Annex 4: Sessional Return
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
| Members
Starkey, Dr Phyllis (Chairman)
Beresford, Sir Paul
Betts, Mr Clive
Cummings, John
Dobbin, Jim (added 8.11.07)
George, Andrew (added 19.11.07)
Hands, Mr Greg
Horwood, John (discharged 19.11.07)
Main, Anne
Olner, Mr Bill
Pugh, Dr John
Thornberry, Emily
Wright, David (discharged 8.11.07)
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
36 out of 36
21 out of 36
30 out of 36
28 out of 36
21 out of 36
18 out of 35
12 out of 36
1 out of 1
22 out of 36
23 out of 36
17 out of 36
13 out of 36
0 out of 0
60.9 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 36 |
Of which:
| |
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 22 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 14 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities |
|
| Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 5 |
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 1 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Richard Bate, Ted Cantle, Rita Hale OBE, Professor
Steve Hilditch, Mr Kelvin MacDonald, Ms Alveena Malik, Ms Rachel
Pillai, Mr Tony Travers, Dr Helen Walker, Professor Christine
Whitehead and Professor Steve Wilcox.
Witnesses
| Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witness:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 2
|
| Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 11 |
| Member of the House of Lords (who was also a Minister)
| 1 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Communities and Local Government
| 4 |
| Other Government departments
| 2 |
| Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| 9 |
| Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration
| 1 |
| Audit Commission | 1
|
| Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
| 1 |
| Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 1 |
| Homes and Communities Agency
| 1 |
| Sustainable Development Commission
| 1 |
| Tenant Services Authority
| 1 |
| Including Regional Development Agencies:
| 2 |
| South East England Development Agency
| 1 |
| Yorkshire Forward | 1
|
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 55 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 29.1.08 | Peterborough
| Starkey, Dobbin, Main, Pugh, Thornberry
| 3 | Inquiry into Community Cohesion and Migration
| £848.00 |
| 3-4.3.08 | Burnley
| Starkey, Betts, George, Hands, Pugh, Thornberry
| 4A | Inquiry into Community Cohesion and Migration
| £4,197.50 |
| 1.4.08 | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| Starkey, Dobbin, Main, Olner
| 2 | Inquiry into Community Cohesion and Migration
| £45.00 |
| 10.6.08 | Richmond upon ThamesB
| Starkey, Betts | 3
| Inquiry into the Provision of Public Toilets
| |
| 17.6.08 | Olympic site, east LondonB
| Starkey, Olner | 2
| Preparation for the London Olympics
| £70.50 |
A
Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
B Travel in a representative
capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Coastal Towns: the Government's Second Response
| 69 | 21.11.07
| Not required |
| Second Report: Departmental Annual Report 2007
| 170 | 3.1.08
| Cm 7335, published 3.3.08
|
| Third Report: Local Government Finance—Supplementary Business Rate: the Government's Response
| 210 | 21.1.08
| Received 7.11.08: published as Third Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Fourth Report: Work of the Committee in 2007
| 211 | 25.1.08
| Not required |
| Fifth Report: Ordnance Survey
| 268 | 2.2.08
| Received 9.4.08: published as First Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Sixth Report: Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots
| 195 | 21.2.08
| Received 22.4.08: published as Second Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Seventh Report: Existing Housing and Climate Change
| 432-I | 2.4.08
| Cm 7428, published 22.7.08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Existing Housing and Climate Change
| 432-II | 2.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Report: The Supply of Rented Housing
| 457-I | 21.5.08
| Cm 7326, published 18.9.08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: The Supply of Rented Housing
| 457-II | 21.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Ninth Report: New Towns: Follow-Up
| 889 | 11.7.08
| Awaited |
| Tenth Report: Community Cohesion and Migration
| 369-I | 16.7.08
| Cm 7489, published 11.11.08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Community Cohesion and Migration
| 369-II | 16.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Eleventh Report: Planning Matters-labour shortages and skills gaps
| 517-I | 24.7.08
| Cm 7495, published 3.11.08
|
| Twelfth Report: The Provision of Public Toilets
| 636 | 22.10.08
| Awaited |
| First Special Report: Ordnance Survey: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report
| 516 | 1.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots— Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee
| 541 | 14.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Third Special Report: Local Government Finance—Supplementary Business Rate: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08
| 1200 | 26.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Homes and Communities Agency
| 349-i | 8.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government
| 813-i | 23.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government
| 813-ii | 7.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government
| 813-iii | 10.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government
| 813-iv | 17.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Communities and Local Government Departmental Annual Report
| 1089-i | 13.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Communities and Local Government Departmental Annual Report
| 1089-ii | 27.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Tenant Services Authority
| 1123-i | 21.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Winter Supplementary Estimates
| | 19.11.07
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Department for Communities and Local Government Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007
| | 25.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Government Equalities Office New Estimate 2007
| | 25.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Communities and Local Government Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007-08
| | 17.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Local Government Finance: Waste
| | 17.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Communities and Local Government Winter Supplementary Estimates 2007-08
| | 25.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Communities and Local Government Autumn Performance Report 2007
| | 1.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007-08
| | 12.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government
| | 21.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Communities and Local Government Departmental Annual Report 2008
| | 27.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Housing and the Credit Crunch
| | 10.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Government Equalities Office Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08
| | 17.11.08
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: Equality,
published as Cm 7246 (13.11.07).
Reply to the Committee's Seventh Report: Local
Government Finance: Supplementary Business Rate, received
13.11.07.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/clg.cfm.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 21.4.08 | Two, One on an amendment proposed to the Chair's draft Report on The Supply of Rented Housing
One on consideration of the question, that the Report be the 8th Report of the Committee to the House [The Supply of Rented Housing]
|
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 2 occasions, on
Second Readings of Bills. Committee reports were debated on 2
occasions in Westminster Hall. Further details can be found in
the Committee's Annual Report.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Communities and Local Government Departmental Annual Report
| 2 |
| Community Cohesion and Migration
| 4 |
| Existing Housing and Climate Change
| 3 |
| Homes and Communities Agency
| 1 |
| Planning Matters—labour shortages and skills gaps
| 4 |
| Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots
| 1 |
| Tenant Services Authority
| 1 |
| The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government
| 4 |
| The Provision of Public Toilets
| 2 |
| Total | 22
|
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