Select Committees

A complete list of Select Committee membership and a Factsheet (P2) on the work of Select Committees is available on request from the House of Commons Information Office. The list and Factsheet are also on the Parliament website at:

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An index to the Select Committee home pages together with links to further pages containing information about their work and publications is on the Parliament website at: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/cmsel.htm

Select Committee Meetings
7 - 10 March 2005

Monday 7 March

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS URBAN AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE
Subject: Ward Boundaries
Witnesses: Sam Younger, Chairman, and Pamela Gordon, Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Subject: Helping the homeless: the work of the Homelessness and Housing Support Directorate
Witnesses: Dame Mavis McDonald DCB, Permanent Secretary, Ms Terrie Alafat, Director of Homelessness and Housing Support Directorate, and Mr Neil O'Connor, Divisional Manager, Homelessness Policy and Legislation Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Tuesday 8 March

TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Subjects: Ofcom Strategic Telecoms Review; Occupational Segregation and the Gender Pay Gap
Witnesses: Energis; BT; The Learning and Skills Council

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Subject: The operation of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)
Witness: Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC, Attorney General

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS
Subject: Local Government Consultation
Witness: Phil Hope MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Subject: The Market in Art
Witnesses: Rebecca Salter, The Artists Information Company,
Visual Arts and Galleries Association, Arts Council England; British Art Market Federation, Design and Artists Copyright Society; Rt Hon Estelle Morris MP, Minister for the Arts, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry

HOME AFFAIRS
Subject: Anti-Social Behaviour
Witnesses: Ms Hazel Blears MP, Minister for Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety, Home Office; Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Minister for Rural Affairs and Local Environmental Quality, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Yvette Cooper MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and Derek Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills

TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Subject: Occupational Segregation and the Gender Pay Gap
Witness: Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Deputy Minister for Women and Equality, Department of Trade and Industry

Wednesday 9 March

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Subject: Strategic science provision in English universities
Witnesses: Professor David Eastwood, University of East Anglia,
Professor Alasdair Smith, University of Sussex; Professor Steve Smith, University of Exeter and Professor Michael Sterling, University of Birmingham; Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills

WORK AND PENSIONS
Subject: Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)
Witnesses: Stewart Wright, Child Poverty Action Group; Sir Thomas Boyd Carpenter KBE, Past Chairman of SSAC; Sir Richard Tilt, Chairman and Gill Saunders, SSAC

PROCEDURE
Subject: Sub Judice Rule of the House of Commons
Witness: Ms Sally Keeble MP

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
Subject: Sustainable Procurement Policy
Witnesses: Environment Agency; Local Government Association

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Subject: Fraud and error in Benefits expenditure
Witnesses: Sir Richard Mottram KCB, Permanent Secretary, and Mr John Codling, Group Finance Director, Department for Work and Pensions

TRANSPORT
Subject: The Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in Britain
Witnesses: AEA Technology; Croydon Tramlink; Transport for London; Nottingham County and City Councils and Merseytravel; Mr Tony McNulty MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport

Thursday 10 March

HEALTH
Subject: Continuing Care
Witnesses: Association of Directors of Social Services; Hounslow PCT; Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust; North West London Strategic Health Authority; County Durham and Tees Valley Health Authority; University Hospital Lewisham NHS Trust; Royal College of Nursing; English Community Care Association; Age Concern; Alzheimer's Society; Geriatrics Society and Citizens' Advice

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Subject: Civil Service Effectiveness
Witness: Sir Andrew Turnbull KCB CVO, Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT*
Subject: (i) Responses to the Asian tsunami disaster (ii) Development Assistance in Iraq
Witness: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
14 - 17 March 2005

Monday 14 March

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS URBAN AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE
Subject: The Evening Economy: a follow-up
Witnesses: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council; Westminster City Council; Cheltenham Borough Council; Alcohol Concern and the British Beer and Pub Association (at approximately 4.45 p.m.); Phil Hope MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister of State for Sport and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Hazel Blears MP, Minister of State for Crime Reduction, Policing & Community Safety, Home Office (at approximately 5.15 p.m.)

4.15 p.m.

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TRANSPORT
Subject: The Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in Britain
Witnesses: Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA); JPM Parry & Associates Ltd (at approximately 5.00 p.m.)

4.15 p.m.

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Tuesday 15 March

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS
Subject: The Role and Effectiveness of the Local Government Ombudsmen for England
Witnesses: Mr Tony Redmond, Mrs Patricia Thomas and Mr Jerry White, Local Government Ombudsmen for England

9.15 a.m.

The Grimond Room,
Portcullis House

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Subject: Conflict and Development
Witnesses: Professor Robert Picciotto, King's College London; Mr Dan Smith, International Alert; Mr Andy McLean, Saferworld; Dr Bruce Jones, UN High Level Panel; Mr Javier Nino Perez, Conflict Prevention Unit, European Commission and Mr Tidjane Thiam, Peace and Security Commissioner, Commission for Africa (at approximately 3.15 p.m.); Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry Of Defence and the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU) (at approximately 4.00 p.m.)

2.30 p.m.

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Wednesday 16 March

TRADE AND INDUSTRY *
Subject: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Witnesses: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; BNFL plc (at approximately 9.25 a.m.); Department of Trade and Industry (at approximately 9.50 a.m.); Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (at approximately 10.15 a.m.)

9.00 a.m.

The Thatcher Room,
Portcullis House

EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Subject: The Work of Ofsted
Witnesses: Mr David Bell, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, and officials, Ofsted

9.30 a.m.

The Wilson Room,
Portcullis House

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
Subject: Sustainable Procurement Policy
Witnesses: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Office of Government Commerce (at approximately 4.00 p.m.)

3.20 p.m.

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Thursday 17 March

HEALTH *
Subject: NHS-Continuing Care
Witnesses: Ms Ann Abraham, Health Service Commissioner; Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (at approximately 11.15 a.m.)

10.30 a.m.

The Wilson Room,
Portcullis House

FOREIGN AFFAIRS *
Subject: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism
Witness: Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister of the Middle East, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

11.00 a.m.

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

WELSH AFFAIRS
[Meeting as part of the enlarged Culture, Media and Welsh Language Committee of the National Assembly for Wales]
Subject: The Ofcom review of Broadcasting in Wales
Witnesses: BBC, ITV and S4C; BECTU and NUJ (at approximately 2.30 p.m.); Ofcom (at approximately 3.15 p.m.)

1.30 p.m.

Committee Rooms 3 and 4, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff

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