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Weekly Information Bulletin: 20th January 2001

SELECT COMMITTEES

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


SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
15 - 18 JANUARY 2001

Committee Membership

Armed Forces Bill

Mr David ClellandMr David CrausbyMr Quentin Davies<
Mr Paul KeetchMr Robert KeyDr Lewis Moonie<
Mr John RandallMr John SpellarRachel Squire
Ms Dari TaylorMr Dave Watts

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

House of Commons

Mr Desmond BrownSir Patrick CormackJean Corston
Mr Robert MaclennanMr Andrew MillerMr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West)

House of Lords

Not appointed yet

Tax Simplification (Joint Committee)

House of Commons

Mr Joe AshtonMr Kenneth ClarkeMr Edward Davey
Ms Ruth KellyMr Richard OttowayMr Chris Pond
Dawn Primarolo
House of Lords
Lord BlackwellLord BrightwellBaroness Cohen of Pimlico
Lord GoodhartLord HaskelLord Howe of Aberavon

Monday 15th January 2001

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Major Projects Report 2000: Case Studies

Witnesses: Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement, Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, KCB, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), Ministry of Defence

   


Tuesday 16th January 2001

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Corruption

Witnesses: Dr Anne Cockcroft, Senior Research Fellow and Professor Neil Andersson, Executive Director; CIET International; Mr Simon Taylor, Global Witness

   

WELSH AFFAIRS

Subject: Wales in the World: The Role of the UK Government in Promoting Wales Abroad

Witnesses: UK Sport and the Welsh Rugby Union; S4C

   

TREASURY

Subject: Banking

Witnesses: Ms Michelle Childs, Head of Policy Research, and Mr Phil Evans, Principal Policy Adviser, Consumers' Association; Ms Jill Johnstone, Head of Policy, Research and Strategy, National Consumer Council; Mr Christopher Pearson, Chief Executive, and Mr Richard Tyson-Davies, Head of Public Affairs, Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS), Mr Michael Hawkins, Chairman, MasterCard/Europay UK Limited, and Mr Etienne Goosse, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Europay International and Mr Tim Sweeney, Director General, British Bankers' Association (BBA)

   

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS:

ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Cemeteries

Witnesses: Mr Giles Dolphin, Planning Officer, Greater London Authority, and Professor Douglas J. Davies, Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Durham; Heritage Task Group, Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Churches Group on Funeral Services at Cemeteries and Crematoria; Confederation of Burial Authorities

   


Wednesday 17th January 2001

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Higher Education: Student Retention

Witnesses: Quality Assurance Agency

   

AGRICULTURE

Subject: The Implementation of IACS in the European Union

Witnesses: Mr Don Curry CBE, Chairman of the IACS and Inspections Working Group;

National Farmers' Union of England and Wales

   

DEFENCE

Subject: Ministry of Defence Annual Reporting Cycle

Witnesses: Mr Kevin Tebbit CMG, Permanent Secretary, Mr Colin Balmer, Principal Finance Officer, Mr Nick Witney, Director General (Equipment) and Mr David Gould, Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence

   

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

Subject: The Drinks Industry in Scotland

Witnesses: The Belhaven Brewery Company Limited; The Gin and Vodka Association of Great Britain; The Institute for Fiscal Studies

   

SOCIAL SECURITY

Subject: Integrated Child Credit

Witness: Professor John Veit-Wilson, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

   

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: New Deal: An Evaluation

Witnesses: Mr Victor Adebowale, Centrepoint, Mr Paul Convery, Unemployment Unit and Youthaid and Mr Fajid Butt, Policy and Information Officer, Black Training and Enterprise Group

   

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS:

TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Transport-related Executive Agencies of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Witnesses: Driving Standards Agency; Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency, Vehicle Certification Agency and Vehicle Inspectorate

   

NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS

Subject: Parades Commission

Witnesses: Northern Ireland Office

   

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Major Projects Report 2000

Witness: Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence

   

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Subject: Making Government Work

Witnesses: Mr Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Performance and Innovation Unit and Ms Ann Steward, Director of E-government, Office of the E-envoy

   


Thursday 18th January 2001

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

Subject: Pre-Budget Report: fuel duties

Witnesses: Mr John Mumford, Director, BP Oil UK and Mr Paul Beckwith, Fuel and Environment Manager, BP Oil; Mr Detlef Frank, Director of Science and Traffic Policy, BMW Ag; Mr Bernard Carey, Director, London Liaison Office, BMW Group; Mr Malcolm Fergusson, Senior Fellow, Institute of European Environmental Policy

   

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Subject: The Operation of the National Lottery

Witnesses: The National Lottery Commission

   

HEALTH

Subject: Public Health

Witnesses: British Heart Foundation and Sport England; Kate Hoey MP, Minister for Sport, Department of Culture, Media and Sport

   

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Higher Education: Student Retention

Witness: Sir Howard Newby, President of Universities UK and Chief Executive-Designate, HEFCE

   


Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
23 - 25 January 2001

Tuesday 23rd January 2001

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS:

ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE *

Subject: Cemeteries

Witnesses: National Association of Memorial Masons; New Opportunities Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund (at 10.20a.m.); English Heritage(at 10.40a.m.); The Rt. Hon. Paul Boateng, MP, Minister of State, Home Office, and the Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong, MP, Minister for Local Government and the Regions, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions ( at 11.20a.m.)

10.00a.m.

8

TRADE AND INDUSTRY *

Subject: UK Aerospace Industry

Witnesses: Society of British Aerospace Companies

10.00a.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

ARMED FORCES BILL

Subject: Armed Forces Bill

Witnesses: MoD officials

10.30a.m.

16

HOME AFFAIRS *

Subject: The Work of the Lord Chancellor's Department

Witness: The Rt. Hon. Lord Irvine of Lairg QC, Lord Chancellor

10.30a.m.

15

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Corruption

Witnesses: Mr George Staple and Mr Jeremy Carver CBE, Clifford Chance, and Mr Monty Raphael, Peters and Peters; Mr Rick Helsby, Partner, Head of Forensic Investigations EMEA, Mr Ian Trumper, Director for Corporate Investigations, and Mr Jermyn Brooks, ex-Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (at 11.30a.m.)

10.30a.m.

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

TREASURY

Subject: International Monetary Fund

Witnesses: Mr Gus O'Donnell, Managing Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Prospects, HM Treasury, and Mr Stephen Pickford, UK Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund

10.45a.m.

6

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT:

EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Higher Education: Student Retention

Witness: Professor Diana Green, Vice-Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University, and Chair of Universities UK Working Party

4.00p.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

PROCEDURE *

Subject: Rules Governing the Election of a Speaker

Witnesses: To be confirmed

4.00p.m.

8


WEDNESDAY 24TH JANUARY 2001

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT:

EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Higher Education: Student Retention

Witness: Sir Michael Bett

9.45a.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Transport-related Executive Agencies of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Witnesses: Highways Agency; Maritime and Coastguard Agency (at 11.00a.m.)

10.15a.m.

15

AGRICULTURE

Subject: New Covent Garden Market

Witness: Mr Leif Mills CBE, Chairman, Covent Garden Market Authority

10.30a.m.

8

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY *

Subject: Genetics and Insurance

Witness: Professor Martin Bobrow, CBE, Professor of Medical Genetics, Cambridge University

4.15p.m.

8

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS *

Subject: Urban White Paper

Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and officials of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

4.30p.m.

15

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Supporting Innovation: Managing Risk in Government Departments

Witness: Ms Mavis McDonald CB, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office

4.30p.m.

16

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION *

Subject: Making Government Work

Witnesses: Dr David Clark MP; Lord Simon of Highbury; The Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine MP

4.30p.m.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

TAX SIMPLIFICATION BILLS (JOINT COMMITTEE)

Subject: Capital Allowances Bill

Witnesses: To be confirmed

10.35a.m.

3


THURSDAY 25TH JANUARY 2001

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT *

Subject: Communications White Paper

Witnesses: The National Consumer Council; British Telecom (at 11.10 am); News International (at 11.50 am)

10.30a.m.

15

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Corruption

Witnesses: Mr Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed, National Security Adviser to President Obesanjo, HE Prince Bola A. Ajibola, Nigerian High Commissioner, Mr Ebenezer Obeya, Legal Adviser to the National Security Adviser, and Mr Ayo Oke, Head of Political Affairs, Nigerian High Commission

11.30a.m.

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* These committees will be televised by BBC Parliament

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