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Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Press Notice No. 1 of Session 2001-02, dated 23 July 2001
FIRST MEETING, NEW INQUIRY
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons, which monitors the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, held its first meeting on Thursday of last week, 19 July. The Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman MP was elected Chairman.
The Committee will begin work with a look at the state of play on securing a national stadium for athletics and the proposal to locate this at Picketts Lock, North East London (see http://www.ukathletics.org/london2005/keyfacts.html). This inquiry will take into account the conclusions of the Carter review of options for an English National Stadium and follows up three reports of the former CMS Committee.*
Written evidence is invited from any interested party no later than Monday 1 October. The Committee is aiming to hold oral evidence sessions on 16 and 23 October.
The membership of the Committee is:
Chairman
Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman MP (Lab, Manchester Gorton)
Members
Mr Chris Bryant MP (Lab, Rhondda)
Mr Frank Doran MP (Lab, Aberdeen Central)
Michael Fabricant MP (Con, Lichfield)
Mr Adrian Flook MP (Con, Taunton)
Alan Keen MP (Lab, Feltham and Heston)
Miss Julie Kirkbride MP (Con, Bromsgrove)
Rosemary McKenna MP (Lab, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)
Ms Debra Shipley (Lab, Stourbridge)
John Thurso MP (LD, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Derek Wyatt MP (Lab, Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
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* *Staging International Sporting Events: 3rd Report, 2000-01, HC 286 & 4th Report, 1998-99, HC 124; and Wembley National Stadium: 4th Report, 1999-2000, HC 164.
For Information
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| Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman MP Manchester Gorton, Labour  |
PARENTS Son of Louis Kaufman
DATE OF BIRTH 21 June 1930 EDUCATED Leeds Council Schools, Leeds Grammar School FURTHER EDUCATION The Queen's College, Oxford (MA) RECREATIONS Cinema, theatre, opera, concerts, travel OTHER ORGANISATIONS Member, Poale Zion PROFESSION Journalist MISCELLANEOUS Member, Royal Commission on Lords Reform February 1999- PUBLICATIONS To Build the Promised Land, How to Be a Minister, Inside the Promised Land, My Life in the Silver Screen, How to Be a Minister (updated and revised edition), Co-author: How to Live Under Labour, Editor: The Left, Renewal HONOURS PC 1978, Hilal-i-Pakistan 1999 TRADES UNION Member, GMB CAREER Assistant general secretary, Fabian Society 1954-55, Political staff, Daily Mirror 1955-64, Political correspondent, New Statesman 1964-65, Parliamentary press liaison officer, Labour Party 1965-70 |
| Mr Chris Bryant MP Rhondda, Labour  |
DATE OF BIRTH 11 January 1962
EDUCATED Cheltenham College FURTHER EDUCATION Mansfield College, Oxford (BA English 1983, MA), Ripon College, Cuddesdon (MA CertTheol 1986) RECREATIONS Swimming, theatre OTHER ORGANISATIONS Associate of National Youth Theatre of Great Britain LANGUAGES SPOKEN French, Spanish PROFESSION Head of European Affairs PUBLICATIONS Reclaiming The Ground, Hodder and Stoughton 1993, John Smith: An Appreciation, Hodder and Stoughton 1994, Possible Dreams, Hodder and Stoughton 1995, Stafford Cripps: The First Modern Chancellor, Hodder and Stoughton 1997, Glenda Jackson: The Biography, Harper Collins 1999 TRADES UNION MSF 1994- CAREER Church of England: Ordained Deacon 1986, Priest 1987, Curate All Saints High Wycombe 1986-89, Diocesan youth chaplain Diocese of Peterborough 1989-91, Agent Holborn and St Pancras Labour Party 1991-93, Local government development officer Labour Party 1993-94, London manager Common Purpose 1994-96, Freelance author 1996-98, Head European Affairs BBC 1998- |
| Mr Frank Doran MP Aberdeen Central, Labour  |
PARENTS Son of Francis
Anthony and Betty Hedges Doran DATE OF BIRTH 13 April 1949 EDUCATED Ainslie Park Secondary School, Leith Academy FURTHER EDUCATION Dundee University (LLB 1975) RECREATIONS Cinema, art, football, sport CLUBS Aberdeen Trades Council OTHER ORGANISATIONS Founder Member, Scottish Legal Action Group 1974, Chair, Dundee Association for Mental Health 1979-82 TRADES UNION Member, GMB 1983- CAREER Solicitor 1977-88 |
| Michael Fabricant MP Lichfield, Conservative  |
PARENTS Son of late Isaac
Nathan Fabricant, and of Helena Fabricant, née Freed DATE OF BIRTH 12 June 1950 EDUCATED Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School, Brighton FURTHER EDUCATION Loughborough University (BSc economics and law 1973), Sussex University (MSc systems and econometrics 1974), Oxford University, London University, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA (PhD economics 1978) RECREATIONS Reading, music, fell-walking, skiing, listening to the Omnibus Edition of The Archers CLUBS Rottingdean (Sussex) OTHER ORGANISATIONS Member, Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers 1996- LANGUAGES SPOKEN French, German, Dutch, Hebrew (basic), Russian (basic) PROFESSION Lawyer and Chartered Electronics Engineer LETTERS CEng, FIEE MISCELLANEOUS Presented Bills to strengthen economic and political ties between UK, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Promoted legislation to encourage the flying of the Union Jack FAVOURITE CHARITY SUPPORTED Cancer Research CAREER Economist and founder director, leading broadcast and communications group, manufacturing and commissioning electronics equipment to radio stations in over 50 countries 1980-91, Adviser, Home Office on broadcasting matters, Former radio broadcaster and journalist, Has been an adviser to foreign governments on the establishment and management of radio stations, including the Russian Federation, Has lived and worked extensively in Europe, Africa, the Far East, and former Soviet Union |
| Mr Adrian Flook MP Taunton, Conservative  |
DATE OF BIRTH 9 July 1963
EDUCATED King Edward's School, Bath, Colonel By High School, Ottawa, Canada FURTHER EDUCATION Oxford University (MA history 1985) RECREATIONS Collecting water colours, rugby CLUBS Wellington Conservative OTHER ORGANISATIONS Member: Countryside Alliance, RSPB, Politeia 1997-, Supporter Cancer MacMiIllan Somerset 2000- PROFESSION Business Communications Consultant TRADES UNION BIFU 1992-2000 CAREER Stockbroker 1985-97, Societe General Equities, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Baring Securities, SG Warburg Securities, Consultant Financial Dynamics Business Communications 1997- |
| Alan Keen MP Feltham and Heston, Labour  |
PARENTS Son of late Jack and
Gladys Keen DATE OF BIRTH 25 November 1937 EDUCATED St William Turner's School, Redcar, Cleveland RECREATIONS Playing and listening to music, Association football, athletics CLUBS Feltham Labour, Heston Catholic Social, Hanworth British Legion FAVOURITE CHARITY SUPPORTED Amnesty International TRADES UNION Member, GMB CAREER Part-time tactical scout (assessing opposition tactics) Middlesbrough FC 1967-85, Miscellaneous positions in private industry and commerce, mainly in the fire protection industry 1963-92, Systems analyst, Accountant and manager |
| Miss Julie Kirkbride MP Bromsgrove, Conservative  |
PARENTS Daughter of late
Henry Raymond Kirkbride and Barbara Kirkbride (née Bancroft) DATE OF BIRTH 5 June 1960 EDUCATED Highlands School, Halifax FURTHER EDUCATION Girton College, Cambridge (BA economics and history 1981, MA), Graduate School of Journalism, University of California 1982--83 RECREATIONS Walking, opera PROFESSION Journalist CAREER Researcher, Yorkshire Television 1983-86, Producer, BBC News and Current Affairs 1986-89, ITN 1989-92, Political correspondent, Daily Telegraph 1992-96, Social affairs editor, Sunday Telegraph 1996 |
| Rosemary McKenna CBE MP Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Labour  |
PARENTS Daughter of late
Cornelius Harvey, publican, and late Mary Susan Crossan DATE OF BIRTH 8 May 1941 EDUCATED St Augustine's Comprehensive, Glasgow FURTHER EDUCATION Notre Dame College of Education (Diploma in Primary Education 1974) RECREATIONS Reading, family gatherings, travel OTHER ORGANISATIONS Chair, SLIC (Scottish Libraries and Information Council) 1998- PROFESSION Primary school teacher 1974-94 MISCELLANEOUS Member, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities 1984-, Vice-President 1992-94, President 1994-96 HONOURS CBE TRADES UNION Member: Educational Institute of Scotland, GMB |
| Ms Debra Shipley MP Stourbridge, Labour  |
DATE OF BIRTH 22 June 1957
EDUCATED Kidderminster High School FURTHER EDUCATION Kidderminster College, Oxford Polytechnic (BA history of art and anthropology 1980), London University (MA history of art and architecture 1990) RECREATIONS Walking, cooking/eating OTHER ORGANISATIONS Board Member: Opportunities For Volunteering, Member: Amnesty Patron, Headway Blackcountry LETTERS FRSA MISCELLANEOUS Member: Co-op PUBLICATIONS 17 books TRADES UNION Member, GMB CAREER Writer and Lecturer |
| John Thurso MP Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Liberal Democrat  |
DATE OF BIRTH 10 September
1953 EDUCATED Eton College FURTHER EDUCATION Westminster Technical College CLUBS Brook's, New, Edinburgh OTHER ORGANISATIONS Chair: Bucks Game Conservancy 1990-92, BHA Clubs Panel 1992-, Master Innholders Association 1995-97, President Licensed Victuallers Schools 1996-97, Member: Tourism Society, Patron: Hotel Catering and International Management Association 1997-, Institute of Management Services 1998-, President: Academy of Food and Wine Service 1998-, Tourism Society 2000-, Chair UK Springboard Festival Year 2000 PROFESSION Company director LETTERS FHCIMA 1991, FInstD 1997 PUBLICATIONS Tourism Tomorrow, 1998 FREEDOM OF CITY OF Freeman City of London 1991 CITY LIVERY COMPANY Liveryman Innholders' Company 1997 CAREER Director: Lancaster Hotel 1981-85, Clivedon House Ltd 1987-93, Savoy Hotel plc 1993-98, Managing director Fitness and Leisure Holdings Ltd 1995-, Chair: Thurso Fisheries Ltd 1995-, Scrabstor Harbour Trust 1996-, Director: Profile Recruitment and Management Ltd 1996-, Walker Greenbank plc 1997-, Anton Mosiman Ltd 1997- |
| Derek Wyatt MP Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Labour  |
PARENTS Son of late Reginald
and Margaret Wyatt DATE OF BIRTH 4 December 1949 EDUCATED Westcliff County High School, Colchester Royal Grammar School FURTHER EDUCATION St Luke's College, Exeter (Certificate of Education 1971), Open University (BA art and architecture 1978), St Catherine's College, Oxford (research 1981-82) RECREATIONS Reading, sport, writing, travel, jazz CLUBS RAC, Vincents (Oxford) OTHER ORGANISATIONS Member: RSPB, Charter 88, ANC, Amnesty International, Founded the Women's Sports Foundation 1986, Executive Member, European Media Forum PROFESSION Media and Internet LETTERS FRSA PUBLICATIONS 5 books to date including: Wisecracks From The Movies, 1987; Rugby DisUnion, 1995 AWARDS GRANTED United Nations Commendation (Apartheid in Sport) 1987 TRADES UNION Member, NUJ CAREER Director and a Publisher, William Heinemann 1986-88, Head of Programmes, Wire TV 1994-95, Director, Computer Channel, BSkyB 1995-97 |
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