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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

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