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:

Home Affairs

Mr Jeremy Browne discharged; Tom Brake added

Select Committee Meetings
3 - 7 March

Monday 3 March

Work and Pensions Subject: DWP Autumn Performance Report Witnesses: Sir Leigh Lewis KCBE, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Work and Pensions, Mr Adam Sharples, Director General, Work, Welfare and Equality Group and Mr Phil Wynn Owen, Director General, Strategy and Pensions, DWP

Joint Committee on Human Rights* Subject: A British Bill of Rights Witnesses: Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Justice Maurice Kay; Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University and Henry Porter, Journalist

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 Witnesses: Association of McTimoney-Corley Spinal Therapists, British Association of Equine Dental Technicians and Oxford College of Equine Physical Therapy; British Veterinary Association; Rt Hon Lord Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Farming, Food and Animal Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Accounts Subject: (i) Providing budgetary support to developing countries (ii) National Audit Office Supply Estimate 2008-09 Witnesses: (i) Sue Owens, Acting Permanent Secretary and officials from the Department for International Development (ii) Tim Burr, Comptroller and Auditor General, Jim Rickleton, Assistant Auditor General and Phil Woodward, Director of Finance, National Audit Office

Tuesday 4 March

Treasury* Subject: Financial Reporting and the National Accounts Witnesses: Financial Reporting Advisory Board; Office for National Statistics

Environmental Audit Subject: Post-Kyoto: The international context for progress on climate change Witnesses: Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate and Energy Security Programme and Professor Tom Burke, Founding Director, E3G, Dr Benito Müller, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Welsh Affairs Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales Witnesses: Rt Reverend Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford, Reverend Nick Read OBE, Chaplain for Agriculture and Rural Life, Diocese of Hereford, Rt Reverend Dominic Walker OGS, Bishop of Monmouth, and Reverend Robin Morrison, Provincial Church and Society Officer, Diocese of Monmouth

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Spring Supplementary Estimates Witnesses: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Home Affairs Subject: Domestic Violence Witnesses: Kiranjit Ahluwalia; Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse, and Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government; Kevin Brennan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Vernon Coaker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office

Culture, Media and Sport* Subject: Community Cohesion and Migration Witnesses: Harmful content on the Internet/in video games

Scottish Affairs Subject: Employment and skills for the defence industry in Scotland Witnesses: Unite the Union and Prospect

Public Accounts Subject: The NAO's Estimate for 2008-09 Witnesses: Mr Tim Burr, Comptroller & Auditor General, and NAO officials

Justice Subject: Consultation Sentencing Guideline: Causing Death by Driving Witnesses: Professor Mike Hough, Director, Institute for Criminal policy Research; Roadpeace and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Crown Prosecution Service and the Law Society

Wednesday 5 March

Work and Pensions Subject: Health and Safety Witnesses: Derek Allen, Executive Director of LACORS; and Lord McKenzie of Luton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, 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: Regional Accountability Witnesses: Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Mr Ben Bradshaw MP, Regional Minister for the South West, and Trudi Elliott, Regional Director, Government Office for the West Midlands

Foreign Affairs* Subject: Overseas Territories Witnesses: Hon Peter Caruana QC, Chief Minister, Government of Gibraltar

European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents

Transport* Subject: Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30-year strategy for the railways? Witnesses: Office of the Rail Regulator; Passengerfocus, London Travelwatch, Unite - The National Federation of Royal Mail and BT Pensioners and The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People; Campaign for Better Transport, Transport Watch and Sustrans

Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland Witnesses: British Irish Rights Watch; Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers' Association

Public Accounts Subject: Preparing to deliver the 14-19 education reforms in England Witnesses: David Bell, Permanent Secretary and Jon Coles, Director of 14-19 Reform, Department for Children, Schools and Families

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England Witnesses: National Farmers' Union; Phil Woolas MP, Minister for the Environment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thursday 6 March

Public Administration Subject: Lobbying Witnesses: Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, and Luther Pendragon; The Law Society and DLA Piper Global Government Communications

Health Subject: Dental Services Witnesses: Patients Association, and CAB; Ann Keen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Services, Department of Health

Friday 7 March

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

10 - 14 March 2008

Monday 10 March

Tuesday 11 March

Wednesday 12 March

Thursday 13 March

Friday 14 March

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.