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:

Science and Technology:

Mr Brooks Newmark discharged; Mrs Nadine Dorries added

Select Committee Meetings
2 - 6 July 2007

Monday 2 July
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Europe moves East: the impact of the 'new' EU Member States on UK business Witness: British Chambers of Commerce
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY* Subject: Improving research conduct and preventing scientific fraud Witnesses: Professor Sir David King, Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Professor Janet Finch, Vice Chancellor, Keele University, Co-Chairs, Council for Science and Technology
Tuesday 3 July
TREASURY* Subject: Private equity Witnesses: Sir David Walker; Financial Services Authority (at 10:15am); Blackstone, CVC Capital Partners, Duke Street Capital and Alchemy (at 10:45am)
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: The Structure and Operation of Government and the Challenge of Climate Change Witnesses: Professor Tom Burke, Imperial and University Colleges, London; Guy Lodge, Institute for Public Policy Research (at 11:00am); Jonathan Brearley, Director, Office of Climate Change, Willy Rickett, Director General, Energy, Department of Trade and Industry and Mike Anderson, Director General, Climate Change Group, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 11:30am)
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Europe moves East: the impact of the 'new' EU Member States on UK business Witness: Centre for European Reform
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Dawn Pac, and CSA Service Group
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT* Subject: BBC Annual Report for 2006-07 Witnesses: Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman, BBC Trust, Mark Thompson, Director-General and Zarin Patel, Group Finance Director, BBC
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS* Subject: Towards Effective Sentencing Witnesses: Parole Board for England and Wales, Prison Governors' Association, Prison Officers' Association and Simon Creighton; Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and Rt Hon Sir Igor Judge, President, Queen's Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice (at 5:00pm)

Wednesday 4 July
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Higher Education Witnesses: Professor Alison Richard, Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge and Professor Georg Winckler, Rector, University of Vienna and President, European University Association; Tim Gore, Director of Education, British Council, India, and Professor Lan Xue, Tsinghua University, China (at 10:45am)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Investigating the Oceans Witnesses: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Natural England, and the Sea Mammal Research Unit; British Antarctic Survey, Scottish Association for Marine Science, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and Professor Bob Dickson (at 10:30am)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Prospects for sustainable peace in Uganda Witnesses: Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (tbc); Marieke Wierda, International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), Nick Grono, International Crisis Group and Barney Afako (at 10:45am)
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: The European Commission's Annual Policy Strategy for 2008 and the outcome of the European Council Witness: Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (tbc)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Global Security: Iran Witness: Rt Hon Lord Archer of Sandwell QC
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: The Northern Ireland Prison Service Witnesses: Independent Monitoring Board Chairmen; Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (at 4:00pm)
Thursday 5 July
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Third Sector Commissioning Witnesses: John Stoker, Commissioner, The Compact, Campbell Robb, Director-General, Office of the Third Sector, and Richard Gutch, Chief Executive, Futurebuilders England
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE BILL* Subject: draft Climate Change Bill Witness: Mr Lu Xuedu, Deputy Director, Office of Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China

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

All public select committee meetings are webcast

Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament

Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on: [Tel 020 7219 2033]. Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list.

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
9 - 13 July 2007

Monday 9 July
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS* Subject: The delays in administering the 2005 Single Payment Scheme in England Witness: Johnston McNeill, former Chief Executive, Rural Payments Agency	4:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: The human rights of adults with learning disabilities Witnesses: British Institute of Human Rights, Mersey Care NHS Trust and Values into Action; Scope, Cambridge Centre for Participation and CHANGE (at 5:00pm)	4:15pm	4A
Tuesday 10 July
CROSSRAIL BILL	10:00am	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Personal Carbon Allowances Witnesses: The Centre for Sustainable Energy; and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (at 11:00am)	10:20am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Introductory hearing with the Secretary of State Witnesses: Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	10:45am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Third Sector Commissioning Witnesses: Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Barnardo's, Philip Cullum, Deputy Chief Executive, and Alison Hopkins, Senior Policy Advocate, National Consumer Council	2:15pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
CROSSRAIL BILL	2:30pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 11 July
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Public Expenditure Witnesses: David Bell, Permanent Secretary, and Jon Thompson, Director General, Corporate Services, Department for Children, Schools and Families	9:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Funding of Science and Discovery Centres Witnesses: Centre for Life, The Deep, INTECH, and Tyne & Wear Museums; Wellcome Trust, NESTA, and Dr Peter Anderson (at 10:10am); Lord Adonis, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister of State, Department for Culture Media and Sport, and Ian Pearson MP, Minister for Science and Innovation, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (at 10:50am)	9:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
CROSSRAIL BILL	10:00am	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
CROSSRAIL BILL	2:30pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Temporary Workers Directive Witness: Mr Pat McFadden MP, Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	2:30pm	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
TRANSPORT Subject: Draft Local Transport Bill Witnesses: The Audit Commission; Traffic Commissioners (at 3:30pm)	2:45pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 12 July
CROSSRAIL BILL	10:00am	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
HEALTH* Subject: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Witnesses: Dr Gill Morgan, NHS Confederation, Dr Tim Crayford, Croydon PCT, and Dr Lise Llewellyn, Berkshire East PCT; Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, Johnson & Johnson, and GlaxoSmithKline UK (at 11:15am)	10:00am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Charity Commission: Definition of Public Benefit Witnesses: Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Andrew Hind, Chief Executive, Rosie Chapman, Executive Director of Policy, and Kenneth Dibble, Executive Director of Legal and Charity Services, Charity Commission	10:45am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
CROSSRAIL BILL	2:30pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY* Subject: The European Commission's Annual Policy Strategy for 2008 and Council Conclusions Witness: Margot Wallström, Vice-President, Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, European Commission	2.30 p.m.	Committee Room 15 Palace of Westminster

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

All public select committee meetings are webcast

Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament

Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on: [Tel 020 7219 2033]. Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list.