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Weekly Information Bulletin: 24th 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

SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
19 - 22 MARCH 2001

Subject: Staging International Sporting Events
Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office, Manchester City Council, and Manchester 2002 Limited

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

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

Tuesday 20th March 2001

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

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;

Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong, MP, Minister for Local Government and the Regions and officials from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

TREASURY

Subject: 2001 Budget

Witnesses: The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and officials of HM Treasury

WELSH AFFAIRS

Subject: The Closure of Post Offices in Wales

Witnesses: The Post Office

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

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

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

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

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS

Subject: Alleged Misconduct affecting a Witness to the Committee

Witness: Dr Richard Sills, Chief Executive, Entrust

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; Health and Safety Executive

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subject: Wave and Tidal Energy

Witnesses: Scottish Power; Marine Current Turbines Ltd, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd and Wavegen

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

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

FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
MONDAY 26 - 28 MARCH 2001

Monday 26th March 2001

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Inland Flood Defence

Witnesses: Mr Brian Bender, CB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; The Rt. Hon. Baroness Young of Old Scone, Chief Executive, Environment Agency; and Mr James Bradley, Divisional Manager, Environment Agency Sponsorship and Navigation Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

4.30p.m.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Subject: Implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998

Witnesses: Rt. Hon. Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice, Rt. Hon. Lord Phillips, Master of the Rolls and Rt. Hon. Lord Bingham, Senior Law Lord

5.00p.m.

Wednesday 28th March 2001

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS

Subject: Alleged Misconduct affecting a Witness to the Committee

Witnesses: Lord Cranbrook, Chairman, and Dr Richard Sills, Chief Executive, Entrust

10.30a.m.

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Opportunities and Development Prospects at Major Ports

Witnesses: RSPB and English Nature; Bristol Port Company, Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (at 4.30p.m.); Associated British Ports and the Port of London Authority ( at 5.00p.m.)

4.00p.m.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subject: Wave and Tidal Energy

Witnesses: Professor Richard Brook, Chief Executive, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Mr Peter Hain, MP, Minister of State for Energy, Department of Trade and Industry (at 5.00p.m.)

4.15p.m.

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

AGRICULTURE

Subject: Foot and Mouth Disease

Witness: Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher, MP, Minister for the Environment, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

4.30p.m.

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

DEFENCE

Subject: European Security and Defence

Witness: Rt. Hon. Geoffrey Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Defence

4.30p.m.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Defence Equipment Co-operation

Witnesses: Mr Kevin Tebbit, CMG, Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement, Defence Procurement Agency and Mr Mike Markin, Director General Research and Technology, Ministry of Defence

4.30p.m.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Subject: Reports of the Health Service Ombudsman

Witnesses: Healthcall, Department of Health

4.30p.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

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SELECT COMMITTEES

SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS 19 - 22 MARCH 2001

FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS MONDAY 26 - 28 MARCH 2001

SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
19 - 22 MARCH 2001

FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
MONDAY 26 - 28 MARCH 2001