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/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm

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/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm

Membership:

Environmental Audit

Emily Thornberry discharged; Mr Shahid Malik added

Public Accounts

Sarah McCarthy- Fry discharged; Derek Wyatt added

Finance & Services

Mr Eric Martlew discharged; Mary Creagh added

Select Committee Meetings
26 - 29 March

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 26 March
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Post-16 Skills Witnesses: Graham Moore OBE, Principal, Stoke on Trent Colleges and Treasurer of the 157 Group, Mariane Cavalli, Principal, Croydon College and John Stone, Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Network; Protocol Skills and Training and VT Education and Skills
TREASURY Subject: 2007 Budget Witnesses: Robert Chote, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Professor David Miles, Morgan Stanley, Bridget Rosewell, Volterra Consulting, and Martin Weale, National Institute of Economic and Social Research; Professor Colin Talbot, Manchester Business School, and John Whiting, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Estimating and monitoring the costs of building roads in England Witnesses: Sir David Rowlands KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport and Archie Robertson, Chief Executive, Highways Agency
JOINT COMMITTEE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The human rights of older persons in healthcare Witnesses: Healthcare Commission; Commission for Social Care Inspection; National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Tuesday 27 March
TREASURY Subject: The February 2007 Inflation Report Witnesses: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, Rachel Lomax and Sir John Gieve, Deputy Governors, and Kate Barker and Dr Andrew Sentance, External Monetary Policy Committee Members, Bank of England
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Knife Crime Witness: Mr Vernon Coaker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
DEFENCE Subject: UK operations in Afghanistan Witnesses: Dr Shirin Akiner, The Hon Gilbert Greenall CBE, and Norine MacDonald QC; Robert Fox, Rory Stewart, and Dr Michael Williams
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Fair trade and development Witnesses: Professor Douglas Holt, Said Business School, University of Oxford and Sheila Page, Overseas Development Institute; Trades Union Congress; and Traidcraft
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Recent Developments with Airbus Witnesses: Airbus UK; Society of British Aerospace Companies
Wednesday 28 March
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Post-16 Skills Witnesses: Remploy and Crisis
TREASURY Subject: The 2007 Budget Witnesses: Nick Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, Mark Neale, Managing Director, Budget, Tax and Welfare, John Kingman, Managing Director, Public Services and Growth, Dave Ramsden, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy and Sarah Mullen, Director, Public Spending, HM Treasury, and John Oughton, Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Department for Work and Pensions Autumn Performance Report Witness: Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
CROSSRAIL BILL
MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Subject: Strengthening the role of the backbencher and making better use of non-legislative time Witnesses: John Bercow MP, Andrew Dismore MP, and Martin Salter MP
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Draft Council Framework Decision on the transfer of prisoners Witness: Joan Ryan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
TRANSPORT Subject: Passengers' Experience of Air Travel Witnesses: Air Transport Users' Council; TWGU, Amicus
PROCEDURE Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions Witnesses: David Drew MP, Oliver Heald MP, and David Laws MP
Thursday 29 March
TREASURY Subject: The 2007 Budget Witnesses: Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer and HM Treasury officials

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
16 - 19 April

Monday 16 April
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: BRITISH WATERWAYS SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: British Waterways Witnesses: Steve Davis, Paul Woollam and Sir Adrian Stott Bt; Simon Robbins, Del Brenner and John Keyes (at 2:40pm); Nicholas MacWhirter, Richard Clements and Ms Cathy Cooke (at 3:20pm); The Waterways Trust (at 4:00pm)	2:00pm	The Cory Room, National Waterways Museum, Gloucester
TRANSPORT Subject: The Eddington Transport Study Witness: Sir Rod Eddington	4:00pm	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: The Supply of Rented Housing Witness: Bob Young, Chief Executive Officer, Local Space Ltd	4:40pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 17 April
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Annual Plan 2007-08 Witness: Ofcom	10:00am	The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: Towards Effective Sentencing Witness: Rt Hon Lord Woolf	10:15am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Beyond Stern: Forecasting, Cost-Effectiveness and Climate Change Witnesses: EEF and Business Council for Sustainable Development - UK; Aviation Environment Federation (at 11:00am)	10:20am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Fair trade and development Witnesses: Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for International Development, and officials	10:45am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Accommodation for the new Supreme Court Witnesses: Adam Wilkinson, Secretary, SAVE Britain's Heritage, and Dr Kathryn Ferry, Senior Architectural Adviser, The Victorian Society; Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor, Department for Constitutional Affairs (at 4:45pm)	4:15pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 18 April
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: 14-19 Diplomas Witness: Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills	9:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Space Policy Witnesses: Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry, and Dr David Williams, Director General, British National Space Centre (BNSC)	9:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Subject: Strengthening the role of the backbencher and making better use of non-legislative time Witnesses: Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP, Chairman of Ways and Means; Rt Hon Michael Jack MP, Rt Hon Alan Williams MP, Dr Tony Wright MP, and Rt Hon Sir George Young MP (at 10:15am)	9:35am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: Political Developments in Northern Ireland Witness: Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	3:00pm	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Improving Procurement in Further Education colleges in England Witnesses: Ian Taylor, Director, Centre for Procurement Performance, Department for Education and Skills, and Mark Haysom, Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Council	3:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Joint Committee
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights Witness: Tony McNulty MP, Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety, Home Office	9:15am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 19 April
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: The Supply of Rented Housing Witness: Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government	10:20pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Putting People First Witnesses:	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

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

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