10. SELECT COMMITTEES
24. Modernisation of the House of Commons
The Committee was nominated on 4 June 1998.
It had 15 Members and held 26 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings
|
| attended
|
|
| *Beckett, Mrs Margaret (Chairman) | 26
|
| Caplin, Mr Ivor | 23
|
| Drew, Mr David | 22
|
| Emery, Sir Peter | 17
|
| Fitzsimons, Lorna (added, 17.4.99) | 10
|
| Jackson, Ms Helen | 23
|
| Pike, Mr Peter L | 24
|
| Prentice, Mr Gordon (added, 1.2.99) | 16
|
| Shepherd, Mr Richard | 19
|
| Soley, Mr Clive | 19
|
| Squire, Ms Rachel (discharged, 1.2.99) |
3 |
| Starkey, Dr Phyllis (discharged, 17.4.99) |
14 |
| Stunell, Mr Andrew | 22
|
| Twigg, Mr Stephen | 19
|
| Tyler, Mr Paul | 23
|
| Winterton, Mr Nicholas | 21
|
| Young, Sir George | 26
|
|
| * held a Ministerial post while being a member of the Committee.
|
| |
| Overall attendance: | 83.8%
|
| Number of Members added: | 2
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 2
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
13% |
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr C B Winnifrith CB, Clerk of Committees
(Senior Structure Band 6).
Second Clerk: Mr A Sandall, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure
Band 3).
Committee Assistant: Miss Nerys Welfoot, Chief Office Clerk (Band
C).
Secretary: Miss Katie Ferries, Secretary (Band D1) (until 30 April
1999); Miss Louise Sargent, Secretary (Band
D1)(from 5 May 1999).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
| Witnesses | |
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Members of Parliament (of which 1 was by a Member of the House of Lords)
| 2 |
| Appearances by other witnesses:
| 4 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title |
HC No.
(1998-99)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
| First Report: The Parliamentary Calendar: Initial Proposals
| 60 |
7.12.98 |
55 | £9.70
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: Sittings in Westminster Hall
| 194 |
13.4.99 |
87 | £12.50
| Not applicable |
| Third Report: Thursday Sittings
| 719 |
19.7.99 |
14 | £4.30
| Not applicable |
| First Special Report: Work of the Committee: Second Progress Report
| 865 |
1.11.99 |
15 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 1997-98
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1997-98
were published on 16.12.98 as HC 1170, Session 1997-98. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99 will be published
as HC 909, Session 1998-99.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 24.3.99 | Eleven, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Sittings of the House in Westminster Hall.
|
Debates
First Report, Session 1998-99, Parliamentary Calendar: Initial
Proposals, 16.12.98
Second Report, Session 1998-99, Sittings of the House in Westminster
Hall, 24.5.99
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to debates in the House:
Third Report, Session 1998-99, Thursday Sittings, 25.10.99
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 3 of the Committee's 26 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
|
|
|
| Sittings in Westminster Hall
| 3 |
22 | 0
| 0 |
0 | 11
| 0 |
| Regional Standing Committee
| 0 |
2 | 2
| 0 |
0 | 0
| 0 |
| The Parliamentary Calendar*
| 0 |
0* | 0
| 0 |
0 | 7
| 0 |
| Thursday Sittings | 0
| 1 |
0 | 0
| 0 |
1 | 0
|
| Format of Bills and Acts
| 0 |
7 | 0
| 0 |
0 | 0
| 0 |
| Other | 0
| 6 |
0 | 0
| 0 |
0 | 0
|
| Total | 3
| 38 |
2 | 0
| 0 |
19 | 0
|
*The Committee did not complete its inquiry on this
subject in Session 1997-98; these figures are therefore incomplete
|
