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:

Children, Schools and Families

Mrs Maria Miller discharged; Adam Afriyie added

Environmental Audit

Mark Pritchard discharged; Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger added

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Daniel Kawczynski discharged; Miss Anne McIntosh added

Innovation, Universities and Skills

Adam Afriyie discharged; Mr Tim Boswell added

Welsh Affairs

Mr Stephen Crabb discharged; Mark Pritchard added

Select Committee Meetings
17 - 18 December 2007 & 7 - 11 January 2008

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 17 December 2007

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Testing and Assessment Witnesses: Dr Ken Boston, Chief Executive, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation Witnesses: Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Medical Research Council, Professor Malcolm Grant, University College London, Ms Lynne Robb, Cancer Research UK, and Dr Mark Walport, Wellcome Trust

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights Witnesses: Professor Clive Walker, University of Leeds

Communities and Local Government Subject: Local Government Finance (Waste) Witnesses: John Healey MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government and Joan Ruddock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Justice Subject: Towards Effective Sentencing Witnesses: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor

Public Accounts Subject: Loss of data by HM Revenue and Customs Witnesses: David Hartnett CB, Acting Chairman and Nick Lodge, Director of Data Security, HM Revenue and Customs

Tuesday 18 December 2007

Treasury Subject: Financial Stability and Transparency Witnesses: The British Bankers Association and the Building Societies Association; Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, and Sir John Gieve, Deputy Governor (Financial Stability)

Home Affairs Subject: Police Pay Witnesses: Chief Inspector Jan Berry, Chair, Police Federation

International Development Subject: Maternal Health Witnesses: Baroness Vadera, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Tourism Witnesses: VisitLondon; VisitWales and VisitScotland

Monday 7 January 2008

None

Tuesday 8 January 2008

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: (i) Recent developments in Trade (ii) Trade and Investment Opportunities with India. Witnesses: (i) (ii) Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister for Trade and Investment, and Mr Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ii) Asif Ahmad, UK Trade & Investment

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Tourism

Witnesses: British Hospitality Association, British Beer and Pub Association, and People 1st; UK Inbound

Welsh Affairs

Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales

Witness: Competition Commission

Foreign Affairs

Subject: Foreign Policy aspects of the EU Reform Treaty

Witness: Dr Javier Solana High Representative for the Common foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of European Union

Defence

Subject: Future of NATO and European Defence

Witness: Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence

Wednesday 9 January 2008

Children, Schools and Families Subject: The Work of the Department for Children, Schools and Families Witnesses: Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State, David Bell, Permanent Secretary and Stephen Meek, Director of strategy, Performance and Analysis, Department for Children, Schools and Families

Environmental audit Sub-Committee on Environmental Information

Subject: Environmental Labelling

Witnesses: Ofgem; Linking Environment and Farming; Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership

Treasury Sub-Committee

Subject: Administration and expenditure of the Chancellor's departments, 2006-07

Witnesses: Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary and Angela Eagle MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury

Transport

Subject: Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30 year Strategy for the Railways?

Witnesses; Greengauge 21, The Railway Forum, and Roger Ford; Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and County Surveyors Society; Association of Train Operating Companies, Eurostar UK Ltd and Virgin Trains

Public Accounts

Subject: BBC Procurement

Witness: Mark Thompson, Director General, BBC and Jeremy Peat, BBC Trust

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Flooding

Witness: Royal Town Planning Institute and Greater London Authority; Water UK

Thursday 10 January 2008

Public Administration

Subject: Committee on standards in Public Life

Witness: Sir Christopher Kelly KCB, Chairman, Committee on Standards in Public Life

Treasury

Subject: Financial Stability and Transparency

Witness: Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer

International Development

Subject: DFID and the World Bank

Witness: Baroness Vadera, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Friday 11 January 2008

None

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Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
14 - 18 January 2008

Monday 14 January 2008

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Testing and Assessment Witnesses: Association of School and College Leaders, General Teaching Council for England and National Association of Head Teachers; Association of Teachers and Lecturers, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers and National Union of Teachers (at 4.45 p.m.)

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: (i) Data Protection and Human Rights (ii) A British Bill of Rights Witnesses: (i) Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner (ii) Children's Rights Alliance for England, Unite the Union and the TUC (at 5.00 p.m.)

Public Accounts Subject: Use of office property by government departments Witnesses: Nigel Smith and Mike Burt, Office of Government Commerce, Jon Thompson, Department for Children, Schools and Families and Louise Tulett, HM Treasury

Tuesday 15 January 2008

Environmental Audit Subject: Climate change and local, regional and devolved government Witnesses: Professor John Chesshire OBE, Chairman, Climate Change Commission, Councillor Paul Bettison, Chairman, Environment Board and Philip Mind, Senior Policy Consultant on Climate Change, Local Government Authority

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Construction Witnesses: Construction Clients' Group and BAA; Olympic Delivery Authority (at 11.30 a.m.)

Welsh Affairs Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: ITV Wales; National Union of Journalists (at 11.15 a.m.)

Scottish Affairs* Subject: Experience of the Scottish Elections Witnesses: Ron Gould and Michael Boda, Scottish Elections Review Team

Home Affairs Subject: Work of the Border and Immigration Agency Witnesses: Lin Homer, Chief Executive, and Emily Miles, Director, Case Resolution Directorate, Border and Immigration Agency

Wednesday 16 January 2008

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Schools Commissioner and Schools Adjudicator Witnesses: Jim Knight MP, Minister for Schools and Learners and Sir Bruce Liddington, Schools Commissioner, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Dr Philip Hunter CBE, Chief Schools Adjudicator (at 10.45 a.m.)

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: Formation of DIUS Witnesses: Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State, and Ian Watmore, Permanent Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

European Scrutiny Subject: Draft Council Decision establishing the European Police Office (EUROPOL) Witnesses: Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP, Minister for Security, Counter-terrorism, Crime and Policing, Home Office

Procedure Subject: E-petitions Witnesses: Tom Loosemore, Digital Media Adviser and Tom Steinberg, MySociety

Transport Subject: Freight Transport Witnesses: Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Highways & Transportation, Professor Alan McKinnon and English Regional Development Agencies; Freight Transport Association, Association of International Couriers and Express Services, and Road Haulage Association (at 3. 30 p.m.); Nautilus UK and National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (at 4.15 p. m.)

Public Accounts Subject: Compensating victims of violent crime Witnesses: Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB, Ministry of Justice, Carole Oatway, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Peter Handcock, Tribunals Service

Treasury Sub Committee Subject: Counting the Population Witnesses: Mr Keith Dugmore, Demographic Decisions, Professor David Rhind, Statistics Commission, and Professor David Martin, Royal Statistical Society

Thursday 17 January 2008

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: Funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications Witnesses: Professor Brenda Gourley, Open University, Professor David Latchman, Birkbeck College, Gemma Tumelty, NUS and Ms Sally Hunt, UCU; Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and Professor David Eastwood, Higher Education Funding Council for England (at 10.15 a.m.)

Health Subject: Modernising Medical Careers Witnesses: Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Royal College of Surgeons, and Royal College of GPs; London Deanery, East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery, and South Yorkshire and South Humber Postgraduate Deanery (at 11.15 a.m.)

Public Administration Subject: Third Sector Commissioning Witnesses: Emmaus UK Foundation, Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation and Wai Yin Chinese Women Society; National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Association for Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations and Directory of Social Change (at 11.00 a.m.)

International Development Subject: Development Assistance in Insecure Environments: Afghanistan Witnesses: Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development (Quadrapartite) Subject: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, Licensing Policy, Review of Legislation and Parliamentary Scrutiny Witnesses: Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Desmond Bowen, Policy Director and Tony Pawson, Head, Defence Export Services, Ministry of Defence

Friday 18 January 2008

None

[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.