EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Subject: Diversity of Provision

Witnesses: Sir Cyril Taylor, Chairman, Technology Colleges Trust; Professor David Jesson, University of York; Dr John Dunford OBE, General Secretary, and Mrs Kate Griffin, President, Secondary Heads Association

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Inland Revenue Accounts 2001-02 Standard Report

Witnesses: Sir Nicholas Montagu KCB, Chairman; Mr David Hartnett CB, Director General (Policy and Technical), and Mr Steve Heminsley, Director, National Services, Inland Revenue

Witness: Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS

Subject: Sustainable Housing

Witnesses: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister officials, Mr Richard Best and Christine Whitehead, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Susan Owens, Newnham College, Cambridge

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

Subject: Homeworkers in Scotland and the Minimum Wage

Witnesses: Department of Trade and Industry and Inland Revenue officials

Subject: Asylum and Immigration: Removals

Witnesses: Beverley Hughes MP, Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion, and Home Office officials

Subject: Latest Developments with QinetiQ,

Witnesses: Dame Pauline Neville-Jones DCMG, Chairman, Managing Director; Sir John Chisholm KCB, Chief Executive, QinetiQ; Mr Glenn Youngkin, Managing Director, Carlyle Group; Dr Lewis Moonie MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and Colin Balmer CB, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence

Subject: Zimbabwe

Witnesses: Mr Peter Longworth CMG; South West Radio Africa representatives; Mr Joe Winter, BBC Journalist

Subject: Procedures for debates and private Members' Bills, and the powers of the Speaker

Witnesses: Sir George Young MP; Mr Andrew Tyrie MP; Tony Wright MP (Cannock Chase); Mr Mark Fisher MP; Mr Paul Tyler MP, Parliament First

Subject: National Savings and Investments

Witness: Mr Alan Cook, Chief Executive, National Savings and Investments

Subject: The Future of UK Pensions

Witnesses: Professor Edward Palmer, University of Uppsala, Sweden; Professor Richard Disney, University of Nottingham

Subject: Protecting the Public from Waste

Witnesses: Mr Brian Bender CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Rt Hon the Baroness Barbara Young of Scone, Chief Executive, and Mr Steve Lee, Head of Waste Regulation Policy, Environment Agency

Subject: Winning the War on Waste

Witnesses: Institute of Waste Management; BIFFA

Subject: Overcrowding on Public Transport

Witnesses: Virgin Cross Country and Arriva Trains Northern; Go-Ahead; Thameslink and South Central Trains; Health and Safety Executive; London Underground Limited

Subject: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): introductory session

Witness: Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive, ESRC

Subject: The Illegal Drugs Trade and Drugs Culture in Northern Ireland

Witnesses: The Health Promotion Agency (HPA)

Subject: The UK and the Euro

Witnesses: Mr John Monks, TUC General Secretary; Mr David Coats, Head, Economic and Social Affairs, Mr Ian Brinkley, Chief Economist, and Mr Tom Jenkins, Head of TUC International Department, TUC; Mr George Eustice and Ms Janet Bush, Campaign Directors, No Campaign

Subject: Public Service Targets

Witnesses: Mr Peter Neyroud, Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police; Mr Martin Narey, Director General, Prison Service; Professor Alison Kitson, Executive Director (Nursing) Royal College of Nursing; Mr John Seddon, Vanguard; Consumers Association

Subject: Sexual Health

Witnesses: Mr Stephen Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Young People and Learning, Department for Education and Skills; Ms Hazel Blears MP, Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Department for Health

Subject: The humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa

Witnesses: Rt Hon Clare Short MP, Secretary of State; Mr Anthony Smith, Head of Central and Southern Africa Department and Mr Rob Holden, Manager, Crisis Management Group, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department Operations Team, Department for International Development

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Using call centres to deliver public services

Witnesses: Mr Andrew Pinder, e-Envoy, Office of the Envoy; Ms Ursula Brennan, Group Director, Working Age and Children, Department for Work and Pensions; Baroness Young of Old Scone, Chief Executive, Environment Agency; Mr Gary Austin, Chief Executive, Driving Standards Agency; Mr Bernard Herdan, Chief Executive, UK Passport Service, Passport and Records Agency

4.00p.m.

16

Subjects: (i) Annual Report and Estimates 2002 (ii) The Effectiveness of Government Regeneration Initiatives

Witnesses: Rt Hon John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mavis McDonald CB, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

4.45p.m.

15

Subject: Asylum and Immigration: Removals

Witnesses: Mr Michael Payne, Head of Government Services Division, Wackenhut UK Ltd; Mr Tom Davies, Chief Executive, Loss Prevention International; Mr David Banks, Chief Operating Officer, Group 4 Falck Global Solutions Ltd; Mr Trevor Williams, Director of Operations, Premier Custodial Group; Mr Herb Nahapiet, Managing Director, UK Detention Services

(at approximately 10.15a.m.)

9.00a.m.

15

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS

Subject: Sustainable Housing

Witnesses: Southend Council; East of England Development Agency; East of England Assembly; Cambridgeshire County Council; Mid Bedfordshire Parish Council Consortium; Ashford Rural Trust

9.15a.m.

8

TREASURY^*

Subject: UK and the Euro

Witnesses: Mr Martin Weale, National Institute of Economic and Social Research; Mr Geoffrey Dicks, Royal Bank of Scotland; Mr Roger Bootle, Capital Economics; Professor David Begg, Birkbeck College, University of London

9.30a.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

Subject: Homeworkers in Scotland and the Minimum Wage

Witnesses: National Group on Homeworking

2.15p.m.

6

Subject: SDR New Chapter

Witnesses: Mr David Gompert, Vice President, RAND Corporation, and Mr Bill Robins CB OBE, BAE Systems

3.00p.m.

15

Subject: Human Rights Annual Report

Witnesses: Mr Bill Rammell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ms Philippa Drew, Director, Global Issues, and Mr Jon Benjamin, Head, Human Rights Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

3.00p.m.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: RURAL PAYMENTS AGENCY SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Rural Payments Agency

Witnesses: Mr Johnston McNeill, Chief Executive, Mr Hugh MacKinnon, Operations Director, and Mr Alex Kerr, Finance Director, Rural Payments Agency

3.10p.m

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Subject: The Future of Waste Management

Witnesses: Waste and Resources Action Programme, and Waste Watch

9.30a.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Subject: Procedures for Debates and Private Members Bills, and the Powers of the Speaker

Witnesses: Mr Peter Riddell, Vice-Chairman, Commission on the Scrutiny of Parliament; Mr Alex Brazier, Senior Researcher on Parliament and Government programmes, Hansard Society

2.15p.m.

15

Subject: The Future of UK Pensions

Witnesses: Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP, Minister for Pensions, Mr Paul Gray, Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director, Pensions and Disability, and Mr Peter Searle, Head of Pensions Reform, Department for Work and Pensions

2.45p.m.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

Subject: Winning the War on Waste

Witnesses: Mr Andy Doran, Vice Chairman and Policy Office, and Mr Durk Reyner, Vice Chairman, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC); Mr Dirk Hazell, Chief Executive, Environmental Services Association (ESA); Mr Michael Morris, Nabarro Nathanson and Member of ESA; Mr Michael Green, Managing Director, G&P Batteries Ltd and Member of ESA (at approximately 4.20p.m.); Mr Andrew Price, Chair of the Topic Group; Mr Roger Hockney, Chair of the Waste Planning Advisory Group, Planning Officers Society ( at approximately 4.55p.m.)

3.50p.m.

20

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subject: Director of Innovation, DTI: Introductory Session

Witness: Mr David Hughes, Director-General, Innovation Group, Department of Trade and Industry

4.30p.m.

6

Subject: The UK and the Euro

Witnesses: tbc

9.45a.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Subject: Public Service Targets

Witnesses: Mr Dave Prentis, General Secretary, UNISON; Sir Nigel Crisp KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Chief Executive NHS and Mr Hugh Taylor, Director of Corporate Affairs, NHS (at approximately 11.30a.m.)

10.00a.m.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]