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Weekly Information Bulletin: 17th March 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 Committee Membership Science and Technology Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas discharged, Mr Tony McWalter added SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS MONDAY 12 - 15 MARCH 2001 Monday 12th March 2001 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     Tuesday 13th March 2001 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; Bedfordshire County Council and South Somerset District Council     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.     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     TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Telecoms Masts Witnesses: Local Government Association; Federation of the Electronics Industry     Wednesday 14th March 2001 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Staging International Sporting Events Witnesses: The British Olympic Association; UK Sport; Sir Nigel Mobbs     EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Higher Education Access (Follow-up) Witness: Dr Tony Higgens, Chief Executive, UCAS     ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Walking in Towns and Cities Witnesses: To be confirmed     AGRICULTURE Subject: New Covent Garden Market Witnesses: The Corporation of London     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     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; Chamber of Shipping, and Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers     ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Budget 2001 Witnesses: Mr Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury, and officials     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     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     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     PRIVATE BILL COMMITTEE : COMMITTEE ON UNOPPOSED BILLS To consider the COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL (LC)     Thursday 15th March 2001 TREASURY Subject: 2001 Budget Witnesses: Officials of HM Treasury     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     FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS MONDAY 19 - 22 MARCH 2001 Monday 19th March 2001 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Access to the Victoria and Albert Museum Witnesses: Mr Robin Young, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Dr Alan Borg, CBE, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum 4.30p.m. 15 HUMAN RIGHTS (JOINT COMMITTEE) Subject: Implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998 Witnesses: Rt. Hon. Lord Irvine of Lairg, Lord Chancellor, and Rt. Hon. Lord Williams of Mostyn, Attorney General 4.45p.m. 3 Tuesday 20th March 2001 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Staging International Sporting Events Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office, Manchester City Council, and Manchester 2002 Limited 9.30a.m. Manchester Town Hall ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Local Authority Governance Witnesses: Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, and Unison; Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (at 10.30a.m.); Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong, MP, Minister for Local Government and the Regions and officials from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (at 11.00a.m.) 10.00a.m. 6 TREASURY Subject: 2001 Budget Witnesses: The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and officials of HM Treasury 10.45a.m. 8 WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: The Closure of Post Offices in Wales Witnesses: The Post Office 11.15a.m. 15 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Climate Change Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. John Prescott, MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher, MP, Minister for the Environment 4.00p.m. 15 Wednesday 21st March 2001 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools' Annual Report 1999-2000 Witness: Mr Mike Tomlinson CBE, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England 9.45a.m. The Wilson Room, Portcullis House CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Staging International Sporting Events Witnesses: Rt. Hon. Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Kate Hoey MP, Minister for Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport 10.00a.m. 15 AGRICULTURE Subject: Foot and Mouth Disease Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Nicholas Brown, MP, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and Mr Jim Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer, State Veterinary Service 10.30a.m. 8 ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Alleged Misconduct affecting a Witness to the Committee Witness: Dr Richard Sills, Chief Executive, Entrust 10.30a.m. 16 ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Opportunities and Development Prospects at Major Ports Witnesses: Transport and General Workers Union; British Ports Industry Training and Ports Safety Organisation (at 4.30p.m.); Health and Safety Executive (at 5.00p.m.) 4.00p.m. 15 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Wave and Tidal Energy Witnesses: Scottish Power; Marine Current Turbines Ltd, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd and Wavegen (at 4.45p.m.) 4.15p.m. 5 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The Medical Assessment of Disability Benefits Witnesses: Ms Rachel Lomax, Permanent Secretary, Mr Norman Haighton, Corporate Projects Director, Dr Mansel Aylward, Chief Medical Director, Department of Social Security; Ms Alexis Cleveland, Chief Executive, Benefits Agency; Mr Frank Jones, Director and Executive Vice President, Sema plc; Mr Zafar Raja, Managing Director, and Dr Carol Hudson, Medical Director, Sema Medical Services 4.30p.m. 16 Thursday 22nd March 2001 HEALTH Subject: The Provision of Information by the Government relating to the Safety of Breast Implants Witnesses: Professor Roger Sturrock, Chairman, Independent Review Group and Mr Paul Baden, Freethcartwright, Solicitors; Action Against Silicone Gell - UK and The Breast Implant Information Society; Ms Gisela Stuart, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Medical Devices Agency, Department of Health 10.30a.m. 15 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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