SELECT COMMITTEES

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Committee Membership

Home Affairs:

Mr Humfrey Malins and Angela Watkinson discharged, Mr Clappison and Ann Widecombe appointed

International Development:

Mr Andrew Robathan discharged, Alistair Burt appointed

Procedure:

Ms Meg Munn discharged, Mr Tony McWalter appointed

Selection:

Mr John Hayes discharged, Mr Peter Luff appointed

Statutory Instruments

Harold Best and Ivan Henderson discharged, Huw Irranca-Davies and Chris Mole added

SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS

18 - 21 NOVEMBER 2002

Monday 18th November
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: The legislative process as it affects Wales Witnesses: Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Wales and officials and the Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister, Welsh Assembly Government and officials
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services Ltd Witnesses: Ms Rachel Lomax, Permanent Secretary, and Mr Ian McBrayne, Divisional Manager, Civil Aviation Division, Department for Transport, and Mr Richard Everitt, Chief Executive, National Air Traffic Services Ltd
HEALTH Subject: Sexual Health Witnesses: Mr Nick Springham, Health Improvement and Commissioning Manager, Newcastle Primary Care Trust; Ms Evelyn Asante-Mensah, Chief Executive, Black Health Agency; Professor Mike Kelly, Director, Research and Information, Health Development Agency; Kaye Wellings, Director, Sexual Health Programme, Health Promotion Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Mr Simon Blake, Assistant Director, Children's Personal Development Unit, National Children's Burea; Mrs Lindsay Abbott, Deputy Head Teacher, Slough and Eton Secondary School.
Joint Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: UNCRC Witnesses: Rt Hon John Denham MP, Minister of State, Home Office and Althea Efunshile, Director, Children and Young People's Unit, Department for Education and Skills
Tuesday 19th November
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Biotechnology Witnesses: Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry; Dr Greg Winter, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge; Dr Jeff Skinner, UCL Ventures and Dr Ederyn Williams, Warwick Ventures
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Criminal Justice and Sentencing Bill Witnesses: Roger Smith, Director, and Peter Binning, Solicitor, JUSTICE, Rodney Warren, Solicitor, The Law Society and Peter Rook QC, Chairman, The Criminal Bar Association
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Tourism Witnesses: Tourism Alliance; Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister for Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and development assistance Witnesses: Mr Chris Austin, Head, Western Asia Department, Department for International Development, and Ms Jan Thompson, Head of Afghanistan Unit, and Mr Tom Phillips, UK Special Representative for Afghanistan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Wednesday 20th November
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision Witnesses: Professor Stephen Gorard, Professor Richard Pring and Professor James Tooley
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS Subject: Departmental Annual Report and Estimates 2002 Witnesses: Lord Rooker, Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Regeneration; Officials of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Futureskills Scotland Witnesses: Scottish Enterprise
DEFENCE Subject: Strategic Defence Review New Chapter Witnesses: Colonel Mike Taylor and Sir David Trippier, Council of Reserve and Cadet Forces Association; Mr John Bridgeman, National Employers Advisory Board for the Reserves of the Armed Forces
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Convention on the Future of Europe Witness: Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Government Representative for the Convention on the Future of Europe
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: The Future of UK Pensions Witnesses: Professor Blake, Pensions Institute, Professor Disney, University of Nottingham, Ms Alison O'Connell, Pensions Policy Institute and Mr Peter Robinson, Senior Economist, Institute for Public Policy Research
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: Control of Firearms in Northern Ireland and the Draft Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 Witnesses: Association of Chief Police Officers; Gun Control Network, Police Service Northern Ireland, Mr David Penn, Chairman of the Firearms Consultative Committee
TRANSPORT Subject: Multi-Modal Studies Witnesses: Freight Transport Association; Rail Freight Group; M25 and West Midlands Area study consultant teams; M1 (East Midlands), South East Manchester and M6 study consultant teams; South East England Regional Assembly and West Midlands Local Government Association
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Towards a Non-Carbon Fuel Economy: Research, Development and Demonstration Witnesses: Distribution network operators; National Grid; Ofgem; construction companies; BP; Shell
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: WSSD 2002: Turning Rhetoric into Reality Witnesses: Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
TREASURY: SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Royal Mint Annual Report, 2001-02 Witnesses: Officials from the Royal Mint; Ms Ruth Kelly MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
Thursday 21st November
TREASURY Subject: Bank of England: November Inflation Report Witnesses: Roger Bootle, Capital Economics; Bridget Rosewell, Voleterra Consulting; Mr David Walton, Goldman Sachs
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Public Service Targets Witnesses: Mr Roger Thayne OBE, Chief Executive, Staffordshire Ambulance Service, Councillor Sir Jeremy Beecham, Chairman, Local Government Association; Mr Mike Stone, Director, Patients' Association
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Government Response to the Foot and Mouth Disease Inquiry Reports and other matters arising Witnesses: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Mr Brian Bender CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS

25 - 29 NOVEMBER 2002

Monday 25th November
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subjects: (i) Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and development assistance (ii) The humanitarian crisis in southern Africa Witnesses: (i)Dr Mukesh Kapila, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, (UNAMA), (ii) Ms Judith Lewis, Regional Director for Southern Africa, World Food Programme (WFP)
3.00p.m.
5
EDUCATION AND SKILLS *W Subject: Individual Learning Accounts and the National Skills Strategy Witness: Mr Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Adult Skills, Department for Education and Skills
4.00p.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS * Subject: Tackling pensioner poverty: encouraging take-up of entitlements Witnesses: Sir Richard Mottram KCB, Permanent Secretary, and Ms Alexis Cleveland, Chief Executive, Pensions Service, Department for Work and Pensions
4.00p.m.
15
Tuesday 26th November
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Trade with China Witnesses: B&Q; BP (at approximately 11.00a.m.)
10.15a.m.
8
TREASURY*W Subject: Bank of England November Inflation report Witnesses: Sir Edward George, Governor, Mr Mervyn King, Deputy Governor, Sir Andrew Large, Deputy Governor, and Mr Paul Tucker, Executive Director, Bank of England and Ms Marian Bell and Mr Christopher Allsopp, External MPC Members
10.30a.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and development assistance Witnesses: CARE International; Islamic Relief (at approximately 11.00a.m.); Development Initiatives (at approximately 11.30 a.m.); and British Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG) (at approximately 12 noon)
10.30a.m.
5
HOME AFFAIRS* Subject: Criminal Justice and Sentencing Bill Witnesses: Lord Falconer, Minister of State for Criminal Justice, Sentencing and Law Reform, and Home Office officials
10.30a.m.
15
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Tourism Witnesses: Scottish Tourism Forum; Visit Scotland (Scottish Tourist Board ) (at approximately 11.30a.m.); Mr Michael Watson MSP, Minister for Tourism, Scottish Executive (at approximately 12.30p.m.)
10.45a.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: URBAN AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEES Subject: Government Regeneration Initiatives Witnesses: Mr Anil Singh, Manningham Housing Association, Mr Ted Cantle, Chair of the Community Cohesion Unity; Mr Bob Collins, Director of Regeneration, Stoke Council, Mr Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive of Sheffield Council (at approximately 3.10p.m.); Mrs Pauline Davis, Nottingham New Deal for Communities (at approximately 4.15p.m.); Mr Mohammed Dajani, and Mr Vince Taylor, Sheffield First (at approximately 4.35p.m.)
2.30p.m.
Sheffield Town Hall
TRANSPORT* Subject: The Work of the Strategic Rail Authority Witness: Richard Bowker, Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority
4.00p.m.
15
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Radio Spectrum Witnesses: tbc
4.15p.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 27th November
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision Witnesses: OFSTED and National Foundation for Education Research
9.45a.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Water Framework Directive Witnesses: OFWAT; WATER UK; Severn Trent and United Utilities
10.15a.m
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Trade with China Witnesses: tbc
10.15a.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
DEFENCE*W Subject: NATO Prague Summit Witness: Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Defence
10.30a.m.
15
WORK AND PENSIONS* Subject: The Future of UK Pensions Witnesses: Trades Union Congress, Unison, B&CE, Alliance of Occupational Pensioners; Federation of Small Businesses, CBI (at approximately 11.45a.m.)
10.45a.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
TRANSPORT Subject: Multi-Modal Studies Witnesses: Dr Denvil Coombe, Independent Consultant; Commission for Integrated Transport (at approximately 4.30p.m.); RAC Foundation (at approximately 5.00p.m.); M25 Multi-Modal Study Group (at approximately 5.30 p.m.)
4.00p.m.
16
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS* Subject: Control of Firearms in Northern Ireland and the Draft Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 Witness: Jane Kennedy MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
4.00p.m.
8
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS*W Subject: Facing the Challenge: NHS Emergency Planning in England Witnesses: Mr Nigel Crisp, Permanent Secretary and NHS Chief Executive, and Dr David Harper CBE, Chief Scientist and Branch Head, Environment and Health, Public Health and Clinical Quality Directorate, Department of Health
4.30p.m.
15
Thursday 28th November
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Public Service Targets Witnesses: Mr Doug McAvoy, General Secretary, National Union of Teachers and Mrs Jan Berry, Chairman, Police Federation of England and Wales; Lord Browne of Madingley, Chief Executive, British Petroleum (at approximately 11.30a.m.)
10.00a.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
HEALTH*W Subject: Sexual Health Witnesses: Dr George Kinghorn, Clinical Director, Genito-urinary Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, Dr Pat Munday, Consultant Physician, Watford General Hospital, Dr Chris Ford, Chair, Royal College of General Practice Committee, Marianne Nicholson, Chair, Herpes Virus Association, Mr Graham Taylor, Lead Commissioner, Sexual Health and HIV Care, Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust and Jackie Rogers, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ore Clinic, Hastings
10.30a.m.
15
Joint Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The Work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Witnesses: Professor Brice Dickson, Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; Professor Christine Bell, Magee College, University of Ulster (at approximately 5.30p.m.)
4.00p.m.
Castle Buildings, Stormont Castle, Belfast

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