8 CULTURE, MEDIA AND
SPORT
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 12 July 2010.
Members
Whittingdale, Mr John (Chair)
Cairns, David (died 9.5.11)
Coffey, Dr Therese
Collins, Damian
Davies, Philip
Farrelly, Paul
Jamieson, Cathy (added 19.7.11 discharged 24.10.11)
Keen, Alan (died 10.11.11)
Mensch, Ms Louise
Rotheram, Steve (added 24.10.11)
Sanders, Mr Adrian
Sheridan, Jim
Sutcliffe, Gerry (added 12.12.11)
Watson, Mr Tom
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
81 out of 83
16 out of 32
73 out of 83
79 out of 83
59 out of 83
66 out of 83
2 out of 7
17 out of 57
59 out of 83
25 out of 31
73 out of 83
54 out of 83
15 out of 22
50 out of 83
74.9 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 83 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 51 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 32 |
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees1
| 1 |
Other activities | |
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 6 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted
1 Jointly with the Welsh Affairs Committee
| 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
Mr Ray Gallagher, Mr Bob Kindred MBE, Professor Christine
Oughton, Mr Rick Parry, Ms Sara John,
Mr Peter Collins, and Mr Stephen Donoughue
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witness:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers |
4 |
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 9 |
Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers)
| 1 |
Members of House of Lords
| 8 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
| 8 |
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-
Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Arts Council England
| 2 |
BBC | 2
|
British Olympic Association
| 1 |
British Paralympic Association
| 1 |
Channel 4 | 2
|
English Heritage |
1 |
Greater London Authority
| 1 |
Heritage Lottery Fund
| 1 |
London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
| 1 |
Metropolitan Police Service
| 1 |
Ofcom | 2
|
Olympic Delivery Authority
| 1 |
Appearances by other witnesses:
| 113 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
1-3.3.11 | Germany
| Whittingdale, Cairns, Coffey, Collins, Farrelly, Sanders, Sheridan
| 2 | Inquiry into Football Governance
| £12,832 |
26.11-4.12.11 | Australia and Hong Kong
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Davies, Sanders, Sheridan
| 2 | Inquiry into Gambling
| £48,549 |
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
11-12.10.11 | Brussels
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Davies, Farrelly, Sanders
| 2 | Inquiry into Gambling
| £5,913 |
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
20.7.10 | Olympic Park
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Davies, Mensch, Sanders
| 4 | Inquiry into London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2012
| £12 |
27-29.8.10 | EdinburghA
| Farrelly, Keen | 1
| International conference on television and broadcasting
| £2,451 |
11.11.10 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport, London
| Whittingdale, Cairns, Coffey, Farrelly, Mensch, Watson
| 2 | Familiarisation visit
| |
16.11.10 | Dulwich Picture Gallery
| Whittingdale | 2
| Inquiry into Funding of the arts and heritage
| £49 |
24-25.11.10 | Manchester
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Davies, Mensch, Watson
| 3 | Inquiries into the BBC Licence Fee Settlement and Annual Report; Funding of the arts and heritage; London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| £2,467 |
18.1.11 | Arts Council Collection, Kennington
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Mensch
| 2 | Inquiry into Funding of the arts and heritage
| £49 |
19.1.11 | OxfordA
| Whittingdale | 1B
| Oxford Media Convention
| £21 |
20.1.11 | Pinewood Studios
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Farrelly, Sanders
| 2 | Inquiry into Funding of the arts and heritage
| £345 |
1.2.11 | Arsenal Football Club
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Davies, Sanders, Sheridan
| 1 | Inquiry into Football Governance
| £280 |
28.2.11 | Brighton
| Coffey, Sanders | 1
| BBC Showcase | £56
|
14-15.3.11 | Burnley Football Club
| Whittingdale, Collins, Farrelly, Sanders, Watson
| 5C | Inquiry into Football governance
| £1,711 |
29.3.11 | Wembley Stadium
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Farrelly, Keen, Mensch, Sheridan
| 8D | Inquiry into Football governance
| £20 |
22.6.11 | VisitBritain offices
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Farrelly, Sanders
| 1 | General briefing
| Nil |
7.9.11 | London
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Davies, Jamieson, Sheridan
| 2 | Inquiry into Gambling
| £25 |
1.11.11 | Mecca Bingo Hall, Dagenham
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Davies, Mensch, Rotheram
| 5C | Inquiry into Gambling
| £291 |
17.1.12 | Olympic Park, Stratford
| Whittingdale, Coffey, Collins, Farrelly, Mensch, Sutcliffe, Rotheram
| | Inquiry into London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| Nil |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
B
Includes a specialist adviser
C
Includes a specialist adviser and a shorthand writer
D
Includes two specialist advisers and a shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Channel 4 Annual Report
| 423 | 14.12.10
| Received 22.3.11: published as Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Second Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chairman of the BBC Trust
| 864-I | 12.3.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chairman of the BBC Trust
| 864-II | 4.5.11
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Funding of the arts and heritage
| 464-I | 28.3.11
| Cm 8071, published 13.6.11
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Funding of the arts and heritage
| 464-II | 30.3.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Funding of the arts and heritage
| | 30.3.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: BBC Licence Fee Settlement & Annual Report
| 454 | 19.5.11
| Received 28.7.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Fifth Report: Pre-appointment hearing with Government preferred candidate for Chairman of the S4C AuthorityA
| 1061-I | 26.5.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Pre-appointment hearing with Government preferred candidate for Chairman of the S4C Authority
| 1061-II | 28.6.11
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: 2018 World Cup Bid
| 1031 | 5.7.11
| Received 25.8.11: Published with Ninth Report, Session 2010-12
|
Seventh Report: Football Governance
| 792-I | 29.7.11
| Cm 8207, published 12.10.11
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Football Governance
| 792-II | 29.7.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Football Governance
| | 29.7.11
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Spectrum
| 1258 | 3.11.11
| Received 1.2.12 and 13.3.12: published as Sixth and Seventh Special Reports, Session 2010-12
|
Ninth Report: 2018 World Cup Bid: Responses to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1602 | 2.11.11
| Not required |
Tenth Report: Channel 4 Annual Report
| 1175 | 6.12.11
| Not required |
Eleventh Report: News International and Phone-hacking
| 903-I | 30.4.12
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: News International and Phone-hacking
| 903-II | 27.4.12
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Press standards, privacy and libel: Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2009-10
| 351 | 15.7.10
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: BBC Annual Report 2008-09: BBC Trust's response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2009-10
| 352 | 15.7.10
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Channel 4 Annual Report: Responses to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-11
| 891 | 22.3.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: BBC Licence Fee Settlement and Annual Report: Responses to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1375 | 28.7.11
| Not required |
Fifth Special Report: Unauthorised Disclosure of draft Report
| 1638 | 15.11.11
| Not applicable |
Sixth Special Report: Spectrum: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1771 | 1.2.12
| Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: Spectrum: Ofcom's Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1886 | 19.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: DCMS Accounts 2009-10 and Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
| 458-i | 11.11.10
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| 689-i&-ii | 9.2.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| 689-iii | 25.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| 689-iv | 7.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| 689-v | 7.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Responsibilities of DCMS
| 915 | 11.5.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The work of Ofcom
| 956-i | 23.6.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: DCMS Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 and the Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
| 1603-i | 7.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11
| 1709-i | 7.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-i | 21.10.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-ii | 1.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-iii | 9.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-iv | 14.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-v | 28.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-vi | 16.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Gambling
| 1554-vii | 23.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Library Closures
| 1815-i | 8.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Library Closures
| 1815-ii | 27.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Library Closures
| 1815-iii | 19.3.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2010-11 Winter Supplementary Estimate
| | 2.12.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Response from DCMS to questions on Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010-11
| | 4.5.11
| Not applicable |
A First Joint Report with Welsh Affairs Committee
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
Reply to the Committee's Second Report: Press
standards, privacy and libel, received 13.7.10 and published
as the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: BBC Annual
Report 2008-09, received 13.7.10 and published as the Committee's
Second Special Report, Session 2010-12.
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/culture-media-and-sport-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
10.3.11 | One, on consideration of the question, that the Report be the Second Report of the Committee to the House
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22.3.11 | One, on amendment proposed to the Chair's draft Report on Funding in the arts and heritage
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10.5.11 | One, on the publication of written evidence on the internet
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14.7.11 | Two, on a motion concerning the Committee's request to summon witnesses to attend the Committee
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29.7.11 | One, on a motion concerning the Committee's request to meet to take evidence
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20.12.11 | One, on a motion concerning the Committee's request to seek further written evidence
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30.4.12 | 16, on amendments proposed to the Chair's draft Report on News International and phone-hacking and one, on consideration of the question, that the Report be the Eleventh Report of the Committee to the House, News International and phone-hacking
|
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster
Hall:
Seventh Report, Session 2010-12, Football Governance,
HC 792-I , 9.2.12
The following Reports and evidence were tagged on
the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Second Report, Session 2007-08, Ticket Touting,
HC 202, 21.1.11
Second Report, Session 2009-10, Press standards,
privacy and libel, HC 362-I, 15.7.10
Fourth Report, Session 2009-10, Future for local
and regional media, HC 43-I, 24.6.10
Fourth Report, Session 2010-12, BBC Licence Fee
Settlement and Annual Report, HC 454, 19.5.11
Oral evidence taken 14 & 21 December 2010; 17
May 2011; 15 November 2011; and 24 January 2012: London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games, HC 689 i-iv, 27.02.12
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
2018 World Cup Bid |
1 |
BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2009-10
| 2 |
Channel 4 Annual Report 2009-10
| 1 |
Channel 4 Annual Report and financial statements 2010
| 1 |
DCMS Accounts 2009-10 and Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
| 1 |
DCMS Accounts 2010-11 and Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
| 1 |
Follow-up to the Press standards, privacy and libel report
| 1 |
Football Governance |
8 |
Funding of the Arts and Heritage
| 7 |
Gambling | 7
|
Library closures | 3
|
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
| 5 |
News International and phone-hacking
| 6 |
Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chairman of the BBC Trust
| 1 |
Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chairman of the S4C Authority
| 1 |
Responsibilities of DCMS
| 1 |
Spectrum | 3
|
The work of Ofcom | 1
|
Total | 51
|
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