Weekly Information Bulletin: 18th September 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:
None
Select Committee Meetings
13 – 17 September 2010
Monday 13 September
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Communities and Local Government
Subject: The work of the Department for Communities and Local Government
Witnesses: Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government, and Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government
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Tuesday 14 September
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Public Accounts
Subject: Tackling inequalities in life expectancy in areas with the worst health and deprivation
Witnesses: Richard Douglas CB, Acting Permanent Secretary, and Mark Davies, Director, Health Inequalities and Partnerships, Department of Health, and Dr Ruth Hussey, Regional Director of Public Health and Senior Medical Director for NHS North West and DH North West
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Treasury
Subject: Financial Regulation
Witnesses: Professor Charles Goodhart CBE, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Lord Myners of Truro CBE
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Political and Constitutional Reform
Subject: Government proposals for voting and parliamentary reform
Witnesses: Jenny Watson, Chair, Peter Wardle, Chief Executive, Andrew Scallan, Director of Electoral Administration, and Lisa Klein, Director of Party, and Election Finance, Electoral Commission
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Transport
Subject: Drink and Drug Driving Law
Witnesses: Sir Peter North CBE QC; RAC Foundation, Automobile Association, and Association of British Drivers (at 11.15 am); Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, Brake, and Association of Chief Police Officers (at 12.00 pm).
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Subject: The Local Enterprise Partnerships
Witnesses: Sir Peter North CBE QC; RAC Foundation, Automobile Association, and Association of British Drivers (at 11.15 am); Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, Brake, and Association of Chief Police Officers (at 12.00 pm).
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Home Affairs
Subject: Immigration Cap
Witnesses: Highly Skilled Migrant Forum, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, and Sir Andrew Green KCMG, Migration Watch UK
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Treasury
Subject: Appointment of Martin Weale as external member to the Monetary Policy Committee
Witnesses: Dr Martin Weale CBE, external member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
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Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: DCMS Accounts 2009-10 and Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
Witnesses: Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State and Jonathan Stephens, Permanent Secretary, DCMS
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Home Affairs
Subject: Firearms Control
Witnesses: British Shooting Sports Council, National Rifle Association and National Small-bore Rifle Association, and British Association of Shooting and Conservation
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Public Administration
Subject: Who does UK Grand Strategy?
Witnesses: Rt Hon William Hague MP, Foreign Secretary, and David Frost, Director of Strategy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, National Security Adviser, Tom McKane, Director General of Strategy, Ministry of Defence, and Robert Hannigan, Director General, Defence and Intelligence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 1.00 pm)
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Wednesday 15 September
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Work and Pensions
Subject: Work of the Department for Work and Pensions
Witnesses: Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Sir Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary, DWP
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Education
Subject: Child Safeguarding
Witnesses: Sharon Shoesmith; Dr Maggie Atkinson, Children’s Commissioner for England, Colin Green, Association of Directors of Children’s Services, and Professor Frank Furedi (at 10.00 a.m.); Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education (at 11.00 a.m.)
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Energy and Climate Change
Subject: The work of the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Witnesses: Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State, Moira Wallace, Permanent Secretary, and officials, Department of Energy and Climate Change
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Treasury
Subject: HMRC’s operation of the PAYE system
Witnesses: Dame Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive, Dave Hartnett CB, Permanent Secretary for Tax, and Bernadette Kenny, Director General Personal Tax, HM Revenue and Customs
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Treasury
Subject: Appointment of Robert Chote as Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility
Witnesses: Robert Chote, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Defence
Subject: The Strategic Defence and Security Strategy
Witnesses: Sir Richard Mottram GCB, Professor Hew Strachan, and Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Royal United Services Institute, Lt Gen (Rtd) Sir Graeme Lamb KBE CMG DSO, Policy Exchange, Lt Col (Rtd) Richard Williams, Policy Exchange.
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: Defra's priorities and annual accounts
Witnesses: Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Dame Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Energy and Climate Change
Subject: UK Deepwater Drilling - Implications of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Witnesses: Dr Tony Hayward, Group Chief Executive, Mr Bernard Looney, Managing Director, and Mr Mark Bly, Group Head of Safety and Operations, BP plc
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Public Accounts
Subject: Increasing Passenger Rail Capacity
Witnesses: Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Dept for Transport Bill Emery, Chief Executive, Office of Rail Regulation
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Back Bench Business
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: Members of the House of Commons
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Thursday 16 September
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Political and Constitutional Reform
Subject: Government proposals for voting and parliamentary reform
Witnesses: Mark Harper MP, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform
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Public Administration
Subject: Who does UK Grand Strategy?
Witnesses: Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fry KCB (rtd), Commodore Steven Jermy RN (rtd); Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB AFC ADC RAF, Chief of Defence Staff; Baroness Neville Jones DCMG, Minister of State for Security, Home Office, William Nye, Director of the National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office
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Friday 17 September
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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.
Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
11 – 15 October 2010
Monday 11 October
None
Tuesday 12 October
None
Wednesday 13 October
None
Thursday 14 Octobe
None
Friday 15 October
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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