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Weekly Information Bulletin: 6th June 2009
Select Committees
Select Committees are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House overseas the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure. The following information on Select Committees is available on the Parliament website: Select Committee membership: www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/selmem.cfm Links to Select Committee home pages containing information on the work of the Select Committee and its publications: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm For further information on Select Committees see HCIO Factsheet P2 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website. Membership: None
Select Committee Meetings |
| Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Witnesses: Rt Hon Tony Blair, Representative of the Middle East Quartet
| 11:00am | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Children, Schools and Families Subject: Training of Children and Families Social Workers Witnesses: Hilary Tompsett, Chair, Joint Universities Council Social Work Education Committee; Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children's Workforce Development Council, and Rosie Varley OBE, Chair, and Mike Wardle, Chief Executive, General Social Care Council
| 3:45pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: (i) Ofwat's Price Review 2009 (ii) Draft Flood and Water Management Bill Witnesses: (i) Consumer Council for Water (ii) National Flood Forum (Draft Flood & Water Management Bill inquiry only).
| 4:30pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Communities and Local Government Subject: Housing and the credit crunch Witnesses: Council of Mortgage Lenders: Michael Coogan, Director General National Housing Federation: David Orr, Chief Executive Home Builders Federation: John Stewart, Director of Economic Affairs Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association: John Heron, Deputy Chairman, IMLA Communities and Local Government: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Minister for Housing; Richard McCarthy, Director General, Housing and Planning Homes Communities Agency Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Tenant Services Authority: Peter Marsh, Chief Executive.
| 4:30pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Public Accounts Subject: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Response to the growth of the UK merchant fleet Witnesses: Mr Peter Cardy, Chief Executive, Sue Ketteridge, Director of Finance and Governance, and Mr Paul Coley, Assistant Director Seafarers and Ships, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Transport. | 4:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Tuesday 2 June
| Environmental Audit Subject: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change Witnesses: Mike O'Brien MP, Minister of State, David Capper, Head of EU Emissions Trading System, National Carbon Markets, Jill Duggan, Head of International Emissions Trading, International Climate Change, and Chris Dodwell, Head of Policy, International Climate Change, Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
| 10:20am | Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
| Business and Enterprise Subject: Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme Witnesses: Federation of Small Businesses, Forum of Private Business, CBI; Barclays, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland.
| 10:30am | Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
| International Development Subject: Urbanisation & Poverty Witnesses: IIED, One World Action, Consortium for Street Children; Development Planning Unit, UCL.
| 10:30am | Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster |
| Defence Subject: Helicopter capability Witnesses: Rear Admiral Simon Charlier, Chief of Staff, Carrier-Strike and Aviation, Rear Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt, Commander, Joint Helicopter Command, Brigadier Kevin Abraham, Head of Joint Capability; Quentin Davies MP, Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Adrian Baguley, Head of Helicopters 2, Commodore Russ Harding, Director of Equipment Capability (Air & Littoral Manoeuvre, Ministry of Defence).
| 10:30am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Press standards, privacy and libel Witnesses: Mark Stephens, Partner, IP & Media, Finers Stephens Innocent LLP, Ms Charmian Gooch, Director, Global Witness; Barbara Follett MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
| 10:30am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Welsh Affairs Subject: Ports in Wales Witnesses: Dr Anthony Beresford, Cardiff Business School and Calum Couper, Port of Cardiff and Chair Wales Freight Group.
| 11:00am | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Policing and Protest Witnesses: Mr Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security and Mr Christian Papalentiou, Head of Public Order Unit, Home Office.
| 2:30pm | Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Draft Bribery Bill Subject: Draft Bribery Bill Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen; Gary Campkin, Confederation of British Industries, Andrew Berkley, International Chamber of Commerce, Rosina Robson, Federation of Small Businesses; and Derek Marshall, Society of British Aerospace Companies, Brinley Salzman, Defence Manufacturers Association, James Maton, UK Anti-Corruption Forum. | 3:45pm | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
Wednesday 3 June
| European Scrutiny Subject: Commission Communication: Driving European recovery Witnesses: Lord Myners, Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury.
| 9:30am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
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Health
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9:30am |
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Treasury Sub Committee Subject: Evaluating the Efficiency Programme Witnesses: Andrew Hudson, Managing Director, Public Services and Growth, HM Treasury, Louise Tulett, Finance Director, Treasury Group, and Nigel Smith, Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce; Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive, Simon Bowles, Chief Finance Officer, and John Keelty, Director Departmental Transformation Programme, HM Revenue & Customs.
| 2:30pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Joint Committee on Draft Bribery Bill Subject: Draft Bribery Bill Witnesses: British Aerospace Systems, Thales Group, Lockheed Martin; and Jeremy Cole, Lovells, Louise Delahunty, Simmons & Simmons, Monty Raphael, Peters and Peters.
| 3:00pm | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: (i) Ofwat's Price Review 2009 (ii) Draft Flood and Water Management Bill Witnesses: Environment Agency Professor Martin Cave, Independent Review of Competition and Innovation in Water Markets. | 3:00pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
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Public Accounts
| 3:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Business and Human Rights Witnesses: Professor John Ruggie, UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights | 4:30pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Thursday 4 June
None
Friday 5 June
| North West Regional Committee Subject: Industry and innovation in the North East Witnesses: Federation of Small Businesses, Chamber of Commerce, CBI, TUC and bank representatives
| 12:15pm | Whickham Room, Gateshead Council |
Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
8 - 12 June 2009
Monday 8 June
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East Midlands Regional Committee
| 10:15am | Tupton Village Hall, Tupton, Derbyshire |
| West Midlands Regional Committee Subject: The impact of the current economic and financial situation on businesses in the West Midlands Region Witnesses: British Ceramic Confederation; Unite the Union (at 11.15 am); Local Government Association, Staffordshire County Council, North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership, and Stoke City Council (at 12.00 noon).
| 10:30am | Evolution Boardroom, Staffordshire University, Stoke |
| South West Regional Subject: Impact of the current economic situation on the South West and the Government's response Witnesses: Federation of Small Businesses and CBI South West; Citizens' Advice Bureau, Advice UK, Shelter, and National Housing Federation (at 11.35 am); Unite, and Learning Skills Council (at 12.25 pm).
| 10:45am | Swindon Railway Museum, Swindon |
| Speaker's Conference Subject: Speaker's Conference (on Parliamentary Representation) Witnesses: Lorraine Barrett AM, Commissioner for the Sustainable Assembly, and Claire Clancy, Chief Executive, National Assembly for Wales; National Federation of Women's Institutes, MENCAP Cymru Partners in Politics, All Wales Ethnic Minority Organisation, and Stonewall Wales (at 3.00 pm).
| 2:00pm | Committee Room 3, Senedd Building, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff |
| Children, Schools and Families Subject: (i) Teacher Training and (ii) Social Mobility Witnesses: (i) Toni Fazaeli, Chief Executive, Institute for Learning, David Hunter, Chief Executive, Lifelong Learning UK, Stella Mbubaegbu CBE, Association of Colleges, and Dr Michael Thrower, General Secretary, Principals' Professional Council (ii) Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP, Chair, Panel on Fair Access to the Professions, and James Turner, Policy Director, and Lee Elliot Major, Director of Research, Sutton Trust (at 4.45 pm).
| 3:45pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
| Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (OSCHR) Witnesses: Professor Sir John Bell, Chair, and Sir Alex Markham, Chair, Translational Medicines Board, Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research.
| 4:15pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Communities and Local Government Subject: Supporting People Witnesses: Audit Commission; Sitra, and the National Housing Federation (at 4.55 pm); Unison, and the Housing Associations Charitable Trust (at 5.30 pm).
| 4:20pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: (i) Ofwat's Price Review 2009 (ii) Draft Flood and Water Management Bill Witnesses: Severn Trent Water, Thames Water, and Yorkshire Water.
| 4:30pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Public Accounts Subject: Financial Management in the Home Office Witnesses: Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary, and Helen Kilpatrick, Director General, Financial and Commercial, Home Office.
| 4:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Tuesday 9 June
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Treasury*
| 9:45am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Environmental Audit Subject: Carbon Budgets Witnesses: Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, CBE, FRS, member, and David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change; Aubrey Meyer, Co-founder, and Terry O'Connell, Director of Corporate Relations, Global Commons Institute (at 11.40 am).
| 10:20am | Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
| Defence Subject: The Comprehensive Approach Witnesses: Professor Malcolm Chalmers, RUSI, Professor Theo Farrell, King's College and Brigadier (retired) Ed Butler, C for C Ltd.
| 10:30am | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Home Affairs* Subject: The Cocaine Trade Witnesses: Drugscope; Professor John Strang, Director, National Addiction Centre (at 11.00 am).
| 10:30am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Welsh Affairs Subject: Ports in Wales Witnesses: Giovanni Mendola, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission, Maritime Transport, and Ports Policy Unit; Road Haulage Association, Rail Freight Group, and Freight Transport Association (at 11.15 am).
| 10:30am | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Human Rights* Subject: Business and Human Rights Witnesses: Amnesty International, Action Aid, CORE Coalition, and Sapna Malik, Leigh Day Solicitors; Trades Union Congress, and Institute of Employment Rights (at 2.45 pm).
| 1:45pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
| Justice Subject: The role of the Prison Officer Witnesses: Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister of State, Phil Wheatley CB, Director General, and Stacey Tasker, Head of Training, National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice.
| 4:15pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Wednesday 10 June
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Work and Pensions
| 9:30am | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Children, Schools and Families Subject: Training of Children and Families Social Workers Witnesses: Liz Davies, London Metropolitan University, Dr Eileen Munro, London School of Economics, and Professor Michael Preston-Shoot, University of Bedfordshire; Association of Directors of Children's Services, and Cafcass (at 10.30 am).
| 9:30am | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Energy and Climate Change Subject: Low carbon technologies in a green economy Witnesses: Andrew Simms, Policy Director and Head of the Climate Change Programme, New Economics Foundation; Douglas Parr, Chief Scientific Adviser and Policy Director, Greenpeace (at 10.30 am).
| 9:45am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Business and Enterprise Subject: Automotive Assistance Program Witnesses: Unite the Union; Ian Pearson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (at 2.30 pm). | 2:00pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Scottish Affairs Subject: Dunfermline Building Society Witnesses: Graeme Dalziel, former Chief Executive, Jim Faulds, former Chairman, and Jim Willens, former Chief Executive, Dunfermline Building Society; Liz Kelly, Group Counsel, Tony Prestedge, Group Development Director, and Alison Robb, Divisional Director, Group Strategy & Planning, Nationwide Building Society (at 3.15 pm).
| 2:15pm | Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
| Treasury Sub Committee Subject: Evaluating the Efficiency Programme Witnesses: Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary, and Angela Eagle MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury.
| 2:30pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: (i) Ofwat's Price Review 2009 (ii) Draft Flood and Water Management Bill Witnesses: Ofwat.
| 3:00pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Foreign Affairs Subject: Human Rights Witnesses: To be confirmed.
| 3:30pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Public Accounts Subject: Road Safety Witnesses: Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, and Mike Fawcett, Head of Road User Safety, Department for Transport.
| 3:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Draft Bribery Bill Subject: Draft Bribery Bill Witnesses: Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Richard Alderman, Director, Serious Fraud Office, and Detective Chief Superintendent Steve Head, Association of Chief Police Officers; Malcolm Jack, Clerk of the House of Commons, and Michael Pownall, Clerk of the Parliaments (at 5.00 pm).
| 3:45pm | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
Thursday 11 June
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Welsh Affairs
| 9:45am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Joint Committee on Draft Bribery Bill Subject: Draft Bribery Bill Witnesses: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Transparency International UK, and the Corner House (at 11.30 am).
| 10:45am | Committee Room 4a, Palace of Westminster |
Friday 12 June
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.
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