10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
36. Trade and Industry
The Committee was nominated on 9 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 26 meetings. 6 Members
participated in 6 "Quadripartite" meetings held concurrently
with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development
Committees abbreviated to 'CM' in the attendance table below).
|
| Members | Meetings attended
|
|
| O'Neill, Mr Martin (Chairman) | 26 (including 6 CM)
|
| Baldry, Mr Tony | 8 (including 1 CM)
|
| Berry, Mr Roger | 15 (including 2 CM)
|
| Butterfill, Mr John | 9
|
| Chope, Mr Christopher | 21 (including 5 CM)
|
| Cunningham, Mr Jim | 8
|
| Hoyle, Mr Lindsay | 14 (including 1 CM)
|
| Laxton, Mr Bob | 19 (including 3 CM)
|
| Morgan, Mr Alasdair | 12
|
| Perham, Mrs Linda | 13
|
| Southworth, Mrs Helen | 13
|
|
| Overall attendance: | 55.2%
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr David Natzler, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2) (until 7.5.01); Mrs Elizabeth
Flood, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2) (from
8.5.01).
Second Clerk: Ms Charlotte Littleboy, Assistant Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Specialist: Ms Julia Gleig (Band A2).
Committee Assistant: Mr Tony Catinella, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Mrs Alison Game, Secretary (Band C) (until 11.5.01);
Miss Rowena MacDonald, Secretary (Band C) (from 14.5.01).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Peter Sommer.
| Witnesses |
|
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers:
| 2 |
| Other Ministers .
| 4 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department of Trade and Industry:
| 5 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 3
|
| Appearances by other witnesses:
| 66 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 5-6.2.01 | European Commission, Brussels
| 7 |
2 | Meetings with European Commissioners and Commission officials
| £4,348.47
|
UK Visits
| Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
| 11.1.01 | Vauxhall at Luton
| 7 |
2 | Inquiry into Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| £458.85
|
| 29-30.1.01 | South West
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into Enterprise Policy in the Regions
| £3,233,80
|
| 27-28.2.01 | North East
| 3 |
2 | Inquiry into Enterprise Policy in the Regions
| £2,527.46
|
| 5.3.01 | East Midlands
| 3 |
1 | Inquiry into Enterprise Policy in the Regions
| £784.50
|
| 23-24.4.01 | Scotland
| 8 |
2 | Inquiry into Enterprise Policy in the Regions
| £5,000.00
(estimated outturn)
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No.
(1998-99)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
| First Report: The Work of the Committee in the 1997 Parliament
| 109 |
18.1.01 |
63 | £10.60
| Received 3.4.01: published as Third Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
| Second Report: The Department of Trade and Industry: Role, Objectives and Targets
| 140 |
25.1.01 |
88 | £12.50
| Received 3.4.01: published as Third Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
| Third Report: Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| 128 |
8.2.01 |
188 | £19.50
| Received 26.4.01: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
| Fourth Report: Steel
| 270 |
9.3.01 |
121 | £14.70
| Awaited
|
| Fifth Report: Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation
| 268 |
14.3.01 |
204 | £19.70
| Awaited
|
| Sixth Report: Local Loop Unbundling
| 90 |
20.3.01 |
154 | £17.00
| Awaited
|
| Seventh Report: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 1999 and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny *
| 212 |
14.3.01 |
78 | £11.50
| Awaited
|
| Eighth Report: UK online Reviewed: The First Annual Report of the E-Minister and E-Envoy
| 66 |
23.3.01 |
59 | £9.70
| Awaited
|
| Ninth Report: Industrial and Trade Relations with Turkey
| 360 |
4.4.01 |
79 | £9.70
| Awaited
|
| Tenth Report: Mobile Phone Masts
| 330 |
3.4.01 |
119 | £15.90
| Awaited
|
| Eleventh Report: Draft Export Controls and Non-Proliferation *
| 445 |
9.5.01 |
97 | £13.60
| Awaited
|
| Twelfth Report: Ilisu Dam
| 512 |
11.5.01 |
34 | £8.00
| Awaited
|
| Thirteenth Report: Enterprise Policy in the Regions
| 513 |
11.5.01 |
37 | £8.00
| Awaited
|
| First Special Report: The Post Office and the Future of the Network
| 141 |
22.1.01 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Second Special Report: What would the Euro cost UK business?
| 170 |
29.1.01 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
| Third Special Report: The Work of the Committee in the 1997 Parliament and The Department of Trade and Industry: Role, Objectives and Targets
| 407 |
6.4.01 |
18 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
| Fourth Special Report: Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK
| 455 |
10.5.01 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Gas Prices
| 269-i |
6.3.01 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: UK Aerospace Industry
| 171-i |
20.3.01 |
77 | £11.50
| Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Small Business Service
| 464 |
10.5.01 |
16 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
* Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International
Development Committees
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee
for Session 1999-2000 were published on 14.2.01 as HC 799, Session
1999-2000. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
2000-01 will be published as HC 506, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were debated in
Westminster Hall:
Fourth Report, Session 1999-2000, Annual Reports for 1997 and
1998 on Strategic Export Controls, 14.12.00
Tenth Report, Session 1999-2000, UK Space Policy, 1.2.01
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as relevant
to a debate in Westminster Hall:
Fourth Report, Session 2000-01, Steel, 28.3.01
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 15 of the Committee's 26 meetings.
On 1 occasion evidence was taken partly in private.
| Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
| Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 1999 and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny §
| 1 |
| Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK ‡
| 1 |
| Steel ‡ | 1
|
| Impact on Trade and Industry of Motor Fuel Taxation ‡
| 1 |
| Local Loop Unbundling |
2 |
| UK online Reviewed: The First Annual Report of the E-Minister and E-Envoy
| 1 |
| Mobile Phone Masts |
2 |
| Enterprise Policy in the Regions
| 1 |
| Draft Export Controls and Non Proliferation §
| 2 |
| Gas Prices | 1
|
| UK Aerospace Industry |
2 |
| Total | 15
|
| ‡ | The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 1999-2000; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 799 (1999-2000)).
|
| § | Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
|
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