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:

http://www.parliament.uk/factsheets

An index to the Select Committee home pages together with links to further pages containing information about their work and publications is on the Parliament website at: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/cmsel.htm

Membership:

Select Committee Meetings
18 - 19 December 2006 & 8 - 12 January 2007

For confirmation of committee meetings, venues and times see Select Committee home pages on the Internet (www.parliament.uk) or telephone the Committee Office general enquiry lines: Tel 020 7219 3267/4300

Monday 18 December
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Prison Education: Follow Up Witnesses: Phil Hope MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Chris Barnham, Head of Offender Learning and Skills Unit, Department for Education and Skills, Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Minister for Criminal Justice and Offender Management, and Frances Flaxington, Head of the Community Integration Unit in the National Offender Management Service, Home Office
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: The Government's Employment Strategy Witness: Jim Murphy MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Department for Work and Pensions
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: ASPIRE - The re-competition of outsourced IT services Witnesses: Paul Gray CB, Acting Chairman, and Steve Lamey, Chief Information Officer, HM Revenue and Customs and Mr David Boulter, Chief Executive Officer, CapGemini ASPIRE
Tuesday 19 December
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System Witness: X-it programme
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Caring for our collections Witnesses: Tyne & Wear Museums, Yorkshire Regional Museums Hub, York Museums Trust, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust; The Association of Independent Museums, The National Trust, The Wordsworth Trust; Oxford University Museums, and The University Museums Group
DEFENCE Subject: Defence Industrial Strategy: Update Witnesses: Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement, and Ministry of Defence and department of trade and Industry officials
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Orders in Council Witnesses: Mr Nick Ainger MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and Mr John Williams, Deputy Director, Wales Office, and Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Assembly Business, and Dr Hugh Rawlings, Head of Constitutional Affairs, Welsh Assembly Government; Rt Hon Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM, Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales; Jennifer Randerson AM, Chair, Standing Orders Committee, National Assembly for Wales

Monday 8 January
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Modernisation of the West Coast Mainline Witnesses: Mike Mitchell, Director General for Railways, Department for Transport, John Armitt, Chief Executive, Network Rail and Bill Emery, Chief Executive, Office of Rail Regulation
Joint Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers Witnesses: The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England, The Children's Society and Save the Children; HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Amnesty International and Bail for Immigration Detainees
Tuesday 9 January
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Justice and Home Affairs issues at European Union Level Witnesses: JUSTICE and the Law Society; Association of Chief Police Officers, Joint Operational Authority, Serious and Organised Crime Agency and Europol
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Caring for our collections Witnesses: Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art, Acceptance in Lieu Panel, Sir Nicholas Goodison, and The Goodison Review Group, The Heritage Lottery Fund; The Art Fund; The Art Loss Register, Swift-Find Ltd ,and The Public Catalogue Foundation
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Trade and Investment Opportunities with Mercosur (the Common Market of the Southern Cone) Witness: CBI
Wednesday 10 January
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: The Bologna Process Witnesses: Universities UK (UUK), UK Higher Education Europe Unit, Professor Lord May of Oxford, OM; Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), and Professor Ella Ritchie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Space Policy Witnesses: Dr David Williams, British National Space Centre (BNSC), Miss Paula Freedman, DTI Space within BNSC, and Dr Arwyn Davies, Earth Observation at BNSC and Natural Environment Research Council; Professor Keith Mason, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, Professor Richard Holdaway, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, and Air Vice-Marshal Chris Moran OBE, Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Ministry of Defence
TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: Debt Management Office Report and Accounts 2005-06 Witnesses: Debt Management Office officials
TRANSPORT Subject: Transport for the London 2012 Olympic Games: The Draft Transport Plan Witness: The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Reducing reliance on landfill Witness: Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Climate change: the "citizen's agenda" Witness: Alan Simpson MP
Thursday 11 January
DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Iraq Witnesses: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
15 - 18 January 2007

Monday 15 January
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Jobcentre Plus Witnesses: Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive; Malcolm Whitehouse, IS/IT Director, and Neil Couling, Benefits and Fraud Director, Jobcentre Plus	4.15 p.m.	8
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS* Subject: Tackling anti-social behaviour Witnesses: Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary and Louise Casey, Government Co-ordinator for the Respect Task Force, Home Office	4.30 p.m.	15
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Supply of Rented Housing Witnesses: Confederation of Co-operative Housing; Tenants' and Residents' Organisations of England (TAROE); National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations (NFTMO); Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council (at 5.10 p.m.); Westminster City Council (at 5.30 p.m.); North West Housing Forum (at 5.50 p.m.)	4.40 p.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 16 January
CROSSRAIL BILL	10.00 a.m.	5
HOME AFFAIRS * Subject: Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System Witnesses: Professor Gus John, Gus John Partnership, and Dr Tony Sewell, Generating Genius Programme; Sukhvinder Stubbs, Barrow Cadbury Trust, and Marc Edwards, The Young Disciples (at 11.15 a.m.)	10.15 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Stern Report and Pre-Budget Report 2006 Witness: Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service	10.20 a.m.	15
DEFENCE* Subject: The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: The White Paper Witnesses: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Information Service, Aldermaston Women's Peace Campaign, and Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	10.30 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Water and Sanitation Witnesses: British Geological Survey, WWF-UK, and Dr Declan Conway, University of East Anglia	10.30 a.m.	16
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Future of UK manufacturing Witnesses: CBI, Amicus	10.30 a.m.	The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Energy in Wales: Follow-up Witnesses: Lord Truscott, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Brian Morris, Head of Carbon Abatement Technologies, Clare Harding, and Rachel Crisp, Assistant Directors, Energy Technologies Unit, Department of Trade and Industry; Peter Harper, Head of Research, and James Cass, Funding and Development Co-ordinator, Centre for Alternative Technology (at 12 noon).	11.00 a.m.	8
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Professor Adrian Sinfield, University of Edinburgh, and Professor John Veit-Wilson, Newcastle University	2.15 p.m.	15
CROSSRAIL BILL	2.30 p.m.	5
Wednesday 17 January
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: 14-19 Diplomas Witnesses: Dr Ken Boston, Chief Executive, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Geoff Fieldsend, Director of Workforce Development, Sector Skills Development Agency, Karen Price, Chief Executive, e-Skills, and John Rogers, Chief Executive, Skills for Health	9.30 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Office of Science and Innovation Scrutiny Report 2006 Witnesses: Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Science and Innovation, and Professor Sir Keith O'Nions, Director General for Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry	9.30 a.m.	8
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Child Support Reform Witnesses: Anne Kazimirski, Research Director, National Centre for Social Research, Professor Steve McKay, University of Birmingham, and Mavis Maclean, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford	9.30 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
CROSSRAIL BILL	10.00 a.m.	5
CROSSRAIL BILL	2.30 p.m.	5
TRANSPORT Subject: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland Witnesses: DVLNI, DVLA, and Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Minister for Transport, Department for Transport	2.45 p.m.	8
PROCEDURE Subject: Public Petitions Witnesses: Panel of Members	3.00 p.m.	18
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS* Subject: VAT missing trader fraud Witnesses: Mike Eland CB, Director-General, Enforcement and Compliance, Euan Stewart OBE, Deputy Director, Criminal Investigation and Tony Walker, Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud Compliance Operations, HM Revenue and Customs	3.30 p.m.	15
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid Witnesses: Lord Carter of Coles, and Legal Services Commission; Law Society and Bar Council (at 5.15 p.m.)	4.15 p.m.	16
Thursday 18 January
CROSSRAIL BILL	10.00 a.m.	5
HEALTH Subject: Workforce Planning Witnesses: Institute of Healthcare Management, NHS Alliance, and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Royal College of Pathologists, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, and Royal College of Midwives (at 11.00 a.m.)	10.00 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Public Services: Putting People First Witness: Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman	10.00 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
CROSSRAIL BILL	2.30 p.m.	5

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