1.05 98£17.50 Received 18.3.05: published as First Special Report, Session 2004-05
Second Report: Credit card charges and marketing 2744.2.05 112£17.50 Received 4.4.05: published as Second Special Report, Session 2004-05
Third Report: Work of the Treasury Committee 33518.2.05 14£5.00 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Excise Duty Fraud 12615.3.05 143£20.00 Awaited
Fifth Report: Cash Machine Charges 19131.3.05 180£23.00 Awaited
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's First Report: The 2004 Pre-Budget Report (HC 138) 48324.3.05 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) 50811.4.05 16£6.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Impact of China on the world and UK economy 314-i-ii7.4.05 81£12.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Budget 2005 482-i-ii14.4.05 56£10.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Bank of England February 2005 Inflation Report 500-i15.4.05 18£5.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Regional ProductivityA 50111.4.05 253£21.50 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: EU Single Market in Financial Services 1068 i-iiiB 23.11.0475 £12.50Not 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.
InquiryNumber 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 Budget2
Total12

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
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
18.1.05Budapest and Prague Fallon, Eagle, Lamb, McFall 1Inquiry into Excise Duty Fraud £5,530.03

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
31.1.05Glasgow Fallon, Cousins, Eagle, McFall, Walter 2Inquiry into Excise Duty Fraud £2,473.35

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
Oral and Written Evidence: Performance Targets and Monitoring 33124.3.05 20£6.00 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Office for National Statistics: Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04 1203-iA 2.12.0417 £5.50Not 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.
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Excise Duty FraudA 3
Performance Targets and Monitoring 1
Total4

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
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
30.1-2.2.05Netherlands and Belgium Jones, Caton, Edwards, Morgan, B Williams, R Williams 3Inquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales £11,781.04

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
29.11.04Llangefni, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Ruthin, Llangollen and Wrexham Jones, Caton, Edwards, Owen, B Williams 6AInquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales £3,980.07
14.1.05National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Jones, Caton, Edwards, Francis, Morgan, H Williams, R Williams 3BMeeting as part of enlarged Local Government and Public Services Committee of the National Assembly for Wales £1,065.70
20.1.05Monmouth Jones, Caton, H Williams 3BInquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales £887.11
21-22.2.05Swansea, Treforest and Newport Jones, Caton, Francis, R Williams 3Inquiry into the Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales £1,606.41
18.3.05Cardiff Jones, Caton, Morgan, Owen, H Williams, R Williams 2Inquiry 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
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2004 25627.1.05 17£6.50 Not required
Second Report: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 329-I24.2.05 59£13.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Manufacturing and Trade in Wales 329-II9.2.05 371£29.50 Awaited
Third Report: Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill [Lords] 2349.2.05 80£13.50 Received 6.4.05
Fourth Report: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales 46-I23.3.05 82£14.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales 46-II23.3.05 433£31.30 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Draft Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill 547-i5.4.05 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.
InquiryNumber 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
Total10

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 Ministers1
Other Ministers3
Department for Work and Pensions' officials 4
DWP executive agencies:
Jobcentre Plus1
The Pension Service 1
Public bodies and non Ministerial departments:
Social Security Advisory Committee 2
Trade unions2
Appearances by other witnesses 11

Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
16.3.05BrusselsA Kirkwood1 Lisbon Strategy Conference £1,254.58

A Travel in a representative capacity

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
30.11-1.12.04Blackpool Kirkwood, Baird, Goodman, Hamilton, Humble 6AInquiry into Pension Credit £5,177.02
31.1.05Glasgow Kirkwood, Begg, Dismore, Hamilton, Marris 4BInquiry 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
TitleHC No. (2004-05) Date of publication No. of pages Sale priceGovernment reply
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2004 13310.2.05 14£5.00 Not applicable
Second Report: Performance of the Child Support Agency 44-I25.1.05 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-II26.1.05 136£16.50 Not applicable
Third Report: Pension Credit 43-I9.3.05 86£14.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Pension Credit 43-II9.3.05 244£21.50 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Department for Work and Pensions: Delivery of Services to Ethnic Minority Clients 268-I6.4.05 74£14.50 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Department for Work and Pensions: Delivery of Services to Ethnic Minority Clients 268-II6.4.05 209£22.00 Not applicable
First Special Report: The Child Support Agency: Government Response to the Committee's 2nd Report of Session 2004-05 47724.3.05 21£6.00 Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Staffing Efficiencies 2988.2.05      Not applicable
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Social Security Advisory Committee 42316.3.05      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
DateSubject
19.1.05One, 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.
InquiryNumber 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
Total6

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
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

Not applicable.

Minutes of Proceedings

None

Divisions

None.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

None.


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