§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list the(a) titles and (b) publication dates of reports by Select Committees which have not yet been debated by Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
Committee HC Paper No. Title Date of formal report (in Votes and Proceedings) Date of Publication Agriculture First 258 Arrangement for the importation of bananas into the United Kingdom—interim report 9 December 1992 12 January 1993 1 Defence First 218 Statement on the Defence Estimates 1992 11 November 1992 30 November 1992 Second 306 Britain's Army for the 90s: Commitments and Resources 14 January 1993 [not yet published] Employment First 308 Employment in the horseracing industry and the new VAT regime after 1 January 1993 9 December 1992 16 December 1992 Second 263 Employment consequences of British Coal's Proposed Pit Closures 13 January 1993 21 January 1993 Foreign Affairs First 205 Europe after Maastricht—interim report 4 November 1992 19 November 1992 Health First 321 NHS Trusts—interim conclusions and proposals for further inquiries 30 November 1992 16 December 1992 Second 221 The European Commission's Proposed Directive on the Advertising of Tobacco Products 14 December 1992 20 January 1993 Home Affairs First 265 Accountability of the Security Service 14 December 1992 13 January 1993 National Heritage First 249-I Export of Works of Art 3 November 1992 11 January 19932 Second 249-II Export of Works of Art 12 November 1992 11 January 1993 Third 389 National Lottery etc. Bill 14 January 1993 20 January 1993 Science and Technology First 228 The policy and organisation of the Office of Science and Technology 10 December 1992 17 December 1992 Social Security First 189 The operation of pension funds—the recovery of assets 15 December 1992 12 January 1993 Second 359 Low income families 1979–1989 15 December 1992 14 January 1993 Transport First 375 Future of the Railways in the Light of the Government's White Paper Proposals: Interim Report 13 January 1993 20 January 1993 Treasury and Civil Service First 210 The 1992 Autumn Statement and the conduct of economic policy 16 December 1992 13 January 1993 1 Published in typescript on 9 December 1992. 2 Published in typescript on 3 November 1992 and in printed form in one volume with Second Report. The following select committee reports have been debated this session:
1. Second Report of the Environment Committee 1991–92 HC 17 on Coastal Zone Protection debated on Estimates day on 10 December 1992.
2. Public Accounts Committee: 36th to 43rd Reports 1990–91, 1st to 24th Reports 1991–92 and 1st to 11th Reports 1992–93 on 28 October 1992.
3. Report of the Sittings of the House Committee 1991–92 HC 20-I on 13 July 1992.
4. Members' Interests: First Report 1990–91 and Second Report 1991–92 on 23 June 1992.
In addition, the following committee reports have been listed as relevant for debate on the Order Paper on the dates shown below: Treasury and Civil Service Committee: 6 November 1992; BCCI Bingham Report, Second Report (HC26 1991–92) and Fourth Report
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§ Mr. NewtonDetails of the debates on select committee reports are given in the Sessional Returns for each Session from 1987–88 to 1991–92, copies of which are in the Library.
The substantive reports from departmentally-related select committees this Session up to 25 January 1993 are as follows:
819W(HC177 1991–92), Third Special (HC302 1991–92), First Special Report (HC178 1992–93), Second Special (HC248 1992–93) National Heritage Committee: 25 January 1993: Third Report on the National Lottery etc. Bill.
There remain in the current session two and a half Estimates days on which select committee reports will be debated.