30. Scottish Affairs
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 19 Meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
| Adams, Mrs Irene (added 19.7.01) (Chairman from 17.10.01)
| 19 |
| Atkinson, Mr Peter | 0
|
| Carmichael, Mr Alistair | 14
|
| Duncan, Mr Peter | 12
|
| Joyce, Mr Eric | 14
|
| Lazarowicz, Mr Mark | 17
|
| Lyons, Mr John | 19
|
| Marshall, Mr David (discharged 19.7.01) |
0 |
| McKechin, Ann | 18
|
| Robertson, John | 16
|
| Sarwar, Mr Mohammad | 15
|
| Weir, Mr Michael | 15
|
|
| Overall Attendance: | 76.1 %
|
| Number of Members added: | 1
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
9.1 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr John Whatley, Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Committee Assistant: Ms Jane Appleton (until 7.10.01), Higher
Executive Officer (Band B2); Mrs Diane Nelson (from 8.10.01),
Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Miss Julie Storey, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Stewart Dunlop.
| Witnesses | |
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by: |
|
| Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
| Other Ministers | 6
|
| Member of the House of Lords (who was a Minister)
| 1 |
| Member of the Scottish Executive | 1
|
| Members of the Scottish Parliament |
3 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Scotland Office | 2
|
| other departments comprising: |
|
| Department of Trade and Industry
| 3 |
| Ministry of Defence | 1
|
| Scottish Executive | 1
|
| public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| British Waterways Group | 1
|
| British Waterways Scotland |
3 |
| BBC | 1
|
| BBC Scotland | 2
|
| Commission for Racial Equality in Scotland
| 4 |
| Commission for Racial Equality |
2 |
| HM Customs and Excise | 4
|
| Office of Fair Trading | 1
|
| Scottish Enterprise | 3
|
| Millennium Commission | 1
|
| regulatory body comprising: |
|
| Scottish Consumer Council | 3
|
| Appearances by other witnesses | 33
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 3-4.12.01 | Forth, Clyde and Union Canal
| 9 | 4A
| Inquiry into Job Creation Potential of the Forth, Clyde and Union Canal
| £3,506.49 |
| 4.2.02 | Glasgow | 10
| 4A | Inquiry into Post Devolution News and Current Affairs Broadcasting in Scotland
| £3,261.03 |
| 14.2.02 | Edinburgh | 8
| 2 | Informal meeting with Conveners' Liaison Group, Scottish Parliament
| £2,202.90 |
| 15-16.4.02 | Orkney | 6
| 2 | Inquiry into Customs Services in Scotland
| £4,949.54 |
| 22.4.02 | Paisley, Glasgow |
8 | 4A
| Inquiry into Customs Services in Scotland |
£3,433.89 |
| 20.5.02 | Anniesland, Glasgow
| 8 | 3A
| Inquiry into Employment in Shipbuilding on the Clyde
| £2,729.42 |
AIncludes 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
| First Report: The Drinks Industry in Scotland
| 324 | 7.3.02
| 42 | £10.00
| Scottish Executive Response, received 21.1.02: published as First Special Report Session 2001-02; Scotland Office Response, received 7.3.02: published as First Special Report Session 2001-02
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Drinks Industry in Scotland
| 324-i-ii | 27.11.01
| 49 | £11.00
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: Job Creation Potential of the Modernised Forth, Clyde and Union Canal
| 424 | 19.12.01
| 72 | £12.00
| Not required |
| Third Report: Post Devolution News and Current Affairs Broadcasting in Scotland
| 549 | 21.3.02
| 102 | £14.50
| Not required |
| Fourth Report: Customs Services in Scotland
| 782 | 16.5.02
| 40 | £10.00
| Received 14.10.02: published as Second Special Report Session 2001-02
|
| Fifth Report: Employment in Shipbuilding on the Clyde
| 865 | 15.7.02
| 95 | £14.50
| Awaited |
| First Special Report: The Drinks Industry in Scotland: Response by the Government and the Scottish Executive to the First Report of the Committee of Session 2001-02 (HC 324)
| 696 | 18.3.02
| 10 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Customs Services in Scotland: Response by the Government to the Fourth Report of the Committee of Session 2001-02 (HC 782)
| 1287 | 5.11.02
| 6 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Scotland Office Departmental Report 2001
| 345-i | 21.2.02
| 23 | £7.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Work of the Commission for Racial Equality in Scotland
| 712-i | 30.5.02
| 57 | £11.00
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01
None.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02
were published on 13.11.02 as HC 1335, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 13.3.02 | One, an Amendment proposed to Chairman's draft Report, Post Devolution News and Current Affairs Broadcasting in Scotland
|
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 11 of the Committee's 19 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Customs Services in Scotland | 1
|
| Employment in Shipbuilding on the Clyde |
2 |
| Job Creation Potential of the Modernised Forth, Clyde and Union Canal
| 1 |
| Post Devolution News and Current Affairs Broadcasting in Scotland
| 3 |
| Scotland Office Departmental Report 2001 |
1 |
| The Drinks Industry in ScotlandA | 1
|
| The Work of the Commission for Racial Equality in Scotland
| 1 |
| The Work of the Scottish Consumer CouncilB |
1 |
| Total | 11
|
AThe Committee also took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session
1999-2000, and figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC
100 (1999-2000)). The Committee took further oral evidence on
this inquiry in Session 2000-01 and those figures appear in the
Return for that Session (HC 1 (2000-01)).
BOral evidence published as HC 1199-i in Session 2002-03.
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