10 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
For website access click on .www.parliament.uk/eacom.
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
Members
Yeo, Mr Tim (Chairman)
Barker, Gregory
Caton, Mr Martin
Challen, Colin
Chaytor, Mr David
Horwood, Martin
Hurd, Mr Nick
Kennedy, Jane (added 12.1.09)
Lazarowicz, Mark
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Malik, Mr Shahid
Riordan, Mrs Linda
Stuart, Mr Graham
Swinson, Jo
Turner, Dr Desmond
Walley, Joan
Woolas, Phil (discharged 12.1.09)
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
24 out of 27
0 out of 27
15 out of 27
22 out of 27
16 out of 27
17 out of 27
3 out of 27
0 out of 25
18 out of 27
2 out of 27
0 out of 27
0 out of 27
0 out of 27
9 out of 27
25 out of 27
23 out of 27
0 out of 2
40.3 %
|
Total number of meetings: | 27
|
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
| 4 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings | 2
|
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 Merylyn McKenzie Hedger.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers | 1 |
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers |
7 |
Members of the House of Commons | 1
|
Members of the House of Lords | 1
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 1 |
Department of Energy and Climate Change |
3 |
Prime Minister's Office | 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Committee on Climate Change | 3
|
Met Office | 1 |
Office of Climate Change | 1
|
Office of Government Commerce | 1
|
Sustainable Development Commission | 3
|
Appearances by other witnesses | 44
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
7-12.12.08 | PoznañA
| Challen | 0 | UNFCCC 14th Conference of the Parties
| £1,177.56 |
18-24.1.09 | Douala, Kribi and Yaounde
| Yeo, Challen, Chaytor, Lazarowicz, Swinson, Turner, Walley
| 2 | Inquiry into reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests
| £37,130.50 |
17-23.5.09 | Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington DC
| Yeo, Challen, Liddell-Grainger | 2
| Inquiry into the role of the carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| £31,296.58 |
A Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
11-12.11.09 | The Met Office, ExeterA
| Yeo, Challen, Swinson | 2 |
Adapting to Climate Change | £1,706.25
|
A Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication | Government reply
|
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 108 | 23.12.08 | Not applicable
|
Second Report: Environmental Labelling
| 243 | 23.3.09 | Received 29.6.09: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Third Report: Pre-Budget Report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recession
| 202 | 16.3.09 | Received 14.5.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Fourth Report: Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping
| 528 | 1.6.09 | Received 29.7.09: published as Sixth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Fifth Report: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests
| 30 | 29.6.09 | Received 13.10.09: published as Eighth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Sixth Report: Greening Government |
503 | 5.8.09 | Received 5.10.09: published as Seventh Special Report Session 2008-09
|
First Special Report: Vehicle Excise Duty as an environmental tax: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 72 | 18.12.08 | Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Halting biodiversity loss: Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 239 | 12.2.09 | Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08
| 283 | 5.3.09 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: Pre-Budget Report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recession: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2008-09
| 563 | 8.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: Environmental Labelling: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2008-09
| 861 | 21.7.09 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1015 | 23.10.09 | Not applicable
|
Seventh Special Report: Greening Government: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1014 | 23.10.09 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Special Report: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1063 | 2.11.09 | Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence: Carbon Budgets | 234
| 26.3.09 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The scientific basis for carbon reduction targets
| 1214 | 2.7.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-i | 20.4.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-ii | 27.4.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-iii | 6.5.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-iv | 18.5.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-v | 8.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-i | 15.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-ii | 29.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-iii | 20.7.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-iv | 3.11.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-i | 22.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-ii | 7.7.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-iii | 13.7.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-iv | 26.10.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-v | 11.11.09 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393 | 16.10.09 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616 | 22.10.09 | Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671 | 4.11.09 | Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Ninth Report: Carbon capture and storage,
published as Cm 7605 (26.8.09).
Reply to the Committee's Tenth Report: Vehicle Excise Duty
as an environmental tax, received 4.12.08 and published as
the Committee's First Special Report Session 2008-09.
Reply to the Committee's Eleventh Report: The Export Credits
Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development, received
23.2.09 and published as the Committee's Third Special Report
Session 2008-09.
Reply to the Committee's Twelfth Report: Greener homes for
the future? An environmental analysis of the Government's house-building
plans, published as Cm 7615 (12.5.09).
Reply to the Committee's Thirteenth Report: Halting biodiversity
loss, received 26.1.09 and published as the Committee's Second
Special Report Session 2008-09.
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/eacom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 1 occasion in Westminster Hall.
Committee reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant
to debates in the House of Commons or Westminster Hall on 2 occasions.
Further details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report,
paras 34-38.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during
the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Carbon Budgets
(including one session before formal commencement of inquiry)
| 5 |
Green jobs and skills | 5 |
Greening Government | 1 |
Pre-Budget Report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recession
| 2 |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests
| 5 |
The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 5 |
Total | 23 |
10A Sub-Committee on
Environmental Information
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The Sub-Committee was nominated on 24 July 2007. It had 5 members.
Members
Challen, Colin (Chairman)
Horwood, Martin
Hurd, Mr Nick
Swinson, Jo
Walley, Joan
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
2 out of 2
1 out of 2
0 out of 2
2 out of 2
2 out of 2
58.3 %
|
Total number of meetings: | 2
|
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
| 2 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings | 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
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
Not applicable.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Sub-Committee were published electronically
after each meeting of the Sub-Committee. They are available on
the Committee's website at .http://www.parliament.uk/eacom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during
the Session
None.
11 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 13 July
2005.
Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Cox, Mr Geoffrey
Drew, Mr David
Gray, Mr James
Hall, Patrick
Jones, Lynne
Lepper, David
McIntosh, Anne
Rogerson, Dan
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Strang, Gavin
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
38 out of 38
12 out of 38
27 out of 38
23 out of 38
5 out of 38
27 out of 38
23 out of 38
24 out of 38
11 out of 38
1 out of 38
18 out of 38
28 out of 38
23 out of 38
25 out of 38
53.6 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 38 |
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
| 25 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings | 10
|
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 Richard Clutterbuck, Frank Farquharson, Professor
Colin Green and Dr Jim Watson.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Environment Agency |
1 |
Natural England | 1
|
Appearances by other witnesses
| 27 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
25-30.4.09 | São Paulo and Brasília
| Jack, Gray, Jones, Strang, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £37,606.00 (estimated outturn)
|
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
11.12.08 | Borough Market, Southwark
| Jack, Drew, Gray, Jones, Lepper
| 7A | Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £173.50 |
11.3.09 | John Innes Centre, NorwichB
| Lepper | 2C
| Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £622.63 |
11.3.09 | Rothamsted Research, HarpendenB
| Jack, Drew, Jones | 1
| Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £252.60 |
25.3.09 | Syngenta, BracknellB
| Jack, Drew, Lepper, Strang
| 3C | Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £526.10 |
23.4.09 | Institute of Animal Health and Merial, Pirbright, SurreyB
| Jack, Drew, Jones, Williams
| 2 | Ongoing scrutiny into animal health
| £364.30 |
A
Includes 1 shorthand writer
B
Travel in a representative capacity
C
Includes 1 specialist adviser
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: The English pig industry
| 96 | 13.1.09
| Received 18.3.09: published as Second Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Second Report: The work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 95 | 15.1.09
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
| 37 | 10.6.09
| Cm 7719, published 7.10.09
|
Fourth Report: Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK
| 213-I | 21.7.09
| Received 8.10.09: published as Third Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK
| 213-II | 21.7.09
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Ofwat Price Review 2009
| 554-I | 22.7.09
| Received 7.10.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Ofwat Price Review 2009
| 554-II | 24.7.09
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: The Draft Flood and Water Management Bill
| 555-I | 23.9.09
| Cm 7741, published 19.11.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The Draft Flood and Water Management Bill
| 555-II | 30.9.09
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: The potential of England's rural economy: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08
| 155 | 21.1.09
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The English pig industry: Government response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2008-09
| 391 | 2.4.09
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Securing food supplies up to 2050: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of, Session 2008-09
| 1022 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Ofwat Price Review 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1023 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Flooding: the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review
| 245-i | 21.5.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Defra's Departmental Report 2008
| 1158-i | 3.2.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-i | 16.9.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-ii | 14.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-iv | 28.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1094-i | 9.11.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Defra Departmental Annual Report and Estimates
| 1115-i | 12.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain: written evidence
| | 28.10.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Eleventh Report: The potential of
England's rural economy, received 29.12.08 and published as
the Committee's First Special Report Session 2008-09.
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/efracom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to debates in the House of Commons on 1 occasion.
Further details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report,
paras 31-32.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 3 |
Defra's Departmental Report 2009
| 1 |
FloodingA |
1 |
Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| 7 |
Waste Strategy for England 2007A
| 1 |
Total | 13
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2007-08;
figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC1 (2007-08))
11A Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee
For website access click on .www.parliament.uk/efracom.
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 9 January 2008.
Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Cox, Mr Geoffrey
Drew, Mr David
Gray, Mr James
Hall, Patrick
Jones, Lynne
Lepper, David
McIntosh, Anne
Rogerson, Dan
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Strang, Gavin
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
14 out of 14
4 out of 14
12 out of 14
6 out of 14
2 out of 14
9 out of 14
6 out of 14
9 out of 14
1 out of 14
0 out of 14
8 out of 14
9 out of 14
9 out of 14
12 out of 14
51.5 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 14 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 14 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 0 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings | 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:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 2 |
Members of the House of Lords
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 3 |
Department of Energy and Climate Change
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Environment Agency |
2 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 31 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-iii | 21.10.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Not applicable.
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/efracom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 1 |
Draft Flood and Water Management Bill
| 7 |
Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
| 4 |
Ofwat Price Review 2009
| 6 |
Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| 2 |
Total | 20A
|
A
On six occasions the Sub-committee took oral evidence on more
than one inquiry at one meeting.
12 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 28 June 2005.
Members
Connarty, Michael (Chairman)
Bailey, Adrian
Borrow, Mr David S
Cash, Mr William
Clappison, Mr James
Clark, Ms Katy
Dobbin, Jim
Hands, Mr Greg
Heathcoat-Amory, Mr David
Hill, Keith
Hopkins, Kelvin
Hoyle, Mr Lindsay
Laxton, Mr Bob
Robertson, Angus
Steen, Mr Anthony
Younger-Ross, Richard
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
31 out of 33
19 out of 33
24 out of 33
23 out of 33
23 out of 33
3 out of 33
30 out of 33
19 out of 33
17 out of 33
22 out of 33
27 out of 33
3 out of 33
15 out of 33
20 out of 33
21 out of 33
13 out of 33
58.7 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 33 |
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
| 2 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 23 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings |
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
None.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 2
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 6 |
Member of the House of Lords
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 5 |
HM Treasury | 1
|
Home Office | 2
|
Ministry of Justice |
1 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
9-10.2.09 | PragueA
| Connarty | 1
| Meeting of COSAC Chairpersons
| £2,146.15 |
10-12.5.09 | PragueA
| Connarty, Hill, Younger-Ross
| 1 | XLI COSAC Meeting
| £3,984.02 |
18-20.5.09 | Stockholm
| Connarty, Bailey, Dobbin, Hopkins, Robertson
| 3 | Pre-Presidency visit
| £12,615.52 |
15-16.6.09 | Zagreb
| Connarty, Borrow, Hill, Steen
| 3 | Pre-accession visit
| £8,138.10 |
5-6.7.09 | StockholmA
| Connarty | 1
| Meeting of COSAC Chairpersons
| £4,095.65 |
4-6.10.09 | StockholmA
| Connarty, Dobbin, Hopkins
| 1 | XLII COSAC Meeting
| £3,520.76 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
16-17.2.09 | BrusselsA
| Connarty | 1
| Joint-parliamentary meeting
| £2,687.34 |
19.3.09 | Brussels
| Connarty, Bailey, Borrow, Hill, Hopkins, Steen
| 2 | Tripartite meeting
| £3,356.43 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
8.12.08 | BelfastA
| Connarty | 1
| EC-UK Forum Meeting |
£710.10 |
28.4.09 | BelfastA
| Connarty | 0
| Assembly oral evidence session
| £296.29 |
8.6.09 | CardiffA
| Connarty | 1
| EC-UK Forum Meeting |
£365.03 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
Fortieth Report, Session 2007-08
| 16-xxxvi | 4.12.08
| Not applicable |
First Report | 19-i
| 18.12.08 | Not applicable
|
Second Report | 19-ii
| 2.1.09 | Not applicable
|
Third Report | 19-iii
| 23.1.09 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2008
| 156 | 14.1.09
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report | 19-iv
| 30.1.09 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Report | 19-v
| 9.2.09 | Not applicable
|
Seventh Report | 19-vi
| 13.2.09 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Report | 19-vii
| 25.2.09 | Not applicable
|
Ninth Report | 19-viii
| 6.3.09 | Not applicable
|
Tenth Report | 19-ix
| 12.3.09 | Not applicable
|
Eleventh Report | 19-x
| 18.3.09 | Not applicable
|
Twelfth Report | 19-xi
| 27.3.09 | Not applicable
|
Thirteenth Report | 19-xii
| 3.4.09 | Not applicable
|
Fourteenth Report: Free movement of workers in the EU
| 324 | 1.4.09
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report | 19-xiii
| 8.4.09 | Not applicable
|
Sixteenth Report | 19-xiv
| 30.4.09 | Not applicable
|
Seventeenth Report |
19-xv | 8.5.09
| Not applicable |
Eighteenth Report | 19-xvi
| 13.5.09 | Not applicable
|
Nineteenth Report | 19-xvii
| 22.5.09 | Not applicable
|
Twentieth Report | 19-xviii
| 12.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-First Report |
19-xix | 19.6.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Second Report |
19-xx | 25.6.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Third Report |
19-xxi | 3.7.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Fourth Report |
19-xxii | 8.7.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Fifth Report |
19-xxiii | 15.7.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Sixth Report |
19-xxiv | 23.7.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Seventh Report |
19-xxv | 27.7.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Eighth Report |
19-xxvi | 23.9.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Ninth Report |
19-xxvii | 29.10.09
| Not applicable |
Thirtieth Report | 19-xxviii
| 30.10.09 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-First Report |
19-xxix | 6.11.09
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Second Report |
19-xxx | 9.11.09
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Third Report |
19-xxxi | 20.11.09
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Subsidiarity, National Parliaments and the Lisbon Treaty: Government Response to the Committee's Thirty-third Report of Session 2007-08
| 197 | 26.1.09
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Ship-source pollution Directive and first reading agreements
| 760 | 29.10.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Thirty-third Report of Session 2007-08,
received 13.1.09 and published as the Committee's First Special
Report, Session 2008-09.
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/escom.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
17.12.08 | One, on consideration of the Second Report
|
21.1.09 | One, on consideration of the Fifth Report
|
11.2.09 | One, on consideration of the Eighth Report
|
10.6.09 | One, on consideration of the Twenty-first Report
|
15.7.09 | One, on the Committee's agenda for the meeting of 10 September
|
21.10.09 | Three, on consideration of the Thirtieth Report
|
11.11.09 | Three, on consideration of the Thirty-third report
|
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Commission communication: driving European recovery
| 1 |
EU Accession: Croatia and the Lisbon Treaty: "legal guarantees" for Ireland
| 1 |
Free movement of workers in the EU
| 2 |
Scrutiny related issues and future developments in the European Union
| 1 |
Ship-source pollution Directive and first reading agreements
| 1 |
The recent scrutiny performance of DEFRA
| 1 |
The recent scrutiny performance of the FCO and the December European Council in relation to the Irish Protocol
| 1 |
Total | 8
|
13 FINANCE AND SERVICES
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.www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/finance_and_services_committee.cfm.
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 19 July
2005.
Members
Bell, Sir Stuart
Betts, Mr Clive
Blunt, Mr Crispin (discharged 9.2.09)
Burstow, Mr Paul
Clifton-Brown, Mr Geoffrey
Creagh, Mary
Doran, Mr Frank
Haselhurst, Sir Alan
Keeley, Barbara
Key, Robert
McAvoy, Mr Thomas (discharged 9.2.09)
Newmark, Mr Brooks (added 9.2.09)
Spellar, Mr John (added 9.2.09)
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
9 out of 9
8 out of 9
2 out of 2
3 out of 9
4 out of 9
6 out of 9
8 out of 9
7 out of 9
0 out of 9
6 out of 9
2 out of 2
6 out of 7
6 out of 7
67.7 %
|
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 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings | 1
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Dorian Gerhold, Principal
Clerk (SCS Band 1A)
Secretary: Louise Sargent, Secretary Grade 2 (Band
C).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
None.
Overseas Visits
Not applicable.
Visits to European Institutions
Not applicable.
UK Visits
Not applicable.
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 on the Committee's website .www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/finance_and_services_committee.cfm.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
None.
14 FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
Members
Gapes, Mike (Chairman)
Campbell, Sir Menzies
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
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
27 out of 29
19 out of 29
20 out of 29
20 out of 29
24 out of 29
25 out of 29
14 out of 29
22 out of 29
26 out of 29
22 out of 29
19 out of 29
26 out of 29
28 out of 29
21 out of 29
77.1 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 29 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 17 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 1 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 12 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 87 |
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:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 3
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 3 |
Members of the House of Lords
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials or representatives of:
| |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 7 |
BBC World Service | 1
|
British Council | 1
|
European Commission |
1 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 30 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
12-15.1.09 | Prague and Warsaw
| Hamilton, Heathcoat-Amory, Illsley, Mackinlay, Moss, Stanley, Stuart
| 2 | Inquiry into Developments in the European Union
| £16,464.54 |
12-15.1.09 | Geneva and Vienna
| Horam, Osborne, Purchase
| 2 | Inquiry into Global Security: Non-Proliferation
| £12,801.27 |
Cancelled | PragueA
| |
| Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen
| £325.26 |
16-19.3.09 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| Hamilton, Illsley, Keetch, Mackinlay, Moss, Osborne, Pope, Purchase, Stanley, Stuart
| 2 | Inquiry into Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| £26,544.35 |
26.4-1.5.09 | Pakistan and Afghanistan
| Gapes, Heathcoat-Amory, Horam, Keetch, Moss, Osborne, Stanley, Stuart
| 2 | Inquiry into Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
| £27,091.76 |
17.5.09 | RomeA
| Gapes | 0
| Conference of the G8 Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen
| £1,392.13 |
29-30.8.09 | BledA
| Gapes | 0
| Forum on the politics of economic crises
| £740.25 |
6-7.9.09 | VisbyA
| Gapes | 1
| EU Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen
| £2,768.45 |
12-15.10.09 | Stockholm and Tallinn
| Gapes, Horam, Keetch, Moss, Osborne, Pope, Stuart
| 2 | Inquiry into Developments in the European Union
| £13,508.44 (estimated outturn)
|
12-15.10.09 | Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo
| Hamilton, Purchase, Stanley
| 2 | Inquiry into Developments in the European Union
| £13,851.35 (estimated outturn)
|
20.10.09 | StockholmA
| Gapes | 1
| Meeting on the shaping of a parliamentary dimension to the Eastern Partnership
| £2,536.88 |
26-29.10.09 | New York and Washington DC
| Gapes, Campbell, Hamilton, Horam, Illsley, Keetch, Mackinlay, Moss, Osborne, Pope, Stanley, Stuart
| 2 | Inquiry into Global Security: UK-US Relations
| £54,616.71 (estimated outturn)
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 113 | 15.1.09
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08
| 195 | 8.2.09
| Cm 7585, published 17.4.09
|
Third Report: Visit to Cyprus
| 196 | 6.2.09
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Global Security: Non-Proliferation
| 222 | 14.6.09
| Cm 7692, published 14.8.09
|
Fifth Report: Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 261 | 26.7.09
| Cm 7710, published 6.10.09
|
Sixth 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 legislationA
| 178 | 19.8.09
| Cm 7698, published 22.10.09
|
Seventh Report: Human Rights Annual Report 2008
| 557 | 9.8.09
| Cm 7723, published 9.10.09
|
Eighth Report: Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
| 302 | 2.8.09
| Cm 7702, published 2.10.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Iraq and AfghanistanB
| 1145-i | 9.2.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in the European Union
| 79-i | 2.4.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in the European Union
| 79-ii,-iii | 1.9.09
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Pre-appointment Hearing: Rt Hon Baroness Amos of Brondesbury
| 1052-i | 21.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: British Council
| 1106-i | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: BBC World Service
| 1107-i | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Global Security: UK-US Relations
| 1100-i | 11.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Developments in the European Union
| | 21.1.09; 11.3.09; 24.6.09; 15.7.09;
4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Global Security
| | 21.1.09; 24.6.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Human Rights
| | 21.1.09; 11.3.09; 6.5.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Miscellaneous Matters
| | 21.1.09;
11.3.09; 6.5.09; 24.6.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Overseas Territories
| | 21.1.09; 11.3.09; 6.5.09; 15.7.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Global Security: Japan and Korea
| | 11.3.09; 6.5.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: FCO Departmental Annual Report 2008-09
| | 1.4.09; 15.7.09; 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: BBC World Service
| | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: British Council
| | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Global Security: UK-US Relations
| | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Pre-appointment Hearing
| | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
A Jointly with the Business, Innovation and Skills,
Defence and International Development Committees
B HC No. refers to Session 2007-08
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Tenth Report: Global Security: Japan
and Korea, published as Cm 7534 (29.1.09).
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/facom.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
21.7.09 | Eight, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
|
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 3 occasions in
Westminster Hall. Further details can be found in the Committee's
Sessional Report, para 55.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
BBC World Service | 1
|
British Council | 1
|
Developments in the European UnionA
| 3 |
Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
| 4 |
Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 3 |
Global Security: Non-ProliferationA
| 2 |
Global Security: UK-US Relations
| 1 |
Human Rights Annual Report 2008
| 2 |
Pre-appointment Hearing
| 1 |
Total | 18B
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on these inquiries in Session
2007-08; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2007-08))
B
On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised two separate
oral evidence sessions.
15 HEALTH
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
Members
Barron, Mr Kevin (Chairman)
Atkins, Charlotte
Bone, Mr Peter
Dowd, Jim
Gidley, Sandra
Hesford, Stephen
Naysmith, Dr Doug
Scott, Mr Lee
Stoate, Dr Howard
Syms, Mr Robert
Taylor, Dr Richard
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
26 out of 26
19 out of 26
12 out of 26
11 out of 26
25 out of 26
15 out of 26
26 out of 26
14 out of 26
22 out of 26
8 out of 26
26 out of 26
71.3 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 26 |
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
| 4 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings (including meetings with overseas visitors)
| 16 |
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 Sheila Adam, Professor John Appleby, Dr Daphne
Austin, Professor Nick Bosanquet, Robert Dredge, Dr Jose-Luis
Fernandez Plotka, Tony Giddings, Professor Christine Godfrey,
Professor Gerard Hastings, Melanie Henwood, Dr Ike Iheanacho,
Professor Alan Maynard, Dr Alex Scott-Samuel, Dr Nicholas Sheron
and Professor Charles Vincent.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 1 |
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers |
6 |
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department of Health |
8 |
HM Treasury | 1
|
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
| 1 |
Home Office | 1
|
Executive Agencies, comprising: | 1
|
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
| 1 |
Public Bodies and non-Ministerial departments, comprising:
| 9 |
Advertising Standards Authority
| 1 |
Care Quality Commission
| 2 |
General Social Care Council
| 1 |
Health and Safety Executive
| 1 |
Healthcare Commission |
1 |
Monitor - Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts
| 1 |
Office of Fair Trading |
1 |
Office of Communications
| 1 |
Special Health Authorities | 5
|
NHS Litigation Authority
| 1 |
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
| 3 |
National Patient Safety Agency
| 1 |
NHS Foundation Trust, comprising: | 3
|
Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust
| 1 |
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
| 1 |
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| 1 |
NHS Trusts, comprising: | 3 |
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| 2 |
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| 1 |
Primary Care Trusts, comprising: | 4
|
Birmingham East and North PCT
| 1 |
Gateshead PCT | 1
|
Liverpool PCT | 1
|
Southampton City PCT |
1 |
Appearances by other witnesses | 72
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
27.3-2.4.09 | New Zealand
| Barron, Atkins, Dowd, Gidley, Naysmith, Stoate, Taylor
| 2 | Inquiry into Patient Safety
| £51,736.78 |
14-16.9.09 | Paris
| Barron, Atkins, Dowd, Gidley, Naysmith, Syms, Taylor
| 2 | Inquiry into Alcohol
| £12,385.56 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
12.3.09 | Charing Cross Hospital
| Barron, Stoate, Taylor |
2 | Inquiry into Patient Safety
| Nil |
21.5.09 | Luton & Dunstable Hospital
| Barron, Gidley, Taylor |
2 | Inquiry into Patient Safety
| £53.20 |
10-11.6.09 | Edinburgh
| Barron, Atkins, Gidley, Naysmith, Stoate, Taylor
| 2 | Inquiry into Alcohol
| £4,163.45 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: NHS Next Stage Review
| 53-I | 13.1.09
| Cm 7558, published 12.3.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: NHS Next Stage Review
| 53-II | 13.1.09
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Work of the Committee 2007-08
| 193 | 29.1.09
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Health Inequalities
| 286-I | 15.3.09
| Cm 7621, published 18.5.09
|
Fourth Report: Top-up fees
| 194-I | 12.5.09
| Cm 7649, published 6.7.09
|
Written Evidence: Top-up fees
| 194-II | 28.1.09
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: The use of management consultants by the NHS and the Department of HealthA
| 28 | 4.6.09
| Cm 7683, published 22.10.09
|
Sixth Report: Patient Safety
| 151-I | 3.7.09
| Cm 7709, published 13.10.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Patient SafetyB
| 151-II | 7.9.09
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: The Appointment of the Chair of the Food Standards Agency
| 856-I | 8.7.09
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Patient Safety: Care Quality Commission, Monitor, and Professor Sir Ian Kennedy's Responses to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1019 | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence: Alcohol
| 368-II | 23.4.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence: Social Care
| 1021 | 13.11.09
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2008
| 1190 | 8.12.08
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-i | 30.4.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-ii | 13.5.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-iii | 19.5.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-iv | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-v | 15.7.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-vi | 24.7.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol
| 368-vii | 21.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Commissioning
| 1020-i | 29.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Social Care
| 1021-i | 5.11.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Social Care
| 1021-ii | 11.11.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Social Care
| 1021-iii | 19.11.09
| Not applicable |
A
Incorporating evidence sessions on Public Expenditure on Health
and Personal Social Services 2008 (28-i) and the Operating Framework
for the NHS in England (HC 340-i)
B
Incorporating HC 1161-i & ii, Session 2007-08
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: Dental
Services, published as Cm 7532 (20.1.09).
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: Foundation
trusts and Monitor, published as Cm 7528 (29.1.09).
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/healthcom.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
30.4.09 | Three, on consideration of the Chairman's Draft Report on Top-up fees
|
6.7.09 | Two, on consideration of the Chairman's Draft Report on The Appointment of the Chair of the Food Standards Agency
|
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 1 occasion in the
House of Commons and on 2 occasions in Westminster Hall. Further
details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report, para
32.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Alcohol | 7
|
Commissioning | 1
|
Operating Framework for the NHS in England
| 1 |
Patient SafetyA
| 6 |
Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2008
| 1 |
Social Care | 3
|
The Appointment of the Chair of the Food Standards Agency
| 1 |
Top-up fees | 2
|
Total | 22
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2007-08;
figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2008-09))
16 HOME AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
Members
Vaz, Keith (Chairman)
Brake, Tom
Buck, Ms Karen
Clappison, Mr James
Cryer, Mrs Ann
Davies, David T. C.
Dean, Mrs Janet
Mercer, Patrick
Moran, Margaret
Prosser, Mr Gwyn
Russell, Bob
Salter, Martin
Streeter, Mr Gary
Winnick, Mr David
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
37 out of 38
29 out of 38
31 out of 38
27 out of 38
23 out of 38
37 out of 38
34 out of 38
28 out of 38
10 out of 38
32 out of 38
26 out of 38
28 out of 38
27 out of 38
38 out of 38
76.5 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 38 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 36 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 2 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 2 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings (including meetings with overseas visitors)
| 3 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 4 |
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
Professor Nigel Gilbert, Professor Marianne Hester,
Davina James-Hanman and Dr Nazia Khanum.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 4
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 11 |
Members of Parliament (other than Ministers)
| 7 |
Members of the House of Lords (of whom one was a Minister)
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Home Office | 4
|
Ministry of Defence |
1 |
Executive agencies comprising:
| |
UK Border Agency | 4
|
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Independent Police Complaints Commission
| 1 |
Serious Organised Crime Agency
| 3 |
Youth Justice Board |
2 |
Appearances by other witnesses |
130 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
17.3.09 | Prague
| Vaz, Cryer, Dean, Moran, Prosser, Salter, Streeter
| 2 | Human Trafficking; and Drugs
| £9,360.79 |
14-15.9.09 | Lisbon and Madrid
| Vaz, Brake, Cryer, Davies, Dean, Prosser, Winnick
| 2 | Inquiry into the Cocaine Trade
| £13,642.10 (estimated outturn)
|
2-3.10.09 | Netherlands
| Vaz, Clappison, Cryer, Davies, Dean, Streeter
| 2 | Inquiry into the Cocaine Trade
| £7,882.94 (estimated outturn)
|
11-12.10.09 | StockholmA
| Salter | 1
| Meeting of the Home Affairs Committees of EU Member States on the subject of Human Trafficking
| £1,542.92 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
29.6.09 | Europol, The HagueA
| Vaz | 0
| Inquiry into the Trade in Human Beings: Human Trafficking in the UK
| £161.44 |
16-17.11.09 | BrusselsA
| Davies | 1
| Joint Parliamentary Meeting
| £652.00 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
12.1.09 | Leeds
| Vaz, Cryer, Dean, Moran, Prosser, Salter, Streeter
| 2 | Knife Crime
| £1,189.86 |
9.3.09 | Royal Opera House, LondonA
| Vaz, Clappison | 1
| Inquiry into Managing Migration: The Points-based System
| £6.80 |
16.3.09 | Gatwick and Croydon
| Vaz, Brake, Cryer, Davies
| 1 | Inquiry into Managing Migration: The Points-based System
| £192.00 |
8.6.09 | Firearms and Public Order Training Facility , Gravesend
| Vaz, Dean, Mercer, Prosser
| 1 | Inquiry into Policing of the G20 Protests
| Nil |
15.10.09 | Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
| Vaz, Cryer, Davies, Russell, Streeter
| 1 | Inquiry into the Detention of Children in the Immigration Service
| £417.11 |
A Travel in a representative capacity.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Monitoring of the UK Border Agency
| 77 | 12.1.09
| Received 27.3.09: published as First Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Second Report: Police and the Media
| 75 | 18.1.09
| Not applicable |
Third Report: The work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 76 | 26.3.09
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Policing Process of the Home Office leak inquiries
| 157 | 16.4.09
| Received 13.10.09: published as Second Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Fifth Report: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill
| 425 | 29.4.09
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: The Trade in Human Beings: Human Trafficking in the UK
| 23-I | 14.5.09
| Cm 7693, published 25.8.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The Trade in Human Beings: Human Trafficking in the UK
| 23-II | 14.5.09
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Knife Crime
| 112-I | 2.6.09
| Cm 7648, published 14.8.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Knife Crime
| 112-II | 2.6.09
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Policing of the G20 Protests
| 418 | 29.6.09
| Awaited |
Ninth Report: Project CONTEST: The Government's Counter-Terrorism Strategy
| 212 | 7.7.09
| Cm 7703, published 23.9.09
|
Tenth Report: The Cost of Policing Football Matches
| 676 | 19.7.09
| Awaited |
Eleventh Report: Bogus Colleges
| 595 | 21.7.09
| Awaited |
Twelfth Report: The Macpherson Report - Ten Years On
| 427 | 22.7.09
| Awaited |
Thirteenth Report: Managing Migration: Points-based System
| 217 | 23.7.09
| Awaited |
First Special Report: The Government's Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2008-09: Monitoring of the UK Border Agency
| 381 | 27.3.09
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The Government's Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2008-09: Policing Process of the Home Office leak inquiries
| 1026 | 2.11.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Police Authorities
| 82 | 23.6.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Managing Migration: The Points-based System
| 217-ii | 1.8.09
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Violent Crime and Drugs
| 382 | 10.6.09
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Preferred Candidate for HM Inspector of Constabulary
| 417-i | 23.6.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Tasers
| 494 | 29.6.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Settlement Rights of the Gurkhas
| 495-i | 11.6.09
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The work of the Home Office
| 810 | 30.10.09
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The work of Europol
| 897-i | 5.11.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The rights of Gurkhas to settle in the UK
| 1140-i | 1.5.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Police Authorities
| 82 | 12.1.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Follow up to Policing in the 21st Century
| 403-i | 31.3.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Cocaine Trade
| 639-i | 9.6.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Cocaine Trade
| 639-ii | 23.6.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Cocaine Trade
| 639-iii | 20.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Cocaine Trade
| 639-iv | 27.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The work of the UK Border Agency
| 723-i | 8.7.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Work of ACPO
| 1006-i | 13.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks
| 1007-i | 13.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks
| 1007-ii | 10.11.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Published as Information Commissioner's Reply to the Committee's
Fifth Report: A Surveillance Society?, (5.12.08).
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 .http://www.parliament.uk/homeaffairscom.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
15.7.09 | One on consideration of the Chairman's Draft
Report on Managing Migration: the Points-based System
|
Debates
Committee reports were debated on 2 occasions in
Westminster Hall. Further details can be found in the Committee's
Sessional Report, para 40.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Bogus Colleges | 2
|
Cocaine Trade | 1
|
The e-Borders Programme
| 1 |
Europol | 1
|
Forensic Science Service
| 1 |
Gurkhas: The Government's Response
| 1 |
Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks
| 2 |
Human TraffickingA
| 1 |
Knife CrimeA
| 6 |
Macpherson Report - Ten Years On
| 1 |
Managing Migration: the Points-based SystemA
| 4 |
Missing Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children
| 1 |
MPs' Representation on Immigration and Asylum Cases
| 1 |
New head of SOCA | 1
|
Police Authorities |
1 |
Policing in the 21st CenturyA
| 1 |
Policing of the G20 Protests
| 4 |
Policing Process of Home Office leak inquiries
| 3 |
Preferred Candidate for HM Inspector of Constabulary
| 1 |
Role of the Home Secretary in relation to the UK-US Extradition Treaty
| 1 |
Tasers | 1
|
The Cocaine Trade | 5
|
The Cost of Policing Football Matches
| 1 |
The detention of children in the immigration system
| 1 |
The New Head of ACPO |
1 |
The work of the Home Office 2009
| 1 |
The work of the Serious Organised Crime Agency 2009
| 1 |
The work of the UK Border Agency
| 3 |
Violent Crime and Drugs
| 1 |
Total | 50 B
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2007-08;
figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2007-08))
B On
12 occasions the Committee's meeting comprised two separate oral
evidence sessions and on one further occasion the Committee's
meeting comprised three separate oral evidence sessions.
16A Home
Affairs Sub-Committee
For website access click on .www.parliament.uk/homeaffairscom.
The Committee was nominated on 25 November 2008.
It has 4 members.
Members
Mercer, Patrick (Chairman)
Buck, Ms Karen
Davies, David T. C.
Salter, Martin
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
3 out of 3
2 out of 3
3 out of 3
2 out of 3
83.3 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 3 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 3 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 1 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 1 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings |
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
Richard Kemp CBE.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following category of witness:
| |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 5 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
11.2.09 | London Underground Network Operations Centre and British Transport Police Force Response Centre, London
| Mercer, DaviesA
| 2 | Inquiry into Project CONTEST
| Nil |
A Travel in a representative capacity.
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Not applicable.
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/homeaffairscom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Project CONTEST | 3
|
Total | 3
|
17 HUMAN RIGHTS (JOINT COMMITTEE)
For website access click on .www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights.cfm.
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 13 July
2005.
Members
Dismore, Mr Andrew (Chairman)
Austin, John
Harris, Dr Evan
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Shepherd, Mr Richard
Timpson, Mr Edward
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
31 out of 32
17 out of 32
30 out of 32
20 out of 32
7 out of 32
19 out of 32
64.6 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 32 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 19 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 13 |
Other activities |
|
Informal meetings |
4 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 4 |
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
Raju Bhatt, Dr Heaven Crawley, Professor Philip Fennell,
Professor Geoff Gilbert, Raza Husain, Professor Francesca Klug,
Colm O'Cinneide, Dr Tomoya Obokata, Camilla Parker, Professor
Linda Ward and Sue Willman.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 10 |
Members of the House of Commons
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Children, Schools and Families
| 1 |
Government Equalities Office
| 1 |
Ministry of Justice |
2 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 1 |
Home Office | 2
|
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Association of Chief Police Officers
| 1 |
Children's Commissioner for England
| 1 |
Children's Commissioner for Wales
| 1 |
Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 6 |
Independent Police Complaints Commission
| 1 |
Metropolitan Police Service
| 1 |
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
| 3 |
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
| 1 |
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
| 1 |
Scottish Human Rights Commission
| 1 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 31 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
14-18.6.09 | New York and Washington DC
| Dismore, Austin, Harris, Sharma
| 1 | Inquiry into business and human rights
| £14,190.84 |
23.9.09 | GenevaA
| Dismore | 0
| Equality and Human Rights Commission seminar
| £405.16 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
4.12.08 | LambethA
| Dismore, Harris | 1
| Inquiry into Policing and Protest
| £19.62 |
21.1.09 | Yarl's Wood, BedfordshireA
| | 1
| Visit to Immigration Removal Centre
| £200.00 |
27.3.09 | OxfordA
| Dismore | 0
| British Institute of Learning Disabilities Conference
| £51.00 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
| 93 | 4.1.09
| Received 3.3.09: published as Sixth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Second Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 92 | 26.1.09
| Received 21.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Third Report: A Bill of Rights for the UK? Government Response to the Committee's Twenty-Ninth Report of Session 2007-08
| 145 | 19.1.09
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Political Parties and Elections Bill
| 204 | 1.2.09
| Received 18.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Fifth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Fourteenth Report): Annual Report of Control Orders Legislation 2009
| 282 | 24.2.09
| Cm 7625, published 21.5.09
|
Sixth Report: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of this Session
| 315 | 6.3.09
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest
| 320-I | 23.3.09
| Cm 7633, published 29.5.09
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest
| 320-II | 23.3.09
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Coroners and Justice Bill
| 362 | 19.3.09
| Received 20.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Ninth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill
| 375 | 25.3.09
| Received 21.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Tenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Policing and Crime Bill
| 395 | 16.4.09
| Not applicable |
Eleventh Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Health Bill; Marine and Coastal Access Bill
| 396 | 15.4.09
| Not applicable |
Twelfth Report: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Reservations and Interpretative Declaration
| 397 | 17.4.09
| Received 14.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Thirteenth Report: Prisoner Transfer Treaty with Libya
| 398 | 15.4.09
| Received 30.6.09: published as part of Twenty-First Report, Session 2008-09
|
Fourteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Welfare Reform Bill; Apprenticeships, Skills, Children, Children and Learning Bill; Health Bill
| 414 | 27.4.09
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Policing and Crime Bill (gangs injunctions)
| 441 | 6.5.09
| Not applicable |
Sixteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Coroners and Justice Bill (certified inquests)
| 524 | 25.5.09
| Received 1.7.09: published as part of Twentieth Report, Session 2008-09
|
Seventeenth Report: Government replies to the Second, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth Reports of Session 2008-09
| 592 | 25.6.09
| Not applicable |
Eighteenth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Fifteenth Report): Annual Renewal of 28 Days 2009
| 726 | 23.6.09
| Awaited |
Nineteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Parliamentary Standards Bill
| 844 | 30.6.09
| Not applicable |
Twentieth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Finance Bill; Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of 2008-09, Coroners and Justice Bill (certified inquests)
| 882 | 8.7.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-first Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Marine and Coastal Access Bill; Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of 2008-09
| 918 | 5.8.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-second Report: Demonstrating Respect for Rights? Follow Up
| 522 | 28.7.09
| AwaitedA |
Twenty-third Report: Allegations of UK complicity in torture
| 230 | 4.8.09
| Cm 7714, published 2.10.09
|
Twenty-fourth Report: Closing the Impunity Gap: UK law on genocide (and related crimes) and redress for torture victims
| 553 | 11.8.09
| Cm 7704, published 26.10.09
|
Twenty-fifth Report: Children's Rights
| 338 | 20.11.09
| Awaited |
Twenty-sixth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill
| 736 | 12.11.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-seventh Report: Retention, use and destruction of biometric data: correspondence with Government
| 1113 | 12.11.09
| Not applicable |
Twenty-eighth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Child Poverty Bill
| 1114 | 26.11.09
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Immigration and Human Rights
| 357-i [Session 2007-08]
| 22.6.09 | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: A Bill of Rights for the UK and the work of the Human Rights Minister
| 174-i | 20.1.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: A Bill Of Rights For The UK And The Work Of The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
| 280-i | 24.2.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-i | 3.6.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-ii | 9.6.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-iii | 30.6.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-iv | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-v | 14.7.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 1042-i | 20.10.09
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 1042-ii | 10.11.09
| Not applicable |
A Holding reply received 24.10.09: published on
the internet
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Twenty-ninth Report, Session 2007-08:
A Bill of Rights for the UK?, received 18.12.08 and published
as the Committee's Third Report, Session 2008-09
Reply to the Committee's Thirty-first Report, Session 2007-08:
Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgments,
published as Cm 7524
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's Ninth Report, Session 2006-07: The Meaning
of Public Authority under the
Human Rights Act, published as Cm 7726
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/joint_committee_on_human_rights.cfm.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports and/or correspondence were tagged on the Order
Paper as being relevant to debates in the House of Commons on
17 occasions and in Westminster Hall on 2 occasions. Further details
can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report, paras 66-68.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
A UK Bill of Rights and the Work of the Human Rights Minister
| 1 |
A UK Bill of Rights and the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
| 1 |
Business and human rights
| 5 |
Children's rights | 2
|
Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill
| 1 |
Policing and Protest |
3 |
The Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 2 |
UK legislation relating to genocide and torture
| 2 |
UNCAT: Allegations of UK Complicity in Torture
| 2 |
Total | 19
|
|