B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
8. Defence
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 44 meetings. This included 5 "Quadripartite"
meetings held concurrently with the Foreign Affairs, International
Development and Trade and Industry Committees (abbreviated to
'CM' in the attendance table below).
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| George, Mr Bruce (Chairman) | (including 4 CM) 41
|
| Blunt, Mr Crispin (discharged, 21.2.00) |
11 |
| Brazier, Mr Julian | 34
|
| Cann, Mr Jamie | 29
|
| Cohen, Mr Harry | (including 5 CM) 31
|
| Colvin, Mr Michael (discharged, 3.2.00) |
(including 2 CM) 9 |
| Gapes, Mr Mike (added, 24.11.99) | 35
|
| Hancock, Mr Mike | 30
|
| Hepburn, Mr Stephen (added, 8.12.99) | 25
|
| Hood, Mr Jimmy | 28
|
| Lewis, Dr Julian (added, 3.2.00) | (including 1 CM) 27
|
| Moffatt, Mrs Laura | (including 1 CM) 32
|
| Taylor, Ms Dari (discharged, 8.12.99) | 0
|
| McWilliam, Mr John (discharged, 24.11.99) |
0 |
| Viggers, Mr Peter (added, 21.2.00) | (including 3 CM) 24
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 80.1%
|
| Number of Members added: | 4
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 4
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
36% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Paul Evans, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mrs Carol Oxborough, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Specialist: Mr Simon Fiander (seconded from the National
Audit Office) (Band A2).
Committee Assistant: Miss Elisabeth Partridge, Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2).
Secretary: Mrs Karen Watling, Secretary (Band C).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Michael Clarke, Rear-Admiral Richard Cobbold CB,
Dr Jonathan Eyal, Professor Keith Hartley, Dr Beatrice Heuser,
Dr Irina Isakova, Professor David Kirkpatrick, Professor Colin
McInnes, Dr Andrew Rathmell, Major-General Peter Sheppard CB CBE,
Mr James Sherr, Air Marshal Sir John Walker KCB, Lieutenant-General
Sir Christopher Wallace KBE.
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers
| 5 |
| Other Ministers (of whom one was a Member of the House of Lords)
| 2 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
| |
| Ministry of Defence (of whom 58 were members of HM Forces)
| 61 |
| other departments
| 1 |
| comprising: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
| 1 |
| executive agencies
| 10 |
| comprising: Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
| 2 |
| Defence Geographic Imagery and Intelligence Agency
| 3 |
| Defence Procurement Agency
| 3 |
| Defence Housing Executive
| 1 |
| Training and Recruitment Agencies
| 3 |
| public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 7 |
| comprising: Equal Opportunities Commission
| 2 |
| Commission for Racial Equality
| 2 |
| Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
| 3 |
| HM Forces 58
| |
| Members of the House of Lords
| 2 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 28 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 22-24.11.99 | Kosovo
| 7 |
1 | Inquiry into Lessons of Kosovo
| £14,485.50
|
| 29.11- 5.12.99 | The Falkland Islands
| 3 |
2 | Inquiry into Personnel Issues
| £13,558.94
|
| 7-9.2.00 | NATO and SHAPE, Brussels
| 8 |
2 | Inquiries into Lessons of Kosovo and European Security and Defence
| £8,692.05
|
| 31.3-5.4.00 | Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into Iraqi No Fly Zones
| £21,939.57
|
| 12-15.6.00 | Italy
| 11 |
2 | Inquiry into European Security and Defence
| £16,484.98
|
UK Visits
| Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 9.5.00 | Yeovil
| 9 |
3 | Briefing from Westland Helicopters
| £58.91
|
| 22-23.5.00 | Northern Ireland
| 5 |
2* | Briefings
| £2,522.40
|
| 4.7.00 | Abbey Wood, Bristol
| 4 |
2* | Briefing on Future Carrier Programme and Future Carrier Born Aircraft Programme
| £719.00
|
| 11.7.00 | RAF High Wycombe
| 3 |
1 | Briefing from Strike Command
| £106.30
|
| 27.11.00 | Glencorse Barracks, Scotland
| 1 |
0 | Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| £0.00
|
| 28.11.00 | HMS Collingwood, Southampton
| 1 |
1 | Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| £155.00
|
| 28.11.00 | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
| 1 |
1 | Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| £232.00
|
| 4.12.00 | Bulford and Tidworth Barracks, Andover
| 2 |
1 | Inquiry into Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| £179.20
|
*Includes 1 specialist adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No.
(1999-2000)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
| First Report: The OCCAR Convention
| 69 |
6.12.99 |
42 | £8.80
| Received 2.2.00: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Second Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle
| 158 |
7.2.00 |
260 | £22.00
| Received 7.4.00: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000:
|
| Third Report: Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998 on Strategic Export Controls*
| 225 |
11.2.00 |
131 | £15.90
| Cm 4799, published 14.7.00
|
| Fourth Report: Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords]
| 253 |
16.2.00 |
36 | £8.00
| Not applicable
|
| Fifth Report: Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency
| 100 |
10.4.00 |
38 | £8.00
| Received 16.5.00: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Sixth Report: The Appointment of the New Chief Scientific Adviser
| 318 |
9.5.00 |
42 | £8.80
| Received 16.5.00: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Seventh Report: Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
| 125 |
11.5.00 |
156 | £17.00
| Received 6.7.00: published as Eleventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Eighth Report: European Security and Defence
| 264 |
11.5.00 |
103 | £13.60
| Received 27.6.00: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Ninth Report: The Future of DERA
| 462 |
20.6.00 |
78 | £11.50
| Received 28.7.00: published as Twelfth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Tenth Report: Major Procurement Projects
| 528 |
6.7.00 |
528 | £14.70
| Received 3.10.00: published as Thirteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny*
| 467 |
25.7.00 |
467 | £10.60
| Cm 4872, published 8.12.00
|
| Twelfth Report: The Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe
| 295 |
3.8.00 |
63 | £10.60
| Received 9.10.00:
published as Fifteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Thirteenth Report: Iraqi No Fly Zones
| 453 |
3.8.00 |
74 | £11.50
| Received 12.10.00:
published as Sixteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
| Fourteenth Report: Lessons of Kosovo
| 347 |
24.10.00 |
113
271
| £17.50
£22.30
| Awaited
|
| First Special Report: Annual Report of the Defence Committee, Session 1998-99
| 219 |
16.2.00 |
71 | £10.30
| Not applicable
|
| Second Special Report: The Reserves Call Out Order 1999 and Progress on Territorial Army Restructuring - Government Observations on the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
| 220 |
15.2.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Third Special Report: Strategic Defence Review: Defence Medical Services - Government Observations on the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
| 221 |
15.2.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Fourth Special Report: Annual Major Procurement Projects Survey: the Common New Generation Frigate Programme - Government Observations on the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
| 222 |
15.2.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Fifth Special Report: Defence Research - Government Observations on Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99
| 223 |
16.2.00 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Sixth Special Report: The OCCAR Convention - Government Observations on the First Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 224 |
16.2.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Seventh Special Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle - Government Observations on the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 452 |
9.5.00 |
18 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
| Eighth Special Report: Defence Research - Government Observations on the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 629 |
5.7.00 |
5 | £1.70
| Not applicable
|
| Ninth Special Report: The Appointment of the new Chief Scientific Adviser - Government Observations on the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 731 |
3.8.00 |
4 | £1.45
| Not applicable
|
| Tenth Special Report: European Security and Defence - Government Observations on the Eighth Report, from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 732 |
3.8.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Eleventh Special Report: Gulf Veterans' Illnesses - Government Observations on the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 753 |
3.8.00 |
18 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
| Twelfth Special Report: The Future of DERA - Government Observations on the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 901 |
23.10.00 |
15 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Thirteenth Special Report: Major Procurement Projects - Government Observations on the Tenth Report, from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 902 |
23.10.00 |
12 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Fourteenth Special Report: Further Evidence relating to the Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency
| 928 |
14.11.00 |
20 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
| Fifteenth Special Report: The Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces In Europe - Government Observations on the Twelfth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 929 |
1.11.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Sixteenth Special Report: Iraqi No-Fly Zones - Government Observations on the Thirteenth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000
| 930 |
1.11.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| 689-i |
7.11.00 |
24 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| 689-ii
| 9.11.00
| 46 |
£9.70 |
Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| 689-iii
| 21.11.00
| 41 |
£8.80 |
Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| 689-iv
| 30.11.00
| 21 |
£5.50 |
Not applicable
|
* Joint publication with the Foreign Affairs, International
Development and Trade and Industry Committees
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee
for Session 1998-99 were published on 3.12.99 as HC 896, Session
1998-99. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
1999-2000 will be published as HC 774 of Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper
as being relevant to debates in the House:
Fourth Report, Session 1999-2000, Armed Forces Discipline Bill
[Lords], on Second Reading of the Bill, 17.2.00.
Sixth Report, Session 1998-99, The Reserves Call-Out Order,
and the Second Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response;
Seventh Report, Session 1998-99, The Strategic Defence Review:
Defence Medical Services, and the Third Special Report, Session
1999-2000, Government Response; Eighth Report, Session 1998-99,
Major Procurement Projects Survey: The Common New Generation
Frigate, and the Fourth Special Report, Session 1999-2000,
Government Response; Ninth Report, Session 1998-99, Defence
Research, and the Fifth Special Report, Session 1999-2000,
Government Response; First Report, Session 1999-2000, The OCCAR
Convention, and the Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000,
Government Response; Second Report, Session 1999-2000, Ministry
of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle; on a Government Motion
for the Adjournment (the Defence White Paper), 22 and 28.2.00.
Eighth Report, Session 1999-2000, European Security and Defence,
on a Government Motion for the Adjournment (European Affairs),
15.6.00.
First Report, Session 1999-2000, The OCCAR Convention,
and the Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response;
Sixth Report, Session 1999-2000, The Appointment of the New
Chief Scientific Adviser, and the Ninth Special Report, Session
1999-2000, Government Response; Ninth Report, Session 1999-2000,
The Future of DERA, and the Twelfth Special Report, Session
1999-2000, Government Response; Tenth Report, Session 1999-2000,
Major Procurement Projects, and the Thirteenth Special
Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; on a Government
Motion for the Adjournment (Defence Procurement), 26.10.00.
Second Report, Session 1999-2000, Ministry of Defence Annual
Reporting Cycle, and the Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000,
Government Response; Fifth Report, Session 1999-2000, Defence
Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency and the Eighth
Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response; Eighth
Report, Session 1999-2000, European Security and Defence,
and the Tenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government Response;
Thirteenth Report, Session 1999-2000, Iraqi No-Fly Zones,
and the Sixteenth Special Report, Session 1999-2000, Government
Response; Fourteenth Report, Session 1999-2000, Lessons of
Kosovo; on a Government Motion for the Adjournment (Defence
and the Armed Forces), 1 and 2.11.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 31 of the Committee's meetings.
On 3 of these occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly in
private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency
| 1 |
| Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
| 1 |
| Defence White Paper/MoD Annual Reporting Cycle
| 4 |
| Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords]
| 1 |
| The Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces In Europe:
| 1 |
| The Appointment of the new Chief Scientific Adviser
| 1 |
| Strategic Export Controls
| 1 |
| Lessons of Kosovo | 10
|
| The Future of DERA |
1 |
| Major Procurement Projects
| 2 |
| Armed Forces Personnel Issues
| 7* |
| The Reserve Forces |
1* |
| Total | 31
|
*The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session
1999-2000
|
