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:

Modernisation:

Chairman: Ms Harriet Harman

Select Committee Meetings
8 - 12 October 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 8 October
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Creative Partnerships and the Curriculum Witnesses: Creative Partnerships and Arts Council England
Tuesday 9 October
TREASURY Subject: (i) Financial Stability and Transparency (ii) The Financial Services Authority's Annual Report 2006/07 Witnesses: Sir Callum McCarthy, Chairman, and Hector Sants, Chief Executive, The Financial Services Authority
DEFENCE Subject: Future of NATO and European Defence Witnesses: Proffessor Micheal Cox, Dr Jonathan Eyal, Dr Robin Niblett, Dr Mark Webber and Dr David Allin
CROSSRAIL
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Subject: Ministry of Justice Issues Witnesses: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: The Governments Counter-Terrorism Proposals Witnesses: Sir Ian Blair QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; Lord Carlile of Berriew QC (at 11.30am)
TRADE AND INDUSTRY SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE WOMEN AND WORK COMMISSIONER'S REPORT Subject: Implementation of the Report of the Women and Work Commission Witnesses: David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Subject: Housing Green Paper Witnesses: Yvette Cooper MP, Minister of State for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government
Wednesday 10 October
EDUCATION AND SKILLS Subject: Creative Partnerships and the Curriculum Witness: Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, Department for Children Schools and Families
TREASURY SUB-COMMITTEE Subject: (i) Office of the Government of Commerce (OCG): expenditure and administration in 2006-07; (ii) The Royal Mint Annual Report 2006-07 Witness: (i) Nigel Smith, Chief Executive, OCG, and officials; (ii) David Barrass, Deputy Master and Chief Executive and Andrew Stafford, Chief Exective-elect, The Royal Mint
TRANSPORT Subject: Galileo: Recent Developments Witness: Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport, Ian Woodmanm Director, Maritime and Dangerous Goods, and Elizabeth Duthie, Divisional Manager, Galileo Programme Division, Department of Transport
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Subject: Developments in the European Union Witness: Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Flooding Witness: Environment Agency
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: HM Revenue and Customs Standard Report: Tax Credits & PAYE Witness: Paul Gray CB, Chairman, HM Revenue and Customs
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subjuect: Northern Ireland Prison Service Witnesses: Rt Hon Baroness Corston, and Jenny Hall
Joint Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS Subject: Restraint in Secure Training Centres Witness: Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
Thursday 11 October
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: tbc Witness: tbc
HEALTH Subject: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Witness: Professor Karl Claxton, University of York, Professor Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics, Professor Jon Nicholl, Sheffield University and Simeon Thornton
HOME AFFAIRS Subject: The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals Witnesses: JUSTICE and Liberty
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Subject: Propriety and Honours Witnesses: Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, Chairman, and Lord Hurd of Westwell, House of Lords Appointment Commission
DEFENCE Subject: Medical Care for the Armed Forces Witnesses: Royal College of Psychiatrists; St John and Red Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service; Scottish Public Health and Wellbeing Directorate

[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
15 - 19 October 2007

Monday 15 October
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967 Witnesses: Antenatal Results and Choices, Professor Maria Fitzgerald, University College London, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, the British Association of Perinatal Medicine; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Professor Patricia Casey, University College, Dublin, Dr Ellie Lee, University of Kent, Dr Chris Richards, Newcastle University, and Dr Sam Rowlands, Warwick Medical School (at 5.00 p.m.)	4.15 p.m.	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
TREASURY Subject: (i) The 2007 Pre-Budget Report (ii) The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review Witnesses: Robert Chote, Bridget Rosewell, and Martin Weale; Professor Colin Talbot, Martin Weale and John Whiting (at 5.15 p.m.)	4.15 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Subject: Badgers and cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group Witnesses: Professor Douglas Young, Chair, TB Vaccine Programme Advisory Group, and Professor Glyn Hewinson, Head, TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge	4.30 p.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Improving services and support for people with dementia Witnesses: David Nicholson CBE, Chief Executive, NHS, David Behan CBE, Director General of Social Care, Mark Britnell, Director General of Commissioning and System Management, Department of Health and Professor Sube Bannerjee, Clinical Director of Old Age Psychiatry, South London & Maudesley NHS Trust	4.30 p.m.	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 16 October
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Subject: Northern Ireland Prison Service Witnesses: Dr Philip McClements, Associate Director for Heath Care, Northern Ireland Prison Service, and Professor Roy McClelland, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health, Queens University	9.30 a.m.	Stormont Hotel, Belfast
TREASURY* Subject: Financial Stability and Transparency Witnesses: Dr Matt Ridley, Chairman, Adam Applegarth, Chief Executive, and Sir Ian Gibson, and Sir Derek Wanless, Non-Executive Directors, Northern Rock plc	9.45 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Subject: Reducing carbon emissions from UK business: The role of the Climate Change Levy and Agreements Witnesses: EEF, and UK Steel; Chemical Industries Association, SABIC Europe, UK Emissions Trading Group, and Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd (at 11.05 a.m.)	10.20 a.m.	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Maternal Health Witnesses: Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA, UN Population Fund, and Francisco Songane, Director, Partnership For Maternal, Newborn & Child Health; Dr. Grace Kodindo, Columbia University (at 11.30 a.m.)	10.30 a.m.	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY* Subject: The Intergovernmental Conference and draft Reform Treaty Witness: Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	2.30 p.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 17 October
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Cross-departmental working Witnesses: Michael Gidney, Director of Policy, Traidcraft and Professor Alan Winters, University of Sussex; Gavin Hayman, Global Witness (at 10.00 a.m.); Professor Mark Pieth, Chairman, OECD Working Group on Bribery and Robert Ley, OECD (at 10.30 a.m.)	9.15 a.m.	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subject: Scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967 Witnesses: Royal College of Nurses, British Medical Association, Marie Stopes and Dr Vincent Argent, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist; Family Planning Association, Christian Medical Fellowship, Abortion Rights and the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (at 10.15 a.m.)	9.30 a.m.	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
WORK AND PENSIONS Subject: Personal Accounts Witnesses: Mike O'Brien MP, Minister for Pension Reform, Department of Work and Pensions, and Paul Myners, Chair, Personal Accounts Delivery Authority	9.45 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY Subject: Timeshare Witness: Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	2.30 p.m.	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
TREASURY Subject: The 2007 Pre-Budget Report Witnesses: HM Treasury officials	2.30 p.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
TRANSPORT* Subject: The Public Private Partnership (PPP) and London Underground Witness: Chris Bolt, PPP Arbiter; John Leech, President, RMT, Bob Rixham, and Brian Harris, Unite, and Gerry Doherty, General Secretary, and Andy Young, Regional Organiser, TSSA (at 3.30 p.m.); Terry Morgan, Chief Executive, Tube Lines (at 4.05 p.m.); Roger Evans, Chairman, London Assembly Transport Committee (at 4.35 p.m.)	2.45 p.m.	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS* Subject: Defra priorities Witness: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	3.00 p.m.	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subject: Vehicle Excise Duty Witnesses: Clive Bennett, Chief Executive, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Stephen Hickey, Department of Transport	3.30 p.m.	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 18 October
HEALTH Subject: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Witnesses: Professor Nancy Devlin, City University, and Professor John Appleby, the King's Fund; Dr Beverley Hunt, Lifeblood, Professor Roger Atkins, British Orthopaedic Association, and Dr Anita Thomas, Chair of Expert Panel on Venous Thromboembolism (at 10.45 a.m.); Royal National Institute of the Blind, and Novartis (at 11.30 a.m.)	10.00 a.m.	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION* Subject: The Work of the Ombudsman Witness: Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman	10.00 a.m.	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
STANDING ORDERS	10.45 a.m.	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Subject: Cross-departmental working Witnesses: Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development and Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	2.30 p.m.	The Thatcher 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.