§ Mr. du Cannasked the Lord President of the Council if he will publish a table for each Session since 1970–71, inclusive, showing the reports of Select Committees which have been debated in the House, the date of the debate, and the nature of the parliamentary occasion, namely, Supply day, Government motion, Opposition motion or Private Member's motion, and the reports which have not been debated.
§ Mr. FootInformation regarding reports debated in Sessions 1970–71 to 1976–77 was set out in my answer to the right hon. Member on 5 December 1977.—[Vol. 940, c. 477–80.] A similar list of reports debated since then is set out in table A below. A list of reports made by Select Committees in Sessions 1970–71 to 1976–77 was included in the table I placed in the Library on 10 January 1978 in response to a Question 7W by the hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley)—[Vol. 941, c. 700.] A list of reports, but excluding special reports, made since then is set out in table B below. These lists do not include reports made by Select Committees charged with functions in respect of Private Bills, nor
TABLE A DEBATES ON REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES IN SESSION 1977–78 AND SESSION 1978–79, TO DATE Committee Report Date Occasion Expenditure … … 1st (1976–77) … 12th June 1978 … Supply Day 11th (1976–77) … 15th January 1979 … Supply Day 2nd (1977–78) … 16th March 1978 … Government Motion 12th (1977–78) … 15th January 1978 … Supply Day House of Commons 4th and 5th (1976–77) 26th January 1978 … Government Motion 7th (1976–77) … 21st February 1978 Government Motion 4th (1977–78) … 29th June 1978 … Government Motion 5th (1977–78) … 28th July 1978 … Government Motion Nationalised Industries … 1st, 2nd and 5th (1977–78) 9th March 1978 … Supply Day Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 1st, and 4th (1977–78) 1st December 1978 Private Member's Motion Public Accounts … … 1st-10th (1976–77) … 9th January 1978 … Suppply Day 1st-10th (1977–78) … 4th December 1978 Supply Day Violence in Marriage … Report (1974–75) … 16th June 1978 … Private Member's Motion in Government time Violence in the Family … 1st (1975–76) and 1st and 2nd (1976–77) 16th June 1978 … Private Member's Motion in Government time
SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS MADE IN SESSIONS 1977–78 AND 1978–79, TO DATE, BUT NOT DEBATED Expenditure— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st, 3rd to 11th, and 13th to 15th Report 1978–79 … … … … … … … 1st and 2nd Report House of Commons (Services)— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st to 3rd and 6th to 10th Report 1978–79 … … … … … … … 1st and 2nd Report Nationalised Industries— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 3rd and 4th and 6th to 10th Report Overseas Development— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st and 2nd Report Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 2nd, 3rd and 5th Report 1978–79 … … … … … … … 1st Report Privileges— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st and 2nd Report 1978–79 … … … … … … … 1st Report Procedure— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st Report Science and Technology— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st to 4th Report Race Relations and Immigration— 1977–78 … … … … … … … 1st Report