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:

Committee of Selection:

Liz Blackman, Mr Nicholas Brown and Mr Alan Campbell discharged; Mr Thomas McAvoy, Mr Frank Roy and Claire Ward added

Select Committee Meetings
6 - 10 October 2008

Monday 6 October

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Draft Apprenticeships Bill Witnesses: Alliance of Sector Skills Council, Federation of Small Businesses, Confederation of British Industry, and British Chambers of Commerce; Association of Colleges, Association of Learning Providers, and Trade Union Congress; Learning and Skills Council

Tuesday 7 October

Welsh Affairs Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales Witnesses: CBI Wales and Airbus

Business and Enterprise Subject: The role of regional development agencies Witnesses: British Chambers of Commerce, EEF and CBI; Local Government Association, Essex County Council and Lancashire County Council

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: London 2012 Games Witnesses: Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, Neale Coleman, Advisor on the London 2012 Games to the Mayor of London, and Peter Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, London Development Agency; Lord Moynihan, Chairman, and Simon Clegg, Chief Executive, British Olympic Association, and Tim Brabants, Olympic athlete

Justice Subject: The Work of the Ministry of Justice Witnesses: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor

Wednesday 8 October

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Sub-Committee on after Leitch: Implementing skills and training policies Witnesses: David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Stephen Marston, Director General for Further Education and Skills, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Draft Apprenticeships Bill Witnesses: Mr Andy Powell, Chief Executive, Edge Foundation and Mr Simon Bartley, Chief Executive, UK Skills

European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: None

Public Accounts Subject: HM Revenue and Customs Standard Report Witnesses: Dave Hartnett CB, Acting Chairman, HM Revenue and Customs

Thursday 9 October

Public Administration Subject: Charity Commission Annual Report, and Public Benefit Consultation Witnesses: Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Andrew Hind, Chief Executive, Rosie Chapman, Executive Director, Policy and Effectiveness, and Kenneth Dibble, Executive Director, Legal and Compliance, Charity Commission

Friday 10 October

None

All public select committee meetings are webcast Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament 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
13 - 17 October

Monday 13 October

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills
Subject: DIUS Departmental Report 2008
Witnesses: Ian Watmore, Permanent Secretary, and officials, Department for Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills

4:15am

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: English pig industry
Witnesses: British Pig Executive and National Pig Association; British Meat Processors Association, Tulip and Bowes of Norfolk (at 5.15 p.m.)

4:30am

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Communities and Local Government
Subject: Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2008
Witnesses: Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Richard McCarthy, Director General, Housing and Planning, David Rossington, acting Director General, Communities Group, Hunada Nouss, Director General, Corporate Delivery and Sir Ken Knight, CBE, DL, Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser, Department for Communities and Local Government

4:40am

Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Tuesday 14 October

Culture, Media and Sport* Subject: The Licensing Act 2003 Witnesses: Local Government Association and the Association of Town Centre Management; Association of Chief Police Officers and the Police Federation (at 11.10 a.m.); Magistrates Association (at 11.50 a.m.)	9:30am	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
Home Affairs Subject: Human Trafficking Witnesses: NewsQuest; Europol (at 10.45 a.m.); European Commission (at 11.15 a.m.) (*Witnesses will be giving evidence via video-link)	10:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Treasury* Subject: Economics of the Housing Market Witnesses: Nationwide, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Professor John Muellbauer, Nuffield College, Professor David Miles, Imperial College London	10:30am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Business and Enterprise Subject: The role of regional development agencies Witnesses: Advantage West Midlands, East Midlands Development Agency	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Defence* Subject: UK national security and resilience Witnesses: General Sir David Richards KCB CBE DSO ADC, Commander-in-Chief Land Forces and Brigadier James Everard CBE, Director Commitments, HQ Land Forces, Ministry of Defence	10:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Equality and Human Rights Commission Witnesses: Mr Trevor Phillips, Chairman, and Mr John Wadham, Legal Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission	1:45pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Justice Subject: Sentencing Commission Witnesses: Professor Mike Hough, King's College London, and Professor Andrew Ashworth QC, University of Oxford	4:15pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Wednesday 15 October

Treasury Subject: Administration and Expenditure of the Chancellors' Departments 2007-08 Witnesses: Government Actuary's Department, Debt Management Office, Valuation Office Agency	2:30pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Foreign Affairs Subject: FCO Departmental Report 2007-08 Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty, Chair, Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, and Bidesh Sarkar, Director, Resources, British Council; Nigel Chapman, Director, and Richard Thomas, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance, BBC World Service (at 3.30 p.m.)	2:30pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: None	2:30pm	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Waste Strategy for England 2007 Witnesses: Environment Agency; Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (at 3.45 p.m.); WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) (at 4.30 p.m.)	3:00pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Transport Subject: School Travel Witnesses: Association of School and College Leaders, National Association of Head Teachers and Modeshift; Stagecoach Group, Confederation of Passenger Transport, and First Group (at 4.30 p.m.)	3:30pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Thursday 16 October

Public Administration*
Subject: Good Government
Witnesses: Ms Zenna Atkins, Mr Geoff Mulgan, Sir Steve Robson CB and Mr Matthew Taylor

10:00am

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Health*
Subject: NHS Next Stage Review
Witnesses: Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman, Council of the British

Medical Association (BMA),

Sir Ian Carruthers, Chief Executive, NHS South West, Margaret Edwards, Chief Executive, NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, and Mike Farrar, Chief Executive, NHS North West

10:00am

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House