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Weekly Information Bulletin: 26th May 2007

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:

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
21 - 25 May 2007

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.)

WORK AND PENSIONS

Subject: Benefits Simplification

Witnesses: Off the Streets and into Work, Prince's Trust and the Wise Group

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.)

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.)

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


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.)

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

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.)

WELSH AFFAIRS

Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales

Witnesses: Sir Digby Jones, UK Skills Envoy, and Professor David Reynolds, University of Exeter

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Subject: Public Services: Putting People First

Witnesses: Peter Wilkinson, Audit Commission, and David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills

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.)


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

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

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)


Thursday 24 May

None

[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.


Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
4 - 8 June 2007

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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