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 Ministers | 7
|
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 Focus | 1
|
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 |
Ofcom | 1
|
Office of Fair Trading |
1 |
One North East | 1
|
Skills Funding Agency |
1 |
South East England Development Agency
| 1 |
South West Regional Development Agency
| 1 |
Universities UK | 2
|
UK Trade and Investment
| 2 |
Appearances by other witnesses:
| 182 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
28.2-5.3.11 | China
| Binley, Kirby, Murray, Ward
| 2 | Inquiry into Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
| £26,909 |
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
1.12.10 | Birmingham
| Bailey, James, Kirby, Ward
| 1 | Inquiry into Government Assistance for Industry
| £221 |
8.12.11 | Bournville, Birmingham
| Bailey, Binley, Blomfield, Elliott, McKechin
| 2 | Inquiry into Is Kraft working for Cadbury?
| £589 |
9.2.12 | British Library, Paddington
| Bailey, Blomfield, Harris, James, Kirby, McKechin
| 1 | Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
| Nil |
5-6.3.12 | Sheffield
| Bailey, Binley, Blomfield, Elliott, McKechin, Ward
| 5A | Oral evidence session on inquiry into Apprenticeships
| £2,862 |
13.3.12 | Northampton
| Bailey, Binley, Blomfield, Elliott, Harris, James, Kirby, Ward
| 5A | Oral evidence session on inquiry into Apprenticeships
| £502 |
A
Includes a shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: The New Local Enterprise Partnerships: An Initial Assessment
| 434-I | 9.12.10
| 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
| 484 | 14.12.10
| Received 16.2.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Third Report: Government Assistance to Industry
| 561-I | 18.2.11
| 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
| 686 | 5.4.11
| Cm 8079, published 1.9.11
|
Fifth Report: Government Assistance to Industry: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2010-11
| 1038 | 19.5.11
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: Is Kraft working for Cadbury?
| 871 | 23.5.11
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
| 735-I | 11.7.11
| Received 5.10.11: published as Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
| 735-II | 11.7.11
| 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
| 1421 | 26.7.11
| 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-I | 28.7.11
| 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-I | 19.9.11
| 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
| 1546 | 15.10.11
| Not applicable |
Twelfth Report: Government Reform of Higher Education
| 885-I | 10.11.11
| 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-I | 8.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report: Debt Management
| 1649 | 7.3.12
| Awaited |
Fifteenth Report: Stamp Prices
| 1841-I | 2.3.12
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Stamp Prices
| 1841-II | 4.4.12
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: The New Local Enterprise Partnerships: An Initial Assessment: Government Response to the Committee's First Report, Session 2010-11
| 809 | 23.3.11
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Sheffield Forgemasters: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010-11
| 843 | 10.3.11
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2010-12: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
| 1545 | 4.11.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Trade and Investment: China: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1568 | 4.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
| 384-i | 15.11.10
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Comprehensive Spending Review
| 543-i | 21.12.10
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Student Visas
| 886-i | 18.7.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Government's Strategy for Growth
| 945-i | 17.6.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Bank Lending Rates
| 1142-i | 15.7.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Departmental Annual Report 2010-11
| 1632-i | 9.2.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Pub Companies: follow-up
| 1690-i | 11.1.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Pre-appointment hearing for the Director of the Office for Fair Access
| 1811-i | 14.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
| 1498-i | 21.9.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
| 1498-ii | 21.10.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
| 1498-iii | 7.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Insolvency Service
| 1770-i | 30.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Insolvency Service
| 1770-ii | 13.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships
| 1843-i | 6.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships
| 1843-ii | 8.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships
| 1843-iii | 19.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships
| 1843-iv | 2.4.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships
| 1843-v | 23.4.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Apprenticeships
| 1843-vi | 1.5.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Trade and Investment: Brazil
| 1949-i | 26.4.12
| 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
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Apprenticeships | 6
|
Bank Lending Rates |
1 |
Business, Innovation and Skills Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11
| 1 |
Comprehensive Spending Review
| 1 |
Debt Management | 3
|
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 Companies | 2
|
Pub Companies: Follow-up to Government Response
| 1 |
Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
| 7 |
Sheffield Forgemasters |
1 |
Stamp Prices | 2
|
Student visas | 1
|
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 |
Total | 58
|
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