Annex: Sessional Return
Business, Innovation and Skills
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 8 November 2007. On 1 October 2009, the Committee was renamed
Business, Innovation and Skills.
| Members
Luff, Peter (Chairman)
Bailey, Adrian
Berry, Roger
Binley, Mr Brian
Clapham, Mr Michael
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay
Kirkbride, Miss Julie
Moffat, Anne
Oaten, Mark
Öpik, Lembit (added 19.1.09)
Weir, Mr Mike (discharged 19.1.09)
Wright, Mr Anthony
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
35 out of 36*
26 out of 36 *
17 out of 36
23 out of 36*
19 out of 36
26 out of 36 *
24 out of 36
10 out of 36
16 out of 36
22 out of 30
3 out of 6 *
29 out of 36
63.1 %
|
* Included
a "joint" meeting held concurrently with the Culture,
Media and Sport Committee
| Total number of meetings:
| 36 |
Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 26 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 10 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 1 |
| Other activities | |
| Informal meetings (including meeting with overseas visitors)
| 6 |
| 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
Maureen Kearney, Mr Julian Maitland Walker, Naomi
Nardi and Howard Webber.
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 2
|
| Other Ministers | 3
|
| Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was also a Minister)
| 7 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
| 3 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
| 3 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government
| 1 |
| Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| British Chambers of Commerce
| 2 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau |
1 |
| Consumer Focus | 2
|
| Insolvency Service |
1 |
| North West Development Agency
| 1 |
| Ofcom | 1
|
| Postcomm | 1
|
| Post Office Ltd | 1
|
| Other departments comprising:
| |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 1 |
| UK Trade and Investment
| 1 |
| Appearances by other witnesses:
| 51 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 25-29.4.09 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh
| Luff, Bailey, Binley, Clapham, Kirkbride, Moffat, Öpik
| 2 | Inquiry into Exporting out of recession
| £43,615.75 |
| 9-12.11.09 | Paris, Toulouse and Milan
| Luff, Bailey, Binley, Kirkbride, Oaten, Öpik, Wright
| 2 | Inquiry into Exporting out of recession
| Estimated outturn £21,116
|
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 10-11.2.09 | Brussels
| Luff, Bailey, Berry, Wright
| 3 | To investigate work in the EU
| £4,248.11 |
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 26.2.09 | BatterseaA
| Luff | 1
| Inquiry into Pub companies
| £35.00 |
| 9.3.09 | SolihullA
| Luff, Bailey | 1
| Inquiry into Pub companies
| £239.50 |
| 12.3.09 | Chelmsford
| Luff, Berry, Öpik |
4B
| Inquiry into Post offices—securing their future
| £492.50 |
| 17-18.3.09 | Devon & Wales
| Luff, Bailey, Clapham, Öpik, Wright
| 2B
| Inquiry into Post offices—securing their future
| £2,986.58 |
| 20.3.09 | WinchesterA
| Oaten | 0
| Inquiry into Pub companies
| Nil |
| 20-21.5.09 | Birmingham & Chorley
| Luff, Binley, Hoyle, Kirkbride, Öpik, Wright
| 3C
| Inquiry into Automotive Assistance Programme
| £3,783.08 |
| 27-28.10.09 | Bristol
| Luff, Clapham, Öpik, Wright
| 2 | Inquiry into Motor sport and aerospace industries
| Estimated outturn £2,572
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
B Includes
1 specialist adviser
C Includes
1 shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Energy policy: future challenges
| 32 | 12.12.08
| Received 17.2.09: published as Second Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Second Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of Ofcom, Dr Colette Bowe
| 119 | 19.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Third Report: The work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 175 | 2.2.09
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Report: Regional development agencies and the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill
| 89-I | 13.3.09
| Cm 7643, published 4.6.09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Regional development agencies and the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill
| 89-II | 13.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: The Postal Services Bill
| 172-I | 1.4.09
| Cm 7623, published 11.5.09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: The Postal Services Bill
| 172-II | 1.4.09
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Report: The Insolvency Service
| 198 | 6.5.09
| Received 13.7.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Seventh Report: Pub Companies
| 26 | 13.5.09
| Awaited |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Pub Companies
| 26-II | 13.5.09
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Report: Post offices—securing their future
| 371-I | 7.7.09
| Received 23.9.09: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Post offices-securing their future
| 371-II | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Ninth Report: The Automotive Industry in the UK
| 550 | 17.7.09
| Cm 7706, published 21.9.09
|
| Tenth Report: Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme
| 588 | 24.7.09
| Awaited |
| Eleventh Report: Risk and Reward: sustaining a higher value-added economy
| 746-I | 25.9.09
| Awaited |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Risk and Reward: sustaining a higher value-added economy
| 746-II | 25.9.09
| Not applicable |
| Twelfth Report: Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2009): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2007, Quarterly Reports for 2008, licensing policy and review of export control legislation
| 178 | 19.8.09
| Awaited |
| First Special Report: Companies House: Government Response to Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 206 | 13.2.09
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Energy policy: future challenges: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2008-09
| 317 | 11.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Third Special Report: Pub Companies
| 798 | 2.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Special Report: The Insolvency Service: Government Response to the Sixth Report of the Committee, Session 2008-09
| 919 | 20.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Special Report: Post offices—securing their future: Government Response to the Business and Enterprise Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1002 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises
| 90-i | 23.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The work of BERR in the current crisis
| 143-i | 20.4.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The work of BERR in the current crisis
| 143-ii | 24.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Exporting out of recession
| 199-i | 24.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Digital Britain
| 331-i | 15.5.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: The work of the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills in the current crisis
| 754-i | 28.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: The work of the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills in the current crisis
| 754-ii | 28.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Consumer Focus
| 1182-i | 11.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Exporting out of recession
| 199-ii | 14.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Exporting out of recession
| 199-iii | 20.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09
| 1003-i | 13.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral and Written Evidence published on the Internet: Broadband speed
| 1055-i | 2.11.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Motor sport and aerospace industries
| 1091-i | 3.11.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Thirteenth Report Companies
House: received on 21.01.09 and published as the Committee's
First Special of Session 2008-09.
Reply to the Committee's Fourteenth Report: Departmental
Annual Report and Scrutiny of the Department for Business, Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform, published as Cm 7559 (23.2.09).
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://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/bis.cfm.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 2 occasions in
the House of Commons. 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
|
| Automotive Assistance Programme
| 4 |
| Broadband speed | 1
|
| Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09
| 1 |
| Digital Britain | 1
|
| Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme
| 1 |
| Exporting out of recession
| 3 |
| Financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises
| 1 |
| Insolvency Service |
1 |
| Motor sport and aerospace industries
| 1 |
| Post offices—securing their future
| 3 |
| Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of Ofcom, Dr Colette Bowe
| 1 |
| Pub companies | 1
|
| The Independent review of the UK postal services sector
| 2 |
| The role of regional development agencies
| 1 |
| The work of BERR in the current crisis
| 2 |
| The work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the current crisis
| 2 |
| Total | 26
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