Weekly Information Bulletin: 24th December 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:
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mr David Anderson discharged; Barry Gardiner added
Select Committee Meetings
20 – 24 December 2010
Monday 20 December
Science and Technology Subject: Technology Innovation Centres Witnesses: Pam Alexander, Chief Executive, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), Richard Brook OBE FREng, President, Association of Independent Research and Technology Organisations, Nigel Perry FREng, Chief Executive, Centre for Process Innovation, and Professor Keith Ridgway OBE FREng, Research Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
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Communities and Local Government Subject: Localism
Witnesses: Mencap, Sitra, Age UK and The Runnymede Trust; Eugene Sullivan, Chief Executive and Peter Wilkinson, Managing Director for Policy, Research and Studies, Audit Commission, Steve Freer, Chief Executive, CIPFA, and Jessica Crowe, Executive Director, Centre for Public Scrutiny (at 5.00pm)
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Tuesday 21 December
Culture, Media and Sport Subject: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Witnesses: Hugh Robertson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Sport and the Olympics), DCMS
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Home Affairs Subject: (i) The Government’s Report of Counter-Terrorism (ii) The role of the Chief Scientific Advisor Witnesses: (i) Lord Carlile; (ii) Bernard Silverman, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Home Office (at 12.30pm)
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Communities and Local Government Subject: CSR outcome for Communities and Local Government Witnesses: The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Decentralisation, Department for Communities and Local Government
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Wednesday 22 December
None
Thursday 23 December
None
Friday 24 December
None
Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings 10 – 14 January 2011
Monday 10 January
None
Tuesday 11 January
Justice Subject: i) Preappointment hearing with the Chair Elect of the Judicial Appointments Commission ii) Draft Sentencing Guidelines on assault Witnesses: ii) Professor Nicola Padfield, Professor Andrew Ashworth, and Professor Neil Hutton
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Treasury Subject: Competition and Choice in Banking; Financial Regulation Witnesses: Barclays Bank
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9:45am
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Transport Subject: The cost of motor insurance Witnesses: Provisional witnesses: European Secure Vehicle Alliance, Association of Chief Police Officers (tbc), Lloyd’s Market Association and Mark Boleat; The Credit Hire Organisation, the Claims Standards Council and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; and Mike Penning MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport
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10:15am
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International Development Subject: The Future of DFID’s Programme in India
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10:30am
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Welsh Affairs Subject: S4C
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10:30am
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Wednesday 12 January
Education Subject: The role and performance of Ofsted Witnesses: CfBT, Tribal, and Cerco; Christine Gilbert CBE, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, and Ofsted officials
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9:30am
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Business, Innovation and Skills Subject: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
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10:00am
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Public Administration Subject: Departmental Business Plans and Implementation of the Government’s reform agenda Witnesses: Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office
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10:30am
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Foreign Affairs Subject: The Role of the FCO in UK Government
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2:30pm
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Environmental Audit Subject: Green Investment Bank Witnesses: Justine Greening MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury
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2:45pm
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Public Accounts Subject: Youth Justice Witnesses: Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice and John Drew, Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board
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3:30pm
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Thursday 13 January
None
Friday 14 January
None
N.B. Room numbers and witnesses to be announced. All committee details provisional.
[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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