House of Lords Committees:
Forthcoming Public Meetings

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(Subject Matters are in brackets)

Monday 19 May

Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee Subject: Finance Bill 2008 Witnesses: Officials of HM Treasury and HMRC

3:00pm EU Sub-Committee B: Internal Market Subject: Inquiry into the EU's 20% Renewable Energy Target Witnesses: (a) Mr Mike Lewis, European Marketing Director, E.ON Climate and Renewables; from (b) Mr Sarwjit Sambhi, Director of Power and Renewables, Centrica; and from (c) Mr Kevin McCullough, Managing Director, nPower Renewables 4:05pm

Tuesday 20 May

Communications Subject: Media Ownership and the News Witnesses: (a) the Daily Mail and General Trust plc; Lord Rothermere, Chairman, Mr Charles Sinclair, Chief Executive, and Mr Kevin Beatty, Managing Director, Associated Newspapers; and (b) Ms Sly Bailey, Chief Executive, and Mr Paul Vickers, Secretary and Group Legal Director, Trinity Mirror plc

10:15am EU Sub-Committee A: Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade Subject: Inquiry into European Trade Policy Witnesses: Professor David Greenaway, Nottingham University

10:40am Science and Technology Subject: Systematics and Taxonomy Witnesses: Mr Vernon Coaker MP, PUSS for Crime Reduction, HO

11:10am Joint Committee on Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Subject: To consider and report on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Witnesses: (a) Tim Dutton QC, Chairman, Bar Council; and Andrew Holroyd, President, Law Society; and from (b) witnesses tbc

1:45pm Economic Affairs Subject: Economics of Renewable Energy Witnesses: Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

3:40pm

Wednesday 21 May

Science and Technology: Sub-Committee II Subject: Genomic Medicine Witnesses: Dr Mark Walport, Director, Wellcome Trust; Prof Peter Donnelly, Director, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Chair of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium; Prof Herbie Newell, Director, Clinical and Translational Research & Research Strategy, Cancer Research UK; Prof Peter Parker, Head, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Laboratory and Honorary Professor UCL; Prof Finbarr Cotter, Professor, Experimental Haematology, Barts and the London School of Medicine (representing the Leukaemia Research Fund)

10:40am EU Sub-Committee F: Home Affairs Subject: Europol Witnesses: on Europol from Home Office officials and others (tbc)

10:45am Constitution Subject: Inquiry into Surveillance and Data Collection Witnesses: (a) Sir Christopher Rose, Chief Surveillance Commissioner, Office of Surveillance Commissioners; and (b) Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner

10:45am Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Inquiry into the case for a British Bill of Rights Witnesses: Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice; and Michael Wills MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

2:15pm EU Sub-Committee E: Law and Institutions Subject: Inquiry into the Initiation of EU Legislation Witnesses: Jim Murphy MP, Minister for Europe

4:15pm Joint Committee on Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Subject: To consider and report on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Witnesses: (a) Prof Rodney Brazier, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Manchester; Sebastian Payne, Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent; Peter Facey, Director, Unlock Democracy; Michael Hammer, Executive Director, One World Trust; and (b) Lord Falconer of Thoroton 4:15pm