Weekly Information Bulletin: 12th March 2011
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: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/select-committee-membership/
Links to Select Committee home pages containing information on the work of the Select Committee and its publications: http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/select/
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:
Joint Committee on Human Rights: Baroness Morris of Bolton discharged, Baroness Stowell of Beeston added
Select Committee Meetings
7 – 11 March 2011
Monday 7 March
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Communities and Local Government
Subject: Audit and Inspection of local authorities
Witnesses: Cllr Jill Shortland , Vice Chair, LGA Improvement Board and Cllr Robert Light, Deputy Chairman LG Group Executive, Local Government Association, Peter Lacey, National Association of Local Councils, and Peter Holland, President, Chief Fire Officers Association; Cllr Sharon Taylor, Stevenage Borough Council, Cllr Peter Fleming, Sevenoaks District Councils, District Councils Network, Cllr Roger Phillips, and Cllr Dave Wilcox, County Councils Network (at 5.10 p.m.)
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Tuesday 8 March
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*Transport
Subject: Impact on transport of recent adverse weather conditions
Witnesses: (At 10.15) Andrew Lord, Director of Operations, British Airways; Steve Ridgeway, Chief Executive and Corneel Koster, Director of Operations, Safety and Security, Virgin Atlantic; (At 11.15)
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Public Administration
Subject: IT Role in Government
Witnesses: i) Professor Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute, Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute and Dr Edgar Whitley, London School of Economics (10.30am) ii) Professor Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton and Sir Ian Magee, Institute for Government (11.30am)
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Justice
Subject: The role of the Probation Service
Witnesses: Jen Byrne, A4E; Genevieve Knight, Policy Studies Institute; Professor Martin Chalkley University of Dundee; Toby Eccles, Social Finance;Ian Porée, NOMS; Helen Edwards and Luke Edwards, Ministry of Justice (11.30 a.m.)
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Welsh Affairs
Subject: Inward Investment in Wales
Witnesses: Dr John Ball, Swansea University, Professor David Pickernell, University of Glamorgan, and Professor Peter Gripaios; CBI Wales, Cardiff Business Partnership, and South Wales Chamber of Commerce (at 11.15 a.m.)
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Health
Subject: Commissioning: further issues
Witnesses: Dr Peter Weaving, GP commissioning lead in Carlisle consortium; Christopher Long, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Hull, Dr Margaret Lovett, GP commissioning lead in Hull consortium, and Dr Deborah Colvin GP, Lawson Practice Hackney; Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive, NHS and Chief Executive-designate, NHS Commissioning Board, Dame Barbara Hakin, National Managing Director of Commissioning Development, Tim Rideout, Director of Commissioning Board Development, and Ben Dyson, Director of Commissioning, Department of Health (at 11.15 am)
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Subject: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
Witnesses: Dr Razeen Sally, London School of Economics; Professor Jim Rollo, Sussex University; Vanessa Rossi, Chatham House; Susan Haird, Acting CEO, UKTI; Patrick Crawford, CEO, ECGD; David Frost CMG, Director for Europe, Trade and International Affairs, BIS
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*Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: Football Governance
Witnesses: David Gill, Chief Executive, Manchester United; Peter Coates, Chairman, and Tony Scholes, Director, Stoke City; Niall Quinn, Chairman, Sunderland; Lord Mawhinney, former Chairman of the Football League and Henry McLeish, author of the Review of Scottish Football
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Home Affairs
Subject: Implications for Justice and Home Affairs area of accession of Turkey to EU
Witnesses: Dr Franck Duvell, Centre of Migration Policy and Society; Rob Wainwright, Director, Europol (at 12 noon); Damian Green MP, Minister of State for Immigration, Home Office
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Back Bench Business
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: Members of parliament
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Joint Committee on Human Rights
Subject: The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy
Witnesses: Commander Allan Gibson and Detective Superintendent Murray Duffin, Metropolitan Police Service; Charlotte Powell, Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)
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Wednesday 9 March
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Science and Technology
Subject: Astronomy and Particle Physics
Witnesses: Anna Barth, Camden School for Girls, London Jack Bliss, Allerton Grange School, Leeds Jessica Grainger, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Widnes Hilary Lamb, Stroud High School, Gloucestershire James May, Castell Alun High School, Hope (nr. Wrexham) Charlie Palin, Neston High School, Merseyside; Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics, Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Surrey, Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Space Scientist, Astrium Ltd and Science Innovation Ltd (at 9.55 am); Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, President, Institute of Physics, Professor Roger Davies, President, Royal Astronomical Society
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Education
Subject: Services for Young People
Witnesses: (At 9.30) Janet Batsleer, Head of Youth and Community Work Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University; Dr Howard Williamson, Professor of European Youth Policy, University of Glamorgan; Dr Jason Wood, Head of Research, Youth and Community Division, De Montfort University; and Tony Gallagher, HMI National Adviser (Youth Support), Ofsted. (At 10.30am) David Wright, Chief Executive, Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services; Harry Fowler, Head of Youth Services, Birmingham City Council; Garath Symonds, Head of Youth Services, Surrey County Council; Brendan O’Keefe, Head of Youth Services, Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council
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Work and Pensions
Subject: The Government’s plans for pensions reform
Witnesses: Steve Webb MP, Minister of State for Pensions
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: Domestic fisheries management-Implications of the Common Fisheries Policy
Witnesses: National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations; New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association; Richard Benyon MP, Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Fisheries, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 3.00 pm)
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*Foreign Affairs
Subject: Implications of the BBC World Service Cuts
Witnesses: Gerry Morrissey, General Secretary, BECTU and Jeremy Dear, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists; Peter Horrocks, Director, BBC World Service (at approx 3.30pm)
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*Defence
Subject: The Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy
Witnesses: Rt Hon Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for International Development, and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office
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Northern Ireland Affairs
Subject: Northern Ireland as an enterprise zone
Witnesses: John Simpson, part-time Consultant, Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster, and regular writer on the Northern Ireland economy
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Environmental Audit
Subject: The impact of UK overseas aid on environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation
Witnesses: WWF, Greenpeace and Dr Nick Hepworth
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Treasury
Subject: Retail Distribution Review
Witnesses: Hector Sants, Chief Executive, and Sheila Nicoll, Director, Conduct Policy, Financial Services Authority
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*Public Accounts
Subject: Typhoon
Witnesses: Ursula Brennan, Permanent Under Secretary, supported by AVM Simon Bollom or Air Commander Sean Bell, Ministry of Defence
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Thursday 10 March
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Political and Constitutional Reform
Subject: Constitutional implications of the Cabinet Manual
Witnesses: Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary
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*Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the BBC Trust
Witnesses: Lord Patten of Barnes
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Subject: Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
Witnesses: Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Minister of State for Trade and Invesment; Ed Davey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Friday 11 March
None
Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
14 – 18 March 2011
Monday 14 March
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Transport
Subject: Impact on transport of recent adverse weather conditions
Witnesses: Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State, Department for Transport
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4:05pm
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
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Communities and Local Government
Subject: Audit and Inspection of local authorities
Witnesses: Ipsos Mori, Centre for Public Scrutiny and New Local Government Network; Audit Commission
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4:20pm
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
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Work and Pensions
Subject: Work Programme: providers and contracting arrangements
Witnesses: Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Minister of State for Employment
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4:30pm
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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Tuesday 15 March
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Transport
Subject: Issues relating to the licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles
Witnesses: RMT, National Taxi Association, and Licensed Private Hire Car Association; National Association of Taxi Users and Travel Watch NorthWest (at 10.50 a.m.); Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (11.30 am)
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10:15am
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Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
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Energy and Climate Change
Subject: Electricity Market Reform
Witnesses: Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, Chair, and Dr David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change, Duncan Sinclair, Director, Redpoint Energy; CBI and Consumer Focus (at 11.15am)
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10:15am
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Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
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Public Accounts
Subject: NHS Trust Procurement
Witnesses: Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE, Chief Executive, NHS, and Howard Rolfe, Director of Procurement, East of England NHS Collaborative procurement Hub
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10:30am
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Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
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Health
Subject: Commissioning: further issues
Witnesses: John Black, President, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Alwen Williams CBE, Chief Executive, East London and the City Alliance PCT cluster, Dr Paul Hobday GP, and Sean Boyle, Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics; Suzanne Tracey, President, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Noel Plumridge, independent consultant, Andy McKeon, Managing Director for Health, Audit Commission, and Professor Margaret Whitehead, Professor of Public Health, University of Liverpool (at 11.45am)
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10:30am
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Subject: Kraft
Witnesses: Marc Firestone, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Kraft Foods, Trevor Bond, President of Markets, Kraft Foods Europe, and Nick Bunker, President, Kraft Foods UK and Ireland
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10:30am
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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Public Administration
Subject: IT Role in Government
Witnesses: Martin Rice, Chief Executive Officer, Erudine, David Clarke MRB, Chief Executive Officer, British Computer Society, Janet Grossman, Chair, Public Sector Council, and Sureyya Cansoy, Director, Public Sector, Intellect; Adam McGreggor, Rewired State, Andy Burton, Chair, Cloud Industry Forum, and Jim Killock, Executive Director, Open Rights Group (at 11.30am)
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10:30am
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Committee Room 21, Palace of Westminster
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Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: Football Governance
Witnesses: Burnley, Leeds, Exeter City and Crewe; Supporters Direct and Football Supporters Federation (at 11.45am)
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10:45am
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Burnley FC, Turf Moor, Harry Potts Way Burnley Lancashire BB10 4BX
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Welsh Affairs
Subject: Inward Investment in Wales
Witnesses: Sir Terry Matthews OBE, Chairman and Simon Gibson OBE, Chief Executive, Wesley Clover
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11:00am
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Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
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Home Affairs
Subject: Implications for Justice and Home Affairs area of accession of Turkey to EU
Witnesses: Implications for JHA area of accession of Turkey to EU Witness: Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director, Frontex (via video-link)
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11:30am
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
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Treasury
Subject: Accountability of the Bank of England
Witnesses: Sir David Lees, Chairman, Sir Roger Carr, Lady Rice CBE, and Brendan Barber, Members, Court of the Bank of England
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11:30am
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Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
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Back Bench Business
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: Members of Parliament
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1:00pm
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Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
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Joint Committee on Human Rights
Subject: Human Rights Judgments
Witnesses: Martin Howe QC, and Michael Pinto-Duschinsky; Rt Hon the Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT, and Professor Philip Leach (at 2.55pm); Professor Jeremy Waldron (at 3.35pm)
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2:20pm
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Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
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Energy and Climate Change
Subject: Electricity Market Reform
Witnesses: Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State, and officials, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and HM Treasury officials
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2:30pm
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
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Wednesday 16 March
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Science and Technology
Subject: Astronomy and Particle Physics
Witnesses: Professor Phil Allport, Head of Particle Physics, University of Liverpool, Professor Mike Bode, Director of the Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Professor Robert C. Kennicutt Jr., Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy Director, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Professor John Peacock, Head of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Professor Steve Rawlings, Sub-Department of Astrophysics, Oxford University, and Professor Andrei Seryi, Director, John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science; Professor Keith Mason, Chief Executive, Science and Technology Facilities Council, and Sir Adrian Smith, Director General, Knowledge and Innovation, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (at 10.15am)
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9:15am
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: Domestic fisheries management – Implications of the Common Fisheries Policy
Witnesses: Richard Benyon MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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10:15am
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Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
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Education
Subject: 16–19 participation in education and training
Witnesses: Ian MacNaughton, Principal, The Sixth Form College, Colchester, Dr Elaine McMahon CBE, Chief Executive and Principal, Hull College Group, David Lawrence, Principal, Easton College, Jane Machell, Principal, Alton College, and David Wood, Principal and Chief Executive, Lancaster and Morecambe College
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10:15am
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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Public Accounts Commission
Subject: NAO’s Strategy 2010-11 to 2012-13
Witnesses: Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, Andrew Likierman, Chair, Michael Whitehouse, Chief Operating Officer, and Jim Rickleton, Director General Finance and Commerce, National Audit Office
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10:45am
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Committee Room 7, Palace of Westminster
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Treasury
Subject: Administration and effectiveness of HMRC
Witnesses: Administration and effectiveness of HMRC Witnesses: Mike Clasper CBE, Chairman, Dame Lesley Strathie, Permanent Secretary, and Chief Executive, and Dave Hartnett CB, Permanent Secretary for Tax, HM Revenue and Customs
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2:15pm
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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Treasury Sub Committee
Subject: Administration and effectiveness of HMRC
Witnesses: Lesley Strathie, Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive; Mike Clasper, Chairman; and, Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary for Tax, HMRC
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2:15pm
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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Foreign Affairs
Subject: Developments in UK Foreign Policy
Witnesses: William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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2:30pm
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
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Environmental Audit
Subject: The impact of UK overseas aid on environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation
Witnesses: Department for International Development officials
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2:45pm
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
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Public Accounts
Subject: Banking support and the Asset Protection Scheme
Witnesses: Eric Daniels, Chief Executive, Tim Tookey, Group Finance Director, Lloyds Banking Group, Stephen Hester, Chief Executive and Nathan Bostock, Head of Restructuring & Risk Royal Bank of Scotland
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3:30pm
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Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
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Thursday 17 March
None
Friday 18 March
None
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice]
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Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament
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