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Weekly Information Bulletin: 10th March 2001
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 Education and Employment Mr Ian Pearson discharged, Mr Kerry Pollard added Public Administration Mr John McFall discharged, Mr David Lammy added SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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Monday 5th March 2001 |
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The Risk of Fraud in Property Management Witnesses: Mr Kevin Tebbit CMG, Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence; Mr Ian Andrews, Defence Estates Agency |
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JOINT COMMITTEE: HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: Criminal Justice and Police Bill Witness: Mr Charles Clarke MP, Minister of State, Home Office |
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Tuesday 6th March 2001 |
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ARMED FORCES BILL Subject: The Armed Forces Bill Witnesses: Mr Barry Miller, Director General, Service Personnel Policy and Brigadier Nick Cottam, Director, Personal Services (Army), Ministry of Defence |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Local Authority Governance Witnesses: Sir Michael Lyons, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council; Local Government Association |
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WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Wales in the World: The Role of UK Government in Promoting Wales Abroad Witnesses: BBC |
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ARMED FORCES BILL Subject: The Armed Forces Bill Witnesses: Admiral Sir Michael Boyce GCB CBE, Chief of Defence Staff; Venerable John Blackburn, QHC, The Chaplain General, Ministry of Defence |
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Wednesday 7th March 2001 |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Walking in Towns and Cities Witness: Mr Derek Turner, Director, Street Management Transport for London |
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AGRICULTURE Subject: The Implementation of IACS in the European Union Witnesses: Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
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SOCIAL SECURITY Subject: Social Fund Witnesses: Angela Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and officials from the Department of Social Security |
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Making Government Work Witnesses: Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC, Minister of State, Cabinet Office; Moira Wallace, Head of the Social Exclusion Unit and Louise Casey, Head of the Rough Sleepers' Unit |
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: EU Enlargement Witnesses: Mr Keith Vaz, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Mr Simon Featherstone, Head of EU Department External and Mr James Bevan, Head of EU Department Internal |
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: The Science and Innovation White Paper and the Science Budget Witness: Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
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Thursday 8th March 2001 |
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Staging International Sporting Events Witnesses: Professor Alan Tomlinson; Mr Tony Banks MP; The Football Association |
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FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
MONDAY 12 - 15 MARCH 2001
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Monday 12th March 2001 |
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The Radiocommunications Agency's Joint Venture with CMG Witnesses: Mr David Hendon, Chief Executive, Radiocommunications Agency, Mr Peter Topp, Associate Director, CMG(UK) Ltd and Ms Lyn Davies, Director of Technology Exploitation, Capita Business Services |
4.30p.m. |
16 |
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Tuesday 13th March 2001 |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Local Authority Governance Witnesses: Wychavon District Council and Regional Assembly for Yorkshire and Humberside; Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Middlesborough Borough Council (at 10.40a.m.); Bedfordshire County Council and South Somerset District Council (at 11.20a.m.) |
10.00a.m. |
6 |
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Telecoms Masts Witnesses: Sir William Stewart, FRS, President, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Chairman, Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones; MastAction UK; Royal Town Planning Institute. |
10.15a.m. |
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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TREASURY Subject: 2001 Budget Witnesses: Ms Kate Barker, Mr Geoffrey Dicks, Professor Tim Congdon and Mr Martin Weale; Ms Kate Barker, Mr David Coats, Mr Andrew Dilnot, Mr Edward Troup and Mr Martin Weale (at 11.45 am) |
10.45a.m. |
8 |
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Telecoms Masts Witnesses: Local Government Association; Federation of the Electronics Industry |
4.00p.m. |
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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Wednesday 14th March 2001 |
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Staging International Sporting Events Witnesses: The British Olympic Association; UK Sport (at 10.45a.m.); Rt. Hon. Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (at 11.30a.m.) |
10.00a.m. |
15 |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Walking in Towns and Cities Witnesses: To be confirmed |
10.15a.m. |
8 |
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AGRICULTURE Subject: New Covent Garden Market Witnesses: The Corporation of London
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16 |
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: i) Making Government Work ii) The Cabinet Office Annual Report and Spending Plans Witnesses: i) Rt. Hon. Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office, and Mr Jonathan Stephens, Director, Modernising Public Services Group ii) Rt. Hon. Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office, and Mavis McDonald CB, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office |
10.30a.m. |
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Opportunities and Development Prospects at Major Ports Witnesses: UK Maritime Pilots Association (Marine), and NUMAST; Corporation of Trinity House (at 4.30p.m.); Chamber of Shipping, and Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (at 5.00p.m.) |
4.00p.m. |
8 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Budget 2001 Witnesses: Mr Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury, and officials |
4.15p.m. |
15 |
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Wave and Tidal Energy Witnesses: Mr Tom Thorpe, and Professor S H Salter, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Edinburgh; Scottish Energy Environment Foundation, and Greenpeace UK (at 5.00p.m.) |
4.15p.m. |
5 |
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: How English Further Education Colleges can Improve Student Retention and Achievement Witnesses: Sir Michael Bichard, KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Employment, Professor David Melville, Further Education Funding Council for England |
4.30p.m. |
16 |
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HUMAN RIGHTS: JOINT COMMITTEE Subject: Implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998 Witness: Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department |
5.15p.m. |
3 |
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PRIVATE BILL COMMITTEE : COMMITTEE ON UNOPPOSED BILLS To consider the COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL |
11.00a.m. |
9 |
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Thursday 15th March 2001 |
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TREASURY Subject: 2001 Budget Witnesses: Officials of HM Treasury |
9.45a.m. |
8 |
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HEALTH Subject: Head Injury: Rehabilitation Witnesses: Mr Kevin Curley, Chief Executive, Headway - The Brain Injury Association, Ms Jenny Garber, Mrs Angela Hicks and Mr Peter Wheeler; Dr Lynne Turner-Stokes, Director, Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Mr John Pope, Chief Executive, The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Dr Keith Andrews, Director, Medical & Research Services, Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability, Putney and Dr Brian Moffit, Medical Director, St Andrews Hospital, Northampton |
10.30a.m. |
15 |
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Recorded information Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on 020) 7219 2033. 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 general enquiry lines: 020 7219 3267/4300. |
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