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:

Administration

Mr Bob Ainsworth and Mr Andrew Robathan discharged; Mr Nicholas Brown and Mr John Randall added

Transport

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson discharged; David Simpson added

Environmental Audit

Tim Farron and David Howarth discharged; Jo Swinson and Martin Horwood added

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
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)
Tuesday 10 July
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Personal Carbon Allowances Witnesses: The Centre for Sustainable Energy; and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (at 11:00am)
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
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
CROSSRAIL BILL
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
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)
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Temporary Workers Directive Witness: Mr Pat McFadden MP, Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
TRANSPORT Subject: Draft Local Transport Bill Witnesses: The Audit Commission; Traffic Commissioners (at 3:30pm)
Thursday 12 July
CROSSRAIL BILL
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)
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
CROSSRAIL BILL
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

[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
16 - 20 July 2007

Monday 16 July
TRADE AND INDUSTRY* Subject: role of the Minister for Trade Promotion and Investment Witness: Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	4:00pm	The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Investigating the Oceans Witnesses: Jonathan Shaw MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Professor Sir David King, Government Chief Scientific Adviser	4:15pm	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 17 July
TRADE AND INDUSTRY Subject: Work of the Office of Fair Trading Witnesses: CBI; Office of Fair Trading (at 11:00am)	10:00am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Personal Carbon Allowances Witnesses: Energy Saving Trust; Centre for Alternative Energy (at 11:00am)	10:20am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: DFID Annual Report 2007 Witnesses: Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
WELSH AFFAIRS Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister of State, and Bill Wells, Economy and Labour Market Divisional Manager, Department for Work and Pensions	10:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2006-07 Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon GCMG KBE; Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG (at 5:00pm)	4:00pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Subject: Scotland Office Annual Report 2007 Witnesses: Rt Hon Des Brown MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, David Cairns MP, Minister of State, and Dr Jim Wildgoose, Head of Scotland Office	4:00pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Ministry of Justice Aims and Objectives Witness: Alex Allan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice	4:15pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 18 July
FOREIGN AFFAIRS* Subject: Global Security: Russia Witnesses: Jim Murphy MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	2:30pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
TRANSPORT Subject: Draft Local Transport Bill Witness: Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Transport	2:45pm	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Defra's Departmental Report 2007 Witness: Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	3:00pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Thursday 19 July
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION* Subject: Centre of Government Witness: Sir Michael Barber	10:00am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

[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.