Select Committees: Current Inquiries

Select Committee evidence is published as a House of Commons Paper; there is generally a delay of 4-6 weeks before the material is available. When published it is also made available on the Parliament website. All HC paper numbers shown are from the 2005-06 session unless otherwise stated. Select Committees may also publish uncorrected transcripts of Ministers' evidence on the website as soon as the transcript is available. Hard copies of Select Committee publications can be purchased from The Stationery Office, contact details are shown on the back page of this bulletin.

The website address for Select Committee publications is:

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmselect.htm

More details of current Select Committee inquiries can be found on the Parliament website:

http://www.parliament.uk/what_s_on/hoc_news4.cfm

COMMITTEE	INQUIRY	STAGE & NOTES
Administration	ICT	Written evidence invited
Communities & Local Government (Formerly ODPM)	DCLG Annual Report 2006	Report to be published 19 March
The Supply of Rented Housing	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 19 March
Coastal Towns	Report published 7 March
Is there a future for Regional Government?	Report to be published 14 March
	Leasehold and major works	Oral evidence in progress
Constitutional Affairs	Devolution: A decade on	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 16 April
Freedom of Information follow up	Oral evidence in progress
Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Attorney General	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Crossrail Bill	Crossrail Bill	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
Culture, Media & Sport	Self-regulation of the Press	One-off oral evidence concluded
Tourism	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 16 March
Public Service Media Content	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
Caring for our collections	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
New media and the creative industries	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Defence	UK Defence: commitments and resources	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
UK operations in Afghanistan	Written evidence invited: oral evidence in progress Deadline for submissions 30 March: 1st evidence session 20 March
The Future of NATO and European Defence	Written evidence invited Submissions due by 12 March
The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: The White Paper	Report published 7 March: HC225-I&-II: awaiting Government response
	Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06	Government response to be published 12 March
	Iraq	Evidence published Joint oral evidence session with Foreign Affairs Committee 11 January

Education & Skills	14-19 Specialised Diplomas	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Post-16 Skills Training	Oral evidence in progress
The Work of Ofsted	Oral evidence concluded
The Bologna Process	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
The future sustainability of the higher education sector: purpose, funding and structures	Oral evidence in progress
Bullying	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Sustainable Schools	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Citizenship Education	Report published 8 March
Environmental Audit	Beyond Stern: forecasting, cost-effectiveness, and climate change	Inquiry Announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 12 March
The Voluntary Carbon Offset Market	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
Pre-Budget 2006	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Policy Appraisal & Regulatory Impact Assessments	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
	Regulatory Impact Assessments & Policy Appraisal	Report published 5 March
Environmental Audit Sub-committee	Trade, Development and Environment: International Trade and the World Trade Organisation	Government response to be published 13 March
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs	The potential of England's rural economy	Written evidence invited
Climate Change: citizen's agenda	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
UK Government's "Vision for the CAP"	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Sub-committee	British Waterways	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 12 March
Rural Payments Agency (Sub-committee)	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
European Scrutiny	Special Framework of Assistance for traditional suppliers of bananas	One-off oral evidence session concluded
	Migration issues relating to the accession of Bulgaria & Romania to the EU	Evidence published Joint inquiry with Home Affairs Committee. Evidence published 6 March: HC 143-i
Foreign Affairs	Human Rights Annual Report 2006	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Developments in the European Union	Oral evidence in progress
South Asia	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
	Global Security	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 14 March
Health	Audiology Services in England	One-off oral evidence session concluded
Patient and Public Involvement in the NHS	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2006	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Workforce planning	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
	The Electronic Patient Record and its use	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 16 March
	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 23 March
Home Affairs	Knife Crime	Written evidence invited: One-off oral evidence session announced Deadline for submissions 16 March: Oral evidence session 27 March
Towards Effective Sentencing	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 8 March
Justice and Home Affairs Issues at European Union Level	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
Migration issues relating to the accession of Bulgaria & Romania to the EU	Evidence published Joint inquiry with Home Affairs Committee. Evidence published 6 March: HC 143-i
Joint Committee on Human Rights	The human rights of older persons in healthcare	Oral evidence in progress
Deaths in Custody: Further Developments	Report published 7 March
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (CTP)	Report published 4 March
Meaning of "public authority" under the Human Rights Act	Written evidence invited
Treatment of Asylum Seekers	Oral evidence concluded
International Development	DFID Assistance to Burmese Internally Displaced People and Refugees on the Thai-Burma Border	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Submissions due by 13 April
Vietnam: DFID's Country Programme	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Submissions due by 13 April
Fair trade and Development	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
Water and Sanitation	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Modernisation of the House of Commons	Strengthening the role of the backbencher	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 14 March
Making better use of non-legislative time	Oral evidence in progress
Northern Ireland Affairs	Tourism in Northern Ireland and its Economic Impact and Benefits	Report to be published 15 March
Procedure	Written Parliamentary Questions	Oral evidence in progress
Public Petitions	Report in preparation
Early Day Motions	Report in preparation
Public Accounts	Sure Start Children's Centres	Oral evidence concluded
Joint venture between the Health and Social Care Information Centre and Dr Foster	Report in preparation
Staging the London Olympic and paralympic games in 2012	Report in preparation
Assets Recovery Agency	Report in preparation
Biometric passports	Report in preparation
Legal Aid and Family Breakdown	One-off oral evidence session announced Evidence session 12 March
The Academies Programme	One-off oral evidence session announced Evidence session 14 March
The performance of the government as a shareholder	One-off oral evidence session announced Evidence session 19 March
Management of cost increases on road building schemes in England	One-off oral evidence session announced Evidence session 26 March
Out of Hours Patient Care	Report to be published 14 March
Passport Agency- Biometric passports	Report in preparation
Department of Health	Oral evidence in progress
Office of Government and Commerce buying solutions	Oral evidence concluded
OFWAT - Meeting the demand for water	Oral evidence concluded
Clinical Governance in Primary Care Trusts	Report in preparation
Central Government's use of consultants	Report in preparation
Ensuring the effectiveness of personal advisors	Report in preparation
Progress update on the efficiency Programme	Report in preparation
The Provision of Out-of-hours care in England	Report to be published 14 March
National programme for IT	Report in preparation
Smarter food procurement in the public sector	Report published 6 March
Ministry of Defence: Reserve forces	Report in preparation
Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2005	Oral evidence in progress
NHS financial management	Report to be published 20 March
The termination of the PFI contract for the National Physical Laboratory	Report to be published 13 March
Enhancing capability: Bowman	Report published 8 March
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Resource Accounts 2004-05	Report in preparation
Progress in combat identification	Report in preparation
The restructuring of British Energy	Report in preparation
Patient choice at the point of GP referral	Report in preparation
HM Treasury: Update on PFI debt refinancing and the PFI equity market	One-off oral evidence session announced
Progress in tackling pensioner poverty	One-off oral evidence session announced
ASPIRE - the re-competition of outsourced IT services	One-off oral evidence session announced
Public Administration	The Work of the Cabinet Office 2006-07	Oral evidence in progress
Review of Government Communications	Oral evidence in progress
A Debt of Honour	Oral evidence in progress
Public Services: Putting People First	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 15 March
Skills for Government	Oral evidence in progress
Ethics and Standards	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Governing the Future	Report published 6 March
Politics and Administration: Ministers & Civil Servants	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Regulatory Reform	Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2007	Proposal laid on 18 December
Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Deer) (England and Wales) Order 2007	Proposal laid on 18 December
Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Collaboration etc Between Ombudsmen) Order 2007	Report in preparation Proposal laid 18 December
Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Game) Order 2007	Report in preparation Proposal laid 11 December
Scrutiny of Regulatory Reform Orders	Report in preparation Proposal laid 15 December
Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Public Service Vehicles) Order 2006	Report published on 7 February Awaiting Draft Order to be laid
Science & Technology	Government proposals for the regulation of hybrid and chimera embryos	Oral evidence in progress
Cooksey Review	Report to be published 15 March
Investigating the Oceans	Inquiry announced
Space policy	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 19 March
Research Council Institutes	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
OSI Scrutiny 2006	Report in preparation
Science Question Time	Oral evidence in progress This session takes place every 3 months
	Scientific advice, risk and evidence: how Government handles them: general	Government response published 27 February
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)	Business under Standing Order No 151, followed as necessary by meetings of the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments for business under Standing Order No 151(10)	Continuing scrutiny: Report in preparation 11th Report 2006-07 to be published 13 February
Scottish Affairs	Poverty in Scotland	Oral evidence in progress
The Potential Benefits for Scotland of the 2012 Olympics	Oral evidence concluded
Effects Tax increases on the oil industry	Oral evidence concluded
	The Work of the Committee in 2006	Report published on 22 February
Quadripartite Committee on Strategic Export Controls	The UK 2005 Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 15 March
Joint Committee on the Tax Law Rewrite Bills	Income Tax Bill	Report published 8 February
Trade & Industry	Europe moves East: The impact of the 'new' EU Member States on UK business	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 16 March
Post Office Network	Report published 6 March
Trade and Investment Opportunities with Mercosur (the common Market of the Southern Cone)	Oral evidence concluded
Recent developments with Airbus	Oral evidence in progress
The Future of UK Manufacturing Industry: Public Procurement	Oral evidence in progress
The Future of UK Manufacturing Industry: Skills Shortages	Oral evidence in progress
The Future of UK Manufacturing Industry: Marketing UK Plc	Oral evidence in progress
The Government's Energy Review: UK dependence on gas and coal imports	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Reasons for success & failure in the UK automotive industry	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Trade & Industry Sub-committee	Implementation of the report of the Women and Work Commission	Oral evidence in Progress Next evidence session 14 March
Transport	The Draft EU-US Air Transport Agreement	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
The Transport Innovation Fund	Written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 20 March
Passengers' experience of air travel	Written evidence invited: oral evidence in progress Deadline for submissions 5 March: next evidence session 28 March
Ticketing on public transport	Written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 7 March
The new National Boatmasters' Licence	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 14 March
The Government's Motorcycling Strategy	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Novice Drivers	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 14 March
Driver and Vehicle Registration and Licensing in Northern Ireland	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Transport Security: Travelling without Fear	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
	The Work of the Civil Aviation Authority	Government response to be published 13 March
Treasury	Progress on the efficiency programme in the Chancellor's departments	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 18 April
The 2007 Budget	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence sessions 26, 28 & 29 March
Bank of England February 2007 Quarterly Inflation Report	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 27 March
Financial Stability	Evidence published 7 March
Unclaimed assets within the financial system	Oral evidence in progress
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: ten years on	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 20 March
Climate change and the Stern review	Oral evidence concluded
The Comprehensive Spending Review: emerging issues	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Globalisation: its impact on the real economy	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Treasury Sub-committee	Administration of tax credits: follow up	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 14 March
Preparations for the 2011 Census	Oral evidence concluded
National Savings and Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06	Oral evidence concluded
The merger of HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue	Oral evidence concluded
Welsh Affairs	Globalisation and its Impact on Wales	Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 March
Energy in Wales: Follow-up	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Orders in Council	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Welsh Prisoners in the Prison Estate	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Work & Pensions	Benefits Simplification	Inquiry announced: written evidence invited Deadline for submissions 5 April
Personal Accounts	Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Child Support Reform	Report to be published 15 March
Jobcentre Plus	One-off oral evidence session concluded



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