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
21 - 25 April

Monday 31 March

Innovation, Universities and Skills Sub-Committee Subject: Biosecurity in UK Research Laboratories Witnesses: Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Health Protection Agency, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, and the Medical Research Council; Institute for Animal Health, the Society for General Microbiology, and the Institute of Safety in Technology and Research

Public Accounts Subject: Increasing employment rates for ethnic minorities Witnesses: Sir Leigh Lewis KCB, Permanent Secretary, Nahid Majid OBE, Deputy Director, Area Initiatives and Communities Division, Department for Work and Pensions, and Chris Hayes, Director for London, Jobcentre Plus

Tuesday 1 April

Regulatory Reform Subject: Getting Results: The Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda Witnesses: Institute of Directors, Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Businesses and British Chambers of Commerce

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Turkey: Trade and EU Accession Witnesses: CBI and Turkish-British Business Council

Culture, Media and Sport* Subject: Harmful content on the Internet and in video games Witnesses: Google; Dr Tanya Byron

Defence Subject: Recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces Witnesses: SaBRE; Institute of Career Guidance; Armor Group and Control Risks

Communities and Local Government* Subject: Community Cohesion and Migration Witnesses: Darra Singh, Chair of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion; University and College Union and Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration; Sarah Spencer CBE, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, and Professor Richard Black, Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex

Justice* Subject: Devolution: A Decade On Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Barnett

Wednesday 2 April

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Subject: Creating a Higher Value-Added Economy Witnesses: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts and The Work Foundation

Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Security: Japan and Korea Witnesses: Ms Norma Kang Muico, Amnesty International; Sir Stephen Gomersall KCMG and Dr Jim Hoare

European Scrutiny Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses:

Transport Subject: The Blue Badge (Disabled Parking) Reform Strategy Witnesses: Rob Smith, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Mobilise; Disability Alliance, Help the Aged, Citizens Advice and Technical Advisors Group; Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State, and Miranda Carter, Head of Accessibility and Equalities Unit, Department for Transport

Environmental Audit Subject: Climate change and local, regional and devolved government Witnesses: Phil Woolas MP, Minister of State, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government

Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland Witnesses: British Irish Rights Watch; Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers' Association

Public Accounts* Subject: Preparing for sporting success at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond Witnesses: Jonathan Stephens, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and John Steele, Chief Executive, and Liz Nicholl OBE, Director of Elite Sport, UK Sport

Thursday 3 April

Public Administration* Subject: Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE, Rt Hon Lord Owen CH, Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP and Adam Price MP

Health Subject: Health Inequalities Witnesses: NHS Confederation, Tower Hamlets PCT, and Heart of Birmingham PCT; Liverpool PCT, Liverpool City Council, and the Healthcare Commission

Friday 4 April

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.

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings

21 - 25 April 2008

Monday 21 April

Tuesday 22 April

Wednesday 23 April

Thursday 24 April

Friday 25 April

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.