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:

Select Committee Meetings
18 - 22 February 2008

Monday 18 February

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Testing and Assessment Witnesses: Jim Knight MP, Minister for Schools and Learners, Department for Children, Schools and Families

Health Subject: Modernising Medical Careers Witnesses: Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Borders and Immigration, Home Office, and Judith Macgregor, Director of Migration, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State, Hugh Taylor CB, Permanent Secretary, Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, and Clare Chapman, Director General for Workforce, Department of Health

Communities and Local Government Subject: Homes and Communities Agency Witnesses: Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive-designate

Public Accounts Subject: Leaving the Services Witnesses: Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB, Permanent Under Secretary, Chris Baker OBE, Director-General, Personnel Policy, and Air Commodore Phil Miles, Director of Resettlement, Ministry of Defence

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 Witnesses: Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Tuesday 19 February

Environmental Audit Subject: Post-Kyoto: The International Context for Progress on Climate Change Witnesses: Greenpeace and the International Institute for Environment and Development; Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change and International Energy Agency

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: European Commission White Paper on Sport Witnesses: Rugby Football Union, England and Wales Cricket Board and Sports Rights Owners Coalition; Football Association and the Premier League; Central Council for Physical Recreation and Women's Sport and Fitness

Home Affairs Subject: (i) Domestic Violence (ii) The Government's Counter-Terrorism Bill Witnesses: (i) Women's Aid, Refuge, and Karma Nirvana; Respect, Male Advice Line, and Domestic Violence Intervention Project (ii) Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Immigration and Human Rights Witnesses: Liam Byrne MP, Minister of State, Home Office

Justice Subject: Devolution: A Decade On Witnesses: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP, Lord Tyler CBE and Professor Vernon Bogdanor; Campaign for an English Parliament and Unlock Democracy

Wednesday 20 February

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: Science Budget Allocations Witnesses: Ian Pearson MP, Minister for Science and Innovation, and Professor Sir Keith O'Nions, Director General, Science and Innovation, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Children and Young Persons Bill Witnesses: Kevin Brennan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families

Modernisation of the House of Commons Subject: Regional Accountability Witnesses: Strategic Health Authorities, Learning and Skills Council and Arts Council England

Transport Subject: Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30-year strategy for the Railways? Witnesses: Rail Safety and Standards Board and Peter G Rayner; Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and RMT - the Union; Bombardier Transportation Group and Angel Trains

Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland Witnesses: Al Hutchinson, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, and Sam Pollock, Chief Executive, Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Public Accounts Subject: The delivery of the Administrative Burdens Reduction Programme 2007 Witnesses: Sir Brian Bender KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, William Sargent, Executive Chair, and Jitinder Kohli, Chief Executive, Better Regulation Executive, and Stephen Banyard, HM Revenue and Customs

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Climate Change Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thursday 21 February

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Creating a Higher Value-Added Economy Witnesses: Sir John Rose, Chief Executive, Rolls Royce

Health Subject: Dental Services Witnesses: Sandwell PCT, Devon PCT and Hillingdon PCT; British Dental Association, British Orthodontic Society, and Dental Laboratories Association

Public Administration Subject: Lobbying Witnesses: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

Friday 22 February

None

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

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Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
25 - 29 February 2008

Monday 25 February

Children, Schools and Families
Subject: Diversity of School Provision: Academies
Witnesses: Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and Comprehensive Future/Research and Information on State Education; City of London Academy (Southwark), Walsall Academy, Kent County Council and Absolute Return for Kids (at 4.30 pm)

3:45pm

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Public Accounts
Subject: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Taking forward decommissioning
Witnesses: Dr Ian Roxburgh, Chief Executive, and James Morse, Divisional Director, Assurance, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, and Mark Higson, Director, Nuclear Unit, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

4:30pm

Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Communities and Local Government*
Subject: Dr Ian Roxburgh, Chief Executive, and James Morse, Divisional Director, Assurance, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, and Mark Higson, Director, Nuclear Unit, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Witnesses: Trevor Phillips, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission; Local Government Association, Slough Borough Council and the Audit Commission (at 5.10 pm); Ted Cantle CBE and Nick Johnson, Institute of Community Cohesion (at 5.40 pm)

4:40pm

The Grimmond Room

Tuesday 26 February

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Economic consequences of Turkey joining the EU Witnesses: Nick McInnes and Peter Dodd, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and Dianna Melrose, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	10am	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Culture, Media and Sport* Subject: Harmful content on the Internet/in video games Witnesses: Children's Charities Coalition for Internet Safety, Childnet International and Professor Sonia Livingstone; Microsoft, Internet Watch Foundation and Heather Rabbatts CBE, Chair, Media Literacy Taskforce (at 11.30 am)	10:30am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Home Affairs* Subject: (i) Policing for the 21st Century (ii) Identity Cards: data security issues (at 11.30 am) Witnesses: (i) Sir Ronnie Flanagan GBE QPM, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary (ii) Meg Hillier MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Welsh Affairs Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales Witnesses: Canolfan Bedwyr, Bangor University; Wales Co-operative Centre (at 11.15 am)	10:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Wednesday 27 February

Innovation, Universities and Schools Subject: Science Budget Allocations Witnesses: Peter Warry, Chairman, and Professor Keith Mason, Chief Executive, Science and Technology Facilities Council	9:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Work and Pensions Subject: Health and Safety Witnesses: British Occupational Hygiene Society, Association of British Insurers and Royal College of Nursing; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (at 10.45 am)	9:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Modernisation of the House of Commons Subject: Regional Accountability Witnesses: Rt Hon Alan Williams MP, Chairman, Liaison Committee, Peter Luff MP, Chairman, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, Dr Phyllis Starkey MP, Chairman, Communities and Local Government Committee, and Robert Wilson, Clerk, Liaison Committee	9:35am	The Thatcher Room, Posrtcullis House
European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents	2:30pm	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
Transport Subject: Freight Transport Witnesses: Civil Aviation Authority and Manchester Airport Groups; Dover District Council and Central London Freight Quality Partnership (at 3.20 pm); Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (at 3.55 pm)	2:45pm	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: The Varney Review of Tax Policy in Northern Ireland Witnesses: Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland	3pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Public Accounts Subject: Caring for vulnerable babies: The re-organisation of neonatal services in England Witnesses: David Nicholson, Chief Executive, Dr Sheila Shribman, National Clinical Director for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, Professor Christine Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer, and Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director, National Health Service	3:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Thursday 28 February

Public Administration* Subject: Prime Minister's Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests Witnesses: Sir Philip Mawer, Prime Minister's Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests	10am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Tourism Witnesses: Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport	10:30am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Health Subject: Dental Services Witnesses: Jane Davies-Slowik, John Green and Melvyn Smith; Derek Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Dental Practitioners' Association and Sara Elworthy and Margaret Naylor (at 11.30 am)	10:30am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House