Select Committees

A complete list of Select Committee membership and a Factsheet (P2) on the work of Select Committees is available on request from the House of Commons Information Office. The list and Factsheet are also on the Parliament website at:

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Committee Membership

Science and Technology - Mr David Heath discharged, Dr Evan Harris added

ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions - Dr John Pugh discharged, Mr Adrian Sanders added

Transport - Tom Brake discharged, Mr Paul Marsden added

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Mr Michael Jack has been chosen as Chairman in replace of Mr David Curry

Select Committee Meetings

10 - 13 November 2003

Monday 10th November
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The Office of Telecommunications: Helping consumers benefit from competition in the telecommunications market Witnesses: Mr David Edmonds CBE, Director-General of Telecommunications, Mr Chris Kenny, Director of Compliance, and Ms Caroline Wallace, Chief Engineering Adviser, Office of Telecommunications (Oftel)
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Secondary Education: School Admissions Witnesses: Dr Tessa Stone, Director, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman, The Sutton Trust; Dr Ian Birnbaum, Strategic Director, Learning for Life, London Borough of Sutton; Mr Paul Robinson, Director of Education, London Borough of Wandsworth
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Office of Science and Technology Scrutiny Report 2003 Witnesses: Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; Professor Sir David King KB, Chief Scientific Adviser, and Dr John Taylor OBE, Director-General of the Research Councils, Office of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS: URBAN AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Coalfield Communities Witnesses: Coalfields Communities Campaign; Staffordshire County Council and Kent County Council; Leicester Housing Association and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation; Groundwork; English Nature and The Coal Authority
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: CETACEAN BY-CATCH SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Cetacean By-Catch Witnesses: The Wildlife Trusts, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Tuesday 11th November
CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Cultural Objects Witnesses: HM Customs and Excise; Caroline Flint MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office; Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Rehabilitation of Prisoners Witness: National Advisory Council to Independent Monitoring Boards for Prisons
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court Witnesses: Sir Colin Campbell, First Commissioner, Commission for Judicial Appointments; Mr Roger Smith, Director, JUSTICE and Professor Robert Stevens, Senior Research Fellow, University College London
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONS Subject: The Fire Service Witnesses: Sir Graham Meldrum CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services; Mr Peter Morphew, HM Chief Senior Inspector of Fire Services; Robin Currie, Chief Executive, Fire Service College and Marie Winckler, Head of Fire Service Effectiveness Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Sir Jeremy Beecham, Chair of Local Government Association and Ken Knight, LGA Advisor and Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Planning, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority; Audit Commission
TREASURY Subject: Long Term Savings and Life Insurance Industry Witnesses: Mr Ned Cazalet, Cazalet Consulting; Professor Philip Davis, Brunel University, Mary Francis, Association of British Insurers, and Mr Christopher O' Brien, Nottingham University Business School
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Development of Broadband in the UK Witnesses: Consumers Association; AOL Time-Warner; Freeserve; United Kingdom Competitive Telecommunications Association
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: The Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change Witnesses: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, and Scottish Trades Union Congress
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Witnesses: Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save the Children, and the Welfare Association; Israeli Committee against House Demolition; Parents' Circle; The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, and Ilka Schroder, MEP
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Development of Broadband in the UK Witnesses: DTI; OFTEL; NTL; BT
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIVES SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and End of Life Vehicle Directive Witnesses: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders; British Vehicle Salvage Federation
Wednesday 12th November
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Schools Admissions Witnesses: Mrs Maureen Laycock, Headteacher, Firth Park Community College, Mr Brian Jones, Former Headmaster, Archbishop Tenison's School and Mr Mike Wood, Headteacher, The Cornwallis School; Sheila Lawlor, Director, Politeia, Mr Nick Seaton, Chairman, Campaign for Real Education and Mr Martin Johnson, Education Researcher, Institute for Public Policy Research
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: PFI: The New Headquarters for the Home Office Witnesses: Mr John Gieve CB, Permanent Secretary and Ms Margaret Aldred, Director, General Resources and Performance, Home Office; Mr Henry de la Monneraye, Chief Executive of AGP Plc, Mr Olivier-Marie Racine, Chief Executive of Bouygues BŸtiment International, and Mr Bryn Jones, Director, HSBC Infrastructure Ltd
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Marine Environment Witnesses: Wildlife and Countryside Link; Joint Nature Conservation Committee
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: GM Food-Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials Witness: Friends of the Earth
TRANSPORT Subject: National Rail Enquiries Witnesses: National Rail Enquiries; QJump and CCA; Rail Passengers Council; Amicus and TSSA
DEFENCE Subject: Lessons of Iraq Witnesses: Mr Tony Pawson, Director-General Corporate Communications and Colonel Paul Brook, Assistant Director, Media Operations Policy Ministry of Defence
TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Child Trust Funds Witnesses: Mr Nicholas Holgate, Director, Welfare Reform, and Mr Mostaque Ahmed, Policy Adviser, Savings and Pension Team, HM Treasury; Ms Caroline Rookes, Business Director, Pension and Share Schemes, Mr Jim Scopes, Business Design Authority, and Ms Liz Welsh, Deputy Director, Savings Policy, Inland Revenue
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Railways in Wales Witness: Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister for Transport, and officials, Department for Transport
Thursday 13th November
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: A Civil Service Act Witnesses: Mr Jonathan Baume, FDA; Mr David Walker, The Guardian
HEALTH Subject: Obesity Witnesses: Abbott Meads Vicker-BBDO Ltd; Leo Burnett Ltd and Advertising Association

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
17 - 20 November 2003

Monday 17th November
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS* Subject: Housing the Homeless Witnesses: Mr John Hunter, Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer, Mr David Crothers, Director of Housing Services, Northern Ireland Department for Social Development; Mr Paddy McIntyre, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Mr Colm McCaughley, Director of Housing and Regeneration, Northern Ireland Housing Executive	4.30 p.m.	8
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Secondary Education: School Admissions Witnesses: Mr David Bell, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, Ms Sheila Brown HMI, Head of LEA Division, Ofsted, and Mr Nick Flight, Education Performance Specialist, Audit Commission; The Reverend Canon John Hall, Chief Education Officer, Education Division and National Society, Church of England; Oona Stannard, Director, Catholic Education Service, and Sarah Billington, Legal Advisor, Catholic Education Society (at approximately 5.00 p.m.)	4.00 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Railways in Wales Witness: Rail Passengers Committee, Wales	2.45 p.m.	Committee Room 1, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIVES SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and End of Life Vehicles Directive Witnesses: British Retail Consortium; Environmental Services and Biffa Waste Services Ltd.	4.05 p.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 18th November
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Rehabilitation of Prisoners Witnesses: International Centre for Prison Studies and the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies	9.45 a.m.	8
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: The Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change Witnesses: Electoral Commission; Association of Electoral Administrators; and Professor Robert Hazell, University College London	2.15 p.m.	15
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court (court of final appeal) Witnesses: The Bar Council and The Law Society; The Fawcett Society and The Commission for Racial Equality (at approximately 3.10 p.m.); Rt Hon Lady Justice Hale DBE (at approximately 3.35 p.m.)	2.15 p.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State, and Mr Alistair Fernie, Head of Middle East and North Africa Department, Department for International Development	2.30 p.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: A Civil Service Act Witnesses: Baroness Prashar CBE, First Civil Service Commissioner; Sir Nigel Wicks GCB CVO CBE, Chairman, Committee on Standards in Public Life (at approximately 3.30 p.m.)	2.15 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Joint Committee
JOINT COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS Subject: Land Registration Fee Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 2092) Witnesses: Department for Constitutional Affairs and Land Registry officials	4.20 p.m.	7
Wednesday 19th November
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Secondary Education: Schools Admissions Witnesses: Mr Stephen Crowne, Director, Resources, Infrastructure and Governance, Ms Caroline Macready, Head of School Admissions, Organisation and Governance Division, and Ms Sue Garner, Head of School Admissions and Class Size Unit, Department for Education and Skills	9.15 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
WORK AND PENSIONS* Subject: Child Poverty Witnesses: Citizens Advice, Child Poverty Action Group and Save the Children	9.45 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Getting it right, putting it right: Improving decision-making and appeals in social security benefits Witnesses: Sir Richard Mottram KCB, Principal Accounting Office, Mr Don Brereton, Director of Disability and Carers Group, Mr Mark Fisher, Director of Business Strategy, and Dr Christina Townsend, Chief Executive, Appeals Service, Department for Work and Pensions	3.30 p.m.	6
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Commission Work Programme 2004 Witnesses: Mr Michel Servoz, Head of Unit, and Mr Peter Handley, Principal Administrator, Strategic Planning and Coordination Unit, Secretariat General of the European Commission	2.40 p.m.	19
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS* Subject: U.S. "Ghost" Ships Witnesses: Environment Agency; Mr Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at approximately 3.15 p.m.)	2.30 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: GM Food - Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials Witnesses: The Soil Association; The National Farmers' Union (at approximately 4.40 p.m.)	3.50 p.m.	20
TRANSPORT* Subject: Disabled Persons Access to Transport Witnesses: Disability Rights Commission and Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; Tony McNulty MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (at approximately 3.30 p.m.)	2.45 p.m.	15
HOME AFFAIRS* Subject: Asylum Applications Witnesses: Beverley Hughes MP, Minister of State, Home Office, and officials	2.30 p.m.	8
TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Child Trust Funds Witnesses: Ms Joanne Segers, Head of Pensions and Savings, Association of British Insurers; Mr Ian Mullen, Chief Executive , British Bankers Association; Mr David White, Chief Executive, The Children's Mutual, and Mr Robert Fletcher, Director of Distribution Strategy, Norwich Union Life	2.30 p.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS Subject: The Fire Service Witness: Professor Sir George Bain, Chairman of the Independent Review or the Fire Service	2.30 p.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Thursday 20th November
TREASURY* Subject: Bank of England November 2003 Inflation Report Witnesses: Mr Roger Bootle, Professor Sheila Dow, Ms Bridget Rosewell, Professor Christopher Pissarides; Mr Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Andrew Large and Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governors, and Mr Stephen Nickell and Mr Richard Lambert, Members of the Monetary Policy Committee (at approximately 10.45 a.m.)	9.45 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: HOUSING, PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS Subject: The Fire Service Witnesses: Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, Minister for Local and Regional Government, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Clive Norris, Director, Fire, Health and Safety, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and Sir Graham Meldrum, HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services	9.15 p.m.	8
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