For website access click on www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/draft-defamation-bill1/.

The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 27 April 2011. The following attendance lists Commons' membership only.

Members Bottomley, Peter Chishti, Rehman Evans, Chris Huppert, Julian Lammy, David Phillips, Stephen Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended 14 out of 18 10 out of 18 10 out of 18 15 out of 18 13 out of 18 12 out of 18 68.5 %

Total number of meetings:	18
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	5

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 Andrew Caldecott QC

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)	2
Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers)	1
Members of the House of Lords	6
Appearances by other witnesses:	45

Overseas Visits

Not applicable

Visits to European Institutions

Not applicable

UK Visits

None

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence

Title	HC No. (2010-12)	Date of publication	Government reply
First Report: Draft Defamation Bill	930	19.10.11	Cm 8295, published 29.2.12

Formal Minutes

The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published with the Committee's report.

Divisions

None

Debates

None

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session

Inquiry	Number of oral evidence sessions
Draft Defamation Bill	13
Total	13