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Weekly Information Bulletin: 26th May 2007
Select CommitteesA 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: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm 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/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm Membership:
Select Committee Meetings |
Monday 21 May | ||
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Post-16 Skills Training Witnesses: City and Guilds, Edexcel and OCR; British Institute of Innkeeping and Food and Drink Qualifications (at 4.45 p.m.)
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WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Benefits Simplification Witnesses: Off the Streets and into Work, Prince's Trust and the Wise Group
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ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Draft Climate Change Bill Witnesses: William Wilson, Director, Cambrensis Ltd and Environmental Law Unit, Burges Salmon LLP, Michael Woods, Stephenson Harwood, and Tom Bainbridge, Nabarro; Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (at 5.30 p.m.)
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COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Refuse Collection Witnesses: Chartered Institution of Wastes Management; Local Government Association (at 5.20 p.m.); Greater London Authority (at 6.00 p.m.)
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HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: Human Rights Policy Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor, and Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice
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Tuesday 22 May | ||
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Police Funding Witnesses: Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Police Superintendents' Association, Police Federation and the Association of Police Authorities; Tony McNulty MP, Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety, Home Office (at 11.15 a.m.)
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COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Refuse Collection Witnesses: Gary Porter, Leader, South Holland District Council, Gary Alderson, Director of Environmental and Planning Services, Mid Beds District Council, and Nicola Beach, Head of Waste and Recycling, Essex Waste Partnership
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DEFENCE Subject: Strategic Lift Witnesses: Lt Gen Andrew Figgures CBE, and Tim Rowntree, Ministry of Defence; Fabrice Brégier, Francisco Fern ndez S inz, Richard Thompson, Charles Paterson, Airbus (at 11.30 a.m.)
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WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Sir Digby Jones, UK Skills Envoy, and Professor David Reynolds, University of Exeter
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Public Services: Putting People First Witnesses: Peter Wilkinson, Audit Commission, and David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills
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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: The new Ministry of Justice Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and Rt Hon Lord Justice Thomas; Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (at 5.00 p.m.)
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Wednesday 23 May | ||
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Witnesses: Sir Cyril Taylor GBE, Chairman, and Elizabeth Reid, Chief Executive, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Cross-departmental working on development Witnesses: Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Department for Trade and Industry, and officials
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TRANSPORT Subject: Transport Innovation Fund Witnesses: Centre for Cities, The British Chambers of Commerce, Transport 2000; Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, Cambridgeshire County Council, The West Midlands Passenger Transport Authorities (at 3.30 p.m.); Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport (at 4.30 p.m.)
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ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Draft Climate Change Bill Witnesses: Office of Climate Change; Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 4.15 p.m.)
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Global Security: Iran Witnesses: Dr Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews, and Dr Frank Barnaby, Oxford Research Group; Lord Triesman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 4.00 p.m.)
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WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Benefits Simplification Witnesses: Disability and Carers Service, Jobcentre Plus and Pension Service; Public and Commercial Services Union (at 5.00 p.m.)
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Thursday 24 May | ||
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[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice]
All public select committee meetings are webcast
Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament
Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on: [Tel 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.
Monday 4 June | ||
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Challenge of Climate Change Witness: Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 2.30 p.m.
| The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Post-16 Skills Training Witnesses: North West Learning and Skills Council and North West Regional Development Agency; Institute of Education and the Engineering Employers Federation (at 4.45 p.m.)
| 3.45 p.m.
| The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Refuse Collection Witnesses: Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government, Department of Communities and Local Government, and Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 4.50 p.m.
| The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Department for International Development: Rural Poverty in Developing Countries Witnesses: Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB, Permanent Secretary, Dave Fish, Director, East and Central Africa, Sam Sharpe, Director, Finance and Corporate Performance, and Jim Harvey, Head of Profession, Livelihoods, Department for International Development
| 4.30 p.m.
| Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Joint Committee | ||
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The human rights of older persons in healthcare Witness: Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Services, Department of Health
| 4.15 p.m.
| Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster |
Tuesday 5 June | ||
TREASURY Subject: Unclaimed assets in the financial system Witnesses: British Bankers' Association, Building Societies Association; Unclaimed Assets Commission (at 10.45 a.m.)
| 9.45 a.m.
| The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Equality Witnesses: Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State, and Meg Munn MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government
| 10.30 a.m.
| Committee Room 20, Palace of Westminster |
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: to be confirmed Witnesses:
| 11.00 a.m.
| The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Bill Wells, Department for Work and Pensions; and Jeremy Oppenheim, Border & Immigration Agency, (at 11.15 a.m.)
| 10.30 a.m.
| Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Towards Effective Sentencing Witness: Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
| 4.45 p.m.
| The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Joint Committee | ||
DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL Subject: Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Research Council, Hugh Whittall, Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and Professor Roger Brownsword, King's College London; Vivienne Nathanson, Director of Professional Ethics, British Medical Association, Dr Tony Calland, Chair, British Medical Association Scientific Advisory Group, and Peter Braude, Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (at 2.15 p.m.)
| 1.15 p.m.
| Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster |
DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE BILL Subject: Energy Saving Trust, Carbon Trust; Ofgem, Environment Agency, Sustainable Development Commission (at 4.25 p.m.); Green Alliance representatives (at 5.05 p.m.)
| 3.45 p.m.
| Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster |
Wednesday 6 June | ||
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: International policies and activities of the Research Councils Witnesses: Professor Stuart Palmer, University of Warwick, and Professor Alan Jenkins, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Professor Lorna Casselton and Dr Bernie Jones, The Royal Society, and Dr Lloyd Anderson, The British Council (at 10.15 a.m.)
| 9.30 a.m.
| Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
TREASURY Subject: Financial inclusion follow-up: saving for all and shorter term saving products Witnesses: Park Group; The Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) (at 3.00 p.m.); and The Office of Fair Trading (at 3.30 p.m.)
| 2.30 p.m.
| The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: The Northern Ireland Prison Service Witnesses: The Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; Prison Officers' Association (N.I) (at 4.15 p.m.)
| 3.00 p.m.
| Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: BBC Risk Management Witnesses: Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC, and Jeremy Peat, Trustee, BBC Trust
| 3.30 p.m.
| Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Joint Committees | ||
DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE BILL Subject: Draft Climate Change Bill Witnesses: Professor Sir David King; EU Commission staff (at 2.55 p.m.); International representatives - video-conferencing if necessary (at 3.35 p.m.); Climate Change Capital (at 4.15 p.m.)
| 2.15 p.m.
| Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster |
DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL Subject: Draft Human Tissue And Embryos Bill Witnesses: Shirley Harrison, Chairman, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and Human Tissue Authority (HTA), Angela McNab, Chief Executive, HFEA, and Adrian McNeil, Chief Executive, HTA; Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health (at 4.15 p.m.)
| 3.15 p.m.
| Committee Room 4, Palace of Westminster |
Thursday 7 June | ||
HEALTH Subject: Electronic Patient Record Witnesses: Academy of Medical Sciences, The Wellcome Trust, and the Institute of Child Health; BT Health and Mr Alan Shackman (at 11.15 a.m.)
| 10.00 a.m.
| The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Third Sector Commissioning Witnesses: Lord Adebowale CBE, Turning Point, and Joyce Moseley, Rainer
| 10.00 a.m.
| The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: A Surveillance Society? Witnesses: International Association of Privacy Professionals; Experian, Finance and Leasing Association, Loyalty Management Group, and Tesco (at 11.15 a.m.)
| 10.15 a.m.
| The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Department for International Development Assistance to Burmese Internally Displaced People And Refugees on the Thai-Burma Border Witnesses: Burma Campaign UK and Christian Solidarity; Dr Thomas Lee, University of California (at 11.30 a.m.)
| 10.30 a.m.
| Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Institutional Reform Witness: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
| 4.00 p.m.
| Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice]
All public select committee meetings are webcast
Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament
Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on: [Tel 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.
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