10 SELECT COMMITTEES
11 Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005. It had 14 Members.
Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Cox, Mr Geoffrey
Drew, Mr David
Gray, Mr James
Hall, Patrick
Jones, Lynne
Kawczynski, Daniel (discharged 18.12.07)
Lepper, David
McIntosh, Miss Anne (added 18.12.07)
Moon, Mrs Madeleine (discharged 8.11.07)
Reed, Mr Jamie (discharged 8.11.07)
Rogerson, Dan
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Strang, Dr Gavin (added 8.11.07)
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy (added 8.11.07)
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
50 out of 51
13 out of 51
45 out of 51
33 out of 51
17 out of 51
32 out of 51
0 out of 9
28 out of 51
31 out of 42
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
18 out of 51
20 out of 51
37 out of 50
38 out of 51
39 out of 50
35 out of 51
61.1 %
|
Total number of meetings: | 51
|
Of which: | |
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 23 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings | 28
|
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 8 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted | 0
|
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
Frank Farquharson, Professor Colin Green, Dr Susan
Gubbay, Dr Jim Watson and Farhana Yamin.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers |
2 |
Other Ministers |
6 |
Members of the House of Commons
| 5 |
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 2 were also Ministers)
| 4 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 10 |
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Committee on Climate Change
| 1 |
Environment Agency |
2 |
Natural England |
2 |
Appearances by other witnesses |
41 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
4-5.12.07 | Lyon | Jack, Drew, Gray, Jones, Taylor, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into Flooding |
£6,444.31 |
28-29.1.08 | BrusselsA
| Jones | | 'EUFORES' Inter-parliamentary meeting
| £546.35 |
2-4.6.08 | RomeA |
Jack | | High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
| £1,106.38 |
16-20.11.08 | São PauloA
| Jones | | International Conference on Biofuels
| £5,891.70 |
A Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
9-10.7.08 | Brussels | Jack, Jones, Taylor, Williams
| 2 | Visit to the European Commission and the European Parliament
| £3,524.23 |
3-4.11.08 | BrusselsA
| Jack, Williams | 1 | Joint Committee meeting on Agriculture
| £1,792.53 |
A Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
27.11.07 | Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge
| Jack, Drew, Jones, Strang, Tipping, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into badgers and cattle TB
| £310.20 |
29-30.1.08 | Lincoln | Jack, Lepper, Tipping, Williams
| 7A | Inquiry into flooding
| £4,054.90 |
A Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
26.6.08 | Essex coastB
| Jack, Drew, Gray, Williams | 2
| Inquiry into the Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| £1,101.30 |
2-3.7.08 | North Yorkshire |
Jack, Drew, Jones, Rogerson | 5C
| Inquiry into the potential of England's rural economy
| £4,388.58 |
8.10.08 | Beddington Farmlands waste management site, Croydon
| Jack, Jones, Lepper, Tipping | 2
| Inquiry into the Waste Strategy for England 2007
| £133.50 |
B Travel in a representative capacity
C Includes one shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication | Government reply
|
First Report: The UK Government's "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy": Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
| 48 | 13.11.07 | Not applicable
|
Second Report: Climate change: the "citizen's agenda": Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
| 189 | 18.12.07 | Not applicable
|
Third Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007
| 250 | 23.1.08 | Not required
|
Fourth Report: Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
| 130-I | 27.2.08 | Received 7.7.08: published as Tenth Report, Session 2007-08
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
| 130-II | 27.2.08 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Report: Flooding | 49-I
| 7.5.08 | Received 25.6.08: published as First Special Report, Session 2007-08
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Flooding |
49-II | 7.5.08 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Report: Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
| 348 | 14.5.08 | Received 14.7.08: published as Second Special Report, Session 2007-08
|
Seventh Report: Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England
| 412 | 10.6.08 | Received 21.7.08: published as Third Special Report, Session 2007-08
|
Eighth Report: British Waterways: follow-up
| 438 | 1.7.08 | Received 4.8.08: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2007-08
|
Ninth Report: Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 656-I | 22.7.08 | Cm 7422, published 25.9.08
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 656-II | 22.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Tenth Report: Badgers and Cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB-Government response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1010 | 23.7.08 | Received 22.9.08: to be published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2007-08
|
Eleventh Report: The potential of England's rural economy
| 544-I | 29.10.08 | Awaited
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The potential of England's rural economy
| 544-II | 29.10.08 | Not applicable
|
First Special Report: Flooding: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
| 901 | 8.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1011 | 24.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08
| 1080 | 14.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: British Waterways: follow-up: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1081 | 15.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
| 1099 | 6.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Badgers and cattle TB: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1178 | 22.1.09 | Not applicable
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Departmental Annual Report 2007 and Defra priorities
| 121 | 17.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Climate change: the "citizen's agenda" and the Bali Summit
| 362-i | 29.4.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Committee on Climate Change
| 462-i | 21.5.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: English pig industry
| 1088-i | 17.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: English pig industry
| 1088-ii | 29.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-i | 21.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-ii | 17.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-iii | 24.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-iv | 26.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Defra's Departmental Report 2008
| 1158-i | 3.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1178-i | 7.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: British Waterways: NAO examination of BW finances
| | 9.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Marine Bill
| | 16.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Responsibility and Cost Sharing for Animal Health and Welfare
| | 16.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Autumn Performance Report 2007
| | 23.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Winter Supplementary Estimates and Resource Accounts 2006-07
| | 23.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Grey squirrels and invasive alien species
| | 19.3.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Prohibition by the Republic of Ireland of imported cattle and sheep from bluetongue restricted zones
| | 30.4.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Autumn Performance Report 2007
| | 30.4.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Defra expenditure and Spring Supplementary Estimate
| | 30.4.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Bovine TB Government response delay
| | 7.5.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: letters from Professors Bourne and King
| | 11.6.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Flooding: Ofwat response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
| | 16.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: Memorandum containing the Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| | 9.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
| | 22.10.08 |
Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: Letter from the Badgers Trust regarding herds overdue for TB testing
| | 13.11.08 |
Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: The UK Government's
"Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy", received
13.11.07 and published as the Committee's First Report, Session
2007-08.
Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: Climate change: the
"citizen's agenda", received 15.11.07 and published
as the Committee's Second Report, Session 2007-08.
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 www.parliament.uk/efracom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to debates in the House of Commons on one occasion.
Further details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the SessionA
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on cattle TBA
| 2 |
Climate change: the "citizen's agenda"B
| 1 |
Committee on Climate Change | 1
|
Defra prioritiesB | 2
|
Defra's Departmental Report 2008 | 1
|
Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 2 |
FloodingB | 10
|
Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England
| 1 |
The potential of England's rural economy |
1 |
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 | 2
|
Waste Strategy for England 2007 | 1
|
Total | 24
|
A On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised
two separate oral evidence sessions.
B The Committee also took oral evidence in Session
2006-07; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2006-07))
11A Badgers and cattle
TB Sub-Committee
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 26 November 2007 and discharged
on 9 January 2008. It had 14 Members.
Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Cox, Mr Geoffrey
Drew, Mr David
Gray, Mr James
Hall, Patrick
Jones, Lynne
Kawczynski, Daniel (discharged 18.12.07)
Lepper, David
Rogerson, Dan
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Strang, Dr Gavin
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
1 out of 1
0 out of 1
1 out of 1
1 out of 1
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
1 out of 1
1 out of 1
1 out of 1
1 out of 1
50.0 %
|
Total number of meetings: |
1 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 1 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 0 |
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
Other activities
| |
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 0 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted | 0
|
Staff
The Sub-Committee is supported by the staff of the main Committee,
details of which can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Appearances by other witnesses
| 4 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Not applicable.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Sub-Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at www.parliament.uk/efracom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
|
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Badgers and cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group on cattle TB
| 1 |
Total | 1 |
|
11B Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs Sub-Committee
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 9 January 2008. It had 14 Members.
Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Cox, Mr Geoffrey
Drew, Mr David
Gray, Mr James
Hall, Patrick
Jones, Lynne
Lepper, David
McIntosh, Miss Anne
Rogerson, Dan
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Strang, Dr Gavin
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
13 out of 13
0 out of 13
12 out of 13
5 out of 13
2 out of 13
4 out of 13
6 out of 13
6 out of 13
5 out of 13
4 out of 13
3 out of 13
12 out of 13
6 out of 13
8 out of 13
47.3 %
|
Total number of meetings: |
13 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 13 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 0 |
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
Other activities
| |
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 0 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted | 0
|
Staff
The Sub-Committee is supported by the staff of the main Committee,
details of which can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 6 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 4 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
British Waterways |
1 |
Appearances by other witnesses |
36 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Not applicable.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Sub-Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at www.parliament.uk/efracom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
|
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
British Waterways | 2
|
Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 2 |
The English pig industry | 2
|
The potential of England's rural economy |
4 |
Waste Strategy for England 2007 | 3
|
Total | 13
|
|
12 European Scrutiny
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 28 June
2005. It had 16 Members.
Members
Connarty, Michael (Chairman)
Bailey, Adrian (added 8.11.07)
Borrow, Mr David S
Cash, Mr William
Clappison, Mr James
Clark, Ms Katy
David, Mr Wayne (discharged 16.11.07)
Dobbin, Jim
Griffith, Nia (discharged 8.11.07)
Hands, Mr Greg
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David
Hill, Keith (added 8.11.07)
Hopkins, Kelvin
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay
Laxton, Mr Bob
Robertson, Angus
Steen, Mr Anthony
Younger-Ross, Richard
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
36 out of 36
25 out of 35
25 out of 36
23 out of 36
24 out of 36
19 out of 36
0 out of 2
23 out of 36
0 out of 1
29 out of 36
19 out of 36
27 out of 35
27 out of 36
14 out of 36
21 out of 36
17 out of 36
30 out of 36
18 out of 36
65.3 %
|
Total number of meetings: |
36 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 8 |
Number of meetings at which the scrutiny of European documents was considered in public
| 25 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 6 |
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
Other activities
| |
Informal meetings | 7
|
Conferences/Seminars hosted | 0
|
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
None.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 4 |
Member of the House of Lords
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
| 1 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 1 |
Home Office | 2
|
European Commission |
1 |
Appearances by other witnesses |
2 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
23-26.11.07 | Slovenia and FYR Macedonia
| Connarty, Borrow, Dobbin, Hands | 2
| Pre-presidency visit to Slovenia and candidate country FYR Macedonia
| £12,377.16 |
11-14.1.08 | LjubljanaA
| Robertson | |
International conference on the 'Role of National Parliaments'
| £1,415.37 |
17-18.2.08 | LjubljanaA
| Connarty | 1 | COSAC Chairpersons meeting
| £2,943.92 |
6-8.5.08 | BledA |
Connarty, Borrow, Robertson | 1 |
COSAC XXXIX | £5,155.34 |
6-7.7.08 | Paris | Connarty
| 1 | COSAC Chairpersons meeting
| £1,448.05 |
7-8.7.08 | ParisA
| Connarty | 2 | Pre-presidency visit to France
| £1,537.27
(estimated outturn) |
2-4.11.08 | ParisA
| Connarty, Dobbin, Hopkins | 1
| COSAC XL | £3,817.14 |
18-20.11.08 | Czech Republic
| Connarty, Bailey, Borrow, Cash, Clark, Dobbin, Hopkins, Steen, Younger-Ross
| 3 | Pre-presidency visit to the Czech Republic
| £17,022.14 (estimated outturn) |
A Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
4-5.12.07 | BrusselsA
| Connarty | 1 | Future of Europe meeting
| £1,509.90 |
11-12.2.08 | BrusselsA
| Connarty | |
Joint Parliamentary meeting on the Lisbon Strategy
| £774.14 |
6.3.08 | Brussels | Connarty, Dobbin, Hands, Hill, Robertson
| 2 | Tripartite meeting |
£5,145.80 |
26.6.08 | BrusselsA
| Connarty | |
Joint Parliamentary meeting on the European Union and Development Cooperation
| £597.75 (estimated outturn) |
13-14.10.08 | Brussels | Connarty, Bailey, Borrow, Cash, Clark, Dobbin, Hands, Hill
| 3 | EU Institutions | £7,620.55 (estimated outturn)
|
A Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
30.6.08 | EdinburghA
| Connarty | 1 | EC-UK meeting
| £361.70 |
A Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication | Government reply
|
First Report | 16-i
| 19.11.07 | Not applicable |
Second Report | 16-ii
| 28.11.07 | Not applicable |
Third Report: European Union Intergovernmental Conference: Follow-up report
| 16-iii | 27.11.07 | Received 10.12.07: published as First Special Report, Session 2007-08
|
Fourth Report | 16-iv
| 14.12.07 | Not applicable |
Fifth Report | 16-v
| 18.12.07 | Not applicable |
Sixth Report | 16-vi
| 7.1.08 | Not applicable |
Seventh Report | 16-vii
| 22.1.08 | Not applicable |
Eighth Report | 16-viii
| 29.1.08 | Not applicable |
Ninth Report | 16-ix
| 4.2.08 | Not applicable |
Tenth Report: The Conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers
| 86 | 4.2.08 | Not applicable
|
Eleventh Report | 16-x | 12.2.08
| Not applicable |
Twelfth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007
| 315 | 7.2.08 | Not applicable
|
Thirteenth Report | 16-xi
| 14.2.08 | Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report | 16-xii
| 29.2.08 | Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report | 16-xiii
| 7.3.08 | Not applicable |
Sixteenth Report | 16-xiv
| 14.3.08 | Not applicable |
Seventeenth Report | 16-xv
| 20.3.08 | Not applicable |
Eighteenth Report | 16-xvi
| 28.3.08 | Not applicable |
Nineteenth Report | 16-xvii
| 3.4.08 | Not applicable |
Twentieth Report | 16-xviii
| 10.4.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-First Report | 16-xix
| 2.5.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Second Report | 16-xx
| 14.5.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Third Report | 16-xxi
| 23.5.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Fourth Report | 16-xxii
| 30.5.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Fifth Report: Conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers: Follow up Report
| 606 | 12.6.08 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Sixth Report | 16-xxiii
| 17.6.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Seventh Report | 16-xxiv
| 1.7.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Eighth Report | 16-xxv
| 4.7.08 | Not applicable |
Twenty-Ninth Report | 16-xxvi
| 10.7.08 | Not applicable |
Thirtieth Report | 16-xvii
| 25.7.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-First Report | 16-xxviii
| 28.7.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Second Report | 16-xxix
| 18.9.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Third Report: Subsidiarity, National Parliaments and the Lisbon Treaty
| 563 | 21.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Fourth Report | 16-xxx
| 23.10.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Fifth Report | 16-xxxi
| 24.10.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Sixth Report | 16-xxxii
| 29.10.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Seventh Report | 16-xxxiii
| 7.11.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Eighth Report | 16-xxxiv
| 18.11.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Eighth Report | 16-xxxiv
| 18.11.08 | Not applicable |
Thirty-Ninth Report | 16-xxxv
| 24.11.08 | Not applicable |
Fortieth Report | 16-xxxvi
| 27.11.08 | Not applicable |
First Special Report: European Union Intergovernmental Conference: Government Responses to the Committee's Thirty-fifth Report of Session 2006-07 and the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08
| 179 | 17.12.07 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence: Agreement to a General Approach on Police Cooperation and the European Arrest Warrant
| 147-i | 25.2.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence: Draft Council Decision establishing the European Police Office (EUROPOL)
| 247-i | 25.2.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence: Recent scrutiny performance of BERR
| 657 | 1.12.08 | Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's Thirty-Fifth Report, Session 2006-07,
received 10.12.07 and published as the Committee's First Special
Report, Session 2007-08.
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 www.parliament.uk/escom.
Divisions
|
Date | Subject
|
14.11.07 | One, on consideration of the Second Report
|
14.11.07 | Fifteen, on consideration of the Third Report
|
28.11.07 | Two, on consideration of the Fourth Report
|
23.1.08 | Thirteen, on consideration of the Tenth Report
|
30.1.08 | One, on consideration of the Eleventh Report
|
20.2.08 | One, on consideration of the Fourteenth Report
|
20.2.08 | Five, on Motions relating to the Committee deliberating in public
|
5.3.08 | One, on consideration of the Sixteenth Report
|
19.3.08 | One, on consideration of the Eighteenth Report
|
2.4.08 | One, on consideration of the Twentieth Report
|
30.4.08 | Two, on consideration of the Twenty-Second Report
|
21.5.08 | One, on consideration of the Twenty-Fourth Report
|
4.6.08 | One, on consideration of the Twenty-Sixth Report
|
2.7.08 | Two, on consideration of the Twenty-Ninth Report
|
8.10.08 | Twelve, on consideration of the Thirty-Third Report
|
8.10.08 | Seven, on consideration of the Thirty-Fourth Report
|
15.10.08 | Three, on consideration of the Thirty-Fifth Report
|
5.11.08 | Five, on consideration of the Thirty-Eighth Report
|
12.11.08 | One, on consideration of the Thirty-Ninth Report
|
26.11.08 | One, on consideration of the Fortieth Report
|
|
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
|
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Agreement to a General Approach on Police Cooperation and the European Arrest Warrant
| 1 |
Conclusions of the European Council and Council of Ministers
| 1 |
Draft Council Decision establishing the European Police Office (EUROPOL)
| 1 |
Recent scrutiny performance of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
| 1 |
Subsidiarity, National Parliaments and the Lisbon Treaty
| 4 |
Total | 8 |
|
13 Finance and Services
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 19 July
2005. It had 11 Members.
Members
Bell, Sir Stuart (Chairman)
Betts, Mr Clive
Blunt, Mr Crispin
Burstow, Mr Paul
Clifton-Brown, Mr Geoffrey
Creagh, Mary
Doran, Mr Frank
Haselhurst, Sir Alan (added 25.3.08)
Keeley, Barbara
Key, Robert
McAvoy, Mr Thomas
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
9 out of 9
7 out of 9
4 out of 9
2 out of 9
7 out of 9
3 out of 9
6 out of 9
6 out of 6
1 out of 9
6 out of 9
6 out of 9
59.4 %
|
Total number of meetings: |
9 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 0 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 9 |
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
Other activities
| |
Informal meetings | 0 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted | 0
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee, Andrew Kennon, Principal
Clerk, (SC Band 1A) (until 31.10.08), Dorian Gerhold, Principal
Clerk, (SC Band 1A) (from 1.11.08).
Committee Assistant, Louise Sargent (Band C).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
None.
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
None.
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
www.parliament.uk/finance&servicescom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Not applicable.
14 Foreign
Affairs
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005. It had 14 Members and held 43 meetings. These
included 1 meeting held concurrently with the Defence Committee
(abbreviated to (DCM) in the attendance table below) and 6 "Committees
on Arms Export Controls" meetings held concurrently with
the Business and Enterprise, Defence and International Development
Committees (abbreviated to (CAEC) in the attendance table below).
Members
Gapes, Mike (Chairman)
Campbell, Sir Menzies (added 21.1.08)
Hamilton, Mr Fabian
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David
Horam, Mr John
Illsley, Mr Eric
Keetch, Mr Paul
Mackinlay, Andrew
Moss, Mr Malcolm
Osborne, Sandra
Pope, Mr Greg
Purchase, Mr Ken
Stanley, Sir John
Stuart, Ms Gisela
Younger-Ross, Richard (discharged 21.1.08)
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
38 out of 43 (including 4 CAEC and 1 DCM)
20 out of 33 (including 1 DCM)
28 out of 43(including 2 CAEC)
24 out of 43 (including 1 DCM)
30 out of 43
30 out of 43 (including 1 DCM)
21 out of 43 (including 1 CAEC and 1 DCM)
32 out of 43
31 out of 43 (including 1DCM)
26 out of 43
26 out of 43
32 out of 43 (including 2 CAEC and 1DCM)
41 out of 43(including 6 CAEC and 1 DCM)
22 out of 43
4 out of 10
67.70%A
|
A Not including CAEC meetings.
Total number of meetings:
| 43 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 29 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 1 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 14 (of which 2 were CAEC)
|
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 7 |
Other activities
| |
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 92 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted |
0 |
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
Dr Sibylle Bauer*
*Specialist Adviser to the Business and Enterprise,
Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
in their joint inquiry into Strategic Export Controls.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 5
|
Other Ministers | 5
|
Members of House of Lords (of whom 1 was also a Minister)
| 6 |
Number of appearances by officials or representatives of:
| |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 9 |
BBC World Service | 1
|
British Council | 1
|
Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
| 1 |
Ministry of Defence | 2
|
Appearances by other witnesses
| 40 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
11-16.11.07 | Iran | Gapes, Hamilton, Horam, Osborne, Purchase, Stanley, Stuart,
Younger- Ross
| 2 | Inquiry into Global Security: Iran
| £30,318.79 |
7-10.1.08 | Brussels, Slovenia and Kosovo
| Hamilton, Heathcoat-Amory, Horam, Mackinlay, Osborne, Purchase, Stanley
| 5A | Inquiry into Developments in the European Union
| £20,356.85 |
11-19.3.08 | Bermuda, Grand Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Falkland Islands
| Horam, Illsley, Keetch, Mackinlay, Moss, Pope, Stanley, Stuart
| 4 | Inquiry into Overseas Territories
| £51,178.28 |
16-17.3.08 | LjubljanaB
| Gapes | 1 | EU Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairpersons
| £2,046.46 |
10-16.5.08 | Japan and Korea
| Hamilton, Heathcoat-Amory, Horam, Illsley, Moss, Osborne, Pope, Purchase, Stanley, Stuart
| 3 | Inquiry into Global Security: Japan and Korea
| £58,580.46 |
14-17.7.08 | Brussels, Paris, Cyprus
| Gapes, Hamilton, Horam, Keetch, Moss, Osborne, Purchase, Stanley
| 4 | Inquiry into Developments in the European Union
| £21,546.49 |
21-22.7.08 | ParisB
| Gapes | 1 | EU Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairpersons
| £1,454.38 |
6-10.10.08 | New York and Washington DC
| Gapes, Campbell, Hamilton, Illsley, Mackinlay, Moss, Osborne, Pope, Purchase, Stanley, Stuart
| 2 | Inquiry into Global Security
| £42,697.48 |
24-26.10.08 | KoreaB
| Stanley | 1 | Human Rights of North Korean Refugees, SE Asian Refugees, and the Role of the International Community
| £2,844 (estimated outturn) |
A Includes one shorthand writer
B Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
|
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
24.4.08 | Southampton
| Stanley |
| HMRC Southampton | £116.40
|
24.6.08 | FCO, Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes
| Gapes, Osborne, Stanley |
2 | Inquiry into FCO Annual Report 2007-08
| £321.00 |
8.7.08 | BBC Arabic, London
| Gapes, Heathcoat-Amory, Stanley
| 2 | Inquiry into FCO Annual Report 2007-08
| £141.00 |
|
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication | Government reply
|
First Report: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2006-07
| 50 | 19.11.07 | Cm 7302, published 1.1.08
|
Second Report: Global Security: Russia
| 51 | 25.11.07 | Cm 7305, published 1.2.08
|
Third Report: Foreign Policy Aspects of the Lisbon Treaty
| 120-I | 20.1.08 | Cm 7332, published 18.2.08
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Foreign Policy Aspects of the Lisbon Treaty
| 120-II | 20.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007
| 287 | 30.1.08 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Report: Global Security: Iran |
142 | 2.3.08 | Cm 7361, published 1.5.08
|
Sixth Report: Proposed appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi
| 507 | 24.6.08 | Received 24.7.08: published as First Special Report Session 2007-08
|
Seventh Report: Overseas Territories
| 147-I | 6.7.08 | Cm 7473, published 30.9.08
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Overseas Territories
| 147-II | 6.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Report: Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislationA
| 254 | 17.7.08 | Cm 7485, published 3.11.08
|
Ninth Report: Human Rights Annual Report 2007
| 533 | 20.7.08 | Cm 7463, published 25.09.08
|
Tenth Report: Global Security: Japan and Korea
| 449 | 30.11.08 | Awaited
|
First Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08, on Proposed appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi
| 1157 | 3.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral and Written Evidence: UK Trade and Investment
| 136-i | 29.5.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in the European Union: Prospects for the European Council, Brussels, 19-20 June
| 713-i | 26.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Memoranda: Previously Unpublished Memoranda Submitted to the Foreign Affairs Committee
| 389 | 20.6.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08
| 964-i | 9.7.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08
| 964-ii | 15.10.08 | Not applicable
|
A Jointly with the Business and Enterprise, Defence
and International Development Committees
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08
| 964-iii | 29.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Iraq and Afghanistan Joint Meeting with the Defence Committee
| 1145-i | 3.11.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08
| 964 | 15.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Global Security: Non-Proliferation
| 1176 | 29.10.08 | Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
None.
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 www.parliament.uk/facom.
Divisions
|
Date | Subject
|
7.11.07 | One, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on the Foreign and Commonwealth Annual Report 2006-07
|
7.11.07 | Nine, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Global Security: Russia
|
16.1.08 | Nine, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Foreign Policy Aspects of the Lisbon Treaty
|
18.6.08 | One, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on the Proposed appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi
|
|
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 2 occasions in Westminster Hall
and were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates
in the House of Commons on one occasion. Further details can be
found in the Committee's Sessional Report.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
|
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Developments in the European UnionA
| 5 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08A
| 3 |
Global Security: IranA | 1
|
Global Security: Iraq and AfghanistanB
| 1 |
Global Security: Japan and Korea | 3
|
Global Security: Non-Proliferation | 3
|
Human Rights Annual Report 2007 | 3
|
Overseas Territories | 5
|
Scrutiny of Senior Diplomatic Appointments |
1 |
Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislationC
| 3 |
Total | 28D
|
|
A The Committee took oral evidence on these inquiries
in Session 2006-07; figures appear in the Return for that Session
(HC 1 (2006-07))
B Jointly
with the Defence Committee
C Jointly with the
Business and Enterprise, Defence and International Development
Committees
D The total in this
table does not match the figure given above as joint meetings
on Arms Export Controls are included here
|