HC Deb 26 February 1999 vol 326 cc488-9W
Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the members of the Panel 2000 Task Force, on how many occasions it has met since its establishment; who was present at each meeting; what was discussed; what its work in progress is; and what conclusions it has reached to date. [72966]

Mr. Fatchett

[holding answer 25 February 1999]The members of Panel 2000 are listed. There have been five plenary meetings of the Panel; members, or their representatives, were present as indicated. Panel members received no fee. Additional ideas were generated by sub-groups and input from others in the public and private sectors. The work of the Panel is reflected in a Consultation Document published on 10 September 1998 and placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Following the consultation period the Panel met on 17 December and confirmed the recommendations it had contained. These are now in the process of being implemented, with the contribution of expertise from individual Panel members.

Attendance by member (X) or representative (R)
Member 1 April 6 May 11 June 29 June 17 December
Derek Fatchett MP X X X X X
Lord Alli X X X
Zeinab Badawi X X X X X
Martin Bell MP X X X X
Baroness Blackstone X X
Baroness Chalker R X X
Lord Clinton-Davies X X X
Frances de Souza X X X X
David Drewry/Tom Buchanan X X X X X
Mark Fisher MP R X X
Andrew Fraser X R X X X
Claire Fulton X X X X
Priya Guha X X X X X
Tom Harris X X X X
Sir Michael Jay X X X
David John R X X X
Sir John Kerr X X X X
Mark Leonard X X X X
Lord Levy X X X X
Roger Liddle X X X X
Vivien Life X X X X X
Peter Mandelson MP X X
Lord Marshall R R R R
Ruth Mackenzie X
Lord Paul X X X X X
David Quarmby R X X R X
Shahwar Sadeque X X X X
Judy Simpson X R X
John Sorrell X X X X X
Martin Sorrell X X
Baroness Symons X
Harriet Ware-Austin X X X