Sessional Information Digest: 2006 - 07
Section C1
Departmental Select Committees: their work and reports
The following is a list of the select committees which are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and which now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House oversees the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure.
The listing of each departmental committee includes its membership as at Prorogation on 30th October 2007, the reports issued during the 2006-07 session and of Government observations received.
Communities and Local Government
Clerks: Mrs Mulley, Mrs Hunt & Mr Weir
Members (11)
Nominated: 27 June 2006
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab) (Chair)
Sir Paul Beresford (Con) | Mr Clive Betts (Lab) | John Cummings (Lab) |
Mr Greg Hands (Con) | Martin Horwood (LD) | Anne Main (Con) |
Mr Bill Olner (Lab) | Dr John Pugh (LD) | Emily Thornberry (Lab) |
David Wright (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Lyn Brown 27.6.2006-15.1.07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| The Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 198
| |
2
| Coastal Towns
| HC 351
| Cm 7126 |
3
| DCLG Annual Report 2006
| HC 106
| Cm 7125 |
4
| Is there a future for Regional Government?
| HC 352-I & II
| Cm 7119 |
5
| Refuse Collection
| HC 536-I &II
| HC 1095 |
6
| Equality
| HC 468
| Cm 7246 |
7
| Local Government Finance: Supplementary Business Rate
| HC 719-I & II
| |
8
| Local Government Finance: Council Tax Benefit
| HC 718-I & II
| HC 1037 |
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
Local Government Finance: Council Tax Benefit, HC 718-I-II
| HC 1037 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
Refuse Collection, HC 536-I-II
| HC 1095 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
21.11.2006
| The World Urban Forum III
| HC 48
| Baroness Andrews
Mrs Anna Tibaijuka, (UN Habitat)
|
22.11.2006
| The Supply of Rented Housing
| HC 47- II
| Written Evidence Only
|
7.8.2007
| Planning White Paper
| HC 671-i
| Yvettee Cooper MP,
Ms Michelle Banks (DCLG) & Ms Bernadette Kelly (Cabinet Office)
|
10.8.2007
| Leasehold and Major Works
| HC 380
| Mr John Paterson (London Leaseholder Network),
Ms Pauline Walton (Norwich Leaseholders' Association),
Mr Anthony Essien (Leasehold Advisory Service), Mr John Bryant, (National Housing Federation),
Ms Anne Kirkham (Decent Homes),
Mr Simon Llewellyn, (DCLG)
|
Constitutional Affairs
Clerks: Roger Phillips & Dr Rebecca Davies
Members (10)
Nominated: 13 July 2005.
Rt Hon Alan Beith (LD) (Chair)
David Howarth (LD) | Sian James (Lab) | Jessica Morden (Lab) |
Julie Morgan (Lab) | Bob Neill (Con) | Andrew Tyrie (Con) |
Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab) | Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab) | Jeremy Wright (Con) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
James Brokenshire 12.7.2007-11.12.2006
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Party Funding
| HC 163- I & II
| Cm 7123 |
2
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 259
| |
3
| Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid
| HC 223- I & II
| Cm 7158 |
4
| Freedom of Information: Government's proposals for reform
| HC 415
| Cm 7187 |
5
| Constitutional Role of the Attorney General
| HC 306
| |
6
| The creation of the Ministry of Justice
| HC 466
| HC 140 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Party Funding - Oral evidence from the Lord Chancellor on the role of the Attorney General, HC163
| HC 222 |
2sp
| Scrutiny of Constitutional Reform
| HC 907 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
22.6.2006
| Party Funding
| HC 988-i
| Lord Razzall CBE, Lord Marland and Lord Levy
|
17.4.2007
| The Accommodation for the new Supreme Court
| HC 465-i
| Adam Wilkinson (Save Britian's Heritage) Dr Kathryn Ferry (The Victorian Society)
Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC, Alex Allan (DCA)
|
17.4.2007
| Towards Effective Sentencing - Oral and Written Evidence
| HC 467-I
| Rt Hon Lord Woolf |
24.4.2007
| Public Guardianship Office
| HC 497-i
| Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Richard Brook (Public Guardianship Office)
|
19.6.2007
| House of Lords Reform and Party Funding
| HC 738-i
| Rt Hon Jack Straw MP |
Culture, Media & Sport Committee
Clerks: Kenneth Fox
Members (11)
Nominated: 13 July 2005.
Mr John Whittingdale (Con) (Chair)
Janet Anderson (Lab) | Philip Davies (Con) | Mr Nigel Evans (Con) |
Paul Farrelly (Lab) | Mr Mike Hall (Lab) | Alan Keen (Lab) |
Rosemary McKenna (Lab) | Adam Price (PC) | Mr Adrian Sanders (LD) |
Helen Southworth (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 234
| |
2
| London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games: funding and legacy
| HC 69-I & II
| Cm 7071 |
3
| Call TV Quiz Shows
| HC 72
| Cm 7072 |
4
| Call TV quiz shows: Joint response from Ofcom and ICSTIS to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
| HC 428
| |
5
| New Media and the Creative Industries
| HC 509-I & II
| Cm 7186 |
6
| Caring for our collections
| HC 176-I & II
| Cm 7233 |
7
| Self-regulation of the press
| HC 375
| HC 1041 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Replies to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
Self-regulation of the press, HC 375
| HC 1041 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
17.4.2007
| Ofcom Annual Plan 2007-08
Joint session with Trade and Industry Committee
| HC 459-i
| Lord Currie of Marylebone,
Mr Ed Richards (Ofcom) |
Defence Committee
Clerks: Philippa Helme & Mr Eliot Wilson
Members (14)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Rt Hon James Arbuthnot (Con) (Chair)
Mr David S Borrow (Lab) | Mr David Crausby (Lab) | Linda Gilroy (Lab) |
Mr David Hamilton (Lab) | Mr Mike Hancock (LD) | Mr Dai Havard (Lab) |
Mr Adam Holloway (Lab) | Mr Bernard Jenkin (Con) | Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) |
Mr Kevan Jones (Lab) | Robert Key (Con) | Willie Rennie (LD) |
John Smith (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Mark Lancaster 16.1.2006-27.11 06
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Defence Procurement 2006
| HC 56
| HC 318 |
2
| Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06
| HC 57
| HC 376 |
3
| Costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Winter Supplementary Estimate 2006-07
| HC 129
| HC 317 |
4
| The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the Manufacturing and Skills Base
| HC 59
| HC 304 |
5
| The work of the Committee in 2005 and 2006
| HC 233
| HC 344 |
6
| The Defence Industrial Strategy: Update
| HC 177
| HC 481 |
7
| The Army's requirement for armoured vehicles: the FRES programme
| HC 159
| HC 511 |
8
| The work of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the funding of defence research
| HC 84
| HC 512 |
9
| The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the White Paper
| HC 225- I&II
| HC 551 |
10
| Cost of military operations: Spring Supplementary Estimate 2006-07
| HC 379
| HC 558 |
11
| Strategic Lift
| HC 462
| HC 1025 |
12
| Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2007-08
| HC 835
| HC 1026 |
13
| UK Operations in Afghanistan
| HC 408
| HC 1024 |
14
| Strategic Export Controls: 2007 Review
| HC 117
| Cm 7260 |
15
| The Work of Defence Estates
| HC 535
| HC 109 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2005-06
Educating Service Children, HC 1054
| HC 58 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2005-06
Armed Forces Bill: proposal for a Service Complaints Commissioner, HC 1711
| HC 180 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the Manufacturing and Skills Base, HC 59
| HC 304 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
Costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Winter Supplementary Estimate 2006-07, HC 129
| HC 317 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07
Defence Procurement 2006, HC 56
| HC 318 |
6sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
The work of the Committee in 2005 and 2006, HC 233
| HC 344 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07
Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06, HC 57
| HC 376 |
8sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
The Defence Industrial Strategy: update, HC 177
| HC 481 |
9sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
The Army's requirement for armoured vehicles: the FRES programme: update,
HC 159
| HC 511 |
10sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
The work of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the funding of defence research, HC 84
| HC 512 |
11sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the White Paper, HC 225
| HC 551 |
12sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2006-07
Cost of military operations: Spring Supplementary Estimate 2006-07, HC 379
| HC 558 |
13sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2006-07
UK operations in Afghanistan, HC 408
| HC 1024 |
14sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2006-07
Strategic Lift, HC 462
| HC 1025 |
15sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2006-07
Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2007-08, HC 835
| HC 1026 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
11.1.2007
| Iraq
| HC 209-i
| Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Mr Nigel Casey (FCO), Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB (MOD) |
23.10.2007
| Iraq and Afghanistan
| HC 1091-i
| Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Lieutenant General Peter Wall CBE, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments), and Mr Jon Day CBE, Director General Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence, |
Education and Skills Committee
Clerks: Mr David Lloyd & Ms Jyoti Chandola
Members (11)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Mr Barry Sheerman (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Douglas Carswell (Con) | Mr David Chaytor (Lab) | Jeff Ennis (Lab) |
Paul Holmes (LD) | Helen Jones (Lab) | Fiona Mactaggart (Lab) |
Mr Gordon Marsden (Lab) | Mr Andrew Pelling (Con) | Stephen Williams (LD) |
Mr Rob Wilson (Con) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Nadine Dorries 12.7.2005-11.12.06
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| The Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 301
| |
2
| Citizenship Education
| HC 147
| HC 517 |
3
| Bullying
| HC 85
| HC 600 |
4
| The Bologna Process
| HC 205
| HC 788 |
5
| 14-19 Diplomas
| HC 249
| HC 1033 |
6
| The Work of Ofsted
| HC 165
| HC 1033 |
7
| Sustainable Schools: Are we building schools for the future?
| HC 140 I&II
| HC 1078 |
8
| The future sustainability of the higher education sector: international aspects
| HC 285 I&II
| HC 1033 |
9
| Post-16 Skills
| HC 333- I&II
| HC 1101 |
10
| Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding
| HC 1077
| |
11
| Creative Partnerships and the Curriculum
| HC 1034
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2005-06
Public Expenditure, HC 1201
| HC 211 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07
Citizenship Education, HC 147
| HC 517 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
Bullying, HC 85
| HC 600 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
The Bologna Process, HC 205
| HC 788 |
5sp
| Government Responses to (1) the Committee's Fifth Report, 14-19 Diplomas, and (2) Eighth Report, The future sustainability of the higher education sector: international aspects; and Government and Ofsted Responses to the Committee's Sixth Report, The Work of Ofsted, of Session 2006-07, HC 249, HC 285, HC 165
| HC 1033 |
6sp
| Government Responses to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
Sustainable Schools: Are we building schools for the future?, HC 140
| HC 1078 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
Post-16 Skills, HC 333
| HC 1101 |
8sp
| The Work of the Education and Skills Committee
| HC 1102 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
20.11.2006
| Children's Services
| HC 62-i
| Beverley Hughes MP, Tom Jeffery(DCSF)
|
18.12.2006
| Prison Education: Follow up
| HC 170-I & II
| Phil Hope MP, Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Mr Chris Barnham, Mrs Frances Flaxington,
|
23.5.2007
| Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
| HC 561-i
| Sir Cyril Taylor, GBE, Ms Elizabeth Reid, (SSAT)
|
11.7.2007
| Departmental Restructuring and Public Expenditure on Education and Skills
| HC 912-i
| Mr David Bell, Mr Jon Thompson,(DCSF) |
25.6.2007
| The Work of the Children's Commissioner
| HC 789-i
| Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Clerks: Chris Stanton & Nerys Welfoot
Members (14)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con) (Chair)
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Con) | Mr David Drew (Lab) | James Gray (Con) |
Patrick Hall (Lab) | Lynne Jones (Lab) | Daniel Kawczynski (Con) |
David Lepper (Lab) | Mrs Madeleine Moon (Lab) | Mr Jamie Reed (Lab) |
Mr Dan Rogerson (LD) | Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab) | David Taylor (Lab) |
Mr Roger Williams (LD) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
James Durridge 12.7.2005-19.2.07, Shailesh Vara 12.7.2005-11.12.06
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 213
| |
2
| Defra's Departmental Report 2006 and Defra's budget
| HC 132
| HC 522 |
3
| The Rural Payments Agency and the implementation of the Single Payment Scheme
| HC 107-I & II
| HC 956 |
4
| The UK Government's "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy"
| HC 546- I & II
| HC 48 |
5
| Draft Climate Change Bill
| HC 534- I & II
| Cm 7225 |
6
| Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive
| HC 694
| HC 1058 |
7
| British Waterways
| HC 345- I & II
| HC 1059 |
8
| Climate change: the "citizen's agenda"
| HC 88- I & II
| HC 189 |
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2005-06
Climate change: the role of bioenergy,
HC 965
| HC 131 |
2sp
| Government response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07:
Defra's Departmental Report 2006 and Defra's budget, HC 132
| HC 522 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07:
The Rural Payments Agency and the implementation of the Single Payment Scheme, HC 107
| HC 956 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive, HC 694
| HC 1058 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
British Waterways, HC 345
| HC 1059 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
18.6.2007
| Badgers and cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group
| HC 725-i
| Professor John Bourne, Professor Christl Donnelly, Professor John McInerney and Professor Rosie Woodroffe
|
20.6.2007
| Badgers and cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group
| HC 725-ii
| Dr Richard Yarnell, Mr Trevor Lawson, Mr Colin Booty and Ms Claire Robinson
Mr Meurig Raymond, Mr Jan Rowe, Mr Martin Haworth, Ms Catherine McLaughlin and Professor Rosie Woodroffe
|
Foreign Affairs Committee
Clerks: Steve Priestley & Gosia McBride
Members (14)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Mike Gapes (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab) | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Con) | Mr John Horam (Con) |
Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) | Mr Paul Keetch (LD) | Andrew Mackinlay (Lab) |
Mr Malcolm Moss (Con) | Sandra Osborne (Lab) | Mr Greg Pope (Lab) |
Mr Ken Purchase (Lab) | Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con) | Ms Gisela Stuart (Lab) |
Richard Younger-Ross (LD) |
Former Members of the Committee in session 2006-07
John Maples 13.11.2000-27.11.06
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| The Work of the Committee in 2005 and 2006
| HC 206
| |
2
| Visit to Guant namo Bay
| HC 44
| Cm 7063 |
3
| Human Rights Annual Report 2006
| HC 269
| Cm 7127 |
4
| South Asia
| HC 55
| Cm 7142 |
5
| Visit to Turkey and Cyprus
| HC 473
| |
6
| Foreign Policy Aspects of the Detention of Naval Personnel by the Islamic Republic of Iran
| HC 880
| Cm 7211 |
7
| Strategic Export Controls: 2007 Review
| HC 117
| Cm 7260 |
8
| Global Security: The Middle East
| HC 363
| Cm 7212 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
8.11.2006
| Active Diplomacy for a Changing World: The FCO'S Strategic Priorities
| HC 167
| Lord Hannay of Chiswick GCMG, CH,( former Permanent Representative to the United Nations),
Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG(former Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Director of The Ditchley Foundation), Matthew Kirk (former British Ambassador to Finland and Director of External Relationships)
|
6.12.2006
| UK Trade & Investment
| HC 136-i
| Andrew Cahn CMG, Susan Haird, Asif Ahmad, Ian Fletcher, (UK Trade and Investment)
|
11.1.2007
| Iraq
| HC 209-i
| Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Mr Nigel Casey (FCO), Rt Hon Des Browne MP (MOD), Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB (MOD)
|
Health Committee
Clerks: Dr David Harrison
Members (11)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) (Chair)
Mr David Amess (Con) | Charlotte Atkins (Lab) | Mr Ronnie Campbell (Lab) |
Jim Dowd (Lab) | Sandra Gidley (LD) | Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab) |
Mike Penning (Con) | Mr Lee Scott (Con) | Dr Howard Stoate (Lab) |
Dr Richard Taylor (Ind) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Stewart Jackson 11.12.2006-17.7.07, Anne Milton 12.7.2005-11 12 06,
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| NHS Deficits
| HC 73-I & II
| Cm7028 |
2
| Work of the Committee 2005-06
| HC 297
| |
3
| Patient and Public Involvement in the NHS
| HC 278- I-III
| Cm 7128 |
4
| Workforce Planning
| HC 171-I & II
| Cm 7085 |
5
| Audiology Services
| HC 392
| Cm 7140 |
6
| The Electronic Patient Record
| HC 422-I-III
| Cm 7264 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
23.11.2006
| Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2006
| HC 94-I & ii
| Mr David Nicholson CBE, (NHS Chief Executive), Mr Hugh Taylor, Mr Richard Douglas (DOH)
|
HC 503-II
| National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
| HC 503-II
| Written evidence |
Home Affairs Committee
Clerks: Dr Robin James
Members (14)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Richard Benyon (Con) | Mr Jeremy Browne (LD) | Ms Karen Buck (Lab) |
Mr James Clappison (Con) | Mrs Ann Cryer (Lab) | Mrs Janet Dean (Lab) |
Patrick Mercer (Con) | Margaret Moran (Lab) | Gwyn Prosser (Lab) |
Bob Russell (LD) | Martin Salter (Lab) | Mr Gary Streeter (Con) |
Mr David Winnick (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
John Denham 14.7.2003-28.6.2007
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 296
| |
2
| Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System
| HC 181- I & II
| Cm 7214 |
3
| Justice and Home Affairs Issues at European Union Level
| HC 76- I & II
| HC 1021 |
4
| Police Funding
| HC 553
| HC 1092 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report: Justice and Home Affairs Issues at European Union Level, HC 76
| HC 1021 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07: Police Funding, HC 553
| HC 1092 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
7.12.2006
| Migration Issues relating to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU
Joint Session with European Scrutiny Committee
| HC 143-i
| Mr Liam Byrne MP, Mr Christophe Prince, Ms Helen Earner, (Home Office) |
12.12.2006
| The Work of the Home Office
| HC 162-i
| Rt Hon John Reid MP, Sir David Normington KCB, Ms Lin Homer, Ms Helen Edwards CBE, Home Office
|
27.3.2007
| Knife Crime
| HC 433-i
| Mr Vernon Coaker MP, Mr Simon King, Ms Vanessa Nicholls, (Home Office)
|
17.4.2007
| Towards Effective Sentencing - Oral and Written Evidence
| HC 467-I
| Rt Hon Lord Woolf |
24.4.2007
| The Future of the Home Office
| HC 499-i
| Rt Hon John Reid, MP, Sir David Normington, KCB, Ms Ursula Brennan, (Home Office)
|
24.7.2007
| The Work of the Home Office 2007
| HC 980-i
| Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Sir David Normington KCB, (Home Office) |
International Development Committee
Clerks: Carol Oxborough/Matthew Hedges
Members (11)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Malcolm Bruce MP, (LD) (Chair)
John Battle (Lab) | Hugh Bayley (Lab) | Mr John Bercow (Con) |
Richard Burden (Lab) | Mr Quentin Davies (Lab) | James Duddridge (Con) |
Ann McKechin (Lab) | Joan Ruddock (Lab) | Mr Marsha Singh (Lab) |
Sir Robert Smith (LD) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
John Barrett 26.2.01-16.4.07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Department for International Development Departmental Report 2006
| HC 71
| HC 328 |
2
| HIV / AIDS: Marginalised groups and emerging epidemics
| HC 46-I & II
| HC 329 |
3
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 228
| |
4
| Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| HC 114-I & II
| HC 430 |
5
| EU Development and Trade Policies: An update
| HC 271
| HC 622 |
6
| Sanitation and Water
| HC 126-I & II
| HC 854 |
7
| Fair Trade and Development
| HC 356-I & II
| HC 1047 |
8
| Department for International Development's Programme in Vietnam
| HC 732
| HC 1062 |
9
| Prospects for Sustainable Peace in Uganda
| HC 853
| HC 1063 |
10
| DFID Assistance to Burmese Internally Displaced People and Refugees on the Thai-Burma Border
| HC 645-I & II
| HC 1070 |
11
| Strategic Export Controls: 2007 Review
| HC 117
| Cm 7260 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2005-06
Conflict and Development: Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Reconstruction, HC 923-I
| HC 172 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2005-06
Humanitarian response to natural disasters, HC 1188
| HC 229 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07
DFID Departmental Report, HC71
| HC 328 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07, HIV/AIDS: Marginalised groups and emerging epidemics, HC 46
| HC 329 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, HC 114
| HC 430 |
6sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
EU Development and Trade Policies: An update, HC 271
| HC 622 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
Sanitation and Water, HC 126
| HC 854 |
8sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
Fair Trade and Development, HC 356
| HC 1047 |
9sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
DFID's Programme in Vietnam, HC 732
| HC 1062 |
10sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
Prospects for Sustainable Peace in Uganda, HC 853
| HC 1063 |
11sp
| Responses to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2006-07
DFID Assistance to Burmese Internally Displaced People and Refugees on the Thai- Burma Border, HC 645
| HC 1070 |
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Clerks: Mr James Rhys
Members (13)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Sir Patrick Cormack (Con) (Chair) | Mr David Anderson (Lab) | Rt. Hon John Battle (Lab) |
Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP) | Rosie Cooper (Lab) | Mr Christopher Fraser (Con) |
Mr John Grogan (Lab) | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Lab) | Lady Hermon (UU) |
Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP (SDLP) | Mr Denis Murphy (Lab) | Stephen Pound (Lab) |
Sammy Wilson (DUP) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Draft Protocol for Community-based Restorative Justice Schemes
| HC 87
| HC 475 |
2
| The Work of the Committee in 2006
| HC 294
| |
3
| Tourism in Northern Ireland and its Economic Impact and Benefits
| HC 119
| HC 545 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07, Draft Protocol for Community-based Restorative Justice Schemes, HC 87
| HC 475 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
Tourism in Northern Ireland and its Economic Impact and Benefits, HC 119
| HC 545 |
| |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
21.3.2007
| The Assets Recovery Agency
| HC 417-iv
| Mr Vernon Coaker MP
Paul Goggins MP
|
18.4.2007
| Political Developments in Northern Ireland
| HC 476
| Mr Peter Hain MP
Mr Nick Perry (NIO)
Ms Clare Salters, (NIO) |
| |
Scottish Affairs Committee
Clerks: Gordon Clarke
Members (11)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Mr Mohammed Sarwar (Lab) (Chair)
Danny Alexander (LD) | Ms Katy Clark (Lab) | Mr Ian Davidson (Lab) |
Jim Devine (Lab) | Mr John MacDougall Lab) | Mr Angus MacNeil (SNP) |
Mr Jim McGovern (Lab) | David Mundell (Con) | Mr Charles Walker (Con) |
Mr Ben Wallace (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2006
| HC 308
| |
Memorandum
| Spring Supplementary Estimate 2007: Explanatory Memorandum by the Scotland Office
| HC 906
| |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
19.6.2007
| Scotland Office Annual Report 2007
| HC 168-x
| Rt Hon Des Browne MP, David Cairns MP, Dr Jim Wildgoose,(Scotland Office)
|
Trade and Industry Committee
Clerks:
Members (14)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Peter Luff, (Con) (Chair)
Roger Berry (Lab) | Mr Brian Binley (Con) | Mr Peter Bone (Con) |
Mr Michael Clapham (Lab) | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Lab) | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) |
Mr Mark Hunter (LD) | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Con) | Judy Mallaber (Lab) |
Rob Marris (Lab) | Anne Moffat (Lab) | Mr Mike Weir (SNP) |
Mr Anthony Wright (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Local Energy - Turning Consumers into Producers
| HC 257
| HC 494 |
2
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 332
| |
3
| Stamp of Approval? Restructuring the Post Office Network
| HC 276
| |
4
| Success and failure in the UK car manufacturing industry
| HC 399
| HC 598 |
5
| Better Skills for Manufacturing
| HC 493
| HC 845 |
6
| Marketing UK plc - UKTI's five-year strategy
| HC 557
| HC 981 |
7
| Trade with Brazil and Mercosur
| HC 208-I &II
| HC 982 |
8
| Restructuring the Post Office Network
| HC 593
| HC 1083 |
9
| Recent developments with Airbus
| HC 427-I & II
| HC 1084 |
10
| Strategic Export Controls: 2007 Review
| HC 117
| Cm 7260 |
11
| Europe moves East: The impact of the new EU Member States on UK business
| HC 592
| |
12
| The work of the Office of Fair Trading
| HC 591
| |
13
| The future of UK manufacturing: public procurement
| HC 1109
| |
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2005-06
Royal Mail Group, HC 1556-I
| HC 230 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07
Local Energy - Turning Consumers into Producers, HC 257
| HC 494 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
Success and failure in the UK car manufacturing industry, HC 399
| HC 598 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
Better Skills for Manufacturing, HC 493
| HC 845 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
Marketing UK plc-UKTI's five-year strategy, HC 557
| HC 981 |
6sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
Trade with Brazil and Mercosur, HC 208
| HC 982 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
Restructuring the Post Office Network,
HC 593
| HC 1083 |
8sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
Recent Developments with Airbus,
HC 427
| HC 1084 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
19.2.2007
| The Departmental Annual Report of the Department of Trade and Industry
| HC 1684-i
| Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Sir Brian Bender, KCB (DTI), Mr Mark Clarke (DTI) |
17.4.2007
| Ofcom Annual Plan 2007-08
Joint session with Culture, Media and Sport Committee
| HC 459-i
| Lord Currie of Marylebone, Mr Ed Richards (Ofcom) |
21.6.2007
| Energy White Paper
| HC 756-i
| Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Lord Truscott,
Mr Daron Walker, Mr Paul McIntyre (DTI)
|
16 July 2007
| The role of the Minister for Trade Promotion and Investment
| HC 923-i
| Lord Jones of Birmingham, Mr Andrew Cahn, (BERR)
|
18 July 2007
| Future of UK Manufacturing
| HC 161
| Mr Martin Temple CBE, Director General, and Mr Stephen Radley,( Manufacturers' Organisation) |
Transport Committee
Clerks: Tom Healey/ Annette Toft
Members (11)
Nominated: 13th July 2005.
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) (Chair)
Mr David Clelland (Lab) | Clive Efford (Lab) | Mrs Louise Ellman (Lab Co-op) |
Mr Philip Hollobone (Con) | Mr John Leech (LD) | Mr Eric Martlew (Lab) |
Mr Lee Scott (Con) | David Simpson (DU) | Mr Graham Stringer (Lab) |
Mr David Wilshire (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 226
| |
2
| The Ports Industry in England and Wales
| HC 61-I & II
| HC 954 |
3
| Transport for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: The Draft Transport Plan
| HC 199
| HC 484 |
4
| Department for Transport Annual Report 2006
| HC 95
| HC 485 |
5
| The Government's Motorcycling Strategy
| HC 264
| HC 698 |
6
| The new National Boatmasters' Licence
| HC 320-I & II
| HC 1050 |
7
| Novice Drivers
| HC 355-I & II
| HC 1051 |
8
| Passengers' Experiences of Air Travel
| HC 435- I & II
| HC 1052 |
9
| The draft Local Transport Bill and the Transport Innovation Fund
| HC 692- I & II
| HC 1053 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2005-06
Passenger Rail Franchising, HC 1354
| HC 265 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2005-06
Roads Policing and Technology: Getting the right balance, HC 975
| HC 290 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2005-06
Bus services across the UK, HC 1317
| HC 298 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2005-06
Local Transport Planning and Funding,
HC 1120
| HC 334 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2005-06
The work of the Civil Aviation Authority, HC 809
| HC 371 |
6sp
| Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
Transport for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: The Draft Transport Plan: Olympic Delivery Authority, HC 199
| HC 484 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
Department for Transport Annual Report 2006, HC 95
| HC 485 |
8sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
The Government's Motorcycling Strategy, HC 264
| HC 698 |
9sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07
The Ports Industry in England and Wales:
HC 61
| HC 954 |
10sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
The new National Boatmasters' Licence, HC 320
| HC 1050 |
11sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
Novice Drivers, HC 355
| HC 1051 |
12sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
Passengers' Experiences of Air Travel,
HC 435
| HC 1052 |
13sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
The draft Local Transport Bill and the Transport Innovation Fund, HC 692
| HC 1053 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
2.8.2007
| Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland
| HC 97-i
| Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Mr Brendan Magee(DVLNI), Mr Trevor Evans (DVLNI)
Mr Clive Bennett (DVLA)
|
2.8.2007
| The Eddington Transport Study
| HC 458-ii
| Sir Rod Eddington, Government Specialist Transport Adviser,
|
3.8.2007
| Open Skies - The Draft EU-US Air Transport Agreement
| HC 395-i
| Mr Willie Walsh (BA), Mr Stephen Ridgway (Virgin Atlantic)
|
Treasury Committee
Clerks: Colin Lee
Members (14)
Nominated: 13th July 2005.
Rt Hon John McFall (Lab) (Chairman)
Mr Graham Brady (Con) | Mr Colin Breed (LD) | Jim Cousins (Lab) |
Mr Philip Dunne (Con) | Angela Eagle (Lab) | Mr Michael Fallon (Con) (Sub Com Chair) |
Ms Sally Keeble (Lab) | Mr Andrew Love (Lab) | Mr George Mudie (Lab) |
Siôn Simon (Lab) | John Thurso (LD) | Mr Mark Todd (Lab) |
Peter Viggers (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Financial Inclusion: the roles of the Government and the FSA, and financial capability
| HC 53
| HC 437 |
2
| The 2006 Pre-Budget Report
| HC 115
| HC 423 |
3
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 191
| |
4
| Are you covered? Travel insurance and its regulation
| HC 50- I & II
| HC 933 |
5
| The 2007 Budget
| HC 389-I & II
| HC 696 |
6
| The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review: prospects and processes
| HC 279
| HC 1027 |
7
| The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: re-appointment hearing for Ms Kate Barker and Mr Charlie Bean
| HC 569- I & II
| |
8
| The efficiency programme in the Chancellor's departments
| HC 483-I & II
| |
9
| The appointment of the Chair of the Statistics Board
| HC 934-I & II
| HC 1065 |
10
| Private Equity
| HC 567- I & II
| HC 145 |
11
| Unclaimed assets within the financial system
| HC 533
| HC 1028 |
12
| The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: ten years on
| HC 299- I
| |
13
| Financial inclusion follow-up: saving for all and shorter term saving products
| HC 504
| HC 167 |
14
| Globalisation: prospects and policy responses
| HC 90
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2005-06
The administration of tax credits, HC 811
| HC 49 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2005-06
Globalisation: the role of the IMF, HC 875
| HC 52 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07
The 2006 Pre-Budget Report, HC 115
| HC 423 |
4sp
| Financial inclusion: Government and other Responses to the Committee's Twelfth and Thirteenth Reports of Session 2005-06 and the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07, HC 848-I,HC 1717, HC53
| HC 437 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
The 2007 Budget, HC 389
| HC 696 |
6sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
Are you covered? Travel insurance and its regulation, HC 50
| HC 933 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review: prospects and processes, HC 279
| HC 1027 |
8sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2006-07
Unclaimed assets within the financial system, HC 533
| HC 1028 |
9sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
The appointment of the Chair of the Statistics Board, HC 934
| HC 1065 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
1.11.2006
| Government Actuary's Departmental Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2005-06
| HC 1678-i
| Mr Christopher Daykin, Mr Andrew Johnston, Mr Kevin Down, (Government Actuary's Department) |
22.11.2006
| HM Revenue & Customs Spring Departmental Report 2005-06
| HC 51-i
| Mr Paul Gray, Acting Chairman, Mr Stephen Jones, Mr Mike Eland, (HMRC) |
30.11.2006
| Bank of England November 2006 Inflation Report
| HC 89-i
| Mr Mervyn King, Sir John Gieve, Mr Charlie Bean, (Bank of England)
Professor Tim Besley, Professor David Blanchflower (Monetary Policy Committee)
|
10.1.2007
| Debt Management Office Report and Accounts for 2005-06
| HC 190-i
| Mr Robert Stheeman, Ms Jo Whelan, Mr Jim Juffs,( Debt Management Office)
|
22.1.2007
| Financial Services Authority: annual report scrutiny
| HC 1594-i&ii
| Mr Richard Lambert, (Former Chairman of the Retail Financial Services Group and DG of CBI),
Mr Peter Vicary-Smith, (Which and RFS),
Mr Keith Satchell,, (Friends Provident)
Mr John Howard, (Financial Services Consumer Panel), Mr Stephen Haddrill, (Association of British Insurers)
|
24.1.2007
| The Valuation Agency Office Annual Report 2005-06
| HC 236-i
| Mr Andrew Hudson, Mr David Park, Mr John Wilkinson and Ms Sue Townsend, (Valuation Office Agency)
|
24.1.2007
| The Merger of HM Customs & Excise and Inland Revenue
| HC 192-i
| Mr Paul Gray, Mr Mike Eland, Mr Dave Hartnett, (HM Revenue & Customs),
Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Mr Mike Hanson (HM Treasury) Mr Peter Short (HM Treasury)
|
1 2.2007
| Financial Stability
| HC 292-i
| Sir John Gieve, Mr Nigel Jenkinson (Bank of England)
Mr Jon Cunliffe, Mr Clive Maxwell (HM Treasury),
Mr Hector Sants , Mr David Strachan (Financial Services Authority)
|
19.2.2007
| The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: ten years on
| HC 299-ii
| Written |
21.2.2007
| National Savings and Investments: Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06
| HC 327-i
| Ms Jane Platt, Mr Steve Owen, (NSI) |
21.2.2007
| Preparations for the 2011 Census
| HC 326-i
| Professor David Rhind, Mr Martin Weale, Mr Richard Alldritt, (Statistics Commission)
|
14.3.2007
| The administration of tax credits
| HC 382-i
| Dawn Primarolo MP, Mr Tony Orhnial,, (HM Treasury), Ms Sarah Walker (HMRC)
|
27.3.2007
| Bank of England February 2007 Inflation Report
| HC 414-i
| Mr Mervyn King, Ms Rachael Lomax, Sir John Gieve, (Bank of England)
Ms Kate Barker, Dr Andrew Sentence (Monetary Policy Committee)
|
28.6.2007
| Bank of England May 2007 Inflation Report
| HC 568-i
| Mr Mervyn King, Ms Rachael Lomax, Mr Paul Tucker, (Bank of England)
Professor Tim Besley, Professor David Blanchflower, (Monetary Policy Committee)
|
16.10.2007
| Financial stability and transparency
| HC 999-iii
| Dr Matt Ridley, Mr Adam Applegarth, Sir Ian Gibson, Sir Derek Wanless, (Northern Rock) |
Welsh Affairs Committee
Clerks: Nick Wright
Members (11)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Dr Hywel Francis (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Stephen Crabb (Con) | Mr Wayne David (Lab) | David T.C. Davies (Con) |
Nia Griffith (Lab) | Mrs Siân James (Lab) | Mr David Jones (Con) |
Mr Martyn Jones (Lab) | Albert Owen (Lab) | Mr Hywel Williams (PC) |
Mark Williams (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 291
| |
2
| Legislative Competence Orders in Council
| HC 175
| HC 986 |
3
| Welsh Prisoners in the Prison Estate
| HC 74
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07
Legislative Competence Orders in Council, HC 175
| HC 986 |
| |
Work and Pensions Committee
Clerks: Sarah Davies
Members (11)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Mr Terry Rooney (Lab) (Chair)
Miss Anne Begg (Lab) | Harry Cohen (Lab) | Mrs Natascha Engel (Lab) |
Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) | Justine Greening (Con) | Mrs Joan Humble (Lab) |
Greg Mulholland (LD) | John Penrose (Con) | Mark Pritchard (Con) |
Jenny Willott (LD) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Power to incur expenditure under Section 82 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999: new Employment and Support Allowance IT System - Further Report
| HC 86
| |
2
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 215
| |
3
| The Government's Employment Strategy
| HC 63-I & II
| HC 492 |
4
| Child Support Reform
| HC 219- I & II
| Cm 7062 |
5
| Personal Accounts
| HC 220-I & II
| Cm 7122 |
6
| The Social Fund
| HC 464
| HC 941 |
7
| Benefits Simplification
| HC 463- I & II
| HC 1054 |
8
| Full employment and world class skills: Responding to the challenges
| HC 939
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
The Government's Employment Strategy, HC 63
| HC 492 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
Social Fund, HC 464
| HC 941 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
Benefits Simplification, HC 463
| HC 1054 |
| |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
15.1.2007
| Jobcentre Plus
| HC 218-i
| Ms Lesley Strathie, Mr Malcolm Whitehouse, Mr Neil Couling, (Jobcentre Plus)
|
28.3.2007
| DWP's Autumn Performance Report
| HC 432-i
| Mr Leigh Lewis, Mr Adam Sharples, Mr Phil Wynn Owen, (DWP)
|
25.7.2007
| Departmental Annual Report
| HC 940-i
| Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Mr Phil Wynn Owen, Mr Adam Sharples, (DWP)
|
Section C2
Subject Listing of Reports of Departmental Select Committees
The following basic subject guide to the reports of the Departmental Select Committees (excluding, therefore, the Public Accounts Committee) is in an abbreviated form. Numbers in brackets signify the Committee number of the report. Special reports and Government Observations are not included. Full details are given in Section C1.
Subject
| Select Committee
| Paper Number |
Abortion
| Science and Technology (12)
| HC 1045 |
Afghanistan
| Defence (13)
| HC 408 |
Airbus UK
| Trade (9)
| HC 427 |
Armoured fighting vehicles
| Defence (7)
| HC 159 |
Arms trade
| Trade (10)
| HC 117 |
Assets
| Treasury (11)
| HC 533 |
Attorney General
| Constitutional Affairs (5)
| HC 306 |
Aviation
| Transport (8)
| HC 435 |
Bank of England
| Treasury (12)
| HC 299 |
Better Skills for Manufacturing
| Trade (5)
| HC 493 |
Brazil
| Trade (7)
| HC 208 |
Broadcasting programmes
| Culture (3)
| HC 72 |
Budget March 2007
| Treasury (5)
| HC 389 |
Burma
| International Development (10)
| HC 645 |
Capital
| Treasury (10)
| HC 567 |
Car Manufacturing Industry
| Trade (4)
| HC 399 |
Children
| Work and Pensions (4)
| HC 219 |
Citizenship
| Education (2)
| HC 147 |
Climate change
| Environment (5)
| HC 534 |
Climate change
| Environment (8)
| HC 88 |
Climate change
| Environmental Audit (6)
| HC 331 |
Climate change
| Environmental Audit (7)
| HC 460 |
Coastal areas
| Communities and Local Government (2)
| HC 351 |
Common agricultural policy
| Environment (4)
| HC 546 |
Communities and Local Government Select
Committee
| Communities and Local Government (1)
| HC 198 |
Constitutional Affairs Select Committee
| Constitutional Affairs (2)
| HC 259 |
Council tax
| Communities and Local Government (8)
| HC 718 |
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
| Culture (1)
| HC 234 |
Creative Partnerships and the Curriculum
| Education (11)
| HC 1034 |
Defence equipment
| Defence (1)
| HC 56 |
Defence equipment
| Defence (6)
| HC 177 |
Defence Estates
| Defence (15)
| HC 535 |
Defence estimates
| Defence (10)
| HC 379 |
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
| Defence (8)
| HC 84 |
Defence Select Committee
| Defence (5)
| HC 233 |
Defence Select Committee on Strategic Lift
| Defence (11)
| HC 462 |
Dept for Communities and Local Government
| Communities and Local Government (3)
| HC 106 |
Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
| Environment (2)
| HC 132 |
Dept for International Development
| International Development (1)
| HC 71 |
Dept for Transport
| Transport (4)
| HC 95 |
Draft Local Transport Bill
| Transport (9)
| HC 692 |
Driving
| Transport (7)
| HC 355 |
EC external relations
| International Development (5)
| HC 271 |
EC justice and home affairs
| Home Affairs (3)
| HC 76 |
Education and Skills Select Committee
| Education (1)
| HC 301 |
Electricity generation
| Trade (1)
| HC 257 |
Employment
| Work and Pensions (3)
| HC 63 |
Equality
| Communities and Local Government (6)
| HC 468 |
Ethnic groups
| Home Affairs (2)
| HC 181 |
Europe Moves East
| Trade (11)
| HC 592 |
EU emissions trading scheme
| Environmental Audit (2)
| HC 70 |
EU emissions trading scheme
| Environmental Audit (8)
| HC 1072 |
Financial Inclusion
| Treasury (1)
| HC 53 |
Financial services
| Treasury (13)
| HC 504 |
Foreign Affairs Select Committee
| Foreign Affairs (1)
| HC 206 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| Environmental Audit (5)
| HC 289 |
14-19 Diplomas
| Education (5)
| HC 249 |
Freedom of information
| Constitutional Affairs (4)
| HC 415 |
Government departments
| Environmental Audit (9)
| HC 740 |
Guantanamo Bay
| Foreign Affairs (2)
| HC 44 |
Health
| Science and Technology (3)
| HC 204 |
Health Select Committee
| Health (2)
| HC 297 |
Hearing impaired
| Health (5)
| HC 392 |
Higher education
| Education (8)
| HC 285 |
HIV infection
| International Development (2)
| HC 46 |
Home Affairs Select Committee
| Home Affairs (1)
| HC 296 |
Human embryo experiments
| Science and Technology (5)
| HC 272 |
Human rights
| Foreign Affairs (3)
| HC 269 |
Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive
| Environment (6)
| HC 694 |
Information and communications technology
| Work and Pensions (1)
| HC 86 |
Inland waterways
| Environment (7)
| HC 345 |
Insurance
| Treasury (4)
| HC 50 |
International Development Select Committee
| International Development (3)
| HC 228 |
Intimidation
| Education (3)
| HC 85 |
Iraq
| Defence (3)
| HC 129 |
Legal aid
| Constitutional Affairs (3)
| HC 223 |
Manufacturing industries
| Trade (13)
| HC 1109 |
Mass media
| Culture (5)
| HC 509 |
Medical records
| Health (6)
| HC 422 |
Ministry of Defence
| Defence (2)
| HC 57 |
Ministry of Defence
| Defence (12)
| HC 835 |
Ministry of Justice
| Constitutional Affairs (6)
| HC 466 |
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England - appointment hearings
| Treasury (7)
| HC 596-i |
Museums and galleries
| Culture (6)
| HC 176 |
Navigation
| Transport (6)
| HC 320 |
NHS
| Health (1)
| HC 73 |
Non-domestic rates
| Communities and Local Government (7)
| HC 719 |
Nuclear weapons
| Defence (4)
| HC 59 |
Nuclear weapons
| Defence (9)
| HC 225 |
Office for Standards in Education Children's Services and Skills
| Education (6)
| HC 165 |
Office of Fair Trading
| Trade (12)
| HC 591 |
Office of Science and Innovation Scrutiny 2006
| Science and Technology (6)
| HC 203 |
Olympic Games
| Culture (2)
| HC 69 |
Coastal areas
| Communities and Local Government (1)
| |
Olympic Games
| Transport (3)
| HC 199 |
Palestinians
| International Development (4)
| HC 114 |
Patients
| Health (3)
| HC 278 |
Personal savings
| Work and Pensions (5)
| HC 220 |
Personnel management
| Health (4)
| HC 171 |
Police
| Home Affairs (4)
| HC 553 |
Political parties
| Constitutional Affairs (1)
| HC 163 |
Ports
| Transport (2)
| HC 61 |
Post offices
| Trade (3)
| HC 276 |
Post offices
| Trade (8)
| HC 593 |
Pre-Budget report 2006
| Treasury (2)
| HC 115 |
Pre-Budget Report 2006
| Environmental Audit (4)
| HC 227 |
Public expenditure
| Treasury (6)
| HC 279 |
Regional government
| Communities and Local Government (4)
| HC 352 |
Rented housing
| Communities and Local Government (3)
| HC 47 |
Research Council Institutes
| Science and Technology (4)
| HC 68 |
Research councils
| Science and Technology (8)
| HC 746 |
Research councils
| Science and Technology (9)
| HC 472 |
Rural Payments Agency
| Environment (3)
| HC 107 |
Russia
| Foreign Affairs (2)
| HC 51 |
Science
| Science and Technology (11)
| HC 903 |
Science and Technology Select Committee
| Science and Technology (1)
| HC 202 |
Science and Technology Select Committee: Last Report
| Science and Technology (13)
| HC 1108 |
Secondary education
| Education (4)
| HC 205 |
Security
| Foreign Affairs (6)
| HC 880 |
Security
| Foreign Affairs (8)
| HC 363 |
Self-regulation of the press
| Culture (7)
| HC 375 |
Social Fund
| Work and Pensions (6)
| HC 464 |
Social security benefits
| Work and Pensions (7)
| HC 463 |
Social security benefits
| Work and Pensions (8)
| HC 939 |
South Asia
| Foreign Affairs (4)
| HC 55 |
Space technology
| Science and Technology (7)
| HC 66 |
Special educational needs
| Education (10)
| HC 1077 |
Sports
| Science and Technology (2)
| HC 67 |
Statistics Board
| Treasury (9)
| HC 934 |
Sustainable Schools
| Education (7)
| HC 140 |
Trade
| International Development (7)
| HC 356 |
Trade and Industry Select Committee
| Trade (2)
| HC 332 |
Transport Select Committee
| Transport (1)
| HC 226 |
Treasury
| Treasury (8)
| HC 483 |
Uganda
| International Development (9)
| HC 853 |
UK Trade and Investment
| Trade (6)
| HC 557 |
UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
| Environmental Audit (1)
| HC 77 |
Vietnam
| International Development (8)
| HC 732 |
Waste management
| Communities and Local Government (5)
| HC 536 |
Water supply
| International Development (6)
| HC 126 |
World economy
| Treasury (14)
| HC 90 |
Young people
| Education (9)
| HC 333 |
Section C3
Other Select Committees
This section lists Select Committees, other than those set up under Standing Order No 121 to monitor the work of Government Departments (see Section B1) and those connected with private legislation.
The reports of these Committees are given below. For those which publish numerous reports of a periodical nature, an indication of the numbers involved is given, but further details are available from the House of Commons Information Office if required. Membership given is as at Prorogation on 30 October 2007.
Administration Committee
Clerks: Mr Mark & Miss Hollis
Members (16)
Nominated: 12 July 2005
Mr Frank Doran (Lab) (Chairman)
Janet Anderson (Lab) | Rt Hon Mr Nicholas Brown (Lab) | Mr Simon Burns (Con) |
Mr Christopher Chope (Con) | Derek Conway (Con) | Rt Hon Frank Dobson (Lab) |
Mr Brian H Donohoe (Lab) | Mr Neil Gerrard (Lab) | Helen Jones (Lab) |
Mr Kevan Jones (Lab) | Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con) | David Lepper (Lab) |
Mr John Randall (Con) | John Thurso (LD) | Pete Wishart (SN) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Bob Ainsworth 12.7.2005-12.7.07, Andrew Robathan 14.2.2005- 05.12.07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Improving Facilities for Educational Visitors to Parliament
| HC 434
| |
2
| Information and Communication Technology Services for Members
| HC 498
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2005-06
House of Commons Accommodation, HC 1279
| HC 164 |
2sp
| Further Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2005-06
House of Commons Accommodation, HC 1279
| HC 516 |
Armed Forces Bill
Clerks: Mr Mark & Miss Hollis
Members (14)
Nominated: 19 December 2005
Rt Hon George Howarth MP (Lab) (Chairman)
Vera Baird MP (Lab) | Mr Colin Breed (LD) | Mr Simon Burns (Con) |
Mr David Burrowes (Con) | Mr Alan Campbell (Lab) | Ben Chapman (Lab) |
Mr Gerald Howarth (Con) | Mr Kevan Jones (Lab) | Robert Key (Con) |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Lab) | Bob Russell (LD) | Jim Sheridan (Lab) |
Mr Don Touhig (Lab) |
Crossrail Bill
Clerks: Sîan Jones
Members (10)
Nominated: 5th December 2005.
Mr Alan Meale (Lab) Chair)
Mr Brian Binley (Con) | Ms Katy Clark (Lab) | Mr Philip Hollobone (Con) |
Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) | Mrs Siân C. James (Lab) | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) |
John Pugh (LD) | Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab) | Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab) |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| First Special Report of Session 2006-07
| HC 235 I-V |
Environmental Audit Committee
Clerks: Mike Hennessy
Members (16)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Mr Tim Yeo MP (Con) (Chair)
Mr Martin Caton (Lab) | Mr Colin Challen (Lab) | Mr David Chaytor (Lab) |
Martin Horwood (LD) | Mr Nick Hurd (Con) | Mark Lazarowicz (Lab) |
Shahid Malik (Lab) | Ian Pearson (Lab) * | Mark Pritchard (Con) |
Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab) | Mr Graham Stuart (Con) | Jo Swinson (LD) |
Dr Desmond Turner (Lab) | Mr Edward Vaizey (Con) | Joan Walley (Lab) |
*Ian Pearson, Minister for the Environment, has ex-officio membership of the Committee.
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Celia Barlow 12.7.2005-15.1.07, Tim Farron 22.5.2006-12.7.07, David Howarth 12.7.2005-12.7.07,
Emily Thornberry 12.7.2005-26.3.07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
| HC 77
| HC 848 |
2
| The EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Lessons for the Future
| HC 70
| HC 1072 |
3
| Regulatory Impact Assessments and Policy Appraisal
| HC 353
| HC 849 |
4
| Pre-Budget 2006 and the Stern Review
| HC 227
| HC 739 |
5
| Trade, Development and Environment: The Role of the FCO
| HC 289
| HC 1046 |
6
| The Voluntary Carbon Offset Market
| HC 331
| |
7
| Beyond Stern: From the Climate Change Programme Review to the Draft Climate Change Bill
| HC 460
| HC 1110 |
8
| Emissions Trading: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07 on the EU ETS
| HC 1072
| |
9
| The structure of Government and the challenge of climate change
| HC 740
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2005-06 on Pre-Budget 2005: Tax, economic analysis, and climate change, HC 882
| HC 195 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2005-06: Keeping the Lights on: Nuclear renewables and climate change, HC 584
| HC 196 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2005-06: Trade, Development and the Environment: The Role of DFID, HC 1014
| HC 197 |
4sp
| Government's response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2005-06: Outflanked: The World Trade Organisation, International Trade and Sustainable Development, HC 1455
| HC 354 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07 :
Pre-Budget 2006 and the Stern Review,
HC 227
| HC 739 |
6sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07 :
The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
HC 77
| HC 848 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07:
Regulatory Impact Assessments and Policy Appraisal, HC 353
| HC 849 |
8sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07: Trade Development and Environment - the role of the FCO, HC 289
| HC 1046 |
9sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-2007: Beyond Stern: From the Climate Change Programme Review to the Draft Climate Change Bill, HC460
| HC 1110 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
16.7.2007
| The Challenge of Climate Change
| HC 595
| Professor Sir David King (Office of Science and Innovation)
Rt Hon David Miliband MP |
European Scrutiny Committee
Clerks: Mr Alistair Doherty & Ms Emma Webbon
Members (16)
Nominated: 4 July 2005
Michael Connarty MP (Lab) (Chair)
Mr David Borrow (Lab) | Mr William Cash (Con) | James Clappison (Con) |
Ms Katy Clark (Lab) | Mr Wayne David (Lab) | Jim Dobbin (Lab) |
Nia Griffith (Lab) | Mr Greg Hands (Con) | Rt. Hon. David Heathcoat-Amory (Con) |
Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) | Mr Bob Laxton (Lab) |
Angus Robertson (SN) | Mr Anthony Steen (Con) | Mr Richard Younger-Ross (LD) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Richard Bacon 09.1.2003-12.3.07, Michael Gove 28.6.2005-22.1.07,
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1 - 30
| Various
| HC 41
| |
31
| Documents considered by the Committee on 18 July 2007
| HC41
| |
32
| The European Commission's Annual Policy Strategy 2008
| HC 519-I & II
| |
33 - 34
| Various
| HC 41
| |
35
| Report European Union Intergovernmental Conference
| HC 1014
| |
36 - 38
| Various
| HC 41
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Disclosure of Committee's internal working papers
| HC 955 |
Finance and Services Committee
Clerks: Andrew Kennon
Members (10)
Nominated: 21 July 2005
Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Clive Betts (Lab) | Mr Crispin Blunt (Con) | Mr Paul Burstow (LD) |
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con) | Mary Creagh (Lab) | Mr Frank Doran (Lab) |
Ms Barbara Keeley (Lab) | Robert Key (Con) | Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Eric Martlew 10.10.2005-26.3.07
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Dr Mark Egan (Commons) & Bill Sinton (Lords)
Members
Appointed by the House of Commons on 11 July 2005
Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Douglas Carswell (Con) | Nia Griffith (Lab) | Dr Evan Harris (Lab) |
Mr Richard Shepherd (Con) | Mark Tami (Lab) |
Appointed by the House of Lords on 11July 2005
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie (Con) | Lord Judd (Lab) | Lord Lester of Herne Hill (LD) |
The Earl of Onslow (Con) | Lord Plant of Highfield (Lab) | Baroness Stern (Cross Bench) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Mary Creagh 12.7.2005-22.1.07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| The Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
| HL 26; HC 247
| |
2
| Drawing Special Attention to: Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill; Welfare Reform Bill; Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill; Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill; Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill
| HL 34; HC 263
| |
3
| Legislative Scrutiny: Second Progress Report
| HL 39; HC 287
| |
4
| Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Health Bill
| HL 40; HC 288
| |
5
| Legislative Scrutiny: Third Progress Report
| HL 46; HC 303
| |
6
| Legislative Scrutiny: Sexual Orientation Regulations
| HL 58; HC 350
| |
7
| Deaths in Custody: Further Developments
| HL 59; HC 364
| |
8
| Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2007
| HL 60; HC 365
| |
9
| The Meaning of Public Authority under the Human Rights Act
| HL 77; HC 410
| |
10
| The Treatment of Asylum Seekers
| HL 81;HC 60
| |
11
| Legislative Scrutiny: Fourth Progress Report
| HL 83; HC 424
| |
12
| Legislative Scrutiny: Fifth Progress Report
| HL 91; HC 490
| |
13
| Legislative Scrutiny: Sixth Progress Report
| HL 105; HC 538
| |
14
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of this Session: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9 Order 2007)
| HL 106; HC 539
| |
15
| Legislative Scrutiny: Seventh Progress Report
Drawing special attention to the Mental Health Bill
| HL 112; HC 555
| |
16
| Monitoring the Government's Response to Court Judgments Finding Breaches of Human Rights
| HL 128; HC 728
| |
17
| Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of this Session: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers
| HL 134; HC 790
| |
18
| The Human Rights of Older People in Healthcare
| HL 156; HC 378
| |
19
| Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: 28 days, intercept and post-charge questioning
| HL 157/HC 790
| |
20
| Highly Skilled Migrants: Changes to the Immigration Rules
| HL 173; HC 993
| |
21
| Human Trafficking: Update
| HL 179; HC 1056
| |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
23.10.2006
| The Work of the Children's Commissioners
| HL 24; HC 1672
| Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green (Children's Commissioner for England), Ms Sara Reid (Office of the Children's Commissioner for Wales), Mr Barney McNeany (Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People), Professor Kathleen Marshall (Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland)
|
21.5.2007
| Human Rights Policy
| HL 174; HC 1556-i
| Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton, QC, Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland |
Liaison Committee
Clerks: Helen Irwin/ Robert Wilson
Members (31)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) (Chair)
Rt Hon James Arbuthnot (Con) | Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) | Rt Hon Alan Beith (LD) |
Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) | Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD) | Michael Connarty (Lab) |
Sir Patrick Cormack (Con) | Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) | Mr Frank Doran (Lab) |
Hon Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) | Dr Hywel Francis (Lab) | Mike Gapes (Lab/Co-op) |
Rt Hon Micheal Jack (Con) | Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con) | Mr Edward Leigh (Con) |
Peter Luff (Con) | Rt Hon John McFall (Lab/Co-op) | Rosemay Mckenna (Lab) |
Rt Hon David Maclean (Con) | Andrew Miller (Lab) | Mr Terry Rooney (Lab) |
My Mohammad Sarwar (Lab) | Mr Barry Sheerman (Lab/Co-op) | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab) |
Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab) | Mr John Whittingdale (Con) | Mr Phil Willis (LD) |
Dr Tony Wright (Lab) | Mr Tim Yeo (Con) | Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Annual Report for 2005-06
| HC 406
| HC 920 |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07
Annual Report for 2005-06, HC 406
| HC 920 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
6 .2.2007 &
18 .6. 2007
| The Prime Minister
| HC 300-I - II
| Rt Hon Tony Blair MP |
Modernisation of the House of Commons (Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons)
Clerks: Helen Irwin/ Gordon Clarke
Members (15)
Nominated: 13 July 2005.
Ms Harriet Harman QC (Lab) (Chair)
Chris Bryant (Lab) | Mr Paul Burstow (LD) | Ms Dawn Butler (Lab) |
Ann Coffey (Lab) | Philip Davies (Con) | Mr George Howarth (Lab) |
Mr Greg Knight (Con) | Mark Lazarowicz (Lab) | Mrs Theresa May (Con) |
Mr Adrian Sanders (LD) | Mr Richard Shepherd (Con) | Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab) |
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con) | Mr Iain Wright (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Rt Hon Jack Straw 15.5.06-26.7.07, | Graham Stringer 16.01.2006-07.12.06 | Paddy Tipping 15.5.2006-26.7.07, |
Edward Vaizey, 13.7.2005-12.3.07, | Lynda Waltho, 13.7.2005-07.2.07, |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Revitalising the Chamber: the role of the back bencher
| HC 337
| Cm 7231 |
| |
Procedure Committee
Clerks: Mr Mark Hutton/ Keith Neary
Members (13)
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Mr Greg Knight (Con) (Chair)
Ms Celia Barlow (Lab) | Mr Christopher Chope (Con) | Ms Katy Clark (Lab) |
Mr Roger Gale (Con) | Andrew Gwynne (Lab) | John Hemming (LD) |
Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) | Mrs Siân James (Lab) | Rosemary McKenna (Lab) |
Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab) | Sir Robert Smith (LD) | Mr Rob Wilson (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Public Petitions and Early Day Motions
| HC 513
| |
2
| Corrections to the Official Report
| HC 541
| |
Public Accounts Committee
Clerk: Mark Etherton
Members (16)
Nominated: 16 July 2005
Mr Edward Leigh (Con) (Chair)
Mr Richard Bacon (Con) | Annette Brooke (LD) | Angela Browning (Con) |
Chris Bryant (Lab) | Rt Hon David Curry (Con) | Mr Ian Davidson (Lab) |
Mr Philip Dunne (Con) | Mr John Healey (Lab) | Mr Austin Mitchell (Lab) |
Ian Lucas (Lab) | Dr John Pugh (LD) | Rt Hon Don Touhig (Lab) |
Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) | Mr Iain Wright (Lab) | Derek Wyatt (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Greg Clark, 12.7.2005-17.7.07, Sarah McCarthy-Fry 12.7.2005-26.3.07, Kitty Ussher, 12.7.2005-15.1.07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Tsunami: Provision of support for humanitarian assistance
| HC 25
| Cm 7018 |
2
| Improving literacy and numeracy in schools (Northern Ireland
| HC 108
| |
3
| Collections Management in the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
| HC 109
| |
4
| Gas distribution networks: Ofgem's role in their sale, restructuring and future regulation
| HC 110
| Cm 7019 |
5
| Postcomm and the quality of mail services
| HC 111
| Cm 7018 |
6
| Gaining and retaining a job: the Department for Work and Pensions' support for disabled people
| HC 112
| Cm 7019 |
7
| Department for Work and Pensions: Using leaflets to communicate with the public about services and entitlement
| HC 133
| Cm 7020 |
8
| Tackling Child Obesity - First Steps
| HC 157
| Cm7020 |
9
| The Paddington Health Campus Scheme
| HC 244
| Cm 7076 |
10
| Fines Collection
| HC 245
| Cm 7020 |
11
| Supporting Small Business
| HC 262
| Cm 7076 |
12
| Excess Votes 2005-06
| HC 346
| |
13
| Smarter Food Procurement in the Public Sector
| HC 357
| Cm 7077 |
14
| Ministry of Defence: Delivering digital tactical communications through the Bowman CIP Programme
| HC 358
| Cm 7077 |
15
| The termination of the PFI contract for the National Physical Laboratory
| HC 359
| Cm 7077 |
16
| The Provision of Out-of-Hours Care in England
| HC 360
| Cm 7077 |
17
| Financial Management in the NHS
| HC 361
| Cm 7077 |
18
| DFID: Working with Non-Governmental and other Civil Society Organisations to promote development
| HC 64
| Cm 7077 |
19
| A Foot on the Ladder: Low Cost Home Ownership Assistance
| HC 134
| Cm 7077 |
20
| Department of Health: The National Programme for IT in the NHS
| HC 390
| Cm 7152 |
21
| Progress in Combat Identification
| HC 486
| Cm 7151 |
22
| Tax Credits
| HC 487
| Cm 7151 |
23
| The Office Accommodation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its sponsored bodies
| HC 488
| Cm 7152 |
24
| Ofwat: Meeting the demand for water
| HC 286
| Cm 7151 |
25
| Update on PFI debt refinancing and the PFI equity market
| HC 158
| Cm 7152 |
26
| Department for Work and Pensions: Progress in tackling pensioner poverty-encouraging take-up of entitlements
| HC 169
| Cm 7152 |
27
| Delivering successful IT-enabled business change
| HC 113
| CM 7216 |
28
| HM Revenue and Customs: ASPIRE - the re-competition of outsourced IT services
| HC 179
| Cm 7216 |
29
| Department of Health: Improving the use of temporary nursing staff in NHS acute and foundation trusts
| HC 142
| Cm 7216 |
30
| The Modernisation of the West Coast Main Line
| HC 189
| Cm 7216 |
31
| Central government's use of consultants
| HC 309
| Cm 7216 |
32
| The right of access to open countryside
| HC 91
| Cm 7216 |
33
| Assessing the value for money of OGC buying solutions
| HC 275
| Cm 7216 |
34
| Recruitment and Retention in the Armed Forces
| HC 43
| Cm 7216 |
35
| BBC outsourcing: the contract between the BBC and Siemens Business Service
| HC 118
| |
36
| Reserve Forces
| HC 729
| Cm 7216 |
37
| Child Support Agency: Implementation of the Child Support Reforms
| HC 812
| Cm 7216 |
38
| Report Sure Start Children's Centres
| HC 261
| Cm 7216 |
39
| Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Risk assessment and management
| HC 377
| Cm 7216 |
40
| Dr Foster Intelligence: A joint venture between the Information Centre and Dr Foster LLP
| HC 368
| Cm 7216 |
41
| Improving procurement in further education colleges in England
| HC 477
| Cm 7275 |
42
| The Shareholder Executive and Public Sector Businesses
| HC 409
| Cm 7275 |
43
| The Restructuring of British Energy
| HC 892
| Cm 7216 |
44
| Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour
| HC 246
| Cm 7216 |
45
| Standard Report on the Accounts of HM Revenue and Customs: VAT Missing Trader Fraud
| HC 250
| Cm 7216 |
46
| Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2006
| HC 295
| Cm 7275 |
47
| Improving quality and safety: Progress in implementing clinical governance in primary care: Lessons for the new Primary Care Trusts
| HC 302
| Cm 7275 |
48
| The Efficiency Programme: A Second Review of Progress
| HC 349
| |
49
| Identity and Passport Service: Introduction of ePassports
| HC 362
| |
50
| Assets Recovery Agency
| HC 391
| |
51
| Legal Services Commission: Legal aid and mediation for people involved in family breakdown
| HC 396
| |
52
| The Academies Programme
| HC 402
| |
53
| Helping newly registered businesses meet their tax obligations
| HC 489
| |
54
| Heritage Lottery Fund
| HC 502
| |
55
| The Delays in Administering the 2005 Single Payment Scheme in England
| HC 893
| Cm 7275 |
56
| Jobcentre Plus: Delivering effective services through Personal Advisers
| HC 312
| |
57
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Reducing the reliance on Landfill in England
| HC 212
| |
58
| Estimating and monitoring the costs of building roads in England
| HC 426
| |
59
| Pay Modernisation: A new contract for NHS consultants in England
| HC 506
| |
60
| Big Science: Public investment in large scientific facilities
| HC 521
| |
61
| Managing the Defence Estate: Quality and Sustainability
| HC 537
| |
63
| HM Treasury: Tendering and benchmarking in PFI
| HC 754
| |
64
| The management of staff sickness absence in the Department for Transport and its agencies
| HC 791
| |
65
| Filing of VAT and Company Tax returns
| HC 548
| |
66
| The BBC's management of risk
| HC 643
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| BBC outsourcing: the contract between the BBC and Siemens Business Services: The response of the BBC Trustees to the Committee's Thirty-fifth report of Session 2006-07
| HC 1067 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
27. 4.2007
| National Audit Office Supply Estimate 2007-08
| HC 347-i
| Sir John Bourn (NAO)
Michael Whitehouse (NAO)
Jim Rickleton (NAO)
|
27.4.2007
| Northern Ireland Audit Office Supply Estimate 2007-08
| HC 348-i
| John M Dowdall CB (NIAO)
Ciaran Moore (NIAO)
|
Public Administration Select Committee
Clerks: Eve Samson/ James Gerard
Members (11)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Dr Tony Wright (Lab) (Chair)
Mr David Burrowes (Con) | Paul Flynn (Lab) | David Heyes (Lab) |
Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) | Julie Morgan (Lab) |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Lab) | Paul Rowen (LD) | Mr Charles Walker (Con) |
Jenny Willott (LD) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Grant Shapps, 12.7.2005-26-Feb-07
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| The Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 258
| |
2
| Governing the Future
| HC 123
| Cm 7145 |
3
| Politics and Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants
| HC 122-I & II
| |
4
| Ethics and Standards: The Regulation of Conduct in Public Life
| HC 121-I & II
| |
5
| Pensions Bill: Government Undertakings relating to the Financial Assistance Scheme
| HC 523
| |
6
| The Business Appointment Rules
| HC 651
| HC 1087 |
7
| Machinery of Government Changes
| HC 672
| |
8
| The Pensions Bill and the FAS: An Update Including the Government Response to the Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
| HC 922
| HC 1048 |
9
| Skills for Government
| HC 93- I & II
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| The Governance of Britain
| HC 901 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
The Pensions Bill and the FAS: An Update, HC 922
| HC 1048 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
The Business Appointment Rules, HC 651
| HC 1087 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
The Ministerial Code: the case for independent investigation, HC 1457
| HC 1088 |
Oral and Written Evidence
Date
| Title
| Paper No
| Witnesses |
23.11.2006
| Government Communications
| HC 92-i
| Mr Howell James CBE, Permanent Secretary, Government Communication, Cabinet Office and Mr Simon MacDowall, Director of Communications, Ministry of Defence,
|
6.3.2007
| The Work of the Cabinet Office
| HC 305-ii
| Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Mr Ian Watmore, Head of the Delivery Unit
|
6.2.2007
| The Work of the Cabinet Office
| HC 305-i
| Sir Gus O'Donnell, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
15.5.2007
| Ethics and Standards
| HC 121-i
| Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
|
19,6.2007
| Public Appointments: Confirmation Hearings
| HC 731-i
| Ms Janet Gaymer, CBE, Commissioner for Public Appointments |
12.7.2007
| Charities and Public Benefit
| HC 904-i
| Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Andrew Hind, Chief Executive, Rosie Chapman, Executive Director of Policy and Effectiveness, and Kenneth Dibble, Executive Director of Legal and Charity Services, Charity Commission,
|
19 .7.2007
| Centre of Government
| HC 958-i
| Sir Michael Barber, former head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit
|
24.7.2007
| Freedom of Information: Administrative Impact
| HC 984-i
| Mr Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, and Mr Graham Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner, and Mr Maurice Frankel, Director, Campaign for Freedom of Information
|
Quadripartite Committee (Committee on Strategic Export Controls)
Clerks: Glenn McKee
Members (16)
Nominated:
Members from the Trade and Industry Committee
Roger Berry (Lab) (Chair)
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab)
Peter Luff (Con)
Judy Mallaber (Lab)
Members from the Defence Committee
Mr David S Borrow (Lab)
Mr David Crausby (Lab)
Linda Gilroy (Lab)
Robert Key (Con)
Members from the Foreign Affairs Committee
Mike Gapes (Lab)
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
Mr Paul Keetch (LD)
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con)
Members from the International Development Committee
Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD)
John Bercow (Con)
Richard Burden (Lab)
James Duddridge (Con)
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Strategic Export Controls: 2007 Review
| HC 117
| Cm 7260 |
| |
Regulatory Reform Committee
Clerks: Mick Hillyard
Members (14)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Andrew Miller (Lab) (Chair)
Gordon Banks (Lab) | Lorely Burt (LD) | Mr James Gray (Con) |
Stephen Hammond (Con) | John Hemming (LD) | Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab) |
Mr Stewart Jackson (Con) | Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab/Co-op) | Mr Jamie Reed (Lab) |
Alison Seabeck (Lab) | Mr Andrew Slaughter (Lab) | Ms Angela C Smith (Lab Co-op) |
Mr Anthony Steen (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Game) Order 2007
| HC 384
| |
2
| Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Collaboration etc between Ombudsmen) Order 2007
| HC 383
| |
3
| Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2007
| HC 397
| |
4
| Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Deer) (England and Wales) Order 2007
| HC 411
| |
5
| Draft Regulatory Reform (Collaboration etc. between Ombudsmen) Order 2007
| HC 611
| |
6
| Draft Regulatory Reform (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2007
| HC 673
| |
7
| Draft Regulatory Reform (Game) Order 2007
| HC 674
| |
8
| Draft Regulatory Reform (Deer) (England and Wales) Order 2007
| HC 948
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Scrutiny of Regulatory Reform Orders
| HC 160 |
2sp
| Revised Standing Orders
| HC 385 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Second Special Report of Session 2006-07: Revised Standing Orders, HC 385
| HC 610 |
| |
Science and Technology
Clerks: Dr Lynn Gardner
Members (11)
Nominated: 19 July 2005.
Mr Phil Willis (LD)(Chairman)
Adam Afriyie (Con) | Mr Robert Flello (Lab) | Mrs Nadine Dorries (Con) |
Linda Gilroy (Lab-Co-op) | Dr Evan Harris (LD) | Dr Brian Iddon (Lab) |
Chris Mole (Lab) | Dr Bob Spink (Con) | Graham Stringer (Lab) |
Dr Desmond Turner (Lab) |
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07
Jim Devine 06-2-2006-19.2.07, | Margaret Moran 17.7.2005-27.11.06, | Brooks Newmark 17.7.2005-02.7.07 |
Anne Snelgrove 17.7.20005-15.1.07 |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Work of the Committee in 2005-06
| HC 202
| |
2
| Human Enhancement Technologies in Sport
| HC 67
| Cm 7088 |
3
| The Cooksey Review
| HC 204
| HC 978 |
4
| Research Council Institutes
| HC 68-I & II
| HC 979 |
5
| Government proposals for the regulation of hybrid and chimera embryos
| HC 272-I & II
| |
6
| Office of Science and Innovation: Scrutiny Report 2005 and 2006
| HC 203
| HC 635 |
7
| 2007: A Space Policy
| HC 66-I & II
| HC 1042 |
8
| Chairman of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing
| HC 746
| HC 1043 |
9
| International Policies and Activities of the Research Councils
| HC 472-I & II
| HC 1044 |
10
| Investigating the Oceans
| HC 470-I & II
| |
11
| The Funding of Science and Discovery Centres
| HC 903-I & II
| |
12
| Scientific Developments Relating to the Abortion Act 1967
| HC 1045-I & II
| Cm7278 |
13
| The Last Report
| HC 1108
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2005-06
Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Based Policy Making, HC 900
| HC 307 |
2sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07
Office of Science and Innovation: Scrutiny Report 2005 and 2006, HC 203
| HC 635 |
3sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
The Cooksey Review, HC 204
| HC 978 |
4sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
Research Council Institutes, HC 68
| HC 979 |
5sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
2007: A Space Policy, HC 66
| HC 1042 |
6sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
Chairman of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing, HC 746
| HC 1043 |
7sp
| Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
International Policies and Activities of the Research Councils, HC 472
| HC 1044 |
Standards & Privileges Committee
Clerks: Dr Christopher Ward
Members (10)
Nominated: 14 July 2005
Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt (Con) (Chair)
Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) | Rt Hon David Curry (Con) | Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) |
Nick Harvey (LD) | Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (PC) |
Mr Chris Mullin (Lab) | Hon Nicholas Soames (Con) | Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| HC Evidence to the SSRB Review of Parliamentary Pay, Pension and Allowances
| HC 330
| |
2
| Conduct of Mr David Cameron
| HC 429
| |
3
| Complaints about alleged misuse of Parliamentary dining facilities
| HC 431
| |
4
| Conduct of Mr Julian Brazier
| HC 682
| |
5
| Handling of future complaints on misuse of the private dining facilities
| HC 683
| |
6
| Conduct of Mr George Galloway
| HC 909
| |
7
| Conduct of Mr Gregory Campbell
| HC 992
| |
8
| Conduct of Mr Martin Salter and Mr Rob Wilson
| HC 1071
| |
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Hillyard (Commons & Ms Kavanagh (Lords)
Members (14)
Appointed by the House of Commons 28 June 2005
Rt Hon David Maclean MP (Con) (Chair)
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Lab) | Mr Peter Bone (Con) | Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) |
Mr David Kidney (Lab) | Mr John MacDougall (Lab) | David Simpson (Dup) |
Appointed by the House of Lords 15 June 2005
Earl Attlee (Con) | Lord Dykes (LD) | Baroness Gale (Lab) |
Lord Gould of Brookwood (Lab) | Lord Kimball (Con) | Countess of Mar (Cross Bench) |
Lord Walpole (Cross Bench) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| First Report
| HL 5; HC 82-i
| |
2
| Second Report
| HL 9; HC 82-ii
| |
3
| Third Report
| HL 12; HC 82-iii
| |
4
| Fourth Report
| HL 18; HC 82-iv
| |
5
| Fifth Report
| HL 30; HC 82-v
| |
6
| Drawing Special Attention to: Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
| HL 37; HC 82-vi
| |
7
| Drawing special attention to: Teachers' Pensions etc. (Reform Amendments) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3122) School Staffing (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006(S.I. 2006/3197) Films (Certification) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3281) Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment and Consolidation of Schedules of Textile Names and Allowances) Regulations2006 (S.I. 2006/3297) Textile Products (Determination of Composition) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3298)
| HL 43; HC 82-vii
| |
8
| Drawing special attention to:
Gambling Appeals Tribunal Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3293)
Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3418)
| HL 50/HC 82-viii
| |
9
| Drawing special attention to:
Draft Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 -
(S.I. 2006/3289)
Police Pensions Regulations 2006 -
(S.I. 2006/3415)
Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006 -
(S.I. 2006/3432)
| HL 55; HC 82-ix
| |
10
| Drawing special attention to:
North Korea (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2006
(S.I. 2006/3327).
Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Prescribed Bodies)
Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/60).
| HL 62; HC 82-x
| |
11
| Drawing special attention to:
Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/171); Gambling Act 2005 (Proceedings of Licensing Committees and Subcommittees) (Premises Licences and Provisional Statements) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/173)
| HL 66; HC 82-xi
| |
12
| Twelfth Report
| HL 71; HC 82-xii
| |
13
| Drawing special attention to:
Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/274) Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/402)
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/406)
| HL 80; HC 82-xiii
| |
14
| Fourteenth Report
| HL 86; HC 82-xiv
| |
15
| Fifteenth Report
| HL 95; HC 82-xv
| |
16
| Drawing special attention to: Air Force Act 1955 (Part 1) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/651)
| HL 103; HC 82-xvi
| |
17
| Drawing special attention to: Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/783); Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/882); Home Information Pack Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/992); Police Service of Northern Ireland (Unsatisfactory Performance and Attendance) Regulations 2007 (S.R. 2007/130)
| HL 110; HC 82-xvii
| |
18
| Drawing special attention to: School Governance (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/958); School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/960); Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1067); Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1159); Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1166)
| HL 114; HC 82-xviii
| |
19
| Drawing special attention to: Licensing Act 2003 (Welsh Language Forms) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/805); Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1115); Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1184); Education (Supply of Information about the School Workforce) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1264)
| HL 124; HC 82-xix
| |
20
| Drawing special attention to: School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1288) School Governance (Parent Council) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1330) School Travel (Piloting of Schemes) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1366) Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) (Amendment No 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/261)
| HL 131; HC 82-xx
| |
21
| Twenty-first Report
| HL 135; HC 82-xxi
| |
22
| Drawing special attention to: Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1520)
| HL 139; HC 82-xxii
| |
23
| Drawing special attention to: Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Laboratories, Circuses and Avian Quarantine) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1621); Biofuels and Other Fuel Substitutes (Payment of Excise Duties etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1640)
| HL 152; HC 82-xxiii
| |
24
| Twenty-fourth Report
| HL 159; HC 82-xxiv
| |
25
| Twenty-fifth Report
| HL 172; HC 82-xxv
| |
26
| Twenty-sixth Report
| HL 177; HC 82-xxvi
| |
27
| Drawing special attention to: Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744) Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1941)
| HL 186;/HC 82-xxvii
| |
28
| Drawing special attention to: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1949)
Gas (Applications for Licences and Extensions and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1971)
Electricity (Applications for Licences, Modifications of an Area and Extensions and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1972)
Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2003)
Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2068)
Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/2317)
| HL 191; HC 82-xxviii
| |
| |
Special Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No |
1sp
| Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, 2006
| HL 153; HC 917 |
| |
| |
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Clerks: Mick Hillyard
Members (7)
Nominated: 28 June 2005
Rt Hon David Maclean (Con) (Chair)
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Lab) | Mr Peter Bone (Con) | Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) |
Mr David Kidney (Lab) | Mr John MacDougall (Lab) | David Simpson (DUP) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Drawing special attention to: Real Estate Investment Trusts (Assessment and Recovery of Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2867)
| HC 83-i
| |
2
| Drawing special attention to: Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3238)
| HC 83-ii
| |
3
| Third Report
| HC 83-iii
| |
4
| Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
| HC 83-iv
| |
| |
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
Clerks: Mr Farrar (Commons) & Mr Besly (Lords)
Members (13)
Appointed by the House of Commons 29 November 2005
Mr Kenneth Clarke QC (Con) | Mr Nick Clegg (LD) | Mr John Healey (Lab) |
Kali Mountford (Lab) | Mr Andy Reed (Lab) | Mark Tami MP (Lab) |
Peter Viggers (Con) |
Appointed by the House of Lords 29 November 2005
Lord Blackwell (Con) | Rt Hon Lord Millett (Crossbencher) | Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (Lab) |
Lord Goodhart QC (LD) | Lord Haskel (Lab) | Lord Newton of Braintree (Con) |
Reports
No
| Title
| Paper No
| Govt reply |
1
| Income Tax Bill
| HL 36; HC 268
| |
Section C4
National Audit Office and Northern Ireland Audit Office
National Audit Office and Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) reports are, in many cases, the forerunners of Public Accounts Committee inquiries. Their publication is noted in the Weekly Information Bulletin and a list of titles and House of Commons Paper numbers of all reports published during 2006-07 Session are listed here. Copies are available from the Stationery Office.
Title
| Paper No
| Public Accounts
Cttee Report No |
| |
| |
| |
Delivering successful IT-enabled business change, with case studies. Report in 2 volumes by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 33
| HC 113 |
The modernisation of the West Coast Main Line.
| HC 22
| HC 189 |
Ministry of Defence: major projects report 2006, with project summary sheets, in two volumes.
| HC 23
| HC 295 |
Jobcentre Plus: delivering effective services through personal advisers.
| HC 24
| HC 312 |
Springvale Educational Village Project. (Vote)
| HC 40
| |
HM Revenue and Customs: Helping newly registered businesses meet their tax obligations
| HC 98
| HC 489 |
Home office: tackling anti-social behaviour.
| HC 99
| HC 246 |
Reinvestment and reform: improving Northern Ireland's public infrastructure.
| HC 79
| |
Audit of assumptions for the 2006 Pre-Budget Report.
| HC 125
| |
HM Revenue and Customs: Filing VAT and company tax returns.
| HC 102
| HC 548 |
The estate strategy of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
| HC 101
| |
Accessing the value for money of OGC buying solutions.
| HC 103
| HC 275 |
The Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre.
| HC 80
| |
Central government's use of consultants.
| HC 128
| HC 309 |
Sure Start children's centres.
| HC 104
| HC 261 |
Third validation compendium. Report in 2 volumes of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 127
| |
Improving quality and safety: progress in implementing clinical governance in primary care: lessons for the new primary care trusts.
| HC 100
| HC 302 |
OFWAT - meeting the demand for water.
| HC 150
| HC 286 |
How the Department for Culture Media and Sport assessed the BBC's efficiency as part of the licence fee settlement.
| HC 183
| |
Big Science: public investment in large scientific facilities.
| HC 153
| HC 521 |
Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - risk assessment and management.
| HC 252
| HC 377 |
Dr Foster Intelligence: a joint venture between the Information Centre and Dr Foster LLP.
| HC 151
| HC 368 |
Identity and Passport Service; introduction of epassports.
| HC 152
| HC 362 |
The efficiency programme: a second view of progress, with opinion pieces on improving government efficiency. Report in 2 volumes by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 156
| HC 349 |
Financial auditing and reporting: general report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for 2005-06.
| HC 148
| |
The Assets Recovery Agency.
| HC 253
| HC 391 |
The Academies Programme.
| HC 254
| HC 402 |
The Shareholder Executive and public sector businesses.
| HC 255
| HC 409 |
Legal Services Commission: legal aid and mediation for people involved in family breakdown.
| HC 256
| HC 396 |
Improving the PFI tendering process.
| HC 149
| HC 754 |
Department for International Development: tackling rural poverty in developing countries. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 322
| |
Department for Transport: estimating and monitoring the costs of building roads in England. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 321
| HC 893 |
Heritage Lottery Fund. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 323
| HC 502 |
Internal Fraud in Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
| HC 187
| |
The upgrade of the Belfast to Bangor railway line.
| HC 343
| |
Ministry of Defence: managing the defence estate: quality and sustainability. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 154
| HC 537 |
Audit of assumptions for the 2007 Budget.
| HC 393
| |
Outpatients: missed appointments and cancelled clinics.
| HC 404
| |
Food Safety Promotion Board annual report and accounts 2005.
| HC 407
| |
Northern Ireland Policing Board: best value performance plan for 2006-07.
| HC 388
| |
Building for the future: sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 324
| |
Financial management in the European Union.
| HC 401
| |
Pay modernisation: a new contract for NHS consultants in England.
| HC 335
| HC 506 |
HM Revenue and Customs: helping individuals understand and complete their tax forms.
| HC 452
| |
Good governance - effective relationships between government departments and their arm's length bodies.
| HC 469
| |
Prescribing costs in primary care.
| HC 454
| |
The Thames Gateway - laying the foundations.
| HC 526
| HC 693 |
Benchmarking and market testing of the ongoing services component of PFI projects. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
| HC 453
| HC 754 |
The management of staff sickness absence in the Department of Transport and its agencies.
| HC 527
| HC 791 |
Environment Agency: building and maintaining river and coastal flood defences in England.
| HC 528
| |
Compensation scheme for former Icelandic water trawlermen.
| HC 530
| |
Improving services and support for people with dementia.
| HC 604
| |
Summarised accounts of strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and NHS trusts in England, of the National Blood Authority, NHS Logistics and NHS Professionals 2005-06.
| HC 742
| |
HM Revenue and Customs: Accuracy in processing Income Tax.
| HC 605
| |
Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments 2006-07.
| HC 606
| |
Resource accounts of the National Audit Office.
| HC 890
| |
Government on the internet: progress in delivering information and services online.
| HC 529
| |
Coal Health Compensation Schemes.
| HC 608
| |
Transforming logistics support for fast jets.
| HC 825
| |
Helping people from workless households into work.
| HC 609
| |
The budget for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
| HC 612
| |
HM Revenue and Customs: management of large business Corporation Tax.
| HC 614
| |
Reducing the cost of complying with regulations: the delivery of the Administrative Burdens Reduction Programme.
| HC 615
| |
Ministry of Defence. Leaving the services.
| HC 618
| |
Staying the course: the retention of students in higher education.
| HC 616
| |
Improving the disposal of public sector information communication technology equipment.
| HC 531
| |
The Pensions Regulator: Progress in establishing its new regulatory approach.
| HC 1035
| |
Section C5
Other Committees
Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Clerks: Miss Welfoot
Members (9)
Nominated: 11 July 2005
Mr Hugo Swire (Con) (Chairman)
Mr Peter Ainsworth (Con) | Frank Doran (Lab) | Lady Hermon (UUP) |
Anne Main (Con) | Judy Mallaber (Lab) | Christine Russell (Lab) |
John Thurso (LD) | Derek Wyatt (Lab) | Peter Wishart (SNP) |
Brooks Newmark (Con)
Former Members of the Committee in Session 2006-07:
Chairmen's Panel
Clerk: Mr Doig
Members: 34
Nominated: 24 May 2005
Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)
Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)
Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)
Mr David Amess (Con) | Janet Anderson (Lab) | Mr Peter Atkinson (Con) |
Hugh Bayley (Lab) | Miss Anne Begg (Lab) | Mr Joe Benton (Lab) |
John Bercow (Con) | Sir John Butterfill (Con) | Mr Martin Caton (Lab) |
Mr Christopher Chope (Con) | Derek Conway (Con) | Frank Cook (Lab) |
John Cummings (Lab) | Mrs Janet Dean (Lab) | Mr Roger Gale (Con) |
Mr Mike Hancock (LD) | Mr Jim Hood (Lab) | Mrs Joan Humble (Lab) |
Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) | Mr Martyn Jones (Lab) | Rev Dr William McCrea (DUP) |
Mr David Marshall (Lab) | Mr Eric Martlew (Lab) | Mr Edward O'Hara (Lab) |
Mr Bill Olner (Lab) | Mr Greg Pope (Lab) | David Taylor (Lab/Co-op) |
Mr Mike Weir (SNP) | Hywel Williams (PC) | Mr David Wilshire (Con) |
Ann Winterton (Con) | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con) |
Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office)
Clerk: Contact Cabinet Office
Members: 9
Rt Hon Paul Murphy (Lab) (Chair)
Rt Hon Michael Ancram QC DL (Con) | Rt Hon Alan Beith (LD) |
Ben Chapman (Lab) | Rt Hon Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab)* |
George Howarth (Lab | Rt Hon Michael Mates (Con) |
Richard Ottaway (Con) | Ms Dari Taylor (Lab) |
* Replaced Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale in Feb 07
Unopposed Bills (Panel)
Clerk: Mr Whatley
Members: 19
Nominated: 19 October 2005
Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)
Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)
Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)
John Austin (Lab) | Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op) | Gordon Banks (Lab) |
Peter Bottomley (Con) | Sir John Butterfill (Con) | Colin Challen (Lab) |
Paul Farrelly (Lab) | Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) | Helen Jones (Lab) |
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab) | John Mann (Lab) |
Sir Robert Smith (LD) | Sir Peter Tapsell (Con) | Jon Trickett (Lab) |
Mr Robert Walter (Con) | Ann Winterton (Con) |
Selection
Clerk: Miss Jones
Members: 9
Nominated: 13 July 2005
Rosemary McKenna (Lab) (Chairman)
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth (Lab) | Mr Alan Campbell (Lab) | Tony Cunningham (Lab) |
Mr John Heppell (Lab) | Mr John Randall (Con) | Mr Andrew Robathan (Con) |
Mr Adrian Sanders (LD) | Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con) |
Section C6
'Matters' Discussed by Grand Committees
Standing Orders 93-116 provide for three Grand Committees, consisting of all Members representing Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland constituencies respectively. Further information can be found in Factsheets P8: Scottish and Welsh Business in the House of Commons, and L8 Northern Ireland Legislation.
Scottish Grand Committee
None
Welsh Grand Committee
Date
| Chairmen
| Business |
13 December 2006 (Morning)
| Mr. Martin Caton
| Government's Legislative Programme
|
13 December 2006 (Afternoon)
| Mr. Martin Caton
| Government's Legislative Programme
|
Northern Ireland Grand Committee
Date
| Chairmen
| Business |
12 December 2006
| Sir Alan Haselhurst
| Governments Anti Poverty and Social Exclusion Strategy
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27 February 2007
| Dr. William McCrea
| Draft Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
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24 July 2007
| Mr. Peter Atkinson
| Policing Reform |
23 October 2007
| Dr. William McCrea
| Youth Offending in Northern Ireland |
Section C7
European Documents Standing Committees
The European Standing Committees (ESC) lettered A, B and C, are constituted for the duration of a Session and consider matters referred to them by the House. Their composition appears in the Weekly Information Bulletin. Chairmen are appointed for consideration of individual documents. Any Member may attend and speak. For further details see Factsheet 56 available from the House of Commons Information Office. Committees A, B and C deal with matters within the responsibilities of different Departments. The list is as follows:
ESC A: | Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Environment, Transport and the Regions; Forestry Commission (and analogous) responsibilities of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices) |
ESC B: | HM Treasury (including Customs and Excise); Social Security; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Lord Chancellor's Department; together with any matters not otherwise allocated by SO No 119 |
ESC C: | Trade and Industry; Education and Employment; Culture, Media and Sport |
ESC A
Documents Discussed
Date
| Chairman
| Document No and Subject |
28.11.06
| Mr. Mike Weir
| Consultation on Fisheries Management Proposals (9898/06) |
5.12.06
| Mr. David Wilshire
| Waste Prevention and Recycling (5047/06 and Addenda 1 and 2; 5050/06) |
12.12.06
| Mr. Eric Martlew
| Fishing Activities (Monitoring) (14181/04) |
9.01.07
| Mr. Eric Martlew
| Sustainable Use of Pesticides (11902/06 + addendum 1; 11896/06 + addenda 1-2; 11755/06 + addenda 1-12) |
19.3.07
| Sir Nicholas Winterton
| Maritime Policy (11510/06, and Addenda 1 to 13) |
27.3.07
| David Taylor
| Emissions Trading Scheme (5154/07) |
23.4.07
| Mrs. Janet Dean
| Aviation Agreements (8656/06) |
23.4.07
| Hywel Williams
| Conservation of the European Eel (13139/05) |
30.4.07
| Janet Anderson
| Limiting Global Climate Change (5422/07, and Addenda 1 and 2) |
11.6.07
| Janet Anderson
| Simplification of Legislation on Transport Rates and Food Hygiene (7371/07 and Addenda 1 to 4) |
25.6.07
| Mr. Jim Hood
| Fisheries: By-Catches & Discards |
25.6.07
| Janet Anderson
| Water Policy: Environmental Quality Standards (11816/06 and Addendum 1; 11847/06) |
23.7.07
| Mrs. Janet Dean
| Soil Protection (13401/06 and Addenda 1 and 2; 13388/06) |
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ESC B
Documents Discussed
Date
| Chairman
| Document No and Subject |
28.11.06
| Mr. Christopher Chope
| Fundamental Rights (10755/06 and 13104/06) |
18.12.06
| Mrs. Joan Humble
| EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child (12107/06 and addenda 1 and 2) |
15.1.07
| Sir Nicholas Winterton
| EU Enlargement: Bulgaria and Romania (13347/06) |
23.01.07
| Mr. Martyn Jones
| Consumer Credit (13193/05) |
31.1.07
| Mr. Mike Hancock
| EU-China Relationship (14381/06; 14823/06) |
20.2.07
| Mr. David Marshall
| European Enforcement Order and the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (13080/06) |
26.2.07
| Hugh Bayley
| Financial Management (Unnumbered explanatory memorandum from HM Treasury dated 28 November 2006; 11399/06) |
6.3.07
| Mr. David Marshall
| Taxation (17066/06 to 17068/06) |
8.5.07
| Mr. Greg Pope
| EU Development Policy (7124/07) |
14.5.07
| Sir Nicholas Winterton
| Competition: Retail Banking (6238/07 and Addendum 1) |
15.5.07
| Mr. Greg Pope
| Diplomatic and Consular Protection of Citizens in Third Countries (6192/07) |
9.7.07
| Mrs. Janet Dean
| Preliminary Draft Budget 2008 (Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum from the HM Treasury dated 6 July) |
16.7.07
| Mr. David Marshall
| Stability and Convergence Programmes (6801/07 to 6809/07; 6812/07 to 6819/07 and Corrigendum 1; 6820/07 to 6821/07; 6823/07; 7863/07 to 7867/07) |
17.7.07
| Hywel Williams
| Global Approach to Migration (9773/07; 9776/07) |
23.10.07
| Mr. Mike Hancock
| EU-Africa Strategic Partnership (11326/07 and Addenda 1 and 2) |
ESC C
Documents Discussed
Date
| Chairman
| Document No and Subject |
16.01.07
| Dr. William McCrea
| EC Action on Health Services (SEC (06) 1195/4) |
30.01.07
| John Cummings
| European Institute of Technology (14871/06 and Addenda 1 and 2) |
27.2.07
| Mr. David Marshall
| Marketing of Pyrotechnic Articles (13568/05) |
24.4.07
| Mr. Joe Benton
| Energy Policy for Europe (5282/07; 5354/07) |
18.6.07
| Mr. David Marshall
| European Research Area (8322/07) |
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