10. SELECT COMMITTEES
23. Joint Committee on the draft Local
Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill
Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the
House of Commons, 26 May 1999: Ordered, That
a Select Committee of eight Members be appointed to join with
a committee to be appointed by the Lords to consider the draft
Local Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill (Cm. 4298).
The Committee was nominated on 26 May 1999.
It had 8 Commons Members and held 14 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings
|
| attended
|
|
| Beresford, Sir Paul | 13
|
| Burstow, Mr Paul | 13
|
| Corbett, Mr Robin (discharged 9.6.99) | 0
|
| Gray, Mr James | 12
|
| Moran, Ms Margaret | 9
|
| Pike, Mr Peter L. | 11
|
| Smith, Mr John (added 9.6.99) | 8
|
| Stringer, Mr Graham | 13
|
| Whitehead, Dr Alan | 13
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 82.1%
|
| Number of Members added: | 1
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
13% |
|
Staff
Committee Clerk: Ms Alda Barry, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior
Structure Band 2).
Committee Specialist: Ms Katie Smith (Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Mr James Hole, Chief Office Clerk (Band C).
Secretary: Miss Adriane Banks (temporary).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Pamela Gordon, Professor Robin Hambleton, Mr Tony Travers.
| Witnesses |
|
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Ministers
| 1 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 1 |
| Welsh Office
| 1 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 17 |
Overseas Visits
Not applicable.
Visits to European Institutions
Not applicable.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title |
HC No.
(1998-99)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
| Local Government (Organisation and Standards) draft Bill
| 542-I |
27.7.99 |
75 | £11.30
| Cm 4529, 2.12.99 |
| Local Government (Organisation and Standards) draft Bill: Minutes of Evidence
| 542-II
| 27.7.99
| 374 |
£26.70
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee were published
with HC 542-I , Session 1998-99.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 9 of the Committee's meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
| Inquiry
| No. of oral evidence sessions
| No. of memoranda received
| No. of memoranda received from
| No. of memoranda published
| No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
| |
| | Govt. Departments
| executive agencies |
public bodies |
|
|
| Local Government (Organisation and Standards) draft Bill
| 9 |
53+ | 1
| 0 |
4 | 84*
| 0 |
+ The Committee also received copies of 290 papers
submitted to the Department of the Environment Transport and the
Regions in response to the consultation process on the draft Bill.
* The Committee published 31 papers submitted to the Department
of the Environment Transport and the Regions in response to the
consultation process on the draft Bill.
|
