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5  BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 12 July 2010.
Members

Bailey, Adrian (Chair)

Berger, Luciana (discharged 2.11.10)

Binley, Mr Brian

Blomfield, Paul (added 2.11.10)

Clark, Katy (added 2.11.10)

Dromey, Jack (discharged 2.11.10)

Elliott, Julie (added 24.10.11)

Harris, Rebecca

James, Margot

Jarvis, Dan (added 21.3.11; discharged 24.10.11)

Kirby, Simon (added 2.11.10)

McKechin, Ann (added 24.10.11)

McClymont, Dr Gregg (added 2.11.10; discharged 21.3.11)

Morgan, Nicky (discharged 2.11.10)

Murray, Ian (added 2.11.10; discharged 24.10.11)

Onwurah, Chi (discharged 2.11.10)

Reeves, Rachel (discharged 2.11.10)

Ward, David

Zahawi, Nadhim

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

79 out of 79

9 out of 9

54 out of 79

56 out of 70

39 out of 70

9 out of 9

19 out of 28

57 out of 79

53 out of 79

17 out of 25

59 out of 70

24 out of 28

9 out of 17

4 out of 9

19 out of 42

5 out of 9

9 out of 9

58 out of 79

62 out of 79

73.8 %

Total number of meetings: 79

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 58
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 21
Other activities
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors) 6

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 Bauers1

1 Adviser to the Committees on Arms Export Controls

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers7
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers) 12
Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers) 1
Members of the House of Lords (of whom two were also Ministers) 4
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 6
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

1
1
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Advantage West Midlands 1
Association of Colleges 1
British Chambers of Commerce 2
Competition Commission 1
Consumer Focus1
Export Credit Guarantee Department 2
Insolvency Service 1
Intellectual Property Office 1
Local Government Association 1
National Apprenticeship Service 1
National Audit Office 1
North West Development Agency 1
Ofcom1
Office of Fair Trading 1
One North East1
Skills Funding Agency 1
South East England Development Agency 1
South West Regional Development Agency 1
Universities UK2
UK Trade and Investment 2
Appearances by other witnesses: 182

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
28.2-5.3.11China Binley, Kirby, Murray, Ward 2Inquiry into Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment £26,909

Visits to European Institutions

None

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
1.12.10Birmingham Bailey, James, Kirby, Ward 1Inquiry into Government Assistance for Industry £221
8.12.11Bournville, Birmingham Bailey, Binley, Blomfield, Elliott, McKechin 2Inquiry into Is Kraft working for Cadbury? £589
9.2.12British Library, Paddington Bailey, Blomfield, Harris, James, Kirby, McKechin 1Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property Nil
5-6.3.12Sheffield Bailey, Binley, Blomfield, Elliott, McKechin, Ward 5AOral evidence session on inquiry into Apprenticeships £2,862
13.3.12Northampton Bailey, Binley, Blomfield, Elliott, Harris, James, Kirby, Ward 5AOral evidence session on inquiry into Apprenticeships £502

A Includes a shorthand writer

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: The New Local Enterprise Partnerships: An Initial Assessment 434-I9.12.10 Received 8.2.11: published as First Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The New Local Enterprise Partnerships: An Initial Assessment 9.12.10 Not applicable
Second Report: Sheffield Forgemasters 48414.12.10 Received 16.2.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
Third Report: Government Assistance to Industry 561-I18.2.11 Received 19.5.11: published as Fifth Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Government Assistance to Industry 18.2.11 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and review of export control legislationA 6865.4.11 Cm 8079, published 1.9.11
Fifth Report: Government Assistance to Industry: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2010-11 103819.5.11 Not applicable
Sixth Report: Is Kraft working for Cadbury? 87123.5.11 Not applicable
Seventh Report: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment 735-I11.7.11 Received 5.10.11: published as Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
Oral and Written Evidence: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment 735-II11.7.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment 19.7.11 Not applicable
Eighth Report: Trade and Investment: China 142126.7.11 Received 13.10.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Ninth Report: Time to bring on the referee? The Government's proposed Adjudicator for the Groceries Code 1224-I28.7.11 Received 10.10.11: published as Eleventh Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Time to bring on the referee? The Government's proposed Adjudicator for the Groceries Code 28.7.11 Not applicable
Tenth Report: Pub Companies 1369-I19.9.11 Cm 8222, published 24.11.11
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Pub Companies 6.10.11 Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2010-12, Time to bring on the referee? The Government's proposed Adjudicator for the Groceries Code 154615.10.11 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: Government Reform of Higher Education 885-I10.11.11 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Government Reform of Higher Education 10.11.11 Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: Pre-appointment hearing for the Director of the Office for Fair Access 1811-I8.2.12 Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Debt Management 16497.3.12 Awaited
Fifteenth Report: Stamp Prices 1841-I2.3.12 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Stamp Prices 1841-II4.4.12 Not applicable
First Special Report: The New Local Enterprise Partnerships: An Initial Assessment: Government Response to the Committee's First Report, Session 2010-11 80923.3.11 Not applicable
Second Special Report: Sheffield Forgemasters: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010-11 84310.3.11 Not applicable
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2010-12: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment 15454.11.11 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Trade and Investment: China: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12 15684.11.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 384-i15.11.10 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Comprehensive Spending Review 543-i21.12.10 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Student Visas 886-i18.7.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Government's Strategy for Growth 945-i17.6.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Bank Lending Rates 1142-i15.7.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Departmental Annual Report 2010-11 1632-i9.2.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Pub Companies: follow-up 1690-i11.1.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Pre-appointment hearing for the Director of the Office for Fair Access 1811-i14.3.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property 1498-i21.9.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property 1498-ii21.10.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property 1498-iii7.11.11 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Insolvency Service 1770-i30.1.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Insolvency Service 1770-ii13.2.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 1843-i6.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 1843-ii8.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 1843-iii19.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 1843-iv2.4.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 1843-v23.4.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 1843-vi1.5.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Trade and Investment: Brazil 1949-i26.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Main Estimates Memoranda 2011-12 10.5.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Export Credits Guarantee Department Main Estimates Memoranda 2011-12 10.5.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: UK Trade & Investment Main Estimates Memoranda 2011-12 10.5.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Export Credits Guarantee Department Supplementary Estimates Memoranda 2011-12 7.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Export Credits Guarantee Department Main Estimates Memoranda 2012-13 24.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: UK Trade & Investment Main Estimates Memoranda 2012-13 24.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property 13.9.11; 11.10.11; & 1.1.11; Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Insolvency Service 17.1.12; & 31.1.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships 21.2.12; & 27.3.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Trade and Investment: Brazil 26.4.12 Not applicable

A First Joint Report with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development committees

Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10

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 http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-innovation-and-skills/formal-minutes/.

Divisions

None

Debates

The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Tenth Report, Session 2010-12, Pub Companies, HC 1369, and the Government's response, Cm 8222; Pub Companies, Oral and written evidence, HC 1690-i ; Eighth Report, Session 2009-10, Pub Companies: follow-up: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report, HC 503; and Fifth Report, Session 2009-10, Pub Companies: follow-up, HC 138, 12.01.12

The following Reports from predecessor committees were also tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to the Backbench Business Committee debate in the House on 12 January 2012:

Seventh Report of the Business and Enterprise Committee, Session 2008-09, Pub Companies, HC 26; Third Special Report of the Business and Enterprise Committee, Session 2008-09, Pub Companies, HC 798; Second Report of the Trade and Industry Committee, Session 2004-05, Pub Companies, HC 128; and Fourth Special Report of the Trade and Industry Committee, Session 2004-05, Pub Companies: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report on Pub Companies, HC 434, 12.01.12

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Apprenticeships6
Bank Lending Rates 1
Business, Innovation and Skills Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 1
Comprehensive Spending Review 1
Debt Management3
Government Assistance for Industry 5
Government's Draft Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill 4
Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property 4
Is Kraft working for Cadbury? 1
Pre-appointment hearing for the Government's preferred candidate for the post of Director of the Office for Fair Access 1
Pub Companies2
Pub Companies: Follow-up to Government Response 1
Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment 7
Sheffield Forgemasters 1
Stamp Prices2
Student visas1
The future of higher education 8
The Insolvency Service 2
The new Local Enterprise Partnerships 4
The Plan for Growth 1
Trade and Investment: Brazil 1
Work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
Total58




 
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