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:

None

Select Committee Meetings
3 - 7 November 2008

Monday 3 November

Children, Schools and Families Subject: National Curriculum Witnesses: Secondary National Strategy, Association for Science Education, Royal Geographical Society, and Institute of Education, University of London

Treasury Subject: Banking Crisis Witnesses: Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, and Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: (i) Nuclear Engineering (ii) Plastic Electronics Engineering Witnesses: (i) Mike O'Brien MP, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (ii) Rt Hon Lord Drayson, Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and Lord Carter of Barnes, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Public Accounts Subject: Programmes to reduce household energy consumption Witnesses: Moira Wallace, Acting Permanent Secretary, Edmund Hosker, Head of Energy Markets Unit, and Anne Sharpe, Director, Domestic Climate Change and Energy, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and John Fiennes, Director of Sustainable Buildings and Climate Change, Department for Communities and Local Government

Tuesday 4 November

Business and Enterprise Subject: Creating a higher value added economy Witnesses: TUC; CBI and The Federation of Small Businesses

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: BBC Commercial Operations Witnesses: Tony Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, FremantleMedia, and John McVay, Chief Executive, and Charles Wace, Chairman, Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television; TimeOut, Guardian Media Group, and Wanderlust; Andrew Harrison, Chief Executive, RadioCentre; Newspaper Society and Trinity Mirror

Defence Subject: MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 Witnesses: Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB, Permanent Under Secretary of State, and Trevor Woolley CB, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence

Home Affairs Subject: (i) Police and the Media (ii) The rights of Gurkhas to settle in the UK Witnesses: (i) Liberty; Jon Silverman (at 10.50 am); West Midlands Police, and ACPO Media Advisory Group; (ii) N C Brothers & Co Solicitors, Howe & Co Solicitors, Laxmi Prasad Sharma, and Metropolitan Police

Welsh Affairs Subject: Cross border public services for Wales Witnesses: Mersey Dee Alliance and SEWTA; Passenger Focus and Community Transport

Wednesday 5 November

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: DIUS Departmental Report Witnesses: Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser

Health Subject: Health Inequalities Witnesses: Jamie Oliver, Chef and Broadcaster

European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: None

Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Security: Non-proliferation Witnesses: Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Professorial Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, Mr Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, IISS; Baroness Williams of Crosby

Transport Subject: Taxes and charges on road users Witnesses: Professor Stephen Glaister, Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring, Institute for European Environmental Policy, and Institute for Fiscal Studies; Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Professor Alan McKinnon, Heriot-Watt University, and Professor Jon Shaw, University of Plymouth

Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Cross border co-operation Witnesses: Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde, Assistant Chief Constable Judith Gillespie, and Chief Inspector Sam Cordner, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Public Accounts Subject: Department for International Development: Operations in insecure environments Witnesses: Dr Minouche Shafik, Permanent Secretary, Mark Lowcock, Director General, Country Programmes, Bella Bird, Head of DfID Nepal, and Mozzam Malik, UN Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Division, Department for International Development

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Badgers and Cattle TB Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thursday 6 November

Health Subject: Health Inequalities Witnesses: Mike Eland, Director General of Enforcement and Compliance, HM Revenue and Customs, and Brodie Clark, Strategic Director, Border Control, UK Border Agency; Rob Ballantyne, Independent Planning and Health Consultant, and Neil Blackshaw, Head, NHS London Healthy Urban Development Unit

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
10 - 14 November 2008

Monday 10 November

Children, Schools and Families Subject: National Curriculum Witnesses: CBI, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), QCA and Institute of Education, University of London	3:45pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Geo-engineering Witnesses: Professor Brian Launder, University of Manchester, Dr Dan Lunt, University of Bristol, and Dr David Santillo, Greenpeace; Professor Stephen Salter, University of Edinburgh, Professor Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution, Professor Klaus Lackner, University of Columbia, and a representative from the Met Office (at 5.00 pm) witness will give evidence via video-link	4:15pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Communities and Local Government* Subject: The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government Witnesses: Birmingham City Council and Manchester City Council; Kent County Council and Maidstone Borough Council (at 5.00 pm); Westminster City Council and London Borough of Camden (at 5.40 pm)	4:20pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Public Accounts Subject: The new dimension programme - enhancing the fire and rescue service's capacity to respond to terrorist and other large-scale incidents Witnesses: Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Sir Ken Knight, Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser and Mike Reed, Deputy Director, Department for Communities and Local Government	4:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Tuesday 11 November

Treasury* Subject: Banking Crisis Witnesses: British Bankers' Association, BBA Financial Reporting Advisory Panel, Association of British Insurers, Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Centre; International Accounting Standards Board, Financial Reporting Council, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (at 10.30 am)	9:45am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Business and Enterprise* Subject: Consumer Focus Witnesses: Lord Whitty, Chairman and Mr Ed Mayo, Chief Executive, Consumer Focus	10:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Culture, Media and Sport Subject: The Licensing Act 2003 Witnesses: British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeeping and Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; Feargal Sharkey, Musicians' Union and Equity (at 11.30 am)	10:30am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Home Affairs Subject: Draft Citizenship and Immigration Bill Witnesses: Migrants' Rights Network, and Refugee Council; Medicins du Monde, British Medical Association, and Terrence Higgins Trust (at 11.15 am)	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Welsh Affairs Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales Witnesses: Virgin Trains, Arriva, First Great Western; and Ian Johnston CBE, DL, QPM, Chief Constable, British Transport Police (at 11.15 am)	10:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Public Administration*
Subject: Equitable Life
Witnesses: Equitable Life Members' Action Group and Equitable Life Trapped Annuitants; and Equitable Life Assurance Society (at 3.15 pm)

2:00pm The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Justice
Subject: Justice Reinvestment
Witnesses: National Offender Management Service; National Offender Management Service, National Learning and Skills Council and Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (at 4.45 pm); Southampton City Council, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Detective Chief Superintendent Alison Rose, West Yorkshire Police (at 5.20 pm) 4:15pm The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Wednesday 12 November

Children, Schools and Families* Subject: Diversity of Schools Provision - Trust Schools Witnesses: Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, Capita SIMS, and John Clemence, Headteacher, Sharnbrook Upper School	9:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: The work of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Witnesses: Professor David Delpy, Chief Executive and Mr John Armitt, Chairman, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	9:30am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: None	11:00am	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
International Development Subject: The annual autumn meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Witnesses: Oxfam GB, Bretton Woods Project and the WWF; Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development and officials (at 3.15 pm)	2:15pm	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Defence* Subject: MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 Witnesses: Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Defence	2:30pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Transport Subject: The Enforcement activities of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) Witnesses: Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association; Passenger Transport Executive Group (pteg) and FirstGroup plc (at 3.30 pm); and VOSA Trade Union Side and Unite the Union (at 4.15 pm)	2:45pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Waste Strategy for England 2007 Witnesses: Environmental Services Association; Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (at 3.45 pm); British Metals Recycling Association (at 4.15 pm)	3:00pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Public Accounts Subject: Reducing alcohol harm: Health services in England for alcohol misuse Witnesses: Hugh Taylor, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Dr Will Cavendish, Director of Health and Well-Being	3:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Thursday 13 November

Health
Subject: Health Inequalities
Witnesses: Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Food Standards Agency (at 11.15 am)

10:00am

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Public Administration*
Subject: Equitable Life
Witnesses: Sir Howard Davies, Lord Norton of Louth, Mr Tom Winsor, Mr Patrick Collinson, The Guardian, and Mr Ian Cowie, The Daily Telegraph

10:00am

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Home Affairs*
Subject: The work of the Home Office
Witnesses: Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department

12:00pm

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House