HOUSE OF LORDS COMMITTEES:
FORTHCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS

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Monday 21 March

EUROPEAN UNION SUB-COMMITTEE B      (a) 4.30pm (b) 5.15pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Mr Douglas Alexander MP, Minister of State for Trade and Investment and Foreign Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry; and (b) Mr Oliver Bretz and Mr John Osborne, Partners, European Competition and Regulatory Group, Clifford Chance, London

Tuesday 22 March

EUROPEAN UNION SELECT COMMITTEE     3.00pm-4.00pm

Evidence will be heard from the Finnish European Union Joint Committee

BBC CHARTER REVIEW SELECT COMMITTEE     3.30pm

Evidence will be heard from the Lord McIntosh of Haringey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Government Spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport; and Mr Jonathan Zeff, Head of the Broadcasting Policy Division of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE     3.40pm

Evidence will be heard from Professor Paul Ekins, Policy Studies Institute

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE I (Scientific Aspects of Ageing)         (a) 4.10pm (b) 5.00pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) the Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry; Mr John Neilson, Director of the Science and Engineering Base Group, Office of Science and Technology; Charlotte Atkins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport; and (b) Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health

Wednesday 23 March

EUROPEAN UNION SELECT COMMITTEE     1.40pm-3.30pm

A meeting with Members of the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee and UK Members of the European Parliament in Portcullis House

EUROPEAN UNION SUB COMMITTEE D         (a) 11.00am (b) 11.45am

Evidence will be heard from (a) Mr Ben Bradshaw MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and (b) Mr Mugar Craciun, Romanian Secretary of State for European Integration; and Mr Dacian Ciolos, Ministers Advisor on European Integration Issues, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE II (Energy Efficiency)         4.30pm

Evidence will be heard from the Lord Whitty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Defra

Tuesday 5 April

BBC CHARTER REVIEW SELECT COMMITTEE         3.30pm

Evidence will be heard from the Lord Burns; Mr Andy Duncan, Chief Executive, Channel 4 Television; and Mr David Scott, Deputy Chief Executive, Channel 4 Television

Wednesday 6 April

BBC CHARTER REVIEW SELECT COMMITTEE     10.45am

Evidence will be heard from Mr Stephen Carter, Chief Executive, Ofcom; Lord Currie of Marylebone, Chairman, Ofcom; Mr Gavyn Davies, Former Chairman, BBC; and Mr Greg Dyke, Former Director- General, BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE II (Energy Efficiency)         3.20pm

Evidence will be heard from Mr Steve Nancarrow, Managing Director, Inspector Home; Mr Nick Gooderson, Head of Standards and Qualifications, CITB Construction Skills; and Mrs Lindsay Gilespie, Development Director, SummitSkills