B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
18. Information
The Committee was nominated on 28 July 1997.
It had 9 Members and held 17 meetings. This included
1 meeting held concurrently with the House of Lords Library and
Computers Sub-committee (abbreviated to 'CM' in the attendance
table below).
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| Allan, Mr Richard (Chairman) | 17 (including 1 CM)
|
| Bruce, Mr Ian | 13 (including 1 CM)
|
| Collins, Mr Tim | 5
|
| Connarty, Mr Michael | 9 (including 1 CM)
|
| Gerrard, Mr Neil | 15 (including 1 CM)
|
| Miller, Mr Andrew | 15 (including 1 CM)
|
| Osborne, Mrs Sandra (discharged, 14.2.00) |
0 |
| Prosser, Mr Gwyn (added, 14.2.00) | 7
|
| Sawford, Mr Philip | 2
|
| Stewart, Mr Ian | 13 (including 1 CM)
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 62.7%
|
| Number of Members added: | 1
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
11% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mrs Sarah Davies, Senior Clerk (Band
A2).
Secretary: Mrs Karen Georgiou/Mrs Helen Agnew, Secretary (Band
C).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor R J Hynds.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories
of witnesses:
| Members of Parliament
| 1 |
| Members of the House of Lords
| 1 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 17-19.11.99 | Paris
| 3* |
1* | Parliaments in the Information Age conference
| £1,759.88
|
| 2-4.2.00 | Athens
| 1* |
1* | Second European Conference for Parliamentarians on Information and Communications Technologies
| £2,368.86
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
| First Report: The Future of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
| 659 |
20.7.00 |
14 | £8.80
| Not applicable
|
| Second Report: Information Technology Provision for Members
| 758 |
30.11.00 |
33 | £8.00
| Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 1998-99
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
were published on 22.3.00 as HC 906, Session 1998-99. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be
published as HC 784, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
First Report, Session 1999-2000, The Future of the Parliamentary
Office of Science and Technology, 21.11.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 1 of the Committee's 17 meetings.
On this occasion, no evidence was taken in private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| The Future of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
| 1 |
| Total | 1
|
|
