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Weekly Information Bulletin: 16th January 2010
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 announcements and changes: Tax law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) - Mr Andrew Tyrie appointed Chairman
Select Committee Meetings |
Treasury
| 11:15am | Senate Chamber, Stormont |
Communities and Local Government * Subject: Preventing Violent Extremism Witnesses: Project Safe Space Steering Group, UK Youth Parliament; Tackling Extremism Together Working Group on Regional and Local Strategies, and Institute of Race Relations (at 4.30 p.m.); Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State, and Shahid Malik MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Charles Farr, Director-General, Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, Home Office (at 5.00 p.m.)
| 4:10pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)* Subject: Police searches on the Parliamentary Estate Witnesses: Dr Malcolm Jack, Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, House of Commons; Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick QPM, Metropolitan Police Service (at 4.55 p.m.)
| 4:15pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Public Accounts Subject: Enforcement of regulations on Commercial Vehicles Witnesses: Mr Alastair Peoples, Chief Executive of the Vehicle Operator Services Agency, Mr Steve Gooding, Director General, Motoring and Freight Services and Mr Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport
| 4:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Children, Schools and Families* Subject: Appointment of the Chief Regulator Witnesses: Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State, and David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families
| 5:00pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Treasury*
| 9:45am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Environmental Audit Subject: Adapting to Climate Change Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chairman, and Dr Paul Leinster CBE, Chief Executive, Environment Agency; Professor Neil Adger, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia (at 11.10 a.m.)
| 10:20am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Home Affairs Subject: (i) The Government's Approach to Crime Prevention (ii) DNA Database Witnesses: (i) Phil Wheatley CB, National Offender Management Service; Paul McDowell, Chief Executive, Nacro (at 11.00 a.m.); Pauline Bryant, Governor, Reading Young Offenders Institute (at 11.30 a.m.); (ii) Greg Hands MP (at 12.00 noon)
| 10:30am | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Welsh Affairs Subject: Wales and Whitehall Witnesses: Dr Jim Gallagher CB, Director General, Devolution, Ministry of Justice; Andrew Davies AM, National Assembly for Wales (at 11.15 a.m.)
| 10:30am | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
North East Regional Committee Subject: The Steel Industry Witnesses: Jon Bolton, Managing Director, Teesside Cast Products; Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP, Minister for the North East, Vera Baird MP, Dan Monnery, Deputy Regional Director: Economy and Strategy, Government Office for the North East, and Brian Greenwood, Deputy Head, Manufacturing and Materials, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 4.45 p.m.)
| 3:45pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Justice Subject: (i) Justice issues in Europe (ii) Scrutiny of the Draft Civil Law Reform Bill Witnesses: (i) Juliet Lodge, Director, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Leeds, and James Michael, Privacy Laws and Business (ii) Bar Council, Law Society, and Law Society Civil Justice Committee (at 5.00 p.m.)
| 4:15pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Business, Innovation and Skills* Subject: The work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
| 4:30pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
East Midlands Regional Committee Subject: Share of funding in the East Midlands Witnesses: Jeff Moore, Chief Executive, and Steve Harley, Head of Spatial Development, East Midlands Development Agency; Phil Hope MP, Minister for the East Midlands, and Stephen Hillier, Regional Director, Government Office for the East Midlands (at 6.00 p.m.)
| 5:15pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Energy and Climate Change
| 9:15am | Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
Science and Technology Subject: Evidence check: Homeopathy Witnesses: Professor Lisa Jardine, Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; Dr Paul Logan, Head of Policy, Hazardous Installations Directorate, Health and Safety Executive; Professor Chris Pollock CBE, Honorary Professor, University of Aberystwyth; and Dr Martyn Ward, Head, Clinical Trials Unit, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
| 9:30am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Children, Schools and Families Subject: Ofsted Inspection of Children's Services Witnesses: Dame Denise Platt DBE, Audit Commissioner; Kim Bromley-Derry, President, Association of Directors of Children's Services, Tony Howell, Director of Children's Services, Birmingham City Council, Nick Jarman, Director of Children's Services, Doncaster Council, and Shireen Ritchie, Chair, Children and Young People Board, Local Government Association (at 10.30 a.m.)
| 9:45am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub Committee Subject: The National Forest Witnesses: Richard Beldon, Emma Flatt, Louise Adams, and Robin Neilson; The National Forest Company and South Derbyshire District Council (at 2.45 p.m.)
| 2:00pm | Rosliston Forestry Centre, near Swadlincote, Derbyshire |
Transport Subject: The draft National Policy Statement for ports Witnesses: British Ports Association, UK Major Ports Group, Associated British Ports, Peel Ports, and Hutchinson Ports (UK) Ltd; Chamber of Shipping, Freight Transport Association, CBI, and Rail Freight Group (at 3.45 p.m.); Environment Agency, Greenpeace, and RSPB (at 4.30 p.m.)
| 2:45pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Forensic Science in Northern Ireland Witnesses: Stan Brown, Chief Executive, Peter Connon, Acting Finance Director, and Clare Dornan, Aide to Chief Executive, Forensic Science for Northern Ireland; Brian Grzymek, Northern Ireland Office (at 4.00 p.m.)
| 3:00pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
Energy and Climate Change Subject: The Proposals for National Policy Statements (NPSs) on Energy Witnesses: Nuclear Industry Association, and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; Dieter Helm (at 4.05 p.m.)
| 3:05pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
Public Accounts Subject: HMRC: Progress on the STEPS contract Witnesses: Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, HM Revenue and Customs, and Nick Friedlos, Chief Executive, Mapeley Estates Ltd
| 3:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Public Administration
| 10:00am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
Health Subject: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 Witnesses: Sir Hugh Taylor KCB, Permanent Secretary, Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE, NHS Chief Executive, Richard Douglas CB, Director General, Finance and Chief Operating Officer, and David Flory, Director General, NHS Finance, Performance and Operations, Department of Health
| 10:00am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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[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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