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
3 - 7 December 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 3 December

Foreign Affairs Subject: Overseas Territories Witnesses: The Hon Ralph O'Neil, Premier, British Virgin Islands and Hon Kurt Tibbetts, Leader of Government Business, Cayman Islands ; Councillor Mike Summers OBE, Falkland Islands, Leslie Jaques OBE, Commissioner, Pitcairn Islands, the Hon Brian W Isaac, Member of the Executive Council, St Helena, The Hon Osbourne Fleming, Chief Minister, Anguilla, Dr The Hon Lowell Lewis, Chief Minister, Montserrat, and Dr The Hon Michael E Misick, Premier, Turks and Caicos Islands

Work and Pensions Subject: The Best Start in Life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Jonathan Portes, Director, Children and Poverty Directorate

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: A British Bill of Rights Witnesses: Martin Howe QC, Professor Francesca Klug, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE and Professor Sandra Fredman, Oxford University; British Institute for Human Rights, Liberty and Justice

Public Accounts* Subject: The privatisation of Qinetiq Witnesses: Bill Jeffrey CB, Permanent Under Secretary, and Trevor Woolley, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence, Peter Schofield, Shareholder Executive and Sir John Chisholm, Chairman, Qinetiq

Welsh Affairs

Subject: Globalisation and its Impact on Wales

Witnesses: NFU Cymru and Farmers' Union of Wales; Professor Noel Lloyd and Professor Robert Pearce; Shelter Cymru

Tuesday 4 December

Treasury Subject: Financial Transparency and Stability Witnesses: Goldman Sachs International, Deutsche Bank London, UBS Investment Bank, and Citigroup Global Markets Limited; PricewaterhouseCoopers; National Association of Pension Funds, Association of British Insurers, Investment Management Association, Hermes Equity Ownership Service

Home Affairs Subject: (i) Home Office Annual Report 2007 (ii) Security Industry Authority Witnesses: (i) Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office; (ii) Andy Drane, Deputy CEO, Security Industry Authority

Environmental Audit Subject: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review Witnesses: Green Alliance; Friends of the Earth and WWF

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: The UK Construction Industry Witnesses: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and Constructing Excellence; Building Research Establishment, Building Services Research and Information Association, and Construction Industry Research and Information Association; Federation of Master Builders

Culture, Media and Sport* Subject: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Witnesses: Lord Coe KBE, Chairman, Paul Deighton, Chief Executive, LOCOG, John Armitt, Chairman, and David Higgins, Chief Executive, Olympic Delivery Authority; Lord Moynihan, Chairman, Simon Clegg CBE, Chief Executive, British Olympic Association and Phil Lane, Chief Executive, British Paralympic Association

Public Accounts Subject: The National Audit Office's Corporate Plan Witnesses: Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General and officials of the National Audit Office

Environmental Audit Subject: The Challenge of Climate Change Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State, Anne Sharp, Director, Domestic Climate Change and Energy, Marie Pender, Head of Climate Change Agreements and Carbon Reduction Commitment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Justice* Subject: Protection of Private Data Witnesses: Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, and David Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner

Wednesday 5 December

International Development Subject: Maternal Health Witnesses: Professor Charlotte Watts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; HLSP; Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: The role of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser Witnesses: Professor Sir David King

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights Witnesses: Sue Hemming, Head of Counter Terrorism Division, CPS, Mr Ali Bajwa, barrister, 25 Bedford Row

Treasury Sub-Committee Subject: (i) Adjudicator's Office: administration and expenditure in 2006-07, (ii) HM Revenue & Customs: administration and expenditure in 2006-07 Witnesses: (i) Dame Barbara Mills DBE QC, the Adjudicator and officials, (ii) David Hartnett, Acting Chairman and officials, HMRC

Transport Subject: Ticketing on Public Transport Witnesses: Passenger Transport Executive Group, Local Government Association; Transport for London; Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and Unison

Foreign Affairs Subject: Developments in the EU Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Owen

Public Accounts Subject: The Carbon Trust Witnesses: Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Tom Delay, Chief Executive, The Carbon Trust

Thursday 6 December

Health Subject: Modernising Medical Careers Witnesses: Professor Sir John Tooke and Sir Jonathan Michael, Tooke Review Panel; RemedyUK and Fidelio

Public Administration Subject: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Public Appointments Witnesses: Janet Gaymer CBE, Commissioner for Public Appointments

Friday 7 December

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 general 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
10 - 14 December 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 10 December 2007

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: The UK Construction Industry Witnesses: National Specialist Contractors Council and Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group; Home Builders Federation (at 4:45pm)

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Testing and Assessment Witnesses: Sir Michael Barber, McKinsey & Company, and Professor Peter Tymms, Director of Curriculum, Evaluation and Management, School of Education, University of Durham

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Badgers and cattle TB Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Food and Farming and Animal Health, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Accounts Subject: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Managing risk in overseas territories Witnesses: Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, Permanent Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Dr Minouche Shafik, Director General, Country Programmes, Department for International Development

Tuesday 11 December 2007

Treasury* Subject: (i) Private Equity (ii) Financial Stability and Transparency Witnesses: (i) Sir David Walker (ii) Sir Callum McCarthy, Chairman and Hector Sants, Chief Executive, Financial Services Authority, and Loretta Minghella, Financial Services Compensation Scheme (at 11:00am)

Environmental Audit Subject: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review Witnesses: Centrica Energy plc, Scottish Power and Carbon Capture & Storage Association; Aviation Environment Federation (at 11:00am)

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Creating a Higher Value-Added Economy Witnesses: Professor Peter Cooke, University of Buckingham and Mr Eric Wallbank, Ernst & Young

Home Affairs Subject: The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals Witnesses: Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Home Secretary, Home Office

Welsh Affairs Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: International Business Wales; Welsh Local Government Association (11:15am)

Communities and Local Government* Subject: Existing housing stock and climate change Witnesses: Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government and Joan Ruddock MP, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wednesday 12 December 2007

Justice Subject: Towards Effective Sentencing Witnesses: Lord Carter of Coles; Anne Owers CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Andrew Bridges, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, Paul Tidball, Prison Governors Association, and Juliet Lyon, Prison Reform Trust/Criminal Justice Alliance (at 10:00am)

Children, Schools and Families Subject: The Work of Ofsted Witnesses: Christine Gilbert CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills, Vanessa Howlison, Director, Finance, Miriam Rosen, Director, Education, Michael Hart, Director, Children, and Melanie Hunt, Director, Learning and Skills, Ofsted

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: Government Chief Scientific Adviser Designate: Introductory Hearing Witnesses: Professor John Beddington CMG

Environmental Audit Subject: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review Witnesses: Angela Eagle MP, Exchequer Secretary, Rebecca Lawrence, Head of Energy, Environment and Agriculture Team, Lindsey Whyte, Head of Environment and Transport Tax Team, HM Treasury

Environmental Audit Sub-Committee On Environmental Information Subject: Environmental Labelling Witnesses: Sustainable Development Commission; Tesco (at 3:10pm); Energy Saving Trust (at 3:50pm)

European Scrutiny Subject: (i) Police Cooperation in Criminal Matters (ii) European Arrest Warrant Witnesses: Meg Hillier MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office

Foreign Affairs* Subject: European Council Witnesses: Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State, and officials Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Transport Subject: Ticketing on Public Transport Witnesses: Campaign for Better Transport, London TravelWatch, TravelWatch SouthWest, Passenger Focus; Tom Harris MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport (at 3:45pm)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs* Subject: Flooding Witnesses: Richard Benyon MP, David Curry MP, Martin Horwood MP, Laurence Robertson MP, and Angela C: Smith MP; Met Office, UK Climate Impacts Programme, and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (at 4:00pm)

Public Accounts Subject: Improving corporate functions using shared services Witnesses: Alexis Cleveland, Director-General, Cabinet Office, Peter Coates, Director of Finance, National Health Service and Phil Wheatley, Director-General, HM Prison Service

Thursday 13 December 2007

Liaison* Subject: Prime Minister Witnesses: Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister

Health Subject: Modernising Medical Careers Witnesses: Professor Alan Crockard, and Professor Shelley Heard; British Medical Association, and the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (at 11:00am); Methods Consulting (at 12 noon)

International Development Subject: DFID and the World Bank Witnesses: Rainforest Foundation UK, WWF and Christian Aid; Helen Collinson, and International Alert And ActionAid UK (at 3:30pm)

Friday 14 December 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 general 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.