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

Helen Jones discharged; Mr John Heppell added

Children, Schools and Families

Joan Ryan discharged; Mrs Sharon Hodgson added

Health

Mr Ronnie Campbell; Stephen Hesford added

Northern Ireland Affairs

John Battle discharged; Stephen Pound added

Regulatory Reform

Mr Andy Slaughter discharged; Judy Mallaber added

Select Committee Meetings
26 - 30 November 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 26 November 2007

Scottish Affairs Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities; Stewart Maxwell, Minister for Communities and Sport, Scottish Executive

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Human Rights Policy Witnesses: Michael Wills MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Badgers and cattle TB Witnesses: Professor Gareth Enticott, Cardiff University and Dr Chris Cheeseman; Professor John McInerney OBE

Public Accounts Subject: Sustainable employment: supporting people to stay in work and advance Witnesses: Adam Sharples, Department for Work and Pensions, Stephen Marston, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, Mark Haysom, Learning and Skills Council and Lesley Strathie, Jobcentre Plus

Tuesday 27 November 2007

Home Affairs* Subject: (i) UK Immigration Issues and the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU: Twelve months on (ii) The Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU: Twelve months on Witnesses: (i) Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Borders and Immigration, Home Office; (ii) Mr Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Under-Secretary of State for European Affairs of Romania

Environmental Audit Subject: Are Biofuels Sustainable? Witnesses: Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Malcolm Fendick, Head of Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles Division and Chief Mechanical Engineer, and Rupert Furness, Head of Biofuels Branch, Department for Transport

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: The UK Construction Industry Witnesses: Union for Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians; ConstructionSkills; Unite - the union

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Tourism Witnesses: Tourism Alliance; South West Regional Development Agency, South East England Development Agency and North West Regional Development Agency

Defence Subject: Medical Care for the Armed Forces Witnesses: Derek Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence and Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State for Health Services, Department of Health

Welsh Affairs* Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Bill Goldsworthy OBE, Chair, Agri-Food Partnership, Norma Barry, Director of the Food and Market Development Division and Professor David Hughes; Age Concern Cymru

Scottish Affairs Subject: Poverty in Scotland Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, and Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury

Wednesday 28 November 2007

Innovation, Universities and Skills Subject: Higher Education issues Witnesses: Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and Professor David Eastwood, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England

Work and Pensions Subject: The Health and Safety Commission and Executive Witnesses: Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair, Health and Safety Commission and Geoffrey Podger CB, Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive

Modernisation of the House of Commons

Subject: Scrutiny of the Draft Queen's Speech Witnesses: Rt Hon Alan Williams MP, Chairman, Liaison Committee, Rt Hon Alan Beith MP, Chairman, Justice Committee, Dr Tony Wright MP, Chairman, Public Administration Committee and Robert Wilson, Clerk, Liaison Committee

Defence Subject: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 Witnesses: Bill Jeffrey CB, Permanent Under Secretary of State, and Trevor Woolley CB, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence

Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Security: Iran Witnesses: Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Antony Phillipson, Iran Coordinator, and Paul Arkwright, Head of Counter Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Procedure Subject: E-petitions Witnesses: Douglas Carswell MP, Andrew Miller MP, and Richard Allan, Cisco Systems

Transport* Subject: The future of BAA Witnesses: British Airways, American Airlines, Air France, easyJet; BAA, Ferrovial; Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs * Subject: Flooding Witnesses: Association of British Insurers, Norwich Union and Royal SunAlliance; Ofwat

Public Accounts Subject: Government on the internet: progress in delivering information and services online Witnesses: Alexis Cleveland, Cabinet Office, Alan Bishop, Chief Executive, Central Office of Information and John Suffolk, Chief Information Officer

Thursday 29 November 2007

Treasury Subject: The November 2007 Inflation Report Witnesses: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governor (Monetary analysis), Charlie Bean, Executive Director and Chief Economist, and Professor Tim Besley and Professor David Blanchflower, External Monetary Policy Committee Members

Health Subject: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2007 Witnesses: Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health

Public Administration* Subject: Lobbying Witnesses: John Grogan MP, Peter Luff MP and Stephen Pound MP

Friday 30 November 2007

None

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

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Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
3 - 7 December 2007

Monday 3 December

Foreign Affairs Subject: Overseas Territories Witnesses: The Hon Ralph O'Neil, Premier, British Virgin Islands and Hon Kurt Tibbetts, Leader of Government Business, Cayman Islands (at 4.40 pm); Councillor Mike Summers OBE, Falkland Islands, Leslie Jaques OBE, Commissioner, Pitcairn Islands, the Hon Brian W Isaac, Member of the Executive Council, St Helena, The Hon Osbourne Fleming, Chief Minister, Anguilla, Dr The Hon Lowell Lewis, Chief Minister, Montserrat, and Dr The Hon Michael E Misick, Premier, Turks and Caicos Islands (at 5.20pm)

Work and Pensions Subject: The Best Start in Life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Jonathan Portes, Director, Children and Poverty Directorate

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: A British Bill of Rights Witnesses: Martin Howe QC, Professor Francesca Klug, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE and Professor Sandra Fredman, Oxford University; British Institute for Human Rights, Liberty and Justice (at 5.00 pm)

Public Accounts* Subject: The privatisation of Qinetiq Witnesses: Bill Jeffrey CB, Permanent Under Secretary, and Trevor Woolley, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence, Peter Schofield, Shareholder Executive and Sir John Chisholm, Chairman, Qinetiq

Tuesday 4 December

Treasury Subject: Financial Transparency and Stability Witnesses: Goldman Sachs International, Deutsche Bank London, UBS Investment Bank, and Citigroup Global Markets Limited; PricewaterhouseCoopers (at 10.30 am); National Association of Pension Funds, Association of British Insurers, Investment Management Association, Hermes Equity Ownership Service (at 11.15 am)

Home Affairs Subject: (i) Home Office Annual Report 2007 (ii) Security Industry Authority Witnesses: (i) Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office; (ii) Andy Drane, Deputy CEO, Security Industry Authority (at 11.30 am)

Environmental Audit Subject: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review Witnesses: Green Alliance; Friends of the Earth and WWF (at 11.00 am)

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: The UK Construction Industry Witnesses: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and Constructing Excellence; Building Research Establishment, Building Services Research and Information Association, and Construction Industry Research and Information Association (at 11.15 am); Federation of Master Builders (at 12.00 pm)

Culture, Media and Sport* Subject: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Witnesses: Lord Coe KBE, Chairman, Paul Deighton, Chief Executive, LOCOG, John Armitt, Chairman, and David Higgins, Chief Executive, Olympic Delivery Authority; Lord Moynihan, Chairman, Simon Clegg CBE, Chief Executive, British Olympic Association and Phil Lane, Chief Executive, British Paralympic Association (at 11.45 am)

Public Accounts Subject: The National Audit Office's Corporate Plan Witnesses: Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General and officials of the National Audit Office

Environmental Audit Subject: The Challenge of Climate Change Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State, Anne Sharp, Director, Domestic Climate Change and Energy, Marie Pender, Head of Climate Change Agreements and Carbon Reduction Commitment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Justice* Subject: Protection of Private Data Witnesses: Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, and David Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner

Wednesday 5 December

International Development Subject: Maternal Health Witnesses: Professor Charlotte Watts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; HLSP; Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) (at 10.15 am)

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: The role of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser Witnesses: Professor Sir David King

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights Witnesses: Sue Hemming, Head of Counter Terrorism Division, CPS, Mr Ali Bajwa, barrister, 25 Bedford Row

Treasury Sub-Committee Subject: (i) Adjudicator's Office: administration and expenditure in 2006-07, (ii) HM Revenue & Customs: administration and expenditure in 2006-07 Witnesses: (i) Dame Barbara Mills DBE QC, the Adjudicator and officials, (ii) David Hartnett, Acting Chairman and officials, HMRC

Transport Subject: Ticketing on Public Transport Witnesses: Passenger Transport Executive Group, Local Government Association; Transport for London (at 3.30 pm); Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and Unison (at 4.15 pm)

Foreign Affairs Subject: Developments in the EU Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Owen

Public Accounts Subject: The Carbon Trust Witnesses: Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Tom Delay, Chief Executive, The Carbon Trust

Thursday 6 December

Health Subject: Modernising Medical Careers Witnesses: Professor Sir John Tooke and Sir Jonathan Michael, Tooke Review Panel; RemedyUK and Fidelio (at 11.15 am)

Public Administration Subject: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Public Appointments Witnesses: Janet Gaymer CBE, Commissioner for Public Appointments