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Weekly Information Bulletin: 16th December 2000
A Complete list of Select Committee membership and a Factsheet (No.4) is available on request from the House of Commons Information Office. The list and Factsheet are also on the Parliament Website. The address is http://www.parliament.uk Committee Membership Selection Committee Charlotte Atkins discharged, Mr Graham Allen added Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Mr Edward Leigh discharged, Mrs Ann Winterton added SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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Monday 11th December 2000 |
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AGRICULTURE Subject: The UK Pig Industry Witnesses: National Pig Association; The Rt. Hon. Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
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Tuesday 12th December 2000 |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Delivering Sustainable Waste Management Witnesses: Mr Victor Cocker, Chairman, Waste and Resources Action Programme and Mr Ray Georgeson, Executive Director, Waste Watch and Mr David Dougherty; The Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher, MP, Minister for the Environment |
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WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Wales in the World: The Role of the UK Government in Promoting Wales Abroad Witnesses: British Trade International; The British Council |
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TREASURY Subject: Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England Witnesses: Baroness Noakes, Chairman, Committee of the Non-Executive Directors, Ms Bridget Blow, Ms Frances Heaton, Ms Sheila McKechnie OBE and Sir Ian Gibson |
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Corruption Witness: Mr Mark Malloch-Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme |
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PROCEDURE Subject: Rules Governing the Election of a Speaker Witnesses: Rt Hon Tony Benn MP, Mr Peter Bradley MP, Rt Hon Sir Peter Emery MP; Mr Tam Dalyell MP, Rt Hon David Maclean MP and Rt Hon Sir George Young MP |
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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Recruiting Unemployed People Witness: The Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for Employment, Mr Bill Wells, Chief Labour Economist, DfEE, and Mr Hugh Tollyfield, The Employment Service |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Rail Investment Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, Minister of Transport, and DETR officials |
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Wednesday 13th December 2000 |
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Annual Report of the E Envoy Witness: Ms Patricia Hewitt MP, Minister of State for Small Business and E-Commerce, Department of Trade and Industry |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Rural White Paper Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, and DETR officials |
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AGRICULTURE Subject: Horticulture Research International Witnesses: Horticulture Research International; The Rt. Hon. Baroness Hayman, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
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SOCIAL SECURITY Subject: Integrated Child Credit Witnesses: Inland Revenue, HM Treasury and Department of Social Security officials |
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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: New Deal: An Evaluation Witness: Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath; Mr David Gibson, Chief Executive, Dr John Brennan, Director of Further Education Development, Association of Colleges and Ms Ruth Silver, Principal, Lewisham College |
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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Pre-Budget Report 2000 Witnesses: Mr Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury and HM Treasury Officials |
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NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: Relocation following Paramilitary Intimidation Witnesses: Royal Ulster Constabulary |
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: The Annual Reports of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Health Service Ombudsman for 1999-2000 Witness: Mr Michael Buckley, Parliamentary Ombudsman and Health Service Ombudsman |
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Scientific Advisory System Witnesses: Professor David Bowen, Cardiff University, Professor Alan O'Neill, NERC Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, and Dr Simon Shackley, UMIST |
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Thursday 14th December 2000 |
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TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: HM Treasury Witnesses: Mr Edward Troup, Head of Tax Strategy, Simmons & Simmons; HM Treasury Board of Management |
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Operation of the National Lottery Witnesses: Sport England, National Lottery Charities Board, Heritage Lottery Fund and the Arts Council of England; National Council for Voluntary Organisations; Dr Sue Fisher |
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HEALTH Subject: Public Health Witnesses: British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing, NHS Alliance and the Royal College of General Practitioners |
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FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
18 - 21 DECEMBER 2000
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Monday 18th December 2000 |
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Maintaining the Royal Palaces Witnesses: Mr Robin Young, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Sir Michael Peat, Keeper of the Privy Purse |
4.30p.m. |
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Tuesday 19th December 2000 |
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: OFTEL: Local Loop Unbundling Witnesses: Cable and Wireless, Kingston Communications, Thus and Energis; OnCue Telecommunications, Atlantic Telecom Group and IOMart (at 11.30a.m.) |
10.00a.m. |
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Operation of the National Lottery Witnesses: New Opportunities Fund |
10.20a.m. |
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Annual Report on Human Rights Witness: Mr Peter Hain, MP |
10.30a.m. |
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: OFTEL: Local Loop Unbundling Witnesses: British Telecommunications plc |
4.00p.m. |
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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Wednesday 20th December 2000 |
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JOINT MEETING: EUROPEAN SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE, AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Subject: Market access for least-developed countries and the sugar regime Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Richard Caborn MP and the Rt. Hon Joyce Quin MP |
4.00p.m. |
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: New Deal: An Evaluation Witness: Mr Gary Young and Ms Rebecca Riley, National Institute for Economic and Social Research |
4.00p.m. |
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NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: Relocation following Paramilitary Intimidation Witnesses: Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NIACRO) |
4.15p.m. |
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Scientific Advisory System: Scientific Advice on Climate Change Witnesses: The Rt. Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, and Officials from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
4.15p.m. |
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Making Government Work Witnesses: Mr David Walker, The Guardian and Professor Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics |
4.30p.m. |
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
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Thursday 21st December 2000 |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Delivering Sustainable Waste Management Witness: The Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment |
11.00a.m. |
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Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list. The list is correct as at press (12 noon Friday); For confirmation see Select Committee home pages on the Internet (www.parliament.uk) or telephone the Committee Office dedicated line on 020 7219 2033. This provides recorded information about forthcoming meetings over the next two sitting days. The general enquiry lines for committee activity are 020 7219 3267/4300.
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