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:

Regulatory Reform

Stephen Hammond discharged; Mr Mark Prisk added

Select Committee Meetings
23 - 27 June 2008

Monday 23 June

European Scrutiny Subject: Susidiarity and the Role of National Parliaments Witnesses: Margot Wallström, Vice President, Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, and Mr Patrick Costello, Deputy Head of Cabinet, European Commission

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Looked-after children Witnesses: Howard League for Penal Reform, National Children's Bureau and Youth Justice Board; Refugee Children's Consortium and Save the Children

Public Accounts Subject: The British Council: Achieving impact Witnesses: Martin Davidson CMG, Chief Executive and Rob Lynes, Regional Director for the Middle East, British Council and Keith Luck, Director-General of Finance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Communities and Local Government Subject: The Balance of Power: central and local government Witnesses: Sir Michael Lyons; Chris Leslie, Director, New Local Government Network, Janet Grauberg, Development Director, Public Management and Policy Association and James Morris, Chief Executive, Localis

Welsh Affairs Subject: The proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) Order 2008 Witnesses: Jocelyn Davies AM, Deputy Minister for Housing, Welsh Assembly Government

Tuesday 24 June

Business and Enterprise Subject: Energy Prices Witnesses: BizzEnergy, Electricity4Business; Scottish and Southern, Scottish Power, Centrica (at 10.30 am); RWE npower, EDF Energy, E.ON

Regulatory Reform Subject: Getting Results: The Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda Witnesses: Baroness Shriti Vadera, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Business and Competitiveness), Sir William Sargent, Executive Chair and Jitinder Kohli, Chief Executive, Better Regulation Executive

Environmental Audit Subject: Halting UK biodiversity loss Witnesses: Dr Mark Avery, Director of Conservation, Mr Simon Marsh, Head of Planning and Regional Policy, RSPB, Matt Shardlow, Director, Buglife and Matt Jackson, Head of Policy, Planning and Wider Countryside, The Wildlife Trusts

Home Affairs Subject: Human Trafficking Witnesses: UK Human Trafficking Centre; Misha Glenny

Welsh Affairs Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales Witnesses: Higher Education Wales; and Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

Joint Committee on Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Subject: Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Witnesses: Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Attorney General; Sir Ken Macdonald QC, Director, Public Prosecutions; Richard Alderman, Director, Serious Fraud Office; and David Green QC, Director, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office; Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith

Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Policing and Protest Witnesses: Dr Eric Metcalfe, Human Rights Policy Director, JUSTICE; and Mr James Welch, Legal Director, Liberty

Justice Subject: Justice Reinvestment Witnesses: Professor Cynthia McDougall, University of York, and Barbara Barrett, King's College London; New Economics Foundation and Prison Reform Trust

Scottish Affairs Subject: Scotland Office Annual Report Witnesses: Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, David Cairns MP, Minister of State, and David Middleton, Head of the Scotland Office

Wednesday 25 June

Children, Schools and Families Subject: Public Expenditure Witnesses: David Bell, Permanent Secretary, and Jon Thompson, Director General, Corporate Services, Department for Children, Schools and Families

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Subject: After Leitch: Implementing skills and training policies Witnesses: UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Financial Services Skills Council, Creative and Cultural Skills, and the Alliance Employment and Skills Board; Northwest Regional Development Agency, Learning Skills Council, and Regional Learning Skills Council

Joint Committee on Draft Marine Bill Subject: Draft Marine Bill Witnesses: Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; European Commission and Aaron McLoughlin WWF European Policy Office; Wildlife and Countryside Link

European Scrutiny Subject: (i) Subsidiarity and the Role of National Parliaments (ii) Scrutiny of European Documents Witnesses: Jim Murphy MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Treasury Sub-Committee Subject: Estate management in the Chancellor's Departments Witnesses: HM Treasury, HM Revenue and Customs, and the Office of Government Commerce

Transport Subject: Draft Marine Navigation Bill Witnesses: Northern Lighthouse Board, Trinity House and Commissioners of Irish Lights; UK Maritime Pilots Association, Nautilus UK and UK Harbour Masters' Association; Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliament Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport

Public Accounts Subject: Skills for life: Progress in improving adult literacy and numeracy Witnesses: Witnesses: Ian Watmore, Permanent Secretary, and Stephen Marston, Director General, Further Education and Skills, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and Mark Haysom, Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Council

Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Subject: Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Witnesses: Graham Allen MP

Thursday 26 June

Business and Enterprise Subject: Energy Prices Witnesses: Phillipe Chauve, Deputy Head, Energy and Environment Directorate, Ricardo Cardoso, Antitrust Energy and Environment Unit, Jan Gerrit Westerhof, DG Competition and Heinz Hilbrecht, Director Security of

Supply and Energy Markets, Directorate-General Transport and Energy, European Commission

(Witnesses will be gave evidence via video-link)

Treasury Subject: The May 2008 Inflation Report Witnesses: Mervyn King, Governor, Sir John Gieve KCB, Deputy Governor, and Paul Tucker, Executive Director, the Bank of England, and Tim Besley, and Kate Barker, External Members of the Monetary Policy Committee

Health Subject: The responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Services Witnesses: Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health

Friday 27 June

None

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings

30 June - 4 July 2008

Monday 30 June

Tuesday 1 July

Wednesday 2 July

Thursday 3 July

Friday 4 July

None

All public select committee meetings are webcast Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament 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.