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:

Administration:

Mr Nicholas Brown discharged; Mr Thomas McAvoy added

Select Committee Meetings
27 - 31 October 2008

Monday 27 October

Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Political Developments in Northern Ireland Witnesses: Rt Hon Peter Robinson MP MLA, First Minister

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Looked-after Children Witnesses: Local Government Association; London Borough of Hackney, Manchester City Council, and Warwickshire County Council

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: English pig industry Witnesses: British Hospitality Association; British Retail Consortium and Waitrose; Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Draft Apprenticeships Bill Witnesses: Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Lord Young of Norwood Green, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and official, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Public Accounts Subject: Protecting the public: the work of the Parole Board Witnesses: Christine Glenn, Chief Executive, Parole Board, Phil Wheatley, Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service, and Peter Handcock CBE, Director General, Access to Justice Directorate, Ministry of Justice

Communities and Local Government Subject: Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2008 Witnesses: Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State, Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Minister for Housing, and Rt Hon John Healey MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government

Tuesday 28 October

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: The Licensing Act 2003 Witnesses: Brigid Simmonds OBE, Chairman, Central Council of Physical Recreation and Committee of Registered Club Associations; Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, and Zippo's Circus ; James Lowman, Chief Executive, Association of Convenience Stores, and Jeremy Beadles, Chief Executive, The Wine and Spirit Trade Association

Home Affairs Subject: Managing Migration: Draft Immigration and Citizenship Bill Witnesses: Immigration Advisory Service, and Refugee Legal Centre; Liberty, and JUSTICE

International Development Subject: HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy Witnesses: Lucy Chesire, Kenyan TB/HIV advocate*; Dr Kent Buse, Health Policy Analyst and International HIV/AIDS Alliance; ActionAid and the UK Consortium on Aids and International Development

* gave evidence via video-link

Public Accounts Commission Subject: NAO's Refurbishment Project Witnesses: Tim Burr CB, Comptroller and Auditor General, and the National Audit Office

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Human rights issues relating to the Home Office Witnesses: Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department

Defence and Foreign Affairs (Joint) Subject: Afghanistan and Iraq Witnesses: Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Defence, and Lieutenant General P A Wall CBE, Ministry of Defence; Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mark Lyall Grant, Director General Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Justice Subject: Justice Reinvestment Witnesses: Savas Hadjipavlou, Head of Health Policy and Strategy Unit, Ministry of Justice; Angela Greatley, Chief Executive, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, and Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE, Cardiff University; Richard Kramer, Director, Centre of Excellence for Connected Care, Turning Point, Catherine Hennessy, Director of Operations, Revolving Doors Agency, and Dr Miles Rinaldi, Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion, New Directions Team

Environmental Audit Subject: Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping Witnesses: International Maritime Organization; The Chamber of Shipping

Wednesday 29 October

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Looked-after Children Witnesses: Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: DIUS Departmental Report 2008 Witnesses: Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State, and Ian Watmore, Permanent Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Work and Pensions Subject: DWP's Commissioning Strategy and the Employment Programme Market Witnesses: Serco, The Wise Group, and Action for Employment (A4e); Glasgow Works - City Strategy Consortium, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion

European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: None

Foreign Affairs Subject: FCO Departmental Report 2008 Witnesses: Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, Permanent Secretary, Keith Luck, Director General, Finance, and James Bevan, Director General, Change and Delivery, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Treasury Sub-Committee Subject: Administration and Expenditure of the Chancellor's Departments 2007-08 Witnesses: Rt Hon John Healey MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government; Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury; Mike Clasper, CBE, Chairman, and David Hartnett CB, Acting Chief Executive Officer, HM Revenue & Customs

Transport Subject: Department for Transport Annual Report 2008 Witnesses: Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP, Secretary of State, and Mr Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Defra's Departmental Report 2008 Witnesses: Dame Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Accounts Subject: DWP: Handling customer complaints Witnesses: Witnesses: Sir Leigh Lewis KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive, Jobcentre Plus, and Terry Moran, Chief Executive, Pensions, Disability and Carers Service

Thursday 30 October

International Development Subject: HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy Witnesses: Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Public Administration Subject: The Work of the Ombudsman/Equitable Life Witnesses: Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Health Subject: Patient Safety Witnesses: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, and Professor Dame Christine Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health

International Development Subject: DFID Annual Report 2008 Witnesses: Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development

Friday 31 October

None

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

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Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings

3 - 7 November 2008

Monday 3 November

Tuesday 4 November

Wednesday 5 November

Thursday 6 November