B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
30. Standards and Privileges
The Committee was nominated on 25 June 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 33 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| Sheldon, Mr Robert (Chairman) | 30
|
| Bell, Mr Martin | 30
|
| Bottomley, Mr Peter | 32
|
| Bruce, Mr Malcolm | 16
|
| Campbell-Savours, Mr Dale | 31
|
| Forth, Mr Eric | 30
|
| Foster, Mr Michael Jabez (Hastings and Rye)
| 31 |
| Levitt, Mr Tom | 29
|
| Lewis, Mr Terry | 26
|
| McIsaac, Shona | 31
|
| Williams, Mr Alan (Swansea West) | 32
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 87.6 %
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Alan Sandall, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mr Steven Mark, Assistant Clerk (Band A3) (until
31.10.00); Ms Shona McGlashan, Senior Clerk (Band A2) (from 1.11.00).
Secretary: Miss Lisa Hasell, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
| Members of Parliament
| 3 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 3 |
Overseas Visits
None.
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: Complaint against Mr Bruce George
| 38 |
25.11.99 |
21 | £5.80
| Not required
|
| Second Report: Complaint against Mr Bowen Wells
| 39 |
25.11.99 |
27 | £6.50
| Not required
|
| Third Report: Complaint against Mr Iain Duncan Smith
| 110 |
15.12.99 |
13 | £4.30
| Not required
|
| Fourth Report: Complaint against Mr William Hague
| 111 |
15.12.99 |
11 | £3.70
| Not required
|
| Fifth Report: Complaints against Mrs Teresa Gorman
| 260 |
17.2.00 |
114 | £14.70
| Not required
|
| Sixth Report: Complaint against Mr Stephen Timms
| 313 |
8.3.00 |
13 | £4.30
| Not required
|
| Seventh Report: Complaint against Mr Ken Livingstone
| 342 |
15.3.00 |
15 | £4.30
| Not required
|
| Eighth Report: Complaint against Mr Tony Baldry
| 369 |
22.3.00 |
22 | £5.80
| Not required
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Complaint against Mr Tony Baldry
| 369-i |
10.4.00 |
8 | £2.80
| Not applicable
|
| Ninth Report: Complaints against Members of Parliament: The Investigation Process
| 403 |
5.4.00 |
10 | £3.70
| Not required
|
| Tenth Report: Complaint against Mr John Major
| 479 |
10.5.00 |
18 | £5.10
| Not required
|
| Eleventh Report: Complaint against Mr Fabian Hamilton
| 503 |
17.5.00 |
23 | £5.80
| Not required
|
| Twelfth Report: Complaints against Mr John Prescott
| 504 |
17.5.00 |
17 | £5.10
| Not required
|
| Thirteenth Report: Complaint against Sir Michael Spicer
| 524 |
24.5.00 |
13 | £3.70
| Not required
|
| Fourteenth Report: Complaint against Frank Cook
| 709 |
12.7.00 |
31 | £7.00
| Not required
|
| Fifteenth Report: Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members
| 710 |
13.7.00 |
17 | £5.10
| Not required
|
| Sixteenth Report: Complaint against Mr Michael Portillo
| 915 |
25.10.00 |
22 | £5.80
| Not required
|
| Seventeenth Report: Complaint against Mr Robert Sheldon
| 916 |
25.10.00 |
28 | £6.50
| Not required
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
were published on 20.1.00 as HC 917, Session 1998-99. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be
published as HC 796, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
Fifth Report, Session 1999-2000, Complaint against Mrs Teresa
Gorman, 1.3.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 7 of the Committee's meetings.
On all of these occasions evidence was taken wholly in private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| Complaints against Members of Parliament
| 7 |
| Total | 7
|
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