House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
Formal Minutes
Session 2012–13
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Current membership Mr Adrian Bailey MP (Labour, West Bromwich West) (Chair) Mr Brian Binley MP (Conservative, Northampton South) Paul Blomfield MP (Labour, Sheffield Central) Katy Clark MP (Labour, North Ayrshire and Arran) Mike Crockart MP (Liberal Democrat, Edinburgh South) Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative, Gosport) Julie Elliott MP (Labour, Sunderland Central) Rebecca Harris MP (Conservative, Castle Point) Ann McKechin MP (Labour, Glasgow North) Mr Robin Walker MP (Conservative, Worcester) Nadhim Zahawi MP (Conservative, Stratford-upon-Avon)
The following members were also members of the Committee during the parliament. Luciana Berger MP (Labour, Liverpool, Wavertree) Jack Dromey MP (Labour, Birmingham, Erdington) Margot James MP (Conservative, Stourbridge) Dan Jarvis MP (Labour, Barnsley Central) Simon Kirby MP (Conservative, Brighton Kemptown) Gregg McClymont MP (Labour, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) Nicky Morgan MP (Conservative, Loughborough) Chi Onwurah MP (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne Central) Rachel Reeves MP (Labour, Leeds West) Ian Murray MP (Labour, Edinburgh South) Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat, Bradford East)
Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.
Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet at www.parliament.uk/parliament.uk/bis. A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume.
The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written evidence are available in a printed volume.
Additional written evidence may be published on the internet only.
Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are James Davies (Clerk), Amelia Aspden (Second Clerk), Josephine Willows (Inquiry Manager), Peter Stam (Inquiry Manager), Ian Hook (Senior Committee Assistant), Pam Morris (Committee Assistant), and Henry Ayi-Hyde (Committee Support Assistant).
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Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5777; the Committee’s email address is [email protected].
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Formal Minutes
Sunday 6 to Friday 11 May 2012
The Chair, Paul Blomfield, Julie Elliott, Rebecca Harris, Simon Kirby, Ann McKechin and Mr David Ward travelled to Brazil from 6-11 May 2012 in connection to the Committee’s inquiry into Trade and Investment: Brazil
Wednesday 15 May 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Margot James Paul Blomfield Simon Kirby Katy Clark Ann McKechin Julie Elliott Mr David Ward Rebecca Harris
1. Future Programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Post Office Network Transformation
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Post Office Network Transformation be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Consumer Focus National Federation of SubPostmasters Maureen Coston Carole Campbell Debi Kemp Post Bank Coalition Christopher Swain Rural Shops Alliance Association of Convenience Stores Post Office Limited
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Andy Furey, Sir Barney White-Spunner, and Clive Davenport, Postbank Coalition, and Mark Baker, a representative Postmaster, gave oral evidence.
Mike O’Connor CBE and Andy Burrows, Consumer Focus, and James Lowman, Association of Convenience Stores, gave oral evidence.
Paula Vennells, Post Office Ltd, and George Thomson, National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFS), gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 May at 9.00 a.m.
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Simon Kirby Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Mr David Ward Rebecca Harris Nadhim Zahawi Margot James
1. Apprenticeships
Paul Coxhead, Chief Executive, Logistics Apprenticeship Training Academy, and Neil Bates, Group Chief Executive, Prospects Learning Foundation, gave oral evidence.
John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, and Gila Sacks, Deputy Director of the Apprenticeships Unit, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills/Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 May at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 22 May 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Rebecca Harris Julie Elliott Mr David Ward
1. Future Programme
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Government reform of Higher Education and take evidence on Tuesday 12 June from Rt Hon. David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Executive Pay and take evidence on Thursday 28 June from the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Bank Lending and Business Growth and take evidence on Tuesday 17 July from the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
2. Apprenticeships
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Apprenticeships be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Supplementary evidence from the National Apprenticeship Service
3. Post Office Network Transformation
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Post Office Network Transformation be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Christine Mary Birch John Parr Shoosmith
4. Trade and Investment: Brazil
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Trade and Investment: Brazil be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Shell International City of London Corporation
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ADS Group British Chambers of Commerce UK Trade and Investment British Exporters Association Federation of Small Businesses
Peter Bishop, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jon Coleman, British Exporters Association, Clive Davenport, Federation of Small Businesses and Jaime Gornsztejn, Brazilian Development Bank, Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 June at 10.00 a.m.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Ann McKechin Paul Blomfield Mr David Ward Nadhim Zahawi Katy Clark Rebecca Harris
1. Debt Management
Draft Special Report (Debt Management: Responses to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2010–12), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
The Money Advice Service’s response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
2. Government reform of Higher Education
Draft Special Report (Government reform of Higher Education: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2010–12), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
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The Government’s response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
3. Apprenticeships
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Apprenticeships be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Supplementary evidence from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Further evidence from City & Guilds
4. Post Office Network Transformation
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Post Office Network Transformation be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Supplementary evidence from Post Office Ltd Tim McCormack
5. Progress with Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Regional Growth Fund
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Progress with Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Regional Growth Fund.
6. Student Visas: Follow-up
Resolved, That the Committee take evidence on Tuesday 26 June from Damian Green MP, Minister for Immigration, Home Office; Universities UK; and the Institute of Directors following-up on issues concerning Student Visas.
7. Government reform of Higher Education: Follow-up
Rt Hon. David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 June at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 19 June 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Mr David Ward Julie Elliott
1. Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Government reform of Higher Education: Follow-up
Resolved, That the Committee take evidence on Wednesday 4 July from Rt Hon. David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills following-up on issues concerning Government reform of Higher Education.
[Adjourned till Thursday 21 June at 10.00 a.m.
Thursday 21 June 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Rebecca Harris Ann McKechin
1. Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
Draft Report (The Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property: Where Next?), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, (HC 367).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 June at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 26 June 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Julie Elliott Mr David Ward Rebecca Harris Nadhim Zahawi Margot James
1. Student Visas: Follow-up
Simon Walker, Director-General, Institute of Directors, Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive, and Jo Attwoll, Universities UK, gave oral evidence.
Damian Green MP, Minister for Immigration, and Carolyn Bartlett, Head of Student Migration Policy, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 28 June at 2.30 p.m.
Thursday 28 June 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Katy Clark Ann McKechin Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Post Office Network Transformation
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Apprenticeships
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Executive Pay
Rt Hon. Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Caroline Normand, Deputy Director for Corporate Governance, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Monday 2 July at 4.00 p.m.
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MONDAY 2 JULY 2012
The Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
Business, Innovation Defence Committee Foreign Affairs Committee International and Skills Committee Development Committee
Mr Adrian Bailey John Glen Ann Clwyd Sir Malcolm Bruce Katy Clark Penny Mordaunt Mike Gapes Richard Burden Margot James Bob Stewart Sir John Stanley (in the Chair) Fiona O’Donnell Nadhim Zahawi Rory Stewart Chris White
Sir John Stanley was called to the Chair, in accordance with Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d).
The Committees deliberated, in accordance with Standing Order No. 137A(1)(b).
1. Draft Report: Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government’s Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues
Draft Report (Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government’s Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chair’s draft Report be considered concurrently, in accordance with Standing Order No. 137A (1)(c).
Ordered, That the Chair’s draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 270 read and agreed to.
Annexes 1 to 12 read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to
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The Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees withdrew. Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair Katy Clark Nadhim Zahawi Margot James
BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS COMMITTEE
Draft Report (Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government’s Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Resolved, That the draft Report prepared by the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees, be the Second Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 137A(2) be applied to the Report.
Ordered, That Sir John Stanley make the Joint Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No.134 (Select committees (reports)).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 July at 10.00 a.m.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Mr David Ward Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi
1. Petition to the House
The Committee considered the petition to the House from the residents of Scunthorpe, concerning the changes to Sunday trading hours brought in by the Sunday Trading (London Olympic and Paralympic Games) Act.
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2. Post Office Network Transformation
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Post Office Network Transformation be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Supplementary evidence from Post Office Ltd
3. Trade and Investment: Brazil
Nick Baird, Chief Executive Officer, UK Trade and Investment, and Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 July at 2.30 p.m.
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Julie Elliott Paul Blomfield Simon Kirby Katy Clark Nadhim Zahawi
1. Government reform of Higher Education: Follow-up
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Government reform of Higher Education: Follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Million+
Rt Hon. David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 July at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 10 July 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Margot James Katy Clark Ann Mckechin Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi
1. Progress on Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Regional Growth Fund
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Progress on Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Regional Growth Fund be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Industrial Communities Alliance Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Enterprise M3 Institute of Economic Development (IED) Trades Union Congress Buckinghamshire Business First Creative Skillset Smith Institute Civil Engineering Contractors Association Coventry University Business School Campaign to Protect Rural England Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd (SMMT) Federation of Small Businesses UK Contractors Group Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership National Farmers' Union Royal Town Planning Institute Hampshire County Council Tees Valley Unlimited North East LEP Oxfordshire County Council EEF Limited National Housing Federation
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Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership Northumbria University Association of Colleges Devon County Council
2. Apprenticeships
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Apprenticeships be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
National Apprenticeship Service (Supplementary)
3. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Post Office Network Transformation
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 July at 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Margot James
1. Post Office Network Transformation
Draft Report (Post Office Network Transformation: a progress report), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, (HC 84).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 July at 11.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 17 July 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Margot James Katy Clark Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Nadhim Zahawi Julie Elliott
1. Declaration of interests
Mike Crockart declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Petition to the House
The Committee considered the petition to the House from Mr D Pickerill, on the subject of Citroën (Car Charges).
3. Progress on Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Regional Growth Fund
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Student Visas: Follow-up
The Committee considered this matter.
5. Bank Lending and Business Growth
Rt Hon. Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, , gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 9 August at 2.00 p.m.
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Thursday 9 August 2012
Members present:
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Margot James
In the absence of the Chair, Mr Brian Binley was called to the chair.
1. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 September at 10.00 a.m.
Tuesday 4 September 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Margot James Katy Clark Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Nadhim Zahawi Julie Elliott
1. Overseas Students and Net Migration
Draft Report (Overseas Students and Net Migration), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, (HC 425).
2. Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
Draft Special Report (The Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property: Where next?: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2012–13), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the First Report from the Committee in Session 2012–13 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
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Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
3. Progress on LEPs and the Regional Growth Fund
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Women in the Workplace
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Women in the Workplace.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 September at 10.00 a.m.
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Rebecca Harris Mike Crockart Ann McKechin Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi
1. Petition to the House
The Committee considered the petition to the House from residents of Bristol West constituency, on the subject of Post Offices (Clifton, Bristol)
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Progress on LEPs and the Regional Growth Fund
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Progress on Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Regional Growth Fund be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
The LEP Network Black Country Reinvestment Society (BCRS) Northern Pinetree Trust Sunderland Software City
Mark Reeve, Interim Chair, Greater Cambridgeshire and Greater Peterborough LEP, David Frost, Chair, LEP Network, Adrian Shooter, Chair, Oxfordshire LEP, James
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Newman, Sheffield City Region LEP, and Linda Edworthy, Director of Policy and Strategy, Tees Valley Unlimited, gave oral evidence.
Paul Kalinauckas, Chief Executive, Black Country Reinvestment Society, Roger Salomone, Head of Business Environment, EEF Ltd, Sumita Shah, Technical Manager, Public Sector, Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW), Michael Leithrow, General Manager, Northern Pinetree Trust, Philip Ray, Finance Administration Manager, Steelite International, David Dunn, Chief Executive, Sunderland Software City, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 October at 9.00 a.m.
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Julie Elliott Paul Blomfield Rebecca Harris Katy Clark Ann McKechin Mike Crockart
1. Petition to the House
The Committee considered the petition to the House from residents of Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency, on the subject of Post Office facilities (Bargeddie).
2. Women in the Workplace
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Progress on LEPs and the Regional Growth Fund
Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 October at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 23 October 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Mike Crockart Paul Blomfield Rebecca Harris Katy Clark Ann McKechin
1. Women in the Workplace
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Post Office Network Transformation
Draft Special Report (Post Office Network Transformation: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2012–13), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s Response to the Third Report from the Committee in Session 2012– 13 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
3. The Insolvency Service
Dr Richard Judge, Inspector General and Chief Executive, and Graham Horne, Deputy Inspector General, The Insolvency Service, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 25 October at 9.30 a.m.
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Thursday 25 October 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin
1. Apprenticeships
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Women in the Workplace
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Women in the Workplace be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
UK Government 30% Club Architects for Change Association of Revenue and Customs British Bankers’ Association Campaign for Merit in Business Childcare Voucher organisations (Comptershare Voucher Services, Edenred, Grass Roots Group and Sodexo Motivation Solutions Discrimination Law Association Electrical Contractors’ Association Employment Lawyers Association FDA Gingerbread Hy Consulting and Associates Investment Management Association Mentoring Foundation Steven Moxon National Association of Pension Funds Ltd Open University Swayne O’Pie Opportunity Now Pact Quoted Companies Alliance Retail Motor Industry Federation Royal Academy of Engineering Royal Aeronautical Society Royal College of Midwives
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Royal College of Physicians TUC UNISON Women in Science and Engineering Campaign (WISE) Working Families [Adjourned till Tuesday 30 October at 10.00 a.m.
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Julie Elliott Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Katy Clark Nadhim Zahawi Mike Crockart
1. Apprenticeships
Draft Report (Apprenticeships), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, (HC 83-I).
2. Women in the Workplace
Ordered, That Karon Monaghan QC be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in its inquiry Women in the Workplace.
3. BIS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12
Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Martin Donnelly, Permanent Secretary, and Howard Orme, Director General: Finance and Commercial, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 November at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 20 November 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Katy Clark Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Mr Robin Walker Caroline Dinenage Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Declaration of interests
Caroline Dinenage and Mr Robin Walker declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Paperless working
Resolved, That the Committee move to electronic only circulation of committee papers.
3. Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Women in the Workplace
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Women in the Workplace be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• iNHouse Communications • Charlotte Dunford • Sheila Wild
Danna Walker, Chair, Architects for Change, Professor Jane Dacre, Royal College of Physicians, and Sheila Wild, consultant, gave oral evidence.
Diane Johnson, Electrical Contractors’ Association, Ms Bola Fatimilehin, Head of Diversity, Royal Academy of Engineering, and Clare Walker, Royal Aeronautical Society, gave oral evidence.
Mike Buchanan, Chief Executive, Campaign for Merit in Britain, Steven Moxon, researcher and author, Dr Catherine Hakim, sociologist, and Heather McGregor, Director, Taylor Bennett, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 November at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 27 November 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Katy Clark Mr Robin Walker Mike Crockart Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Specialist Adviser: Declaration of interests
Karon Monaghan QC declared that she had the following interests in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into Women in the Workplace:
(i) She is a member of the Discrimination Law Association; (ii) She has advised the Fawcett Society voluntarily on occasion; and (iii) She has also advised Unison on occasion.
2. Paperless working
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Committees on Arms Export Controls
Resolved, That Mr Robin Walker substitute for Margot James as a nominated member of the Committee on the Committees on Arms Export Controls.
4. Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
The Committee considered this matter.
5. Progress on Local Enterprise Partnerships
The Committee considered this matter.
6. Women in the Workplace
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Women in the Workplace be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Heather McGregor • The Fawcett Society • Supplementary evidence submitted by the Campaign for Merit in Business
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Brona Reeves (Barclays) and Jemima Coleman (Herbert Smith Freehills), Employment Lawyers Association; Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive, Working Families; and Denise Linay, Royal College of Midwives, gave oral evidence.
Ceri Goddard, Chief Executive, and Daisy Sands, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Fawcett Society; Helen Wells, Director, and Rachael Saunders, Head of Communications & Policy, Opportunity Now; and Sophie Garner, Discrimination Law Association, gave oral vidence.
Sarah Veale, Head of Equality and Employment Rights, Trades Union Congress (TUC); Ro Marsh, National Officer, First Division Association (FDA); and Sharon Greene, National Women's Officer, Unison, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 December at 9.00 a.m.
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Julie Elliott Katy Clark Ann McKechin Caroline Dinenage Mr Robin Walker
1. BIS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the BIS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
2. Lord Heseltine’s Report, No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Women in the Workplace
The Committee considered this matter.
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Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Women in the Workplace be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Jeanette Ashton • Mary Reed • Linda Wells • Helen Hernandez • Dr Ruth Levitt and William Solesbury, Visiting Senior Research Fellows, King’s College London, Dept of Political Economy • Fair Play South West • Workpond Ltd
Helena Morrissey, founder of 30% Club, and Chief Executive of Newton Investment Management, Liz Murrall, Investment Management Association, Tim Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Quoted Companies Alliance, and Debbie Crosbie, Director of Operations and IT, Clydesdale Bank, gave oral evidence.
Dr Ashley Steel, Vice Chairman, KPMG, and Peninah Thomson OBE, The Mentoring Foundation, gave oral evidence.
Anya Hindmarch MBE, fashion accessories designer, Dr Margaret Mountford, lawyer, trustee for the Bright Ideas Trust, which helps young people to set up their own business, adviser on The Apprentice, from 2005 to 2009, Marie O’Riordan, freelance consultant as Editor in chief of John Brown. Former editor of Marie Claire, Elle, and More!, and Heather Rabbatts CBE, first female Non-Executive Director of the Football Association, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 6 December at 10.30 a.m.
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Thursday 6 December 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Katy Clark Rebecca Harris Julie Elliott Ann McKechin
1. Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Women in the Workplace
The Committee considered this matter.
Sir David Normington GCB, Civil Service Commissioner, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 December at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 11 December 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Mr Brian Binley Rebecca Harris Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Robin Walker Caroline Dinenage Nadhim Zahawi Julie Elliott
1. Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long- Term Decision Making.
2. Lord Heseltine’s Report, No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth
The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine of Thenford CH, gave oral evidence.
Resolved, That the Committee take evidence further evidence from Lord Heseltine in January 2013. [Adjourned till Tuesday 18 December at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 18 December 2012
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Robin Walker Caroline Dinenage Nadhim Zahawi Julie Elliott
1. Future programme
Resolved, That the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills be invited to give oral evidence to the Committee in early 2013 on matters relating to the BIS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12
2. Post Office Network Transformation: Follow-up
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Post Office Network Transformation: Follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) • Communication Workers Union (CWU) • Consumer Focus • John Parr, a subpostmaster • PayPoint
3. Ipads and paperless working
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Women in the Workplace
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRAS, British astrophysicist, Chair of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s inquiry into Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Kate Sloyan, Doctoral Prize Fellow in the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, and the Institute of Physics’ 2012 Very Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year Award, and Helen Wollaston, Director, and Trudy Norris Grey, Chair, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Campaign, gave oral evidence.
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director, DG Justice, Directorate D Equality, European Commission, gave oral evidence.
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Claire Martinsen, founder, Breckland Orchard, Emma Heathcote-James, founder, Little Soap Company, and Mike Cherry, Policy Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, gave oral evidence.
Baroness Margaret Prosser of Battersea, former Deputy Chair and also former Interim Chair, Mark Hammond, Chief Executive Officer, and Karen Jockelson, Director of the Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Thursday 10 January 2013 at 10.00 a.m.
Thursday 10 January 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Robin Walker Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Women in the Workplace
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Apprenticeships
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 January 2013 at 9.45 a.m.
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Tuesday 15 January 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Mike Crockart Robin Walker Caroline Dinenage Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Apprenticeships
Draft Special Report (Apprenticeships: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2012–13), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee in Session 2012– 13 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
2. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. BIS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Women in the Workplace
Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE, Chair, Fiona Woolf CBE, a member, and Eddie Gray, a member, Women's Business Council, gave oral evidence.
Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Jo Swinson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 January 2013 at 11.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 22 January 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Robin Walker Rebecca Harris Nadhim Zahawi Ann McKechin
1. Groceries Code Adjudicator
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. BIS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12
Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, and Rt Hon. David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 January 2013 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 29 January 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Caroline Dinenage Robin Walker Rebecca Harris Nadhim Zahawi
1. The Insolvency Service
Draft Report (The Insolvency Service), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, (HC 675).
2. Women in the Workplace
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Groceries Code Adjudicator
Resolved, That the Committee hold a pre-appointment hearing on Wednesday 27 February with Christine Tacon, the Government’s preferred candidate for the position of Groceries Code Adjudicator.
4. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
5. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making
The Committee discussed this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
UK Government Philip Goldenberg Standard Chartered Bank Albion Venture LLP Russell Investment Aviva plc
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FairPensions Association of General Counsel and Company Secretaries of the FTSE 100 (GC 100) BT Pensions Scheme Management Ltd (BTPSM), Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Ltd and Railpen Investments (RPMI) National Association of Pension Funds Ltd Quoted Companies Alliance BlackRock UK Shareholders Association Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) Tomorrow’s Company Investment Management Association
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 February 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Caroline Dinenage Robin Walker Rebecca Harris
1. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making
Professor John Kay, Chair of the Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 February 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 12 February 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Rebecca Harris Robin Walker
1. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Committee Twitter account
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Supplementary Estimates
Ordered, That the following Supplementary Estimates Memoranda 2012–13 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills • UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) • Export Credit Guarantees Department (ECGD) • Royal Mail Statutory Pension Schemes • UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Pension Schemes
4. Lord Heseltine’s Report, No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth
The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine of Thenford CH, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 14 February 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
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Thursday 14 February 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Rebecca Harris Robin Walker
1. Open Access
The Committee discussed this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Open Access be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Department for Business Innovation and Skills • Dr Martin Paul Eve • Harvey Goldstein and Professor Bynner • Kathryn Toledano • Royal Entomological Society • London Mathematical Society • Professor John Houghton/Dr Alma Swan • Dr Dan Stowell • University of Leeds • Emerald Group Publishing Limited • British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies • European Group for Organization Studies • British Ornithologists' Union • British Agricultural History Society • Tony Hey • Institute of Mathematics and its Applications • Dr Heather Morrison • Royal Anthropological Institute • Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society • Royal Historical Society • University Council for Modern Languages • American Philological Association • Council of University Classics Departments • British Psychological Society • Professor Stephen Curry • University of Hertfordshire • Journal of Southern African Studies
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• Council for the Defence of British Universities • BMJ Group • Peter Carroll • Creative Commons Corporation and Creative Commons UK • Wellcome Trust • The Classical Association, The Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies • Journal of Commonwealth Literature • History UK (HE) • British Educational Research Association • Professor Peter Murray-Rust • Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) • Frederick J Friend • Royal Society of Chemistry • Association for Learning Technology • Dr Michael P Taylor • UK Computing Research Committee • Social History Society of the UK • Political Studies Association of the UK • Research Libraries UK (RLUK) • Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society Ltd • British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) • Royal Astronomical Society • Society of Biology • The Royal Society • Agricultural Economics Society • The Fisheries Society of the British Isles • Royal Statistical Society • Research Councils UK • Open University • African Studies Assn of the UK and SCOLMA • Professor Stephen Bailey and Professor John Bell • University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) • British Association for American Studies • The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) • University College London (UCL) • United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories (UKCoRR) • Wiley • Institute of Physics • Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
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• The Russell Group • Zoological Society of London (ZSL) • Council for College and University English and the English Association • Editors of History Journals • Socio-Legal Studies Association • Ross Mounce • Antiquity Publications Ltd • Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) • British Sociological Association • PLOS • British Academy • Academy of Social Sciences • SPARC Europe (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) • British International Studies Association (BISA) • The Publishers Association • Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) • SAGE Publications Ltd • Physiological Society • Regional Studies Association • Geological Society of London • National Union of Students (NUS) • Tavistock Institute of Human Relations • Ubiquity Press • Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) • Professor Abby Ghobadian, Professor Yehuda Baruch and Professor Mustafa Özbilgin • British Academy of Management • Institute of Science and Technology • Professor Stevan Harnad • Association of Medical Research Charities
2. The Kay Review of the UK Equity Market and Long-Term Decision Making
Rt Hon Lord Myners CBE, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 February 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 26 February 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Caroline Dinenage Robin Walker Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Supplementary Estimates
Ordered, That the Supplementary Estimates Memoranda 2012–13 for the Office of Fair Trading be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. The Kay Review of the UK Equity Market and Long-Term Decision Making
Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive Officer, and Christine Berry, Head of Policy and Research, FairPensions, Simon Wong, Visiting Fellow, LSE & Partner, Governance for Owners, and Dr Paul Woolley, Head of the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, gave oral evidence.
Dominic Rossi, Global Chief Investment Officer, Fidelity Worldwide, Anne Richards, Chief Investment Officer, Aberdeen Asset Management, Harlan Zimmerman, Senior Partner, Cevian Capital, and Roger Gray, Chief Investment Officer, Universities Superannuation Scheme, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27 February 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
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Wednesday 27 February 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Rebecca Harris Mike Crockart Ann McKechin Caroline Dinenage Robin Walker Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi
1. Too Little, Too Late: Committee’s observations on the Government Response to the Report on Overseas Students and Net Migration
Draft Report (Too Little, Too Late: Committee’s observations on the Government Response to the Report on Overseas Students and Net Migration), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, HC 1015.
2. Pre-appointment hearing for the post of Groceries Code Adjudicator
Christine Tacon, the Government’s preferred candidate, gave oral evidence.
Draft Report (Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for the post of Groceries Code Adjudicator), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Eighth Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13, HC 1011.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 March 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 5 March 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Brian Binley Paul Blomfield Katy Clark Caroline Dinenage Julie Elliott Rebecca Harris Nadhim Zahawi
1. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Options for a debate on Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Invitation from Google and British Retail Consortium to breakfast event to discuss online retail trends and the relationship between the Internet and the High Street
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Publication of written evidence on the internet: BIS Annual Report and Accounts
Ordered, That the following supplementary written evidence from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Note on Consideration of extending VAT exemption to for-profit HE providers – Tax Impact Assessment • Note on HEI’s legal forms
5. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making
Anita Skipper, Corporate Governance Adviser, and Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors, Neil Woodford, Head of UK Equities, Invesco Perpetual and Chris Hitchen, Member of Kay Advisory Board team and Chief Executive, RailPen, gave oral evidence.
Daniel Godfrey, Chief Executive, and Guy Sears, Director, Investment Management Association, Penny Shepherd, Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association and Matthew Fell, Director of Competitive Markets, Confederation of British Industry, gave oral evidence.
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[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 March 2013 at 10.00 a.m. Tuesday 12 March 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Katy Clark Rebecca Harris Mike Crockart Ann McKechin Caroline Dinenage Robin Walker Julie Elliott
1. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the UK Retail Sector.
Resolved, That the Committee take evidence from UCAS and Professor Les Ebdon, Director of the Office for Fair Access on Tuesday 19 March.
2. Options for a debate on Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Invitation from Google and British Retail Consortium to breakfast event to discuss online retail trends and the relationship between the Internet and the High Street
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Women in the Workplace
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 March 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 19 March 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Paul Blomfield Ann McKechin Katy Clark Robin Walker Julie Elliott Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Open Access
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Aviva plc (Supplementary) • ShareAction (formerly FairPensions) (Supplementary) • UK Shareholders' Association (Supplementary) • Harlan Zimmerman • Fidelity Worldwide • Fidelity Worldwide (Supplementary) • Dr Paul Woolley • USS Investment Management Limited
3. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Options for a debate on Overseas Students and Net Migration
The Committee discussed this matter.
5. Office for Fair Access
Mary Curnock Cook, Chief Executive, UCAS, gave oral evidence.
Professor Les Ebdon, Director of the Office for Fair Access, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 March 2013 at 11.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 26 March 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Brian Binley Ann McKechin Paul Blomfield Robin Walker Mike Crockart Nadhim Zahawi Julie Elliott
1. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Women in the Workplace
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Women in the Workplace be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Dr Peter Jones • Professor Tom Schuller • Alastair Macleod • Scottish Womens Convention • Clydesdale Bank PLC • Institute of Physics • Engineer Graduates and Hi-vis Trust • Catherine Hakim (supplementary) • Dr Hazel Conley, Dr Susan Durbin, Professor Sian Moore and Dr Tessa Wright • E Joyce • Maggy Pigott CBE • Directors UK • Women and Manual Trades • Dr Linda Grant and Professor Sue Yeandle • Chartered Management Institute • WEN Wales • Aberdeen Asset Management PLC • Women 1st • Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion • Maternity Action • The Women's Engineering Society • Catalyst • Constructing Equality Ltd
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• Suzanne Delaney • Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) • Dr Sue Johnson
3. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making
Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 April 2013 at 9.00 a.m.
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Members present:
Mr Adrian Bailey, in the Chair
Brian Binley Ann McKechin Paul Blomfield Robin Walker Mike Crockart Nadhim Zahawi Rebecca Harris
1. Main Estimate 2013-14
Ordered, That the Main Estimates Memorandum 2013–14 for UK Export Finance be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
2. Open Access
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Open Access be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
• Professor Stevan Harnad • Rolls Royce plc • Universities UK
Dr Audrey McCulloch, Chief Executive, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP); Professor Chris Wickham, Vice-President and Publications Secretary, the British Academy; Dr Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director, Public Library of Science (PLoS); and Dr Alicia Wise, Director of Universal Access, Reed Elsevier, gave oral evidence.
Professor Stevan Harnad, Professor of Web Science, University of Southampton; David Sweeney, Director (Research, Innovation and Skills), HEFCE; Professor Douglas Kell,
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Information Champion, RCUK, and Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); and Dr Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Consultancy, Director of Advocacy for SPARC Europe, gave oral evidence.
Dr Martin Paul Eve, Lecturer in English, University of Lincoln; Professor Andrew Massey, Political Studies Association; Professor Ian Walmsley, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research at Oxford University, the Russell Group; and Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Vice- Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, and Chair of Universities UK’s Research Policy Network gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 April 2013 at 10.00 a.m.
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Appendix CROCKART, Mike (Edinburgh West)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for completing surveys: Received £75. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 28 November 2011) Received £75. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 12 December 2011)
DINENAGE, Caroline (Gosport)
1. Directorships
Dinenages Ltd, trading as Recognition Express Southern London Road Horndean PO8 0BL, manufacturer of corporate identity products.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
8 March 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 January 2012)
15 April 2011, payment of £150. Hours: 1 hr 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
28 April 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 January 2012)
10 May 2011, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
26 May 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 January 2012)
24 June 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 January 2012)
26 July 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 January 2012)
20 October 2011, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
29 November 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 January 2012)
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Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone St, London EC1Y 8RT, for opinion surveys:
22 July 2011, payment of £200. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 6 January 2012)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion surveys:
19 July 2011, payment of £150. Hours: 1 hr 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Address of donor: South Block, New Delhi 110 011
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights to and from India and internal flights, hotel accommodation, food and other travel; total approximately £8,000.
Destination of visit: India
Date of visit: 17-24 September 2011
Purpose of visit: as part of a delegation of the Conservative Friends of India at the invitation of the High Commission in London and the Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi, meeting politicians and businessmen in Delhi and Mumbai.
(Registered 7 November 2011)
9. Shareholdings
(a) Dinenages Ltd trading as Recognition Express
WALKER, Robin (Worcester)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Finsbury Limited, (financial communications advisory), Tenter House, 45 Moorfields London EC2 9AE. Employment ended 31 March 2012.
Received £2,500 for October 2011. Hours: 0. (Registered 7 November 2011)
Received £2,500 for November 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 8 December 2011)
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Received £2,500 for December 2011. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 11 January 2012)
Received £2,500 for January 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 20 February 2012)
Received £2,500 for February 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 5 March 2012)
Received £2,500 for March 2012. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 April 2012)
3. Clients
Clients of Finsbury Limited advised by me:
Morgan Crucible plc, The Morgan Crucible Company plc Quadrant 55-5 High St Windsor Berkshire SL4 1LP, specialist materials company (until October 2011)
Rio Tinto plc, 2 Eastbourne Terrace London W2 6LG, diversified mining company
Vedanta Resources plc, 16 Berkeley Street London W1J 8DZ, diversified mining company
African Barrick Gold plc, c/o Shearman and Sterling (London LLP, Broadgate West 9 Appold Street London EC2A 2AP, gold mining company
Hochschild Mining plc, 46 Albemarle Street London W1S 4JL, precious metals mining company
CRH plc, Belgard Castle Clondalkin Dublin 22 Ireland, building materials company
NSG Pilkington Ltd, Alexandra Business Park Prescott Road St Helens Merseyside
WA10 3TT, building materials company (Until November 2011)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
Name of donor: Griffin Enamellers Ltd
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Address of donor: Unit 3, Navigation Road, Diglis Industrial Estate, Worcester WR5 3DE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,499
Donor status: company no 02081837
(Registered 21 February 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: (1) Worcester Chinese Association; (2) Lady Walker
Address of donor: (1) 61 Lowesmoor, Worcester WR1 2RS; (2) private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) £750; (2) £300.
The delegation received hospitality in China from the University of Worcester in Nanning; Goldlion Holdings in Guangzhou; Wragge & Co and Handelsbanken in Guangzhou.
Destination of visit: Guangzhou & Nanning
Date of visit: 8-13 October 2012
Purpose of visit: supporting Worcester businesses on trade mission organised by the Worcestershire Ambassadors
(Registered 18 October 2012)