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:

There were no changes to Select Committee membership

Select Committee Meetings
18 - 22 June

Monday 18 June
LIAISON* Subject: Witness: Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Local Government Finance-Council Tax Benefit Witnesses: Help the Aged, Citizens Advice and Halton Borough Council; Dr Michael Orton, University of Warwick and Dr Peter Kenway, New Policy Institute (at 3.05 p.m.); and Rt Hon Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion, Department for Communities and Local Government and James Plaskitt MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (at 3.30 p.m.)
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Badgers and cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group Witness: Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Benefits Simplification Witness: James Plaskitt MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department for Work and Pensions
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Building for the future: Sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate Witnesses: Peter Fanning, Acting Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce, and Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tuesday 19 June
TREASURY Subject: (i) Unclaimed assets in the financial system; (ii) Financial inclusion follow-up: saving for all and shorter term saving products (at 10.30 a.m.) Witness: (i) and (ii) Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Local Government Finance-Supplementary Business Rate Witnesses: London Councils and The Greater London Authority; CBI, Leeds Chamber of Commerce, Warwickshire County Council and British BIDS (at 10.50 a.m.); and Centre for Cities and representatives from local government (at 11.30 a.m.)
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Structure and Operation of Government and the Challenge of Climate Change Witnesses: Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment; Nick Mabey, Founding Director and Chief Executive, E3G (at 11.00 a.m.)
DEFENCE Subject: Future of NATO and European Defence Witnesses: Mr Martin Wolf; Dr Rob Dover, Mr Charles Grant and Sir Paul Lever KCMG (at 11.00 a.m.)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: DFID Country Programme in Vietnam Witnesses: Dr Martin Gainsborough, University of Bristol, and Ramesh Singh, Chief Executive, ActionAid International
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Rev Aled Edwards OBE, Commissioner, and Chris Myant, Director, Commission for Racial Equality Wales; North Wales Police (at 11.15 a.m.)
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: moves East: the impact of the 'new' EU Member States on UK business Witness: Intellect
FOREIGN AFFAIRS* Subject: Developments in the European Union Witnesses: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and FCO Officials
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Public Appointments: Confirmation Hearings Witness: Pam Cooke, Senior Policy Adviser, Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS* Subject: House of Lords Reform and Party Funding Witness: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Leader of the House of Commons
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: CAB Scotland, Easterhouse CAB, Scottish League of Credit Unions, Glasgow ABCUL (Association British Credit Unions Limited) and Govan Law Centre
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL Subject: Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister of State for Public Health and officials, Department of Health
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE BILL Subject: Witnesses: Mayor of London's Office, and South East England Development Agency; Country Land and Business Association (at 4.25 p.m.); Envirowise, (at 5.05 p.m.); Energywatch, and National Consumer Council (at 5.50 p.m.)
Wednesday 20 June
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Post-16 Skills Training Witnesses: Concept Mouldings Ltd and Eric Johnson of Northwich Ltd
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: (i) Chairman, Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing (ii) International policies and activities of the Research Councils Witnesses: (i) Sir John Chisholm (ii) Professor Sir Keith O'Nions, Director General of Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry (at 11.00 a.m.)
TREASURY Subject: Private equity Witnesses: Unite and GMB; Permira, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, 3i, Carlyle Group, and Blackstone (at 3.15 p.m.); London Stock Exchange, Association of Investment Companies, Association of British Insurers, and the CBI (at 4.15 p.m.)
TRANSPORT Subject: Draft Local Transport Bill Witnesses: Transport 2000; Intelligent Transport Society -UK, Green Light Group (at 3.30 p.m.); Freight Transport Association, RAC Foundation for Motoring and the AA (at 4.15 p.m.)
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Badgers and cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group Witnesses: Badger Trust and RSPCA; National Farmers' Union (at 3.45 p.m.)
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: The Judicial Appointments Commission Witnesses: Judicial Appointments Commission; Bar Council and the Law Society (at 4.00 p.m.)
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Inquiry into the Conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers Witness: Rt Hon Lord Williamson of Horton GCMG
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Improving the PFI tendering process; and Benchmarking and market testing the ongoing services component of PFI projects Witnesses: John Kingman, Managing Director, Jeremy Pocklington, Team Leader, and Gordon McKechnie, Head of PFI Policy, Corporate and Private Finance Team, Public Services and Growth Directorate, HM Treasury, and James Stewart, Chief Executive, Partnerships UK
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE BILL Subject: Witnesses: Office of Climate Change; Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and John Healey MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury (at 4.00 p.m.)
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL Subject: Witnesses: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, Dr Stephen Minger, King's College London, Professor Neva Haites, Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Scientific and Clinical Advances Group, Infertility Network UK, National Gamete Donation Trust, Donor Conception Network, and Joanna Rose, representative of donor-conceived people (at 4.00 p.m.)
Thursday 21 June
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: White Paper Witness: Rt Hon Alastair Darling MP, Secretary of State for the Department of Trade and Industry
DEFENCE Subject: Medical Care for the Armed Forces Witnesses: University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust; Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (at 2.30pm); British Medical Association (at 3.00pm)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: (i) DFID assistance to Burmese IDPs and Refugees on the Thai-Burma Border (ii) DFID Country Programme in Vietnam Witnesses: (i) Maung Maung, National Council of the Union of Burma; Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development and Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 2.30 p.m.); (ii) Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development (at 3.30 p.m.)

[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
25 - 29 June 2007

Monday 25 June
EDUCATION AND SKILLS* Subject: The Work of the Children's Commissioner Witness: Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England	3.45 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The management of staff sickness absence in the Department for Transport and its Agencies Witnesses: Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, Clive Bennett, Chief Executive, Driving and Vehicle Licensing Authority and Rosemary Thew, Chief Executive, Driving Standards Authority	4.30 p.m.	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The Human Rights of adults with learning disabilities Witnesses: MENCAP and People First; Disability Rights Commission (at 5.00 p.m.)	4.15 p.m.	4A
Tuesday 26 June
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: A Surveillance Society? Witnesses: Professor Simon Wessely and Professor Carol Dezateux, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Dr Ian Forbes, Royal Academy of Engineering; Dr Chris Pounder, Data Protection & Privacy Practice, Dr Eric Metcalfe, JUSTICE, and Shami Chakrabarti CBE, and Jago Russell, Liberty (at 11.15 a.m.)	10.15 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Structure and Operation of Government and the Challenge of Climate Change Witnesses: Professor Dieter Helm; and Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP (at 11.00 a.m.)	10.20 a.m.	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT* Subject: Ticket touting Witnesses: The Rugby Football Union, The Football Association, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club; Harvey Goldsmith CBE, Concert Promoters Association, DF Concerts, and National Arenas Association (at 11.00 a.m.); Ticketmaster, The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, Seetickets (at 11.30 a.m.); eBay, viagogo, The Association of Secondary Ticket Agents, and Seatwave (at 12 noon); Shaun Woodward MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry, and Office of Fair Trading (at 12.30 p.m.)	10.30 a.m.	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
DEFENCE* Subject: UK operations in Iraq Witnesses: Dr Ali Ansari, Dr Toby Dodge, Dr Eric Herring, Dr Glen Rangwala, and Professor Sami Zubaida; Mr Nadhim Zahawi (at 12 noon)	10.30 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Professor Robert Rowthorn; Dr Surhan Cam (at 11.15 a.m.)	10.30 a.m.	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Report Witnesses: Sir Peter Ricketts, KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, and officials, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	4.00 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Towards Effective Sentencing Witnesses: His Honour Judge Julian Hall and Mr John Thornhill, Deputy Chairman, Magistrates' Association; Roger Hall, Director of Probation, National Offender Management Service, Baroness Linklater, Thames Valley Partnership, and Lucie Russell, Smart Justice (at 5.00 p.m.)	4.15 p.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS* Subject: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Allegations of Torture in Iraq Witness: Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC, Attorney General	9.30 a.m.	4A
JOINT DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL Witnesses: Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, Healthcare Commission, Professor Sir Richard Gardner, University of Oxford, Professor Margaret Brazier, Manchester University, and Dr Francoise Shenfield, University College London Hospital; Professor Raanan Gillon, Imperial College London, Professor Soren Holm, Cardiff Law School, and Professor John Haldane, University of St Andrews (at 2.00 p.m.)	1.15 p.m.	Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 27 June
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: The Constitutional Role of the Attorney General Witnesses: Robert Wardle, Director, Serious Fraud Office; Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC, Attorney General (at 10.00 a.m.)	9.15 a.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: The Pension Service Witness: Alexis Cleveland, Chief Executive, Pension Service	9.30 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Report Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Kinnock, Chair, Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, and Margaret Mayne, Director of Finance, British Council; Nigel Chapman, Director, and Ms Alison Woodhams, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance, BBC World Service (at 3.30 p.m.)	2.30 p.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
TRANSPORT Subject: Draft Local Transport Bill Witnesses: (tbc)	2.45 p.m.	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: The Northern Ireland Prison Service Witness: The Life Sentence Review Commissioners	3.30 p.m.	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: (i) The delays in administering the 2005 Single Payment Scheme in England (ii) Building and maintaining river and coastal flood defences in England Witnesses: (i) Johnston McNeill, Former Chief Executive, Rural Payments Agency (ii) Baroness Young of Old Scone, Chief Executive, Dr David P F King, Director of Water Management and Tim Kersley, Head of Assessment Management, Environment Agency (at 4.00 p.m.)	3.30 p.m.	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
JOINT DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL Witnesses: Professor Susan Golombok, University of Cambridge, Professor Brenda Almond, University of Hull, Professor Ann Buchanan, University of Oxford; Simon Denegri, Chief Executive, Association of Medical Research Charities, Professor Martin Bobrow, Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor Austin Smith, University of Cambridge, and Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws, Chair, Human Genetics Commission (at 4.00 p.m.)	3.15 p.m.	Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Thursday 28 June
TREASURY* Subject: (i) The May 2007 Inflation Report (ii) Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee: appointment hearings (at 11.00 am) Witnesses: (i) Mervyn King, Governor, Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governor (Monetary analysis), and Paul Tucker, Executive Director for Markets, Bank of England, and Professor Tim Besley and Professor David Blanchflower, External Monetary Policy Committee Members (ii) Ms Kate Barker, External Monetary Policy Committee Member and Mr Charlie Bean, Executive Director and Chief Economist, Bank of England	9.45 a.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
HEALTH Subject: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Witnesses: Professor Peter C Smith, University of York, Professor Raymond MacAllister, University College London Hospitals, and Professor Stirling Bryan, University of Birmingham; Bowel Cancer UK, South Asian Health Foundation, and Royal College of Psychiatrists (at 11.15 a.m.)	10.00 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

[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.