EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject:

Highly Able Children

Witnesses:

National Association for Gifted Children: Children of High Intelligence;

National Association for Able Children in Education

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject:

New Countryside Agency

Witnesses:

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Council for the Protection of Rural England;

Action with the Communities in Rural England; Richard Wakeford, Chief Executive, Countryside Commission; John Edwards, Chief Executive, Rural Development Commission (at 10.40 am); Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment; Elliot Morley MP, Minister for the Countryside

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

Subject:

The Work of the Scottish Office

Witnesses:

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, Minister of State for Business and Trade, Scottish Office

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject:

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Witnesses:

Ms Glenda Jackson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DETR & Maritime and Coastguard Agency

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

Subject:

Pre- and Post-Council Scrutiny: Agenda 2000 and Institutional Reform of the EU

Witnesses:

Ms Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, FCO

NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS

Subject:

Public Expenditure: Special Educational Needs

Witnesses:

Mr John McFall MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, NIO

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Subject:

Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation

Witnesses:

Mr Trevor Baylis OBE, Baylis Generators Ltd; Sir Hugh Dyson, Dyson; Dr David Potter, Chairman, Psion plc; Sir Clive Sinclair, Chairman, Sinclair Research; Dr Bruce Smith, Chairman, Institute Council, Smith's Institute

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject:

Sale of British Energy

Witnesses:

Mrs Valerie Strachan, Chairman, Mr Dick Kellaway, Chief Investigation Officer, HM Customs and Excise

HEALTH

Subject:

Future NHS Staffing Requirements

Witnesses:

DoH Officials; Professor Sir Colin Campbell, Chairman, Medical Workforce, Standing Advisory Committee

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Subject:

The Future of the EC Development Budget

Witnesses:

Mr Phillip Lowe, Director-General, DGVIII, European Commission

TREASURY

Subject:

The Bank of England November Inflation Report

Witnesses:

The Governor of the Bank of England and members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank

CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT

Subject:

Back to the Dome

Witnesses:

London Transport (including London Underground)

TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject:

Office for National Statistics

Witnesses:

Ms Patricia Hewitt MP, Economic Secretary for the Treasury

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

4.30 pm

15

Subject:

BSE: The Cost of a Crisis

Witnesses:

Richard Packer, MAFF; George Trevelyan, Intervention Board

WELSH AFFAIRS, Gregynog Hall, Newtown Powys

12.30 pm

Subject:

Broadcasting in Wales and the National Assembly

Witnesses:

Welsh Independent Producers (TAC); HTV Wales; BECTU, Equity and NUJ

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

10.00 am

15

Subject:

Vienna European Council

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Robin Cook MP, Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs

TRADE & INDUSTRY

10.00 am

16

Subject:

Draft Limited Liability Partnership Bill

Witnesses:

DTI Officials; Association of Partnership Practitioners (at 11.00 am); Mr Roderick Bank (at 11.30 am); Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales (at 12 noon); Professor Sikka (at 12.30 pm)

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

10.30 am

8

Subject:

Multilateral Agreement on Investment

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, DETR

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

10.30 am

5

Subjects:

(i) The Future of the EC Development Budget; (ii) Conflict Prevention and Post Conflict Reconstruction (at 11.30 am)

Witnesses:

(i) Mr Clive Robinson, Christian Aid, Ms Helen O'Connell, One World Action, Ms Claire Godfrey, Oxfam; Mr Richard Wilson, Lecturer, School of African and Asian Studies, Sussex University

(at 11.30 am)

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

11.00 am

6

Subject:

Report of the Health Service Commissioner for 1997-98

Witnesses:

British Medical Association (BMA) and Royal College of General Practioners (RCGP); General Medical Council (GMC) (at 12.00 noon)

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

4.00 pm

15

Subject:

Access for All?: A Survey of Post-16 Participation

Witnesses:

Mr Chris Hughes, Mr Terry Melia and Ms Ursula Howard, Further Education Development Agency Ms Ann Limb, Principal, Cambridge Regional College, Mr George Sweeney, Principal, Knowsley Community College, and Mr John Taylor, Principal, Park Lane College (at 4.45 pm)

TRADE & INDUSTRY

4.00 pm

16

Subject:

Draft Limited Liability Partnership Bill

Witnesses:

Institute of Chartered and Certified Accountants; Law Society(at 4.20 pm); Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (at 4.50 pm); Construction Industry Council (at 5.10 pm); Association of British Insurers (at 5.40 pm)

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

9.45 am

6

Subject:

The Work of OFSTED

Witnesses:

Professor John MacBeath; Professor Peter Mortimore; Professor Harvey Goldstein; National Association of Head Teachers and the Secondary Heads Association (at 10.30 am approx)

AGRICULTURE

10.30 am

21

Subject:

CAP REFORM: Rural Development

Witnesses:

Mr Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Fisheries & the Countryside, MAFF

Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, DETR

SOCIAL SECURITY

10.45 am

8

Subject:

Disability Living Allowance Benefit Integrity Project

Witnesses:

Mr Stephen Timms MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Social Security and DSS officials

DEFENCE

11.00 am

15

Subject:

The Territorial Army

Witnesses:

Colonel Richard Puttnam, Vice Chairman of the Council of TAVRAs, Colonel Tony Sellon, Chairman of the Greater London TAVRA, Colonel Mike Taylor, Chairman of the North Western TAVRA

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

12.00 noon

16

Subjects:

(i) NAO Estimates; (ii) Northern Ireland Audit Office Estimates (at 1.15 pm)

Witnesses:

(i) Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller & Auditor General, Mr Bob Le Marechal, Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General, Ms Caroline Mawhood, Assistant Auditor General, NAO; (ii) Mr John Dowdall, Comptroller & Auditor General, Mr Brian Poulter, Secretary, Northern Ireland Audit Office

CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PW

2.00 pm

Subject:

Back to the Dome

Witnesses:

London Borough of Greenwich; Metropolitan Police (at 2.45 pm)

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

4.00 pm

19

Subject:

Drafting Guidelines for Community Legislation

Witnesses:

Mr Peter Kilfoyle MP, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office

DEFENCE

10.30 am

15

Subject:

The Future of NATO

Witnesses:

Witnesses: Mr Humfrey Crum Ewing, Dr Johnathan Eyal and Dr Beatrice Heuser

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

10.45 am

21

Subject:

European Employment Issues

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work & Equal Opportunities, DFEE

TREASURY

10.45 am

8

Subject:

Financial Services Authority

Witnesses:

The Consumers' Association and the PIA Consumer Panel; The British Bankers' Association, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Association of Private Client and Investment Managers (at 11.45 am)

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

3.00 pm

15

Subject:

Multilateral Agreement on Investment

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Clare Shore MP, Secretary of State for International Development, DFID