Select Committees

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Membership:

None

Select Committee Meetings
5 March - 8 March 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 5 March
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Trade and investment opportunities with Mercosur Witness: Professor Sir David King FRS, Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Office of Science and Innovation
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Leasehold and Major Works Witnesses: London Leaseholder Network and Norwich Leaseholders' Association; National Housing Federation and LEASE (the Leasehold Advisory Service); Officials from the Department for Communities and Local Government
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: BRITISH WATERWAYS SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: British Waterways Witnesses: British Marine Federation; Environment Agency; Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Risk assessment and management Witnesses: Jonathan Stephens, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Jeff Jacobs, Chief Executive, Government Olympic Executive and David Higgins, Chief Executive, Olympic Delivery Authority
Joint Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The Human Rights of Older Persons in Healthcare Witnesses: Help the Aged, Age Concern and The Residents and Relatives Association
Tuesday 6 March
TREASURY Subject: The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: ten years on Witnesses: Professor Anton Muscatelli, Heriot-Watt University, Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, Oxford University, Ray Barrell, NIESR and Professor Tim Congdon CBE; Michael Saunders, Citigroup, Professor Jagjit S Chadha, BNP Paribas and Laurence Sanders, Bank of Ireland Global Markets UK
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Subject: Self-regulation of the press Witnesses: Mr Mike Jempson, Director, The MediaWise Trust, Professor Chris Frost, Chairman of the Ethics Committee and Mr Jeremy Dear, General Secretary, The National Union of Journalists; Mr Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner and Mr Mick Gorrill, Head of the Regulatory Action Division; Mr Les Hinton, Executive Chairman, News International, and Chairman of the Editors' Code of Practice Committee, Mr Arthur Edwards MBE, The Sun, and Mr Paul Horrocks, Editor, Manchester Evening News and President, Society of Editors and Mr Bob Satchwell, Director, Society of Editors; Mr Eugene Duffy, Group Managing Editor, MGN Ltd, and Mr Robin Esser, Executive Managing Editor, Daily Mail; Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, Chairman, and Mr Tim Toulmin, Director, Press Complaints Commission
DEFENCE Subject: UK Defence: commitments and resources Witness: Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB, Chief of the Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Voluntary Carbon Offset Market Witnesses: Sustainable Forestry Management; Silverjet and Virgin Atlantic
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Future of UK Manufacturing: Skill Shortages Witnesses: Bill Rammell MP, Minister for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, Department for Education and Skills; Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: The Work of the Cabinet Office Witness: Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Ms Sue Middleton, Loughborough University and Mr Guy Palmer
Wednesday 7 March
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Higher Education Witnesses: Professor Sir David Watson, Institute of Education; Lorraine Dearden, Institute of Fiscal Studies, John Storan, Director, Action on Access, Andy Wilson, Principal, Westminster Kingsway College
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: The special framework of assistance for traditional suppliers of bananas Witness: Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Global Security Witnesses: Dr Nadim Shehadi, Chatham House and Patrick Seale; Dr Ali Ansari, St Andrews University, and Professor Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University
TRANSPORT Subject: The New National Boatmasters' Licence Witnesses: Marchioness Action Group; National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, UK Maritime Pilots' Association, and Transport and General Workers' Union; Port of London Authority; Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Minister of State for Transport
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Climate change: the 'citizen's agenda' Witnesses: Environment Agency; Ian Pearson MP, Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: (i) National programme for NHS IT (ii) Assets Recovery Agency Witnesses: (i) Andrew Rollerson, formerly Practice Lead, Healthcare Consultancy, Fujitsu (ii) Jane Earl, Director, Alan McQuillan, Deputy Director of Operations and Charlie Dickin, Deputy Director of Services, Assets Recovery Agency
Thursday 8 March
HEALTH Subject: Audiology Witnesses: Royal National Institute for the Deaf, Charing Cross Hospital Audiology Department, and Ultravox; Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health, and officials
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Public services: putting people first Witness: Tom Steinberg, MySociety website, and Ross Ferguson, Hansard Society, William Heath and Ruth Kennedy, Kable Ltd.

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
12 - 15 March

Monday 12 March
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: BRITISH WATERWAYS SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: British Waterways Witnesses: Sea and Water and Commercial Boat Operators Association; British Waterways (at 5.30pm)	4.30pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Legal Aid and mediation for people involved in family breakdown Witnesses: Carolyn Reagan, Chief Executive and Richard Collins, Executive Director for Policy, Legal Services Commission	4.30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Joint Committee
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights Witnesses: Rt Hon Sir Swinton Thomas, Rt Hon Lord Lloyd of Berwick, Sir Ken Macdonald QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service and Jon Murphy, Deputy Chief Constable, Merseyside Police; Nick Blake QC, Andy Nicol QC, Martin Chamberlain and Judith Farby, Special advocates (at 5.15pm)	4.15pm	Committee Room 4a, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 13 March
DEFENCE* Subject: UK Defence: commitments and resources Witnesses: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman KCMG; Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge KCB, Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement KCB, and Major General Andrew Ritchie CBE (at 10.00am); Professor Keith Hartley and Michael Codner (at 11.00am)	9.30am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Andrew Davies AM, Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks, and officials, Welsh Assembly Government; Federation of Small Businesses, (at 10.30am)	9.30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
CROSSRAIL BILL	10.00am & 2.30pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT* Subject: service media content Witnesses: Channel 4; ITV plc (at 11.00am); Five (at 11.45am)	10.15am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
HOME AFFAIRS* Subject: Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System Witnesses: Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Minister for Criminal Justice and Offender Management, and Vernon Coaker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office, and officials	10.15am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Voluntary Carbon Offset Market Witnesses: The Climate Group; British Airways (at 11.00am)	10.20am	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Fair trade and development Witnesses: Artisan Hut, Divine Chocolate Limited, Kuapa Kokoo Limited, and People Tree; Nestlé, Sainsbury's and Tesco (at 11.30am)	10.30am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
TRANSPORT Subject: The Draft EU-US Air Transport Agreement Witnesses: British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic; BMI, FedEx, Silverjet (at 4.45pm); Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport (at 5.30pm)	4.00pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Save the Children UK-Scotland and Save the Children UK	4.15pm	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 14 March
MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Subject: Strengthening the role of the backbencher and making better use of non-legislative time Witnesses: Professor Robert Blackburn, King's College London, Professor Philip Cowley, University of Nottingham, and Professor Lord Norton of Louth, University of Hull; Dr Philip Giddings, University of Reading, Gemma Rosenblatt, Hansard Society, and Professor Michael Rush, University of Exeter (at 10.15am)	9.35am	Committee Room 20, Palace of Westminster
TRADE AND INDUSTRY SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WOMEN AND WORK COMMISSION'S REPORT Subject: Implementation of the report of the Women and Work Commission Witness: Baroness Prosser	9.45am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
CROSSRAIL BILL	10.00am & 2.30pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Global Security Witnesses: Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State, and officials, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	2.30pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: The administration of tax credits: follow-up Witnesses: Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Paymaster General and officials, HM Revenue and Customs	2.30pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
TRANSPORT Subject: (i) Novice Drivers (ii) The New National Boatmasters' Licence Witnesses: (i) BSM, Motor Schools Association GB, and PCS; Roadsafe, and Professor Frank McKenna of Reading University (at 3.45pm) (ii) British Tug Owners Association (at 4.30pm)	2.45pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: The academies programme Witnesses: David Bell, Permanent Secretary and Peter Houten, Director of Academies and Capital, Department for Education and Skills	3.30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 15 March
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Putting People First: When citizens complain Witnesses: Leigh Lewis CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, and Terry Moran, Chief Executive, Disability and Carers Service	10.00am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
QUADRIPARTITE Subject: Strategic Export Controls Witnesses: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State, and officials, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	3.00pm	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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