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Weekly Information Bulletin: 23rd November 2002

DEPARTMENTAL SELECT COMMITTEES CURRENT INQUIRIES

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Committee

Inquiry

First Evidence
Session/

HC Paper No.

Culture, Media and Sport

UK Heritage and Conservation

HC 811 2001/01

BBC Report and Annual Accounts 2001-02

HC 1111 2001/01

National Museums

23.10.2002

British Tourism Industry

5.11.2002

Manchester Commonwealth Games

11.12.2002

Defence

European Security and Defence

HC 487 2001/01

Missile Defence

HC 644 2001/01

Strategic Defence Review New Chapter

16.10.2002

Chief of Defence Logistics

4.12.2002

'Legacy' Pension and Compensation Issues

18.12.2002

NATO Prague Summit

27.11.2002

Education and Skills

DfES: the next four years

HC 304 2001/01

Further Education: Follow-up

HC 322 2001/01

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

HC 862 2001/01

General Teaching Council

HC 998 2001/01

Department for Education and Skills Annual Report

HC 1012 2001/01

UK Youth Parliament

HC 935 2001/01

The Work of OFSTED

30.10.2002

Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision

27.11.2002

Education in Birmingham

HC 1191 2001/01

Individual Learning Accounts and the National Skills Strategy

25.11.2002

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

'Lessons Learned' Inquiry into the Foot and Mouth disease outbreak of 2001

HC 1144 2001/01

Water Framework Directive

HC 1237 2001/01

Mid-term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

5.11.2002

Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)

22.10.2002

Rural Payments Agency

The Royal Society Inquiry into Infectious diseases in Livestock

HC 1227 2001/01

Environmental Audit

Pesticides: The Voluntary Initiative

23.10.2002

World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: Turning rhetoric into reality

20.11.2002

Winning the War on Waste

27.11.2002

Foreign Affairs

Inter-Governmental Conference 2004

18.6.2002

Seville European Council

HC 974 2001/01

The Green Paper on Biological Weapons [CM 5484}

HC 1248 2001/01

Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism

HC 1196 2001/01

Prague NATO Summit

HC 66

Health

Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services

HC 242 2001/01

Handling Clinical Negligence Claims in England

HC 280 2001/01

Public Expenditure

HC 281 2001/01

Delivering the NHS Plan

HC 934 2001/01

Sexual Health

HC 990 2001/01

Role and Functioning of the NHS Appointments Commission

HC 833 2001/01

Review of Department of Health Expenditure

21.10.2002

Home Affairs

The Work of the Home Office

HC 302 2001/01

The Work of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner

HC 601 2001/01

The Work of the Lord Chancellor's Department

HC 269 2001/01

Prisons

HC 428 2001/01

Home Office 2002 Annual Report

HC 1122 2001/01

Lord Chancellor's Department Annual Report

HC 1143 2001/01

The Outcome of the Spending review 2002

18.9.2002

Reform of the Criminal Justice System

18.9.2002

Prison Overcrowding

18.9.2002

The Draft Extradition Bill

HC 1268 2001/01

Policing

18.9.2002

Asylum and Immigration

HC 1185 2001/01

Home Office Issues

HC 1186 2001/01

Criminal Justice and Sentencing Bill

HC 1299 2001/01

International Development

Afghanistan: Further Developments

HC 653 2001/01

CDC Capital Partners (Evidence Session)

HC 1028 2001/01

Africa

HC 1107 2001/01

The Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa

HC 1271 2001/01

Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction

19.11.2002

Autumn Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank

HC 1279 2001/01

Northern Ireland Affairs

Impact in Northern Ireland of Cross-Border Road Fuel Price Differentials: Three Years On

HC 819 2001/01

Control of Firearms in Northern Ireland and the draft Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

17.7.2002

Office of the Deputy Prime Ministers:

Affordable Housing

HC 1206 2001/01

Housing, Planning, Local Government

The Effectiveness of Government Regeneration Initiatives

HC 1207 2001/01

and the Regions

Annual Report

5.11.2002

Science and Technology

Government Policy on Science and Technology

HC 459 2001/01

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)

26.6.2002

Government response to the Cancer Research follow-up report

HC 1101 2001/01

Towards a Non-Carbon Fuel Economy

HC 1240 2001/01

The Government's response to the Science Education form 14 to 19 report [HC 508, HC 1204]

HC 1273 2001/01

Medical Research Council

4.12.2002

The Science Budget

11.12.2002

Scottish Affairs

Scotland Office Departmental Report 2001

HC 345 2001/01

Work of the Commission for Racial Equality

HC 550 2001/01

The Work of the Scottish Consumer Council

30.10.2002

Future Skills Scotland

20.11.2002

Work of Citizens Advice Scotland

5.12.2002

Trade and Industry

Consignia

HC 453 2001/01

Postcoms Proposals for opening the Postal Market

HC 769 2001/01

Inquiry into trade with China and Taiwan

11.6.2002

The Reviews of the DTI Structure and Business Support

HC 454 2001/01

Biotechnology

2.7.2002

The Nuclear Liabilities Management Authority

9.7.2002

Retentions in the Construction Industry

17.10.2002

White Paper on Modernising Company Law

28.10.2002

Radio Spectrum Trading and Management

26.11.2002

Manufacturing Strategy

HC 1284 2001/01

Transport

Multi Modal Studies

6.11.2002

Urban Charging Schemes

HC 1258 2001/01

Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Bodies

26.11.2002

Transport, Local Government

Public Spaces

HC 854 2001/01

and the Regions

London Underground - The Public Private Partnership

HC 656 2001/01

Electoral Commission

HC 1077 2001/01

(Transport Sub-Committee)

Ports

HC 788 2001/01

Railways in the North of England

HC 972 2001/01

Rail Freight and the Channel Tunnel

HC 1078 2001/01

(Urban Affairs Sub-Committee)

Departmental Report and Recent Policy Developments

HC 373 2001/01

Treasury

Financial Services Authority

HC 268 2001/01

Regulation of Equitable Life

HC 317 2001/01

The Role of the Practitioner Panel and the Consumer Panel of the Financial Services Authority

HC 600 2001/01

Take over of LIFFE (Holdings ) plc by Euronext plc

HC 547 2001/01

May 2002 Inflation Report

HC 920 2001/01

UK and the IMF

27.6.2002

Split Capital Investment Trusts

HC 1089 2001/01

Spending review 2002

17.7.2002

Bank of England: November Inflation Report

21.11.2002

Treasury Sub-Committee

The 2001 Census in England and Wales

HC 310 2001/01

HM Customs and Excise: The Roques Report

HC 371 2001/01

The Inland Revenue's Expenditure Plans 2004/4

HC 975 2001/01

Customs and Excise Departmental Report

HC 1011 2001/01

Regional Spending

HC 1047 2001/01

The Government Actuary's Department and related matters

10.7.2002 2001/01

Statistics Commission Annual Report [CM 5564 ]

16.10.2002 2001/01

Office for National Statistics Departmental Report and Related Matters [CM 5434]

30.10.2002 2001/01

Royal Mint Annual Report

20.11.2002

Handling of the Joint Steps PFI Project

27.11.2002

Welsh Affairs

Transport in Wales

HC 378 2001/01

Farming and Food Policy in Wales

HC 427 2001/01

The Post Office in Wales [HC 359 2000/01]

HC 817 2001/01

Wales Office Departmental Reports

HC 298 2001/01

The Legislative Process as it affects Wales

HC 1242 2001/01

Work and Pensions

Medical Services

HC 761 2001/01

Pension Service

HC 873 2001/01

Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)

HC 1253 2001/01

Future of UK Pensions

HC 1302 2001/01

Departmental Report

HC 1254 2001/01

Other Committees

European Scrutiny

Barcelona European Council

HC 790 2001/01

E-Communications Regulatory Framework

HC 857 2001/01

Internal Scrutiny and International Protection Commitments

HC 1039 2001/01

Seville European Council

HC1112 2001/01

UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

15.7.2002

European Commission - The Commission's Annual Work Programme

31.10.2002

European Scrutiny in the Commons

HC 1298 2001/01

Scrutiny Reserve Breaches

HC 1308 2001/01

Convention on the Future of Europe

20.11.2002

Information

How MP's can keep in touch

Human Rights

A Human Rights Commission for the UK?

23.4.2002

Implementation of the Human Rights Act and the Work of the Human Rights Unit of the Lord Chancellor's Department

22.3.2002

UNCRC

18.11.2002

The work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

28.11.2002

Public Accounts

Dealing with Pollution from Ships

17.6.2002

Customs and Excise Standard Report 2000-01: Tobacco Smuggling

19.6.2002

Government on the Web II

12.6.2002

Collection of Fines and Other Financial Penalties in the Criminal Justice System

24.6.2002

MOD: Redevelopment of MOD Main Building

26.6.2002

2001 Outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease

3.7.2002

Collecting the TV Licence Fee

1.7.2002

Exercise Saif Sareea II

21.10.2002

Royal Mint 2001-02 Accounts

23.10.2002

Financial management of the Census 2001

28.10.2002

Individual Learning Accounts

4.11.2002

Victim Support: Meting the needs of victims and witnesses

6.11.2002

The PPS for National Air Traffic Services Ltd

18.11.2002

PFI Refinancings: Update Report

Tackling Pensioner Poverty - Encouraging Take-up of Entitlements

25.11.2002

NHS Emergency Planning in England

27.11.2002

MOD: Progress in reducing stocks

2.12.2002

The PFI contract for the redevelopment of the West Middlesex Hospital

4.12.2002

The Invest to Save Budget

9.12.2002

Introduction of the Community Legal Service and the Criminal Defence Service

11.12.2002

Tackling the Risks to Pension Scheme Members

16.12.2002

Improving Social Housing through Transfers

18.12.2002

Public Administration

NHS Direct in England

HC 610 2001/01

Ombudsmen Issues

HC 563 2001/01

Public Appointments and Patronage

HC 686 2001/01

The New Centre

HC 262 2001/01

Hinduja Case

Civil Service Issues

HC 1049 2001/01

Freedom of Information

HC 1085 2001/01

Public Service Targets

HC 62 2002/03

Regulatory Reform

Operation of the Regulatory Reform Act

2.7.2002


FORTHCOMING DEPARTMENTAL SELECT COMMITTEES INQUIRIES

Committee

Inquiry

Timetable

Defence

'Legacy' Pension and Compensation issues

Inquiry announced 20.11.2002

Written evidence by 5.12.2002

Education and Skills

Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision

Inquiry announced 13.11 2002

Written evidence by 25.11.2002

Environmental Audit

World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: Turning rhetoric into reality

Inquiry announced 28.10.2002

Written evidence by 29.11.2002

Health

Terms of Reference: Foundation Trusts

Inquiry announced 20.11.2002

Written evidence by 6.1.2003

Home Affairs

Criminal Justice and Sentencing Bill

Inquiry announced 7.10.2002

Written evidence by 8.11.2002

Northern Ireland Affairs

Forensic Science in Northern Ireland

Inquiry announced 26.3.2002

Written evidence by 26.4.2002

The Illegal Drugs Trade and Drugs Culture in Northern Ireland

Inquiry announced 22.8.2002

Written evidence by 25.10.2002

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Inquiry announced 6.11.2002

Written evidence by 21.11.2002

Science and Technology

UK Science and Europe: Value for Money?

Inquiry announced 1.11.2002

Written evidence by 17.1.2003

Scottish Affairs

The Work of Citizens Advice Scotland

Homeworkers in Scotland and the Minimum Wage

Inquiry announced 5.11.2002

Written evidence by 18.11.2002

Inquiry announced 5.11.2002

Written evidence by 2.12.2002

Transport

Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Bodies

Inquiry announced 31.10.2002

Written evidence regarding the strategic rail authority by 21.11.2002

Other evidence by 2.12.2002

Transport Sub-Committee

Road and Pathway Maintenance

Inquiry announced 16.5.2002

Written evidence by 4.6.2002

Treasury

Economic and Monetary Union

Inquiry announce 9.7.2002

Written evidence invited

Welsh Affairs

Empowering children and young people in Wales

Inquiry announced 24.7.2002

Written evidence by 7.12.2002

Work and Pensions

Employment for all: assisting people with health problems and disabilities into work

Inquiry announced 7.11.2002

Written evidence by 6.1.2003

Other Committees

Human Rights

UK Derogations from Convention Rights

Inquiry announced 15.4.2002

Written evidence by 27.5.2002

Public Administration

Relationships between Civil Service Press Officers and Special Advisers

Ministerial Patronage

Inquiry announced 25.2.2002

Inquiry announced 13.3.2002

Public Service Targets and Tables

Inquiry announced 29.10.2002

 
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