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
21 - 25 April

Monday 21 April

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Looked-after children Witnesses: Professor Ian Sinclair, Research Professor, Children and Young People's Social Work Team, University of York, Robert Tapsfield, Chief Executive, The Fostering Network, and Kevin Williams, Chief Executive, The Adolescent and Children's Trust

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Sub Committee Subject: Biosecurity in UK Research Laboratories Witnesses: Lord McKenzie, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions, Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State, Department of Health, Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State, Department for innovation, Universities and Skills, and Rt Hon Lord Rooker of Perry Bar, Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tuesday 22 April

Treasury Subject: Inherited Estate Witnesses: Mr Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive, Which?; Clare Spottiswoode CBE, Policyholder Advocate for Norwich Union ; and Mr Hector Sants, Chief Executive, Financial Services Authority

Business and Enterprise & Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Ofcom Annual Plan 2008-09 Witnesses: Lord Currie of Marylebone, Chairman, and Ed Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Ofcom

Defence Subject: Recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces Witnesses: Ministry of Defence officials

International Development Subject: The World Food Programme and Global Food Security Witnesses: Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme

Home Affairs Subject: Policing in the 21st Century Witnesses: Association of Chief Police Officers and National Policing Improvement Agency; Custody Sergeant, Acton Police Station, Metropolitan Police ; Paul Carne

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Investigating the oceans Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State, and Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Communities and Local Government

Subject: Community Cohesion and Migration

Witnesses: Community Development Foundation; Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Borders and Immigration, Home Office

Justice

Subject: Devolution: A Decade On

Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Steel of Aikwood; Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP

Wednesday 23 April

Foreign Affairs Subject: Scrutiny of Senior Diplomatic Appointments Witnesses: Mr Jack McConnell MSP

European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses:

Public Accounts Subject: (i) Evasion of vehicle excise duty (ii) National Probation Witnesses: The supervision of Community Orders in England Witnesses: (i) Stephen Hickey, Director-General, Safety, Service Delivery and Logistics Group, Anthony Boucher, Statistics Directorate, Department for Transport and Noel Shanahan, Chief Executive, DVLA (ii) Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Phil Wheatley, Director-General, HM Prison Service

Thursday 24 April

Public Administration Subject: Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Witnesses: Janet Paraskeva, First Civil service commissioner; Professor Peter Hennessy, Sir Robin Mountfirld KCB and Professor Robert Blackburn.

International Development Subject: DFID and the African Development Bank Witnesses: Gillian Merron MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Home Affairs

Subject: Policing in the 21st Century

Witnesses: Thames Valley Police; National Black Police Association; Safer Reading Partnership

Friday 25 April

None

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings

28 April - 2 May 2008

Monday 28 April

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Turkey: Trade and EU Accession Witnesses: Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister for Trade Promotion and Investment, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	2:30pm	The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Children, Schools and Families Subject: Looked-after children Witnesses: Helen Chambers, Principal Officer, Well-being, National Children's Bureau, Sue Dunstall, Policy Adviser, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Dr Rita Harris, The Care Matters Partnership and Dr Catherine M Hill, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Southampton City Primary Care Trust	3:45pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Leitch Review of Skills Witnesses: Lord Leitch and Louise Tilbury, former team leader, Leitch Review of Skills	4:15pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Public Accounts Subject: Improving finance resource management to deliver better public services Witnesses: Nick Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, Jon Thompson, Head of Government Finance Profession, HM Treasury and Gill Rider, Director General, Civil Service Capabilities Group, Cabinet Office	4:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Consolidation & C., Bills Subject: Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL] Witnesses: John Saunders and Jonathan Teasdale, Law Commission, and Susan Sutherland, Scottish Law Commission	4:45pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Communities and Local Government Subject: Planning Skills Witnesses: Sir John Egan; Planning Officers' Society and Mr Lindsay Frost (at 5.20 pm)	4:50pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Tuesday 29 April

Public Administration Subject: Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Witnesses: Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Sir Gus O'Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary; Michael Wills MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (at 4.30 pm)	3:15am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Regulatory Reform Subject: Getting Results: The Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda Witnesses: Trades Union Congress and National Consumer Council	9:45am	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
Treasury Subject: Re-appointment of the Governor of the Bank of England Witnesses: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England	9:45am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Environmental Audit Subject: Making Government operations more sustainable: A progress check Witnesses: Sustainable Development Commission; Sir Ian Andrews CBE, TD, Second Permanent Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Nigel Smith, Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce (at 11.05 am)	10:20am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Welsh Affairs* Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales Witnesses: Muscular Dystrophy Campaign; and The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt NHS Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Gobowen, (at 11.15 am)	10:30am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Harmful content on the Internet and in video games Witnesses: Bebo, MySpace, ELSPA, Tiga	10:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
International Development Subject: Co-ordination for Aid Effectiveness Witnesses: Myles Wickstead, Visiting Professor, Open University, UK Aid Network, and Merlin; Antonio Tujan Jr, Chairman of Reality of Aid Network and Director of IBON International; and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE) (at 11.30 am)	10:30am	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Home Affairs* Subject: Human Trafficking Witnesses: POPPY Project; ECPAT UK (at 11.00 a.m.); Gangmasters Licensing Authority (at 11.30 a.m.); Kalayaan: Justice for Migrant Domestic Workers (at 12 noon)	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Scottish Affairs Subject: Employment and skills for the defence industry in Scotland Witnesses: Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence	12:30pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: UNCAT: Allegations of torture and inhumane treatment carried out by British troops in Iraq Witnesses: Redresss and Public Interest Lawyers	1:45pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Wednesday 30 April

Health Subject: Health Inequalities Witnesses: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Ken Judge, University of Bath, and Sally Macintyre, Director, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit; Newham New Deal for Communities, Sure Start Bakerend, Sure Start Millmead, and Edward Melhuish, Executive Director of National Evaluation of Sure Start (at 10.30 am)	:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Engineering Witnesses: Panel of young engineers; Lord Browne of Madingley, President, Royal Academy of Engineering, Mr Norman Haste, Chief Operating Officer, Laing O'Rourke, and Professor Michael Kelly, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Communities and Local Government (at 10.15 am)	9:30am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Work and Pensions* Subject: Department for Work and Pensions Three Year Plan Witnesses: Rt Hon James Purnell MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Sir Leigh Lewis KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions	9:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
International Development Subject: Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Witnesses: * John Ging, Director of UNRWA Operations, Gaza; The Portland Trust (at 11.00 am); Oxfam GB (at 11.45 am) *(Witness will be giving evidence via video-link)	10:00am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: -	2:30pm	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
Foreign Affairs Subject: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Annual Report 2007 Witnesses: Tom Porteous, London Director, Human Rights Watch, and Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK	2:30pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Treasury Subject: Road Safety Witnesses: County Surveyors' Society, Technical Advisers Group, Intelligent Transport Society UK and Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, West Yorkshire Road Safety Strategy Group, Association of Chief Police Officers, Chief Fire Officers' Association and Police Federation of England and Wales (at 3.45 pm)	2:30pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs* Subject: Defra priorities Witnesses: Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	3:00pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Public Accounts Subject: Roll-out of Jobcentre Plus Witnesses: Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive, Jobcentre Plus	3:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Thursday 1 May

None

Friday 2 May

None

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice]

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