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Tuesday 2 December 2003
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham Sir Robert
Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resilience of the National Grid: Dr Roger Urwin, Group Chief Executive, Mr Nick Winser, Group Director, Transmission, and Mr Jon Carlton, Head of Network Strategy, National Grid Transco; Mr David Anderson, Chairman, Energy Board, and Dr John Bennett, Institution of Civil Engineers; and Mr Mike MacDonald, Negotiations Officer, and Ms Sue Ferns, Head of Research and Specialist Services, Prospect, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at quarter past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 2 December 2003
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resilience of the National Grid: Mr Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, and Mr Colin Hood, Chief Operating Officer, Scottish and Southern Energy plc; Mr Bob Taylor, Managing Director, East Midlands Electricity, Mr Garry Flynn, Operations Director, CE Electricity, and Mr Frank Duffy, Engineering Director, Energy Networks Association; and Professor
Robin MacClaren, Managing Director, Scottish Power Transmission and Distribution, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 December at quarter to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 9 December 2003
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resilience of the National Grid: Sir John Mogg, Chairman, Mr Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive, Mr Boaz Moselle, Managing Director, Competition and Trading Arrangements, and Mr John Scott, Technical Director, Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; and Mr Neil Hirst, Director, Energy Markets Unit, Ms Elizabeth Baker and Mr Duncan Millard, Energy Markets Unit, and Mr Giles Scott, Deputy Chief Engineering Inspector, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till this day at quarter to Three o'clock.
Tuesday 9 December 2003
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Judy Mallaber Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Support for business from Regional Development Agencies: Mr Richard Brucciani, OBE, Chair of the Assembly's Economic Review Group, and Mr Nigel Rudd, Chief Executive, East Midlands Regional Assembly, Mr James Keaton, North West Business Leadership Team, North West Regional Assembly, Mr Richard Moxon, Vice Chair, West Midlands Regional Assembly Planning Partnership, and Mr James Watkins, West Midlands Business Council, West Midlands Regional Assembly; and Mr Mark Gibson, Director-General, Business Group, and Mr Martin Wyn Griffith, Chief Executive, Small Business Service, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 December at quarter to Three o'clock.
Tuesday 16 December 2003
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Jonathan Djanogly Mr Nigel Evans
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Fuel Poverty: Mr Peter Lehmann, Chairman of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) and Chairman of the Energy Saving Trust, and Professor John Chesshire, Vice Chairman of the FPAG and Chairman of Energy Efficiency Partnerships for Homes, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 January 2004 at quarter past Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 6 January 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Support for business from the Regional Development Agencies: Mr Martin Wyn Griffith, Chief Executive, and Mr Markus Clavin, Marketing Director, Small Business Service, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 January at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 20 January 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Work of the Committee in 2003), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the First Report from the Committee HC 260 (2003-04) p7).
Draft Special Report (Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2002-03), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time and the second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Committee do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2002-03 be appended to the Report. –(The Chairman.)
Progress towards the knowledge-driven economy: Mr Philip Virgo, Strategic Advisor, Institute for the Management of Information Systems; Sir John Chisholm, Chief Executive, and Dr Adrian Mears, Technical Director, QinetiQ; and Dr Philip Hargrave, Chief Scientist, Nortel Network, Mr John Woodgate, Managing Director, Intel UK and Mr John Higgins, Director General, Intellect, were examined.
[Adjourned till Today at half past Two o'clock
Tuesday 20 January 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Progress towards the knowledge-driven economy: Dr Julia King, Chief Executive, and Professor Peter Main, Director, Education and Science, the Institute of Physics; Professor Andrew Hopper, University of Cambridge and Mr Chris Earnshaw, Oakleigh Associates, the Royal Academy of Engineering; and Mr John O'Reilly, Chief Executive and Dr Susan Morrell, Head, Sector Technology Team, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 February at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 3 February 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (UK Broadband Market), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Second Report from the Committee HC 321-I (2003-04) p25).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 February at Nine o'clock
Tuesday 10 February 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Roger Berry and Mr Lindsay Hoyle declared a non-pecuniary interest as members of Amicus.
The knowledge-driven economy: Mr Ed Sweeney, General Secretary, Ms Liz Cairns, Research Officer, and Mr Rob O'Neill, National Secretary, Unifi; Mr David Fleming, National Secretary, Financial Services, and Mr Ciaran Naidoo, Communications Officer, Amicus; Ms Jeannie Drake, Deputy Secretary, Telecommunications, Communications Workers Union; and Mr Nigel Roxburgh, Director, National Outsourcing Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 February at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 24 February 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
UK-ASEAN trade relations: Mr Tim Holmes, Director, Asia-Pacific Directorate, UK Trade and Investment, Dr Elaine Drage, Director, Trade and Development, Department of Trade and Industry and Mr Peter Mumford, Economic Policy Officer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
Knowledge driven economy: Ms Anne Marie Forsyth, Chief Executive Officer, the Call Centre Association; and Mr Max Nathan, Senior Researcher, and Ms Gwendolyn Carpenter, Researcher, the Work Foundation, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 25 February at Three o'clock.
Wednesday 25 February
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Nr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The Following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A:
Defence Committee
Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Bruce George, Ms Rachel Squire, Mr Peter Viggers.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Donald Anderson, Mr Fabian Hamilton, Sir John Stanley.
International Development Committee
Mr Tony Baldry, Mr John Battle, Ann Clwyd, Mr Tony Colman, Mr Quentin Davies.
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (b).
Strategic Export Controls: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, a Member of this House, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Edward Oakden CMG, Director International Security, and Mr David Landsman, Head, Counter-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 March at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 2 March 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Jonathan Djanogly Mr Nigel Evans
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Resilience of the National Electricity Network), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Third Report from the Committee HC 69-I (2003-04) p57).
Draft Special Report (Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of Session 2002-03), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time and the second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Committee do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of Session 2002-03 be appended to the Report. –(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the work of Ofcom; UK employment regulation; equal pay; fuel debt and disconnections; the post office urban reinvention programme; and landlord-tenant contracts for public houses. –(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 March at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 9 March 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Knowledge-driven economy: Mr Sunil Mehta and Mr Senthil Kumar, National Association of Software and Service Companies, were examined.
[Adjourned till today at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 9 March 2004
Afternoon Sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
UK automotive industry: Mr Christopher MacGowan, Chief Executive, Mr Paul Everitt, Head of Communications, Economics and Policy, and Mr Graham Broome, Chief Executive, SMMT Industry Forum, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders; and Mr Steve Hart, Senior Regional Industrial Organiser, Transport & General Workers' Union, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Three o'clock.
Wednesday 10 March 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda
Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 March at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 23 March 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the work of Postcomm.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Chicago and San Francisco in connection with its inquiry into the knowledge driven economy.—( The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Brussels for discussions with officials of the European Commission.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do visit Sao Paolo to attend the UNCTAD XI Ministerial Conference in a representative capacity.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Judy Mallaber do visit Brussels to attend the Network of Parliamentary Committees for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union in a representative capacity.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 March at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 30 March 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department: Mr Colin Adams, Chief Executive, British Consultants and Contractors Bureau; and Mr John Tyler, Chairman, Ms Maria Malinowska, Chair, Export Finance Committee, and Mr Richard Hill, Chairman, Industry Sector, British Exporters' Association, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till today at quarter past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 30 March 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
UK automotive industry: Dr Bryan Jackson OBE, Managing Director, Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, Mr Paul Philpott, Commercial Director, Toyota (GB) plc, and Mr Mike Hawes, Head of External Affairs, Toyota Motor Europe; Mr John Towers, Chairman, and Mr Peter Beale, Vice Chairman, Phoenix Venture Holdings; Mr Roger Puttnam, Chairman, Ford of Britain, and Mr Joe Greenwell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford Motor Company; and Mr Brian Spratt, Chief Executive, Automotive Distributive Federation, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 April at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 20 April 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department: Mr Laurence Cockcroft, Chairman, Mr Graham Rodwell, Director of Corporate Affairs, and Mr Neill Stanbury, Project Director, Transparency International (UK); Ms Ann Feltham, Parliamentary Co-ordinator, Campaign Against the Arms Trade; and Ms Sue Walton, General Manager, Rolls-Royce Capital, Mr James Caldwell, Vice-President for Export Finance, BAe Systems, and Mr Nigel Taylor, Vice-President for Customer Finance, Airbus Industries, Society of British Aerospace Companies, were examined.
[Adjourned till today at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 20 April 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department: Mr Paul Ingram, Senior Analyst, and Mr Mark Ingram, Consultant, British American Security Information Council; Mr Nicholas Hildyard and Ms Susan Hawley, The Corner House; and Mr Digby Jones, Director General, Mr James Larkin, Chairman, Export Finance Committee, and Mr Andy Scott, Director of Competitiveness, Confederation of British Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at half past Nine o'clock.
Wednesday 21 April 2004
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The Following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A:
Defence Committee
Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Bruce George.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Sir John Stanley.
International Development Committee
Mr John Battle, Mr Quentin Davies.
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (b).
Strategic Export Controls: Mr Ed Cairns, Oxfam, Mr Roy Ibister, Saferworld, and Mr Robert Parker Amnesty International; and Mr David Hayes, Rolls-Royce, Mr Tim Otter, Smiths Detection, Mr David Balfour, SABRE Ballistics, and Mrs Susan Griffiths, MBDA UK Ltd, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 May at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 4 May 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
UK automotive industry: Mr Matthew Carrington, Chief Executive, and Mr Alan Pulham, Franchised Dealer Director, Retail Motor Industry Federation; Professor Garel Rhys, Cardiff University Business School; and Sarah Chambers, Director, Mr Ashley Roberts, Deputy Director, and Mr Phillip Davies, Analyst, Automotive Unit, and Mr Francis Evans, Head, Automotive Unit Birmingham Office, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Ten o'clock.
Wednesday 5 May 2004
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The Following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A:
Defence Committee
Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Bruce George, Ms Rachel Squire.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Fabian Hamilton, Mr Andrew Mackay, Mr John Maples, Sir John Stanley.
International Development Committee
Mr John Barrett, Mr John Battle, Mr Tony Colman, Mr Piara S Khabra.
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (b).
Draft Report (Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Fourth Report from the Committee HC 390 (2003-04) p83).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 May at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 11 May 2004
Morning Sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the performance of the Royal Mail under its renewal programme.—(The Chairman.)
The work of Postcomm: Mr Nigel Stapleton, Chairman, Mr Martin Stanley, Chief Executive, Ms Debbie Gillatt, Director, Customers and Operations, and Mr Richard Moriarty, Director, Competition and Regulation, Postal Services Commission, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2003–04), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time and the second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2003–04 be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Ofcom's response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2003–04 be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Report (Support to Business from the Regional Development Agencies), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Fifth Report from the Committee HC 390 (2003-04) p30).
[Adjourned till today at half past Two o'clock
Tuesday 11 May 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department: Ms Hannah Griffiths, Corporates Campaigner, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), Ms Hannah Ellis, Friends of the Earth International, and Ms Naomi Kanzaki, Friends of the Earth Japan; and Mr John Weiss, Acting Chief Executive, Mr Tom Jaffray, Director, Risk Management Group, and Mr John Ormerod, Director of Strategy and Communications, Export Credits Guarantee Department, were examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do take further evidence from the Export Credits Guarantee Department and relevant Non-Governmental Organisations on ECGD support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline project.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at half past Two o'clock.
Wednesday 12 May 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 May at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 18 May 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The Post Office Urban Reinvention Programme: Mr Peter Carr, Chairman, Mr Gregor MacGregor, Chief Executive, Ms Kay Dixon, Chair, Postwatch Greater London, and Ms Sarah Brookes, Network Policy Manager, Postwatch; Mr Cyril Jones, President, Mr Colin Baker, General Secretary, and Mr John Preberdy, National Federation of SubPostmasters; and Mr Allan Leighton, Chairman, Royal Mail Group, and Sir Michael Hodgkinson, Chairman, Mr David Mills, Chief Executive, and Mr David Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Post Office Limited, were examined.
Royal Mail Renewal: Mr Allan Leighton, Chairman, and Mr Adam Crozier, Chief Executive, Royal Mail Group, and Mr Tom Melvin, Operations Director, Royal Mail Limited, were examined.
[Adjourned till today at half past Three o'clock.
Tuesday 18 May 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Royal Mail Renewal: Mr William Hayes, General Secretary, and Mr David Ward, Deputy General Secretary, Communication Workers' Union, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 May at quarter past Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 25 May 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Judy Mallaber
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report (Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2003–04), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time and the second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Committee do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 003–04 be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority's response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2003–04 be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do seek a reduction in the quorum for each of the constituent members of the Quadripartite Committee, to one for the purpose of taking evidence and to two for the purpose of considering draft reports.—(The Chairman.)
UK-ASEAN trade relations: Mr Neil Kemp, Director, Education UK Marketing Division, Mr Nick Butler, Education Exports Manager, and Mr Peter Upton, Director, British Council Thailand, British Council, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 May at Ten o'clock.
Wednesday 26 May 2004
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
The Following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A:
Defence Committee
Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Bruce George, Ms Rachel Squire.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Andrew Mackay, Mr Bill Olner, Sir John Stanley.
International Development Committee
Mr John Barrett, Mr John Battle, Mr Tony Colman, Mr Quentin Davies.
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (b).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 June at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 8 June 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That Dr Gavin Cameron and Mr Nigel Meager be appointed Specialist Advisers to assist the Committee in its inquiry into UK employment regulation.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the Government's Consultative Document on methods of amending Company Law.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Report (The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, HC 516 (2003–04) p32).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 June at Nine o'clock
Tuesday 22 June 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Pub companies: Mr David Bishop, Mr Alan Dunton, Mr Richard Harvey and Ms Linda Newport, Federation of Small Businesses; Mr Mike Benner, Chief Executive, and Mr Jonathan Mail, Public Affairs Manger, CAMRA; and Mr Brian Jacobs, Director, and Mr John Tracy Kelly, Solicitor, A B Jacobs & Co., were examined.
[Adjourned till today at Twelve Noon.
Tuesday 22 June 2004
Noon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme: Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Energy, e-Commerce and Postal Services, was examined.
[Adjourned till today at quarter to Three o'clock.
Tuesday 22 June 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The Chairman declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the fuel disconnections inquiry as Honorary President of Energy Action Scotland.
Fuel disconnections: Mr Allan Asher, Chair, and Mr Ed Gallagher, Chief Executive, energywatch; Mr Duncan Sedgwick, Chief Executive, Energy Retail Association, and Mrs Jill Harrison, Head of Consumer Affairs, British Gas; Ms Jenny Saunders, Director of Communications, National Energy Action, and Mr Richard Wilson, Senior Policy Officer, Help the Aged; and Mr John Neilson, Managing Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr Iain Osborne, Director, Retail Markets, and Mr Dave Barnes, Head of Social Issues, Office of the Gas and Electricty Markets Authority, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 July at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 6 July 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Michael Clapham Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Pub companies: Mr Tony Payne, Chief Executive, Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations; Mr Nick Bish, Chief Executive, Mr Alex Salussolia, Chairman, and Ms Kate Nicholls, Head of Communications, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; and Mr Rob Hayward, OBE, Chief Executive, and Dr Martin Rawlings, Director, Pub & Leisure, British Beer & Pub Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 July at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 13 July 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Michael Clapham
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Department of Trade and Industry have leave to publish the Memorandum submitted by them in relation to the inquiry into Employment Regulation, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 135(1).—(The Chairman.)
The knowledge driven economy: Professor Jim Norton, Senior Policy Adviser, Institute of Directors; and Mr Francesco Caio, Chief Executive, and Ms Lesley Smith, Group Director of Corporate and Public Affairs, Cable & Wireless plc, and Ms Marina Gibbs, Adviser, Spectrum, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 July at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 20 July 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Programme), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, HC 611-I (2003–04) p40).
Draft Report (The UK Automotive Industry), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in he Eighth Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, HC 437 (2003–04) p35).
Resolved, That the Committee do take evidence from the Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.—(The Chairman.)
Mr Nigel Evans declared a non-pecuniary interest as Vice-Chairman of the All-Party Beer Group and member of CAMRA.
Pub companies: Mr Ted Tuppen, Chief Executive, Mr Gordon Harrison, Operations Manager, and Mr Simon Townsend, Customer Services Director, Enterprise Inns plc; Mr Ralph Findlay, Chief Executive, The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries plc and Mr Stephen J Oliver, Managing Director, Union Pub Company; and Mr Giles Thorley, Chief Executive, Mr Robert McDonald, Finance Director, and Mr Francis Patton, Customer Services Director, Punch Taverns plc, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 September at half past Three o'clock.
Tuesday 7 September 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Judy Mallaber
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That the Chairman do visit Paris to attend the OECD High Level Seminar for Parliamentarians on Corporate Governance in a representative capacity.—(The Chairman.)
UK-ASEAN Trade Relations: Ms Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Company Secretary, Tesco plc, was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 September at quarter past Two o'clock.
Wednesday 8 September 2004
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Pub companies: Mr Keith Bott, Chairman, and Mr Nicholas Stafford, Commercial Director, the Society of Independent Brewers, were examined.
Mr Martin O'Neill took the Chair.
Pub companies: Mr John Vickers, Chairman, Ms Christianne Kent, Director, Competition Enforcement Division, and Mr Robert MacDowall, Markets and Policy Initiatives Division, Office of Fair Trading, were examined.
The Committee deliberated further.
Draft Report (Updating Company Law: the Government's consultation document on 'Company Law: Flexibility and Accessibility), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Ninth Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, HC 1041 (2003–04) p11).
Draft Special Report (The Government Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003–04), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time and the second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Committee do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2003–04 be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Special Report (The Government Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2003–04), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time and the second time and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Committee do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2003–04 be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee deliberated further.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 September at half past Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 14 September 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 October at Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 12 October 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into fuel prices, the competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry and, before Christmas, into the future of the Crown Post Office network.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Denmark in connection with its inquiry into employment regulation.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 October at Ten o'clock
Wednesday 13 October 2004
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Nigel Evans |
The Following Members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A:
Defence Committee
Mike Gapes , Mr Bruce George, Ms Rachel Squire.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Donald Anderson, Sir John Stanley.
International Development Committee
Mr John Barrett, Ann Clwyd, Mr Quentin Davies.
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No.137A (1) (b).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 October at quarter to Ten o'clock.
Tuesday 19 October 2004
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Miss Julie Kirkbride Judy Mallaber Sir Robert Smith |
In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the future of the car industry in the Midlands in the light of recent announcements of job losses and plant closures.
UK-ASEAN Trade Relations: Sir Richard Needham, Deputy Chairman, and Ms Lucy Grimster, Public Relations Officer, Dyson, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 October at Nine o'clock
Tuesday 26 October 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Lindsay Hoyle Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Department of Trade and Industry: structure, strategy and resources: Sir Robin Young, KCB, Permanent Secretary, Mr David Evans, Financial Director, and Mr Ian Jones, Director of the Efficiency Programme, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till today at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 26 October 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Nigel Evans Judy Mallaber
Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Post Office Network Reinvention Revisited), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Tenth Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, HC 1204 (2003–04) p10).
Ordered, That the Memoranda laid before the Committee in relation to its inquiry into ECGD support for the BTC pipeline project be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)
The knowledge driven economy: Mr Simon Willis, Director, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems Inc, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 November at half past Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 2 November 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Miss Julie Kirkbride Judy Mallaber Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
Employment Regulation: Mr Ian Brinkley, Chief Economist, Mr Richard Exell, Senior Policy Officer, and Ms Hannah Reed, Policy Adviser on Employment Law, Trades Union Congress; and Mr John Cridland, Deputy Director General, and Mr Nick Bentley, Head of Group on Skills & Employment, Confederation of British Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till today at Two o'clock.
Tuesday 2 November 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Roger Berry Mr Richard Burden Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Miss Julie Kirkbride Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
The Midlands Car Industry: Mr Tony Woodley, General Secretary, and Mr Keith White, Convenor, Jaguar Browns Lane Plant, Transport & General Workers Union, and Mr Tony Murphy, National Officer, Mr Roger Maddison, West Midlands Regional Officer, and Mr Don Waugh, Convenor, Jaguar Browns Lane Plant, Amicus, were examined.
In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Lindsey Hoyle was called to the Chair.
Mr Tony Woodley, General Secretary, and Mr Keith White, Convenor, Jaguar Browns Lane Plant, Transport & General Workers Union, and Mr Tony Murphy, National Officer, Mr Roger Maddison, West Midlands Regional Officer, and Mr Don Waugh, Convenor, Jaguar Browns Lane Plant, Amicus, were further examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at Eleven o'clock.
Wednesday 3 November 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham
Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into future investment into the electricity distribution networks.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 November at half past Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 9 November 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Richard Burden Mr Michael Clapham Mr Nigel Evans Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 November at quarter past Nine o'clock.
Tuesday 16 November 2004
Morning sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Linda Perham
Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
ECGD support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project: Mr John Weiss, Deputy Chief Executive, Mr David Allwood, Business Principles Adviser, and Mr Roger Gotts, Director, ECGD Business Division II, Export Credits Guarantee Department, were examined.
Future investment in the electricity distribution networks: Mr Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive, Mr David Gray, Managing Director, Networks Division, and Mr Martin Crouch, Director, Distribution Networks, Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; and Mr David Smith, Policy Director, Mr Frank Duffy, Engineering Director, and Mr Andy Phelps, Head of Regulation, Energy Networks Association, were examined.
[Adjourned till today at half past Two o'clock.
Tuesday 16 November 2004
Afternoon sitting
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Judy Mallaber Linda Perham
Sir Robert Smith |
The Committee deliberated.
Crown Post Offices: Mr Peter Carr, National Chairman, Ms Kay Dixon, Chairman, Postwatch Greater London and Mr Ian Fisher, Senior Director of Network Policy, Postwatch; Dr Peter Skyte, National Officer, Ms Olivia Fitch, Research Officer and Mr Phillip Pinnell, Executive Committee Member, Amicus-CMA; and Mr Billy Hayes, General Secretary, and Mr Andy Furey, Assistant Secretary, Communication Workers' Union, were examined.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at quarter to Ten o'clock.
Wednesday 17 November 2004
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Miss Julie Kirkbride Judy Mallaber
Linda Perham |
The Committee deliberated.
The Midlands Car Industry: Mr Joe Greenwell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Jaguar Land Rover and Mr David Smith, Chief Executive, Jaguar; and Mr John Edwards, Chief Executive, and Mr Norman Price, Deputy Chairman, Advantage West Midlands, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 November at Nine o'clock
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