Written question asked by Graham Allen (Labour) on Thursday, 11 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 July 2002. It was answered by John McWilliam (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 July 2002 on behalf of the Committee of Selection.

Committee of Selection

Question: To ask the Chairman of the Committee of Selection, if he will take steps to provide, for those hon. Members who request it, notification by email of their nomination to serve on Standing Committees.

Answer: Mr. Allen: To ask the Chairman of the Committee of Selection if he will take steps to provide for those hon. Members who so request, if notification by e-mail of their nomination to serve on Standing Committees. [69762] Mr. McWilliam: The Committee of Selection recently agreed to establish on a trial basis arrangements for notifying hon. Members by e-mail of the meetings of forthcoming Standing and Select Committees to which they have been appointed. The trial encompasses the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, European Standing Committee A and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee and its Sub-Committees. The purposes of the trial are to test the effectiveness, and acceptability to hon. Members, of using e-mail to notify them of Committee meetings and to assess the technical and resource implications of wider e-mail use. Recipients of e-mail notification messages have continued to receive notification cards, as before, I will invite the Committee of Selection to discuss the outcome of the trial and decide how to proceed early in the new session. In addition, hon. Members can already receive e-mail notification of meetings of Standing Committees to which they have been appointed, on request to the Clerk of the Committee of Selection.

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