22 HOME AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 12 July 2010.
| Members
Vaz, Keith (Chair)
Blackwood, Nicola
Burley, Aidan (discharged 14.2.11)
Clappison, Mr James (added 2.11.10)
Ellis, Michael (added 14.2.11)
Fullbrook, Lorraine
Huppert, Julian
McCabe, Stephen
MacLeod, Mary (discharged 2.11.10)
Michael, Alun
Phillipson, Bridget
Reckless, Mark
Winnick, Mr David
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
69 out of 70
52 out of 70
18 out of 24
45 out of 60
38 out of 46
50 out of 70
60 out of 70
63 out of 70
6 out of 10
64 out of 70
43 out of 70
62 out of 70
69 out of 70
82.9 %
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 70 |
Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 64 [check] |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 2 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 4 |
| Other activities | |
| Informal meetings |
4 |
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 7 |
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, Dr Nazia Khanum, and
Ms Polly Sprenger
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 5
|
| Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 16 |
| Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers)
| 11 |
| Members of the House of Lords (of whom one was a Minister)
| 3 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Home Office | 18
|
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 1 |
| Ministry of Justice |
2 |
| Executive agencies comprising:
| |
| UK Border Agency | 5
|
| Independent Chief Inspector of UK Border Agency
| 1 |
| HM Prison Service | 2
|
| Crown Prosecution Service
| 1 |
| Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 2 |
| National Policing Improvement Agency
| 3 |
| Office of the Information Commissioner
| 1 |
| Serious Organised Crime Agency
| 3 |
| Appearances by other witnesses:
| 244 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 27.2-2.3.11 | Turkey
| Vaz, Clappison, Fullbrook, McCabe, Michael, Phillipson, Reckless
| 2 | Inquiry into the accession of Turkey to the European Union
| £10,534 |
| 14-16.6.11 | Athens
| Vaz, Clappison, McCabe, Reckless
| 2 | Inquiry into the accession of Turkey to the European Union
| £5,877 |
| 4-9.3.12 | Miami and Bogotá
| Vaz, Blackwood, Fullbrook, Huppert, McCabe, Michael
| 2 | Inquiry into Drugs
| £48,559 |
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 5-6.10.11 | BrusselsA
| Vaz | 1
| EU conference | £745
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 29.7.10 | DoverA
| Vaz | |
Follow up to the inquiry into e-borders
| £125 |
| 1.11.10 | CEOP, LondonA
| Vaz, Phillipson | 1
| Inquiry into the work of CEOP
| Nil |
| 8.11.10 | Bisley
| Vaz, Burley, Huppert, Michael, Phillipson, Reckless
| 2 | Inquiry into Firearms Control
| £151 |
| 22.11.10 | Cannock
| Vaz, Burley, McCabe, Michael, Phillipson, Reckless
| 3 | Inquiry into Police and Crime Commissioners
| £2,151 |
| 13.12.10 | Oxford
| Vaz, Blackwood, Huppert, Michael, Reckless
| 4 | Inquiry into Student Visas
| £396 |
| 24.1.11 | Police Federation, LeatherheadA
| Vaz, Reckless | 2
| Inquiry into Police Finances
| £84 |
| 7.2.11 | Brighton
| Vaz, Blackwood, Huppert, McCabe, Phillipson
| 2 | Inquiry into Student Visas
| £494 |
| 28.3.11 | ACPO, London
| Vaz, Ellis, Huppert, Reckless
| 2 | Inquiry into the new landscape of policing
| Nil |
| 18.5.11 | BournemouthA
| Vaz | |
Inquiry into the new landscape of policing
| £46 |
| 4.6.11 | SheringhamA
| Vaz | 1
| Inquiry into the new landscape of policing
| £108 |
| 12-13.6.11 | CardiffA
| Vaz, Michael | 3
| Inquiry into the new landscape of policing
| £1,631 |
| 10.8.11 | ClaphamA
| Vaz | |
Inquiry into Policing of large scale disorder
| £16 |
| 12.8.11 | TottenhamA
| Vaz | |
Inquiry into Policing of large scale disorder
| Nil |
| 13.8.11 | BirminghamA
| Vaz | |
Inquiry into Policing of large scale disorder
| Nil |
| 15.8.11 | Pease PottageA
| Vaz | 1
| Inquiry into the UKBA |
Nil |
| 22.8.11 | BirminghamA
| Vaz | |
Inquiry into Policing of large scale disorder
| Nil |
| 24.10.11 | Croydon and
HMP Feltham
| Vaz, Huppert, McCabe, Michael, Winnick
| 2 | Inquiry into policing of large scale disorder
| £538 |
| 27.11.11 | HMP Belmarsh
| Vaz, Clappison, Huppert, Michael, Reckless, Winnick
| 2 | Inquiry into roots of violent radicalisation
| £300 |
| 13.12.11 | Leicester
| Vaz, Ellis, Huppert, Michael
| 6 | Inquiry into roots of violent radicalisation
| £1,508 |
| 27.2.12 | The Drug and Alcohol Service, Lambeth
| Vaz, Huppert, Winnick |
3 | Inquiry into Drugs
| Nil |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Immigration Cap
| 361 | 3.11.10
| Received 22.12.10: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
| Second Report: Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners
| 511 | 1.12.10
| Received 5.2.11: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
| Third Report: Firearms Control
| 447 | 20.12.10
| Cm 8155, published 17.10.11
|
| Fourth Report: The work of the UK Border Agency
| 587 | 11.1.11
| Received 8.3.11: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
| Fifth Report: Police use of Tasers
| 646 | 7.3.11
| Cm 8098, published 16.6.11
|
| Sixth Report: Police Finances
| 695 | 23.2.11
| Cm 8093, published 13.6.11
|
| Seventh Report: Student Visas
| 773 | 17.3.11
| Received 24.5.11: published as Eleventh Report, Session 2010-12
|
| Eighth Report: Forced Marriage
| 880 | 17.5.11
| Cm 8151, published 17.10.11
|
| Ninth Report: The work of the UK Border Agency (November 2010-March 2011)
| 929 | 2.6.11
| Received 19.7.11: published as First Special Report, Session 2012-13
|
| Tenth Report: Implications for the Justice and Home Affairs area of the accession of Turkey to the European Union
| 789 | 1.8.11
| Cm 8187, published 17.10.11
|
| Eleventh Report: Student Visas: Follow-up
| 1445 | 26.7.11
| Cm 8193, published 21.10.11
|
| Twelfth Report: Home Office-Work of the Permanent Secretary
| 928 | 18.7.11
| Received 11.10.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2012-13
|
| Thirteenth Report: Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications
| 907 | 20.7.11
| Cm 8182, published 17.10.11
|
| Fourteenth Report: New Landscape of Policing
| 939 | 23.9.11
| Cm 8223, published 21.12.11
|
| Fifteenth Report: The work of the UK Border Agency (April-July 2011)
| 1497 | 4.11.11
| Cm 8253, published 21.12.11
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: The work of the UK Border Agency (April-July 2011)
| 1497-II | 7.11.11
| Not applicable |
| Sixteenth Report: Policing Large Scale Disorder: Lessons from the disturbances of August 2011
| 1456 | 22.12.11
| Cm 8292, published 2.3.12
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Policing Large Scale Disorder: Lessons from the disturbances of August 2011
| 1456-II | 22.12.11
| Not applicable |
| Seventeenth Report: UK Border Controls
| 1647 | 20.1.12
| Cm 8341, published 19.4.12
|
| Eighteenth Report: Rules governing enforced removals from the UK
| 563 | 26.1.12
| Cm 8342, published 19.4.12
|
| Nineteenth Report: Roots of violent radicalisation
| 1446 | 6.2.12
| Awaited |
| Twentieth Report: The US-UK Extradition Treaty
| 644 | 30.3.12
| Awaited |
| Twenty-First Report: The work of the UK Border Agency (August-December 2011)
| 1722 | 11.4.12
| Awaited |
| First Special Report: Counter Terrorism Measures in British Airports: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2009-10
| 456 | 16.9.10
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Follow-up of Asylum Cases and e-Borders Programme: Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2009-10
| 457 | 16.9.10
| Not applicable |
| Third Special Report: The Government's Approach to Crime Prevention: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 2009-10
| 701 | 1.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Special Report: Information Commissioner's Annual Report to the House of Commons pursuant to the Home Affairs Committee's report 'A Surveillance Society', Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
| 702 | 1.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Special Report: Immigration Cap: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-11
| 717 | 1.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Special Report: The National DNA Database: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2009-10
| 861 | 18.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Special Report: Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010-11
| 862 | 21.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Special Report: The work of the UK Border Agency: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1027 | 16.5.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The work of the Home Office
| 360-i | 16.9.10
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Policing
| 362-i | 2.9.10
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Specialist Operations
| 441-i | 16.12.10
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Work of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre
| 510-i | 16.12.10
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Future of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
| 510-ii | 18.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: The work of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary
| 548-i | 11.2.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: The work of the National Policing Improvement Agency
| 588-i | 16.2.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Home Office
| 626-i | 17.12.10
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Extradition
| 644-i | 16.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Extradition
| 644-ii | 16.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Lessons from the American Experience of Policing
| 645-i | 11.2.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The work of the Home Secretary
| 647-i | 16.2.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The Government's Review of Counter-Terrorism
| 675-i | 20.6.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: The role of the Chief Scientific Advisor
| 694-i | 17.10.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The work of the Home Office-Equalities
| 732-i | 18.4.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Presence of undercover police officers at the G20 protests in 2009
| 772-i | 18.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Policing of TUC march on 26 March 2011
| 917-i | 16.5.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Home Office -Managing Cuts
| 928-i | 27.6.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Restorative Justice, Norfolk
| 1237-i | 18.10.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: The work of the Home Secretary
| 1372-i | 17.10.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Police Bail
| 1399-i | 17.10.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The Work of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
| 1524-i | 4.11.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Work of the National Crime Agency
| 1553-i | 23.2.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Home Office Agencies
| 1631-i | 19.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Policing Protocol
| 1714-i | 19.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Counter Terrorism Update
| 1775-i | 16.3.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions
| 1877-i | 18.4.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The work of the Permanent Secretary
| 1751-i | 17.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Drugs
| 1774-i - iv | 24.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Private Investigators
| 1800-i - iii | 7.2.12
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Immigration Cap
| | 3.11.10
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners
| | 1.12.10
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Firearms Control
| | 20.12.10
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Student Visas
| | 17.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: New Landscape of Policing
| | 23.9.11
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: UK Border Controls
| | 20.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Roots of violent radicalisation
| | 6.2.12
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: The National
DNA Database, received 2.3.11 and published as the Committee's
Sixth Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Committee's Ninth Report: Counter-Terrorism
Measures at British Airports, received 16.9.10 and published
as the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Committee's Tenth Report: The Government's
Approach to Crime Prevention, received 29.9.10 and published
as the Committee's Third Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Committee's Twelfth Report: UK Border
Agency: Follow-up on Asylum Cases and E-Borders Programme,
received 16.9.10 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/home-affairs-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 25.10.10 | One, on an amendment to the Chair's draft Report on Immigration Cap
|
| 15.2.11 | Two, on amendments to the Chair's draft Report on Police Finances
|
| 15.3.11 | Four, on amendments to the Chair's draft Report on Student Visas
|
| 15.12.11 | One, on an amendment to the Chair's draft Report on Policing Large Scale Disorder
|
| 17.1.12 | One, on consideration of the question, that the Report be the 17th Report of the Committee to the House [UK Border Controls]
|
| 27.3.12 | Two, One on an amendment to the Chair's draft Report on The US-UK Extradition Treaty, and one on the question that the Report be the 20th Report of the Committee to the House
|
Debates
The following Report was
debated in Westminster Hall:
Fourteenth Report, Session
2010-12, New Landscape of Policing, HC 939, 12.1.12
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Drugs Policy | 4
|
| Equalities | 2
|
| Extradition | 5
|
| Firearms Control | 5
|
| Follow-up on Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and 'Honour'-Based Violence
| 1 |
| Home Office-Managing the cuts
| 1 |
| Immigration Cap | 3
|
| New Landscape of Policing
| 8 |
| Police Bail | 1
|
| Police Finances | 2
|
| Police Pay and Conditions
| 1 |
| Policing-July 2010 |
1 |
| Policing Large Scale Disorder
| 8 |
| Policing of TUC March on 26 March 2011
| 1 |
| Policing Protocol | 1
|
| Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners
| 3 |
| Private Investigators |
3 |
| Restorative Justice |
1 |
| Role of private sector companies in policing
| 1 |
| Roots of Violent Radicalisation
| 7 |
| Rules Governing Enforced Removal from the UK
| 2 |
| Specialist Operations |
1 |
| Student Visas | 3
|
| The effect of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Home Office
| 1 |
| The Government's Review of Counter-Terrorism
| 2 |
| The implications of Turkish accession to the EU for the Justice and Home Affairs area
| 4 |
| The police use of tasers
| 1 |
| The Role of the Chief Scientific Advisor
| 1 |
| The work of Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre
| 2 |
| The work of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary
| 1 |
| The work of the Home Office -July 2010
| 1 |
| The work of the Home Secretary
| 3 |
| The work of the National Policing Improvement AgencyA
| 1 |
| The work of the UK Border AgencyA
| 3 |
| UK Border Agency Enforcement
| 2 |
| UK Border checks during Summer 2011
| 3 |
| Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications
| 6 |
| Undercover Police Officers
| 1 |
| Work of the National Crime Agency
| 1 |
| Work of the Permanent Secretary
| 1 |
| Total | 99B
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2009-10;
figures appear in the Return for that Session
B At
several evidence sessions the Committee took evidence on more
than one inquiry
|
