Weekly Information Bulletin: 26th January 2008
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:
Defence
Willie Rennie discharged; Richard-Younger Ross added
Foreign Affairs
Richard Younger-Ross discharged; Sir Menzies Campbell added
Select Committee Meetings
21 - 25 January 2008
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 21 January 2008
Public Accounts
Subject: Report on the NHS Summarised Accounts 2006-07: Achieving financial balance
Witnesses: David Nicholson CBE, Chief Executive and David Flory, Director General for NHS Finance, Performance and Operations, NHS
Children, Schools and Families
Subject: Testing and Assessment
Witnesses: Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, City & Guilds, Edexcel, and Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations
Innovation, Universities and Schools
Subject: Science budget allocations
Witnesses: Royal Astronomical Society, Institute of Physics, and Prospect; Research Councils UK, Science and Technology Facilities Council
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Justice
Subject: Sentencing Guidelines
Witnesses: Sir Igor Judge, President, Queen's Bench Division, and Head of Criminal Justice, and Nicola Padfield, University of Cambridge; Magistrates' Association and London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association
Treasury
Subject: Financial Services Authority Annual Report 2006-07
Witnesses: Sir Callum McCarthy, Chairman and Hector Sants, Chief Executive, Financial Services Authority
Home Affairs
Subject: Domestic Violence
Witnesses: Association of Chief Police Officers; Crown Prosecution Service, Family Justice Council Domestic Violence Working Group, and National Probation Service
Environmental Audit
Subject: Climate change and local, regional and devolved government
Witnesses: Hampshire County Council, Southwark Council and Association of North East Councils; Nottingham Declaration Partnership
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Subject: The UK Construction Industry
Witnesses: Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, and Office of Government Commerce
Culture, Media and Sport*
Subject: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Witnesses: Jennie Price, Chief Executive, Sport England; Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Welsh Affairs
Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales
Witnesses: S4C; Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Children, Schools and Families
Subject: Social Mobility
Witnesses: Dr John Goldthorpe, Nuffield College, Oxford University, Professor Stephen Machin and Dr Jo Blanden, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
Innovation, Universities and Schools
Subject: Renewable Electricity-Generation Technologies
Witnesses: Institute of Physics, UK Energy Research Centre, British Wind Energy Association, and Renewable Energy Association; Research Councils UK, and Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Work and Pensions
Subject: Health and Safety
Witnesses: Professor Frank Wright, University of Warwick, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Chris Jackson; CBI, EEF and Federation of Master Builders
Environmental Audit Sub-Committee On Environmental Information
Subject: Environmental Labelling
Witnesses: Joan Ruddock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Treasury Sub Committee
Subject: Counting the population
Witnesses: Charlie Bean, Chief Economist, Bank of England and officials, and HM Treasury officials; and Local Government Association, Slough Borough Council, Islington Council, Manchester City Council and the NHS Confederation
Transport*
Subject: (i) Network Rail engineering delays over the New Year period, (ii) Delivering a sustainable railway: a 30-year strategy for the railways?
Witnesses: (i) Network Rail and Bechtel (ii) Network Rail, and the Office of Rail Regulation
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs*
Subject: Flooding
Witnesses: Sir Michael Pitt, Chair, 'Learning lessons from the 2007 floods Review'; Chairmen of Regional Flood Defence Committees (Midlands, Thames and Yorkshire)
Foreign Affairs
Subject: Overseas Territories
Witnesses: Mr Louis Olivier Bancoult, leader, Chagos Refugee Groups, and Mr Richard Gifford, Sheridans Solicitors
Public Accounts
Subject: DEFRA: A progress update in resolving the difficulties in administering the Single Payment Scheme in England
Witnesses: Mrs Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Tony Cooper, Interim Chief Executive, Rural Payments Scheme
Thursday 24 January 2008
Health
Subject: Modernising Medical Careers
Witnesses: Professor Peter Rubin, Chair and Professor Neil Douglas, Board member, Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, and Professor Sir Nick Wright, Warden, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Anne Rainsberry, Director of Workforce, NHS London, Dr Moira Livingston, Strategic Head of Workforce and Deputy Medical Director, NHS Northeast, and Sian Thomas, Deputy Director, NHS Employers
Public Administration
Subject: Lobbying
Witnesses: Peter Facey, Unlock Democracy, Dr William Dinan and Professor David Miller, Spinwatch
Friday 25 January 2008
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
28 January - 1 February 2008
Monday 28 January 2008
Children, Schools and Families
Subject: Testing and Assessment
Witnesses: Professor Steve Smith, Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter, Professor Madeleine Atkins, Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University, and Susan Anderson, and Richard Wainer, Confederation of British Industry; Officials from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (at 4.45pm)
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| The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Innovations, Universities and Skills Sub-Committee on the Copyright Tribunal
Subject: Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
Witnesses: Phonographic Performance Limited, and the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance; Intellectual Property Office and HH Judge Fysh QC (at 5.00pm)
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4:15pm
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Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
Treasury Sub-Committee
Subject: Counting the population
Witnesses: Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales and Office for National Statistics officials; and Sir Michael Scholar, Chair, Statistics Board (at 5.00pm)
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4:15pm
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Joint Committee on Human Rights
Subject: A British Bill of Rights
Witnesses: Professor Chris Sidoti, Chair of the Bill of Rights Forum (Northern Ireland) and Professor Brice Dickson, Queen's University Belfast; Professor Graham Smith, University of Southampton (at 5.00pm)
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4:15pm
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Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster |
Public Accounts
Subject: Management of large business Corporation Tax
Witnesses: Dave Hartnett CB, Acting Chairman, HM Revenue and Customs
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4:30pm
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Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Tuesday 29 January 2008
Regulatory Reform
Subject: Regulatory Reform and the Better Regulation Executive
Witnesses: Pat McFadden MP, Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and William Sargent, Executive Chair and Jitinder Kohli, Chief Executive of the Better Regulation Executive
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9:45am
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Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster |
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Subject: Post Office Closure Programme
Witnesses: National Federation of Sub-Postmasters; Postwatch (at 11.30 am)
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10:30am
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Culture, Media and Sport*
Subject: (i) Tourism (ii) London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (at 11.30am)
Witnesses: (i) Grant Hearn, Chief Executive and Greg Dawson, Director of Communications, Travelodge; Professor Victor Middleton and Professor John Fletcher (at 11.00.m) (ii) Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics and London, Cabinet Office
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10:30am
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Defence
Subject: Defence Equipment
Witnesses: General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue KCB, CBE, Chief of Defence Materiel, David Gould CB, Chief Operating Officer, Defence Equipment & Support, and Lieutenant General Dick Applegate OBE, Chief of Materiel (Land), Ministry of Defence
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10:30am
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Home Affairs
Subject: (i) Serious Organised Crime Agency (ii) Domestic Violence (at 11.45am)
Witnesses: (i) Sir Stephen Lander KCB, Chair, and Bill Hughes, Director General, Serious Organised Crime Agency (ii) Commander Steve Allen, Association of Chief Police Officers, Nazir Afzal, Crown Prosecution Service, and Shazia Qayum
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10:30am
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Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Welsh Affairs
Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales
Witnesses: Skillset Screen Academy Wales and TAC; Ofcom, (at 11.15am)
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10:30am
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Scottish Affairs
Subject: Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland
Witnesses: Thales UK, Babcock and BAE Systems
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11:15am
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Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster |
Justice
Subject: Devolution: a decade on
Witnesses: Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, and David Middleton, Head of Department, Scotland Office
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4:15pm
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Wednesday 30 January 2008
Children, Schools and Families
Subject: Diversity of school provision
Witnesses: Dr Steve Gibbons, Research Associate, London School of Economics and Tom Benton, Senior Statistician, and Simon Rutt, Deputy Head of Statistics, National Foundation for Educational Research
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9:30am
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Innovation, Universities and Schools
Subject: Renewable electricity-generation technologies
Witnesses: Energy Research Partnership, Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Marine Institute for Innovation, Regional Development Agency , EDF energy, and RWE npower (at 10.15am)
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9:30am
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Modernisation of the House of Commons
Subject: Regional Accountability
Witnesses: Tom Riordan, Chair of Chief Executives of the RDA Network and Chief Executive, Yorkshire Forward, Abby Johnson Brennan, Deputy Chief Executive, East Midlands Development Agency, Jamie Merrick, Head of Strategy, East of England Development Agency
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9:35am
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: Flooding
Witnesses: National Farmers' Union and Natural England; Burton Joyce Residents' Association, Strensall & Towthorpe Parish Council and West Lindsey District Council (at 2.45pm); Steve Batty, Malcolm Coward and Paul Rouse (at 3.30pm)
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2pm
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The Lawrence Room, The lawn in Lincoln, Lincoln |
Procedure
Subject: e-Petitions
Witnesses: Professor Jonathan Drori CBE, Director, Changing Media Ltd, Peter Riddell and Laura Miller, Hansard Society, and Kathy Buckner and Ella Taylor-Smith, International Teledemocracy Centre, Napier University
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2:45pm
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Committee Room 20, Palace of Westminster |
Transport*
Subject: Department for Transport Annual Report 2007
Witnesses: Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State and Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport
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2:45pm
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Northern Ireland Affairs
Subject: Political developments in Northern Ireland
Witnesses: Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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3pm
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Public Accounts
Subject: The Cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre
Witnesses: Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, and Lin Homer, Chief Executive, Border and Immigration Agency
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3:30pm
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Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Thursday 31 January 2008
Public Administration
Subject: Lobbying
Witnesses: John Greenway MP, Nick Harvey MP and Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
| 10am
| The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Welsh Affairs
Subject: The proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council on charging for non-residential social Care
Witnesses: Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Wales Office, and officials
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11:15am
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform*
Subject: Energy Prices
Witnesses: Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister of State for Energy, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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1:30pm
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
International Development
Subject: Iraq
Witnesses: Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development
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2:30pm
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Friday 1 February 2008
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.
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