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:

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform:

Richard Younger-Ross discharged; Mike Weir added

Communities and Local Government:

Martin Horwood discharged; Andrew George added

International Development:

Mr Quentin Davies discharged; Jim Sheridan added

Public Accounts:

John Healey discharged; Angela Eagle added

Select Committee Meetings
19 - 22 November 2007

For confirmation of committee meetings, venues and times see Select Committee home pages on the Internet (www.parliament.uk) or telephone the Committee Office general enquiry lines: Tel 020 7219 3267/4300

Monday 19 November

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Housing Market Renewal: Pathfinders Witnesses: Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Richard McCarthy, Department for Communities and Local Government, Transform South Yorkshire and Liverpool City Council

COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Existing housing stock and climate change Witnesses: Chartered Institute of Housing; Fuel Poverty Advisory Group; Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers; National Landlords Association; Places for People

Tuesday 20 November

HOME AFFAIRS Subject: A Surveillance Society Witnesses: Department for Children, Schools and Families, Department of Health, Department for Transport and Transport for London; Ministry of Justice, and Government Chief Information Officer

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Are biofuels sustainable? Witnesses: Environment Agency, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC); National Farmers Union (NFU), The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership; Professor Richard Bateman, Professor Roland Clift CBE, Biosciences Federation and Dr Dominick Spracklen, Institute for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds

WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Welsh Polish Association

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: DFID and the World Bank Witnesses: One World Trust, Bretton Woods Project and EURODAD

DEFENCE Subject: Future of NATO and European Defence Witnesses: Lieutenant General Sir Rob Fry (Rtd), Colonel Christopher Langton (Rtd), and Daniel Keohane and General Jack Deverall (Rtd)

BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM Subject: Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 Witnesses: Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: London 2012 Games Witnesses: British Cycling, UK Athletics and British Swimming; UK Sport

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Third Sector Commissioning Witnesses: Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector

Wednesday 21 November

WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: The Best Start in Life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty Witnesses: TUC, Working Links and Mayor of London's Office

INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS

Subject: The Sainsbury Review

Witness: Lord Sainsbury of Turville

DEFENCE Subject: UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty Witnesses: Ian Godden, Defence Industries Council and Society of British Aerospace Companies, David Hayes, Export Group for Aerospace and Defence and Export Controls, Dr Jerry McGinn, Aerospace Industries Association and Northrop Grumman, Dr Sandy Watson, General Dynamics UK, and Alison Wood, BAE Systems; Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister for Defence Equipment and Support and officials MOD

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Foreign Policy Aspects of the EU Reform Treaty Witnesses: Professor Christopher Hill, University of Cambridge, Professor Richard Whitman, University of Bath, Graham Avery, St Anthony's College, Oxford University

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: i) Flooding ii) Defra Priorities Witnesses: i) Dr Timothy Brain, Chief Constable of Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire County Council and Oxfordshire County Council; Severn Trent Water and Thames Water; ii) Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

TRANSPORT Subject: The future of BAA Witnesses: Competition Commission, Civil Aviation Authority; Air Transport Users' Council; Unite - the Union, Public and Commercial Services Union

NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: The Northern Ireland Prison Service Witnesses: Paul Goggins MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office and Mr Robin Masefield, Director General, Northern Ireland Prison Service

HOME AFFAIRS Subject: The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC; Sir Ken Macdonald QC, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions

WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Legislative Competence Orders: Additional Learning Needs Witnesses: Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, Welsh Assembly Government and officials

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The Pensions Regulator Witnesses: Tony Hobman, Chief Executive, The Pensions Regulator and Bill Galvin, Pensions Protection Division, Department for Work and Pensi ons

Thursday 22 November

HEALTH Subject: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2007 Witnesses: David Nicholson CBE, NHS Chief Executive, Hugh Taylor CB, Permanent Secretary, David Flory, Director General of NHS Finance, Performance and Operations, and Richard Douglas, Director of Finance and Investment, Department of Health

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Maternal Health Witnesses: Richard Horton, Editor, The Lancet and the White Ribbon Alliance; Marie Stopes International and Save the Children

Friday 23 November

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
19 - 23 November 2007

Monday 26 November 2007

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities; Stewart Maxwell, Minister for Communities and Sport, Scottish Executive (at 2:30 pm)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: Human Rights Policy Witnesses: Michael Wills MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Badgers and cattle TB Witnesses: Professor Gareth Enticott, Cardiff University and Dr Chris Cheeseman; Professor John McInerney OBE (at 5:15 pm)

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Sustainable employment: supporting people to stay in work and advance Witnesses: Adam Sharples, Department for Work and Pensions, Stephen Marston, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, Mark Haysom, Learning and Skills Council and Lesley Strathie, Jobcentre Plus

Tuesday 27 November 2007

HOME AFFAIRS* Subject: (i) UK Immigration Issues and the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU: Twelve months on (ii) The Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU: Twelve months on Witnesses: (i) Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Borders and Immigration, Home Office; (ii) Mr Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Under-Secretary of State for European Affairs of Romania (at 11:45 am)

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Are biofuels sustainable? Witnesses: Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Malcolm Fendick, Head of Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles Division and Chief Mechanical Engineer, and Rupert Furness, Head of Biofuels Branch, Department for Transport

BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM Subject: The UK Construction Industry Witnesses: Union for Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians; ConstructionSkills (at 11:15 am); Unite - the union (at 12:00 pm)

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Tourism Witnesses: Tourism Alliance; South West Regional Development Agency, South East England Development Agency and North West Regional Development Agency (at 11:30 am)

DEFENCE Subject: Medical Care for the Armed Forces Witnesses: Derek Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence and Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State for Health Services, Department of Health

WELSH AFFAIRS* Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Bill Goldsworthy OBE, Chair, Agri-Food Partnership, Norma Barry, Director of the Food and Market Development Division and Professor David Hughes; Age Concern Cymru (at 11:15 am)

SCOTTSH AFFAIRS Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, and Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury

Wednesday 28 November 2007

INNOVIATION, UNIVERISITES AND SKILLS Subject: Higher Education issues Witnesses: Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and Professor David Eastwood, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England

WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: The Health and Safety Commission and Executive Witnesses: Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair, Health and Safety Commission and Geoffrey Podger CB, Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive

MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Subject: Scrutiny of the Draft Queen's Speech Witnesses: Rt Hon Alan Williams MP, Chairman, Liaison Committee, Rt Hon Alan Beith MP, Chairman, Justice Committee, Dr Tony Wright MP, Chairman, Public Administration Committee and Robert Wilson, Clerk, Liaison Committee; Age Concern, North East Chamber of Commerce (at 10:10 am)

DEFENCE Subject: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 Witnesses: Bill Jeffrey CB, Permanent Under Secretary of State, and Trevor Woolley CB, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Global Security: Iran Witnesses: Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

PROCEDURE Subject: E-petitions Witnesses: Douglas Carswell MP, Andrew Miller MP, and Richard Allan, Cisco Systems

TRANSPORT* Subject: The future of BAA Witnesses: British Airways, American Airlines, Air France, easyJet; BAA, Ferrovial (at 3:15 pm); Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (at 4:15 pm)

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS* Subject: Flooding Witnesses: Association of British Insurers, Norwich Union and Royal SunAlliance; Ofwat (at 4:00 pm)

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Government on the internet: progress in delivering information and services online Witnesses: Cabinet Office and Central Office of Information

Thursday 29 November 2007

TREASURY Subject: The November 2007 Inflation Report Witnesses: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governor (Monetary analysis), Charlie Bean, Executive Director and Chief Economist, and Professor Tim Besley and Professor David Blanchflower, External Monetary Policy Committee Members

HEALTH Subject: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2007 Witnesses: Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION* Subject: Lobbying Witnesses: John Grogan MP, Peter Luff MP and Stephen Pound MP

Friday 30 November 2007

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.