The Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill
The Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill was
appointed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords on 9
September 2003 "to consider and report on any clauses of
the draft Gambling Bill presented to both Houses by a Minister
of the Crown" and to report by 8 April 2004.
Membership
Mr John Greenway MP (Conservative, Ryedale) (Chairman)
Janet Anderson (Labour, Rossendale & Darwen)
Mr Tony Banks (Labour, West Ham)
Jeff Ennis (Labour, Barnsley East & Mexborough)
Mr Alan Meale (Labour, Mansfield)
Mr Richard Page (Conservative, South West Hertfordshire)
Dr John Pugh (Liberal Democrat, Southport)
Mr Anthony D. Wright (Labour, Great Yarmouth)
The Rt Hon Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Conservative)
Lord Donoughue (Labour)
Viscount Falkland (Liberal Democrat)
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour)
Baroness Golding (Labour)
Lord Mancroft (Conservative)
Lord Wade of Chorlton (Conservative)
Lord Walpole (Cross Bencher)
Powers
The Committee has the power to require the submission
of written evidence and documents, to examine witnesses, to meet
away from Westminster, to meet at any time (except when Parliament
is prorogued or dissolved), to appoint specialist advisers, and
to make Reports to the two Houses.
Publication
The Report and evidence of the Joint Committee are
published by The Stationery Office by Order of the two Houses.
All publications of the Joint Committee (including press notices)
are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcdgb.cfm
Committee staff
The staff of the Joint Committee were drawn from
both Houses and comprised Sarah Davies (Commons Clerk) Audrey
Nelson (Lords Clerk until December 2003) Jake Vaughan (Lords Clerk
from January 2004) Jago Russell (Legal Specialist) Abigail Plenty
(Economic Specialist) Alison Mara (Committee Assistant) Francene
Graham (Committee Assistant) Lisette Pelletier (Secretary) and
George Fleck (Office Support Assistant)
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerks
of the Joint Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P
3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 8388;
the Joint Committee's email address is scrutiny@parliament.uk
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