Sessional Information Digest2007-08

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Section C - Part 1

Departmental Select Committees: their work and reports

The following is a list of the select committees which are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and which now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House oversees the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure.

The listing of each departmental committee includes its membership as at Prorogation on 26th November 2008, the reports issued during the 2007-08 session and of Government observations received.

Business and Enterprise

Clerks: Eve Samson & Emma Berry

Members (11)

Nominated: 8 March 2008

Peter Luff MP (Con) (Chair)

Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab) (Con)	Roger Berry (Lab)		Mr Brian Binley (Con)
Mr Michael Clapham (Lab)		Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab)	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Con)
Anne Moffat (Lab)			Mr Mark Oaten (LD)	Mr Mike Weir (SNP)

Mr Anthony Wright (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Mark Hunter (LD) 10.03.08 - 28.04.08

Richard Younger Ross (LD) 09.11.07 - 19.11.07

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	The work of the Committee in 2007	HC 233
2	Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On	HC 291-I & II	HC 634
3	Post Office Closure Programme	HC 292-I & II
4	Funding the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority	HC 394	HC 994
5	Waking up to India: Developments in UK-India economic relations	HC 209	HC 1006
6	After the Network Change Programme: the future of the post office network	HC 577	HC 1091
7	Keeping the door wide open: Turkey and EU accession	HC 367-I & II	HC 1070
8	Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation	HC 254	Cm 7485
9	Construction Matters	HC 127-I & II	HC 1187
10	Post Office finance: matters arising from evidence taken on 10 June 2008	HC 662	HC 1091
11	Energy Prices, fuel poverty and Ofgem	HC 293-I & II	HC 1069
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
12	Post Office Card Account: Successor arrangements	HC 1052
13	Companies House	HC 456
14	Departmental Annual Report and Scrutiny of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	HC 1116

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Thirteenth Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, Session 2006-07 The future of UK manufacturing: public procurement, HC 1109	HC 212
2sp	Government Response to the Trade and Industry Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2006-07 The work of the Office of Fair Trading, HC 591	HC 372
3sp	Government Response to the Trade and Industry Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2006-07 Europe moves East: The impact of the 'New' EU Member States on UK business, HC 592	HC 373
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On, HC 291-I & II	HC 634
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 Funding the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, HC 394	HC 994
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Waking up to India: Developments in UK-India economic relations, HC 209	HC 1006
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08 Energy prices, fuel poverty and Ofgem, HC 293	HC 1069
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Keeping the door wide open: Turkey and EU accession, HC 367	HC 1070
9sp	Responses to the Committee's Sixth and Tenth Reports of Session 2007-08 After the Network Change Programme and Post Office finance, HC 577, HC 662	HC 1091
10sp	Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 Construction matters, HC 127	HC 1187

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
20.11.07	Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07	HC 108-i	Rt Hon John Hutton MP, (BERR)
08.01.08	Recent developments in Trade	HC 208-i	Lord Jones of Birmingham, Mr Gareth Thomas MP, (BERR)
22.04.08	OFCOM Annual Plan 2008-09	HC 494	Lord Currie of Marylebone, Mr Ed Richards (Ofcom)

Children, Schools and Families

Clerks: Kenneth Fox & Dr Sarah Thatcher

Members (14)

Nominated: 9 November 2007

Mr Barry Sheerman (Lab) (Chair)

Mrs Annette Brooke (LD)	Ms Dawn Butler (Lab)		Mr Douglas Carswell (Con)
Mr David Chaytor (Lab)	Mr John Heppell (Lab)		Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab)
Paul Holmes (LD)		Fiona Mactaggart (Lab)		Mr Andrew Pelling (Con)
Mr Andy Slaughter (Lab)	Mr Graham Stuart (Con)		Mr Edward Timpson (Con)

Lynda Waltho (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Joan Ryan (Lab) 09.11.07 - 26.11.07		Mrs Maria Miller (Con) 09.11.07 - 17.12.07
Stephen Williams (LD) 9.11.07 - 28.01.08	Adam Afriyie (Con) 17.12.07 - 13.10.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]	HC 359	HC 711
2	The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Children's Plan	HC 213	HC 888
3	Testing and Assessment	HC 169-I & II	HC 1003
4	The Draft Apprenticeships Bill	HC 1082

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Education and Skills Committee, Session 2006-07 Creative Partnerships and the Curriculum, HC 1034	HC 266
2sp	Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Education and Skills Committee, Session 2006-07 Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding, HC 1077	HC 298
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords], HC 359	HC 711
No	Title	Paper No
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Children's Plan, HC 213	HC 888
5sp	Government and Ofsted Responses to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 : Testing and Assessment, HC 169	HC 1003

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
16.01.08	Schools Commissioner and Schools Adjudicator	HC 243-i	Jim Knight MP (CSF) Sir Bruce Liddington, Dr. Philip Hunter CBE, (Office of the Schools Commissioner)
23.01.08	Social mobility	HC 281-i	Dr John Goldthorpe, (Oxford University), Professor Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics, (UCL) and (LSE) and Dr Jo Blanden, Lecturer in Economics, (University of Surrey)and Research Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, (LSE)
06.02.08	Children "under the radar"	HC 331-i	Dr Jo Aldridge (Loughborough University), John Reacroft, (Barnardo's), Kathy Evans (The Children's Society),
21.05.08	Early Years Foundation Stage	HC 600-i	Bernadette Duffy (Thomas Coram Early Childhood Centre), Anna Firth (Open EYE) Professor Ted Melhuish (Birkbeck) Sue Palmer (Educational Consultant) Graham Kennish, (Open EYE) Anne Nelson (Early Education) Sylvie Sklan (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship) Professor Morag Stuart (London University)
09.06.08	Child Poverty	HC 683-i	Rt Hon Ed Balls MP (CSF), Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP (Treasury), Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP (CSF), Rt Hon James Purnell MP (DWP), Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (DWP)
09.07.08	The Learning and Skills Council	HC 960-i	David Croll, (Derby College), Julian Gravatt (Association of Colleges) and Sid Hughes, (Newham Sixth Form College) Caroline Abrahams (Local Government Association) Chris Heaume (Central London Connexions) Councillor Les Lawrence (Chair of the Children and Young People's Board) and Rob Wye, Director (Young People's Learning and Skills Group) Learning and Skills Council (LSC)

Communities and Local Government

Clerks: Huw Yardley & Mr Andrew Griffiths

Members (11)

Nominated: 27 June 2006

Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab) (Chair)

Sir Paul Beresford (Con)	Mr Clive Betts (Lab)		John Cummings (Lab)
Mr Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op)	Andrew George (LD)		Greg Hands (Con)
Anne Main (Con)		Mr Bill Olner (Lab)		Dr John Pugh (LD)

Emily Thornberry (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Martin Horwood (LD) 27.06.06 - 19.11.07

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	The Government's Second Response, Coastal Towns, HC 351	HC 69
2	Departmental Annual Report 2007	HC 170	Cm 7335
3	The Government's Response Local Government Finance - Supplementary Business Rate, HC 719	HC 210	HC 1200
4	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 211
5	Ordnance Survey	HC 268	HC 516
6	Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots	HC 195	HC 541
7	Existing Housing and Climate Change	HC 432-I & II	Cm 7428
8	The Supply of Rented Housing	HC 457-I & II	Cm 7326
9	New Towns: Follow-Up	HC 889
10	Community Cohesion and Migration	HC 369-I & II	Cm 7489
11	Planning Matters - labour shortages and skills gaps	HC 517-I & II
12	The Provision of Public Toilets	HC 636

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report Ordnance Survey, HC 268	HC 516
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots - HC 195	HC 541
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 Local Government Finance - Supplementary Business Rate, HC 210	HC 1200

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
09.10.07	Housing Green Paper	HC 1038-i incorporating HC 171 of Session 2007-08	Yvette Cooper MP Mr Richard McCarthy (DCLG)
18.02.08	Homes and Communities Agency	HC 349-i	Sir Bob Kerslake (DCLG)

Culture, Media & Sport

Clerks: Miss Tracey Garraty & Martin Gaunt

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mr John Whittingdale (Con) (Chair)

Janet Anderson (Lab)	Philip Davies (Con)		Mr Nigel Evans (Con)
Paul Farrelly (Lab)		Mr Mike Hall (Lab)	Alan Keen (Lab)
Rosemary McKenna (Lab)	Adam Price (PC)		Mr Adrian Sanders (LD)

Helen Southworth (Lab)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Public service content	HC 36-I & II	HC 275
2	Ticket touting	HC 202
3	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 234
4	BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07	HC 235
5	On-course horserace betting	HC 37	HC 549
6	London 2012 Games: the next lap	HC 104-I & II
7	European Commission White Paper on Sport	HC 347	HC 1029
8	Tourism	HC 133-I
9	Draft Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill	HC 693
10	Harmful content on the Internet and in video games	HC 353-I & II
11	Draft Heritage Protection Bill	HC 821

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Response from Ofcom to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Public service content, HC 36-I & II	HC 275
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 On-course horserace betting, HC 37	HC 549
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 European Commission White Paper on Sport, HC 347	HC 1029

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
22.04.08	OFCOM Annual Plan 2008-09	HC 494	Lord Currie of Marylebone Mr Ed Richards (Ofcom)

Defence

Clerks: Mr Mike Hennessy & Mr Richard Ward

Members (14)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Rt Hon James Arbuthnot (Con) (Chair)

Mr David S. Borrow (Lab)	Mr David Crausby (Lab)	Linda Gilroy (Lab/Co-op)
Mr David Hamilton (Lab)	Mr Mike Hancock CBE (LD)	Mr Dai Havard (Lab)
Mr Adam Holloway (Con)	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Con)	Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab)
Mr Kevan Jones (Lab)	Robert Key (Con)		John Smith (Lab)

Richard Younger-Ross (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Willie Rennie (LD) 05.06.07 - 21.01.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	UK land operations in Iraq 2007	HC 110	HC 352
2	Costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007-08	HC 138
3	UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty	HC 107	HC 375
4	The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned	HC 181	HC 399
5	Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07	HC 61	HC 468
6	The work of the Committee in 2007	HC 274
7	Medical care for the Armed Forces	HC 327	HC 500
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
8	Operational costs in Afghanistan and Iraq: Spring Supplementary Estimate 2007-08	HC 400
9	The future of NATO and European defence	HC 111	HC 660
10	Defence Equipment 2008	HC 295	HC 555
11	Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2008-09	HC 885	HC 1072
12	Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation	HC 254	Cm 7485
13	The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability	HC 535	HC 1087
14	Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel	HC 424	HC 1074
15	UK operations in Iraq and the Gulf	HC 982	HC 1073

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2006-07 The work of Defence Estates, HC 535	HC 109
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 UK land operations in Iraq 2007, HC 110	HC 352
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty, HC 107	HC 375
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned, HC 181	HC 399
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07, HC 61	HC 468
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Medical care for the Armed Forces, HC 327	HC 500
7sp	Government response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08 Defence Equipment 2008, HC 295	HC 555
No	Title	Paper No
8sp	Government response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 The future of NATO and European defence, HC 111	HC 660
9sp	Government response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08 Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2008-09, HC 885	HC 1072
10sp	Government response to the Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2007-08 UK operations in Iraq and the Gulf, HC 982	HC 1073
11sp	Government response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2007-08 Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel, HC 424	HC 1074
12sp	Government response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2007-08 The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability, HC 535	HC 1087

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Clerks: Mr Richard Cooke & Nerys Welfoot

Members (14)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con) (Chair)

Mr Geoffrey Cox (Con)	Mr David Drew (Lab/Co-op)		Mr James Gray (Con)
Patrick Hall (Con)		Lynne Jones (Lab)			David Lepper (Lab/Co-op)
Miss Anne McIntosh (Con)	Dan Rogerson (LD)			Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab)
Rt Hon Gavin Strang (Lab)	David Taylor (Lab/Co-op)		Paddy Tipping (Lab)

Mr Roger Williams (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Daniel Kawczynski (Con) 12.07.05 - 18.12.07

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07 The UK Government's "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy", HC 546	HC 48
2	Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07 Climate Change: the "citizen's agenda", HC 88	HC 189
3	The Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 250
4	Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB	HC 130-I & II	HC 1010
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
5	Flooding	HC 49-I & II	HC 901
6	Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966	HC 348	HC 1011
7	Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England	HC 412	HC 1080
8	British Waterways: follow-up	HC 438	HC 1081
9	Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions	HC 656-I & II	Cm 7422
10	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB, HC 130	HC 1010
11	The potential of England's rural economy	HC 544-I & II

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Flooding, HC 49-I & II	HC 901
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, HC 348	HC 1011
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England, HC 412	HC 1080
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007-08 British Waterways: follow-up, HC 438	HC 1081
5sp	Energy efficiency and fuel poverty	HC 1099

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
26.03.08	Committee on Climate Change	HC 462-i	Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, Mr David Kennedy (Committee on Climate Change)
30.04.08	Departmental Annual Report 2007 and Defra priorities	HC 121	Ms Helen Ghosh, Mr Stephen Park, 18.07.07 Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, 23.10.07 Ms Helen Ghosh, 21.11.07 Ms Helen Ghosh, Mr Bill Stow Mr Stephen Park, 30.10.08, (DEFRA)

Foreign Affairs

Clerks: Dr Robin James & Mr Ed Waller

Members (14)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mike Gapes (Chairman) (Lab) (Chair)

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC (LD)	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory (Con)
Mr John Horam (Con)			Mr Eric Illsley (Lab)	Mr Paul Keetch (LD)
Andrew Mackinlay (Lab)			Mr Malcolm Moss (Con)	Sandra Osborne (Lab)
Mr Greg Pope (Lab)			Mr Ken Purchase (Lab/Co-op)
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con)		Ms Gisela Stuart (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Richard Younger-Ross (LD) 12.07.05 - 21.01.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2006-07	HC 50	Cm 7302
2	Global Security: Russia	HC 51	Cm 7305
3	Foreign Policy Aspects of the Lisbon Treaty	HC 120-I & II	Cm 7332
4	The Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 287
5	Global Security: Iran	HC 142	Cm 7361
6	Proposed appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi	HC 507	HC 1157
7	Overseas Territories	HC 147-I & II	Cm 7473
8	Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation	HC 254	Cm 7485
9	Human Rights Annual Report 2007	HC 533	Cm 7463
10	Global Security: Japan and Korea	HC 449

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08, on Proposed appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi, HC 507	HC 1157

Health Committee

Clerks: Dr Harrison & Adrian Jenner

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) (Chair)

Charlotte Atkins (Lab)	Peter Bone (Con)		Jim Dowd (Lab)
Sandra Gidley (LD)		Stephen Hesford (Lab)	Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab/Co-op)
Mr Lee Scott (Con)		Dr Howard Stoate (Lab)	Robert Syms (Con)

Dr Richard Taylor (Ind)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Ronnie Campbell (Lab) 31.10.05 - 26.11.07

Mike Penning (Con) 12.07.05 - 10.12.07

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence	HC 27-I	HC 550
2	Work of the Committee 2007	HC 337
3	Modernising Medical Careers	HC 25-I & III
4	Appointment of the Chair of the Care Quality Commission	HC 545-I & II
5	Dental Services	HC 289-I & III
6	Foundation trusts and Monitor	HC 833-I & II

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	NICE Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, HC 27-I	HC 550

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
14.11.2007	Modernising Medical Careers	HC 25-II	Various Written evidence
04.02.08	Dental Services	HC 289-II	Various Written evidence
03.04.08	Health Inequalities	HC 422-II	Various Written evidence
30.10.08	Patient Safety	HC 1137-II	Various written evidence

Home Affairs Committee

Clerks: Elizabeth Flood & Mr Eliot Wilson

Members (14)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab) (Chair)

Mr Tom Brake (LD)	Ms Karen Buck (Lab)		Mr James Clappison (Con)
Mrs Ann Cryer (Lab)	David T. C. Davies (Con)		Mrs Janet Dean (Lab)
Patrick Mercer (Con)	Margaret Moran (Lab)		Gwyn Prosser (Lab)
Bob Russell (LD)		Martin Salter (Lab)		Mr Gary Streeter (Con)

Mr David Winnick (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08

Mr Jeremy Browne (LD) 12.12.05 - 03.03.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals	HC 43-I & II
2	Bulgarian and Romanian Accession to the EU: Twelve months on	HC 59
3	Security Industry Authority: Licensing of Applicants	HC 144
4	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 226
5	A Surveillance Society?	HC 58-I & II	HC 1124
6	Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and "Honour"-Based Violence	HC 263-I & II	HC 1165
7	Policing in the 21st Century	HC 364-I & II

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Unauthorised Disclosure of Draft Report	HC 196
2sp	Information Commissioner's Response to the Committee's Fifth Report A Surveillance Society? HC 58	HC 1124
3sp	Further Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08: Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and "Honour"-Based Violence, HC 263-I & II	HC 1165

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
27.11.07	UK Immigration Issues	HC 123-i	Mr Liam Byrne MP, Ms Lin Homer (Border and Immigration Agency)
04.12.07	The Home Office Annual Report 2007	HC 60-i	Sir David Normington KCB (Home Office)
11.12.07	The Government's Counter-Terrorism Bill	HC 180-i	Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Mr David Ford, (Home Office)
Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
18.12.07	Police Pay	HC 197-i	Chief Inspector Jan Berry, Mr John Francis, (Police Federation of England and Wales) Chief Constable Steve Green, (Nottinghamshire Police)
15.01.08	The work of the Border and Immigration Agency	HC 224-i	Ms Lin Homer, Ms Emily Miles, (Border and Immigration Agency)
29.01.08	The Work of the Serious Organised Crime Agency	HC 296-i	Sir Stephen Lander Mr Bill Hughes (Serious Organised Crime Agency)
19.02.08	The Government's Counter-Terrorism Bill	HC 180-ii	Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP Mr David Ford Ms Jill Tan (Home Office)
26.02.08	Identity Cards: Data Security Issues	HC 365-i	Meg Hillier MP Dr Duncan Hine (IPS)
06.05.08	Beijing Olympic Torch Relay: Torch Attendants	HC 534-i	Commander Broadhurst (Metropolitan Police)

Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee

Clerks: Mrs Sarah Davies & Mr Glenn McKee

Members (14)

Nominated: 10 March 2008

Mr Phil Willis (LD) (Chair)

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Lab)	Mr Tim Boswell (Con)		Mr Ian Cawsey (Lab)
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Con)		Dr Ian Gibson (Lab)		Dr Evan Harris (LD)
Dr Brian Iddon (Lab)		Mr Gordon Marsden (Lab)		Dr Bob Spink (UK IP)
Ian Stewart (Lab)			Graham Stringer (Lab)		Dr Desmond Turner (Lab)

Mr Rob Wilson (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Adam Afriye (Con) 09.11.07 - 17.12.07

Mr Phil Willis (LD) 09.11.07 - 10.03.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation	HC 185	HC 459
2	The work and operation of the Copyright Tribunal	HC 245	HC 637
3	Withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications (ELQs)	HC 187-I	HC 638
4	Science Budget Allocations	HC 215-I & II	HC 639
5	Renewable electricity-generation technologies	HC 216-I & II	HC 1063
6	Biosecurity in UK research laboratories	HC 360-I & II	HC 1111
7	Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Apprenticeships Bill	HC 1062-I

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2006-07 The Funding of Science and Discovery Centres, HC 903	HC 214
2sp	Government Response to the Science and Technology Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2006-07 The Last Report, HC 1108	HC 244
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, HC 185	HC 459
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2006-07 Investigating the Oceans, HC 470 - I	HC 506
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 The work and operation of the Copyright Tribunal, HC 245	HC 637
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 Withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications (ELQs), HC 187-I	HC 638
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 Science Budget Allocations, HC 215-I	HC 639
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Renewable electricity-generation technologies, HC 216	HC 1063
9sp	Biosecurity in UK research laboratories: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08	HC 1111

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
21.11.07	The Sainsbury Review	HC 113-i	Lord Sainsbury of Turville
28.11.07	Higher Education Issues	HC 114-i	Bill Rammell MP and Professor David Eastwood (HEFCE)
05.12.07	Role of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser	HC 115-i	Professor Sir David King, Government Chief Scientific Adviser,
12.12.07	Government Chief Scientific Adviser designate: Introductory hearing	HC 116-i	Professor John Beddington CMG FRS, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
19.03.08	The Use Of Government Statistics In Evidence-Based Policy-Making	HC 443-i	Ms Karen Dunnell, and Mr Mike Hughes (ONS)
Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
28.04.08	The Leitch Review of Skills	HC 471-i	Lord Leitch and Louise Tilbury (Leitch Review)
02.06.08	The Office For Fair Access (OFFA)	HC 598-i	Professor Sir Martin Harris (Fair Access to Higher Education)
17.07.08	The Quality Assurance Agency's Recent Reports on Standards in Universities	HC 905-i	Mr Peter Williams, Mr Douglas Blackstock, Dr Nick Harris, Director of Development and Dr Stephen Jackson, (QAA)

International Development Committee

Clerks: Miss Carol Oxborough & Mr Ben Williams

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Malcolm Bruce (LD) (Chair)

John Battle (Lab)		Hugh Bayley (Lab)			Mr John Bercow (Con)
Richard Burden (Lab)	Mr Stephen Crabb (Con)		Daniel Kawczynski (Con)
Ann McKechin (Lab)	Jim Sheridan (Lab)			Mr Marsha Singh (Lab)

Sir Robert Smith (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Quentin Davies (Lab) 17.11.03 - 19.11.07

James Duddrige (Con) 24.07.06 - 10.03.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Department for International Development Annual Report 2007	HC 64-I & II	HC 329
2	Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working	HC 68	HC 330
3	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 255
4	Reconstructing Afghanistan	HC 65-I & II	HC 509
5	Maternal Health	HC 66-I & II	HC 592
6	DFID and the World Bank	HC 67-I & II	HC 548
7	DFID and the African Development Bank	HC 441-I & II	HC 988
8	Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation	HC 254	Cm 7485
9	Working Together to Make Aid More Effective	HC 520-I & II	HC 1065
10	The World Food Programme and Global Food Security	HC 493-I & II	HC 1066
11	The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories	HC 522-I & II	HC 1067
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
12	HIV / AIDS: DFID's New Strategy	HC 1068-I & II

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 DFID Annual Report 2007, HC 64	HC 329
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working, HC 68	HC 330
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 Reconstructing Afghanistan, HC 65	HC 509
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 DFID and the World Bank, HC 67	HC 548
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Maternal Health, HC 66	HC 592
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 DFID and the African Development Bank, HC 441	HC 988
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 Working Together to Make Aid More Effective, HC 520	HC 1065
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08 The World Food Programme and Global Food Security, HC 493	HC 1066
9sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08 The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, HC 522	HC 1067

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
09.07.08	Burma: follow-up	HC 946	Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Mr Mark Canning, HM Ambassador to Burma, and Ms Sue Wardell, Department for International Development

Justice Committee

Clerks: Mr Fergus Reid & Dr Rebecca Davies

Members (14)

Nominated: 6 November 2007

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP (LD) (Chair)

David Heath (LD)			Siân James (Lab)		Daniel Kawczynski (Con)
Rt Hon Alun Michael (Lab/Co-op)	Jessica Morden (Lab)	Julie Morgan (Lab)
Bob Neill (Con)			Dr Nick Palmer (Lab)	Linda Riordan (Lab/Co-op)
Virendra Sharma (Lab)		Andrew Turner (Con)	Andrew Tyrie (Con)

Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Keith Vaz (Lab) 28.01.03 - 08.11.07			Rosie Cooper (Lab) 06.11.07 - 17.03.08,
Mr Humphrey Malins (Con) 06.11.07 - 04.02.08		David Howarth (LD) 06.11.07 - 26.03.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Protection of Private Data	HC 154	HC 406
2	Work of the Committee	HC 358
3	Counter Terrorism Bill	HC 405	HC 758
4	Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (provisions relating to the Attorney General)	HC 698
5	Towards Effective Sentencing	HC 184-I & II	Cm 7476
6	Public Appointments: Lord-Lieutenants and High Sheriffs	HC 1001
7	Appointment of the Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints	HC 1122

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07 The creation of the Ministry of Justice, HC 466	HC 140
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07 Constitutional Role of the Attorney General, HC 306	HC 242
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Protection of Private Data, HC 154	HC 406
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 Counter Terrorism Bill, HC 405	HC 758

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
22.01.08	Sentencing Guidelines	HC 279-i	Nicola Padfield, Cambridge University Sir Igor Judge, Queen's Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice; Cindy Barnett, Chairman and Nicola Stell, Magistrates' Association; Tan Ikram and Greg Powell, London Criminal Courts' Solicitors
04.03.08	Consultation Sentencing Guideline: Causing Death by Driving	HC 439-i	Professor Mike Hough, King's College, London Ms Amy Aeron-Thomas, Executive Director, Roadpeace (National Charity for Road Crash Victims) and Mr Kevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
18.03.08	The Work of the Electoral Commission	HC 439-i	Sam Younger, Peter Wardle (Electoral Commission)
03.06.08	Consultation Sentencing Guideline: Theft and Burglary (Non-Dwelling)	HC 649-i	Paul Cavadino, Chief Executive, Nacro, Gillian Guy, Chief Executive, Victim Support, and Rosina Robson, Policy Advisor, Federation of Small Businesses
02.07.08	Administration of Justice	HC 913-i	Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers,

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Clerks: Mr David Weir & Georgina Holmes-Skelton

Members (13)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Sir Patrick Cormack MP (Con) (Chair)

Mr David Anderson (Lab)	Rosie Cooper (Lab)			Mr Christopher Fraser (Con)
Mr John Grogan (Lab)	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Lab)		Lady Hermon (UU)
Kate Hoey (Lab)		Dr Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP)	Mr Denis Murphy (Lab)
Stephen Pound (Lab)	Mrs Iris Robinson (DUP)		David Simpson (DUP)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

John Battle (Lab) 16.10.06 - 26.11.07

Sammy Wilson (DU) 12.07.05 - 10.11.08

Mr Gregory Campbell (DU) 04.05.04 - 10.11.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	The Northern Ireland Prison Service	HC 118-I & II	HC 386
2	The Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 286
3	Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: the Cost of Policing the Past	HC 333	HC 1084

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 The Northern Ireland Prison Service, HC 118	HC 386
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: the Cost of Policing the Past, HC 333	HC 1084

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
30.01.08	Political Developments in Northern Ireland	HC 314-i	Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, Mr Nick Perry, Ms Hilary Jackson (Northern Ireland Office)
27.02.08	The Varney Review of Tax Policy in Northern Ireland	HC 385-i	Mr Vincent Sheridan, Mr Eamonn Donaghy, Mr Brian Keegan (Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland)
02.07.08	Political Developments in Northern Ireland	HC 914-i	Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, Mr Nick Perry and Ms Hilary Jackson, Northern Ireland Office
16.07.08	Northern Ireland Office: Departmental Annual Report 2008	HC 1005-i	Mr Jonathan Phillips, Mr Nick Perry, Mr Anthony Harbinson, Northern Ireland Office

Scottish Affairs

Clerks: Miss Charlotte Littleboy & Georgina Holmes-Skelton

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mr Mohammed Sarwar (Lab) (Chair)

Alistair Carmichael (LD)	Ms Katy Clark (Lab)		Mr Ian Davidson (Lab)
Jim Devine (Lab)		Mr Jim McGovern (Lab)		David Mundell (Con)
Mr Charles Walker (Con)	Mr Ben Wallace (Con)		Pete Wishart (SNP)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Danny Alexander (LD) 12.07.05 - 28.01.08		Mr John MacDougall (Lab) (died 13.08.08) 11.07.05 - 13.08. 08
Mr David Hamilton (Lab) 09.11.07 - 04.02.08		Mr Angus MacNeil (SNP) 12.07.05 - 24.11.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Effects of tax increases on the oil industry	HC 35	HC 376
2	Poverty in Scotland	HC 128-I & II	HC 525
3	Child Poverty in Scotland	HC 277	HC 525
4	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 278
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
5	Experience of the Scottish Elections	HC 78	HC 830
6	Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland	HC 305	HC 1098

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Effects of tax increases on the oil industry, HC 35	HC 376
2sp	Responses by the Government and the Scottish Executive to the Committee's Second and Third Reports of Session 2007-08 Poverty in Scotland and Child Poverty in Scotland, HC 128, HC 277	HC 525
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Experience of the Scottish Elections, HC 78	HC 830
4sp	Responses by the Government and Scottish Executive to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland, HC 305	HC 1098

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
11.06.08	Commission on Scottish Devolution	HC 704-i	Sir Kenneth Calman, Mr Jim Gallagher, and Mr David Middleton (Commission on Scottish Devolution)
24.06.08	Scotland Office Annual Report	HC 831-i	Rt Hon Des Browne MP, David Cairns MP, and Mr David Middleton (Scotland Office)

Transport Committee

Clerks: Ms Annette Toft & Miss Jyoti Chandola

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mrs Louise Ellman (Lab/Co-op) (Chair)

Mr David Clelland (Lab)	Clive Efford (Lab)		Mr Philip Hollobone (Con)
Mr John Leech (LD)	Mr Eric Martlew (Lab)	Mark Pritchard (Con)
Graham Stringer (Lab)	Sammy Wilson (DUP)	Mr David Wilshire (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Lee Scott (Con) 12.07.05 - 14.07.08

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) (died 17.04.08) 22.07.02 - 17.04.08

David Simpson (DU) 12.07.07 - 10.11.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Galileo: Recent Developments	HC 53	HC 283
2	The London Underground and the Public-Private Partnership Agreements	HC 45	HC 461
3	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 248
4	The Future of BAA	HC 119	HC 569
5	Ticketing and Concessionary Travel on Public Transport	HC 84	HC 708
6	The Blue Badge Scheme	HC 475	HC 1106
7	Department for Transport Annual Report 2007	HC 313	HC 1102
8	Freight Transport	HC 249	HC 1103
9	The Draft Marine Navigation Bill	HC 709	HC 1104
10	Delivering a sustainable railway: a 30-year strategy for the railways?	HC 219	HC 1105
11	Ending the Scandal of Complacency: Road Safety beyond 2010	HC 460
12	The opening of Heathrow Terminal 5	HC 543

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Galileo: Recent Developments, HC 53	HC 283
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 The London Underground and the Public-Private Partnership Agreements, HC 45	HC 461
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 The future of BAA, HC 119	HC 569
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Ticketing and Concessionary Travel on Public Transport, HC 84	HC 708
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Department for Transport Annual Report 2007, HC 313	HC 1102
No	Title	Paper No
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007-08 Freight Transport, HC 249	HC 1103
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 The Draft Marine Navigation Bill, HC 709	HC 1104
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08 Delivering a sustainable railway: a 30-year strategy for the railways? HC 219	HC 1105
9sp	Government and Westminster City Council Responses to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 The Blue Badge Scheme, HC 475	HC 1106

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
09.01.08	Transport Security: Travelling without Fear	HC 191	Various Oral Witnesses, 03.05.06, 10.05.06, 11.10.06, 06.12.06

Treasury Committee

Clerks: John Benger & Sian Woodward

Members (14)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Rt Hon John McFall (Lab) (Chair)	Mr Michael Fallon (Lab) (Sub-committee Chairman)
Nick Ainger (Lab)			Mr Graham Brady (Con)		Mr Colin Breed (LD)
Jim Cousins (Lab)			Mr Stephen Crabb (Con)		Ms Sally Keeble (Lab)
Mr Andrew Love (Lab)		Mr George Mudie (Lab)		Siôn Simon (Lab)
John Thurso (LD)			Mr Mark Todd (Lab)		Sir Peter Viggers (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Philip Dunne (Con) 17.07.07 - 17.11.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review	HC 55	HC 428
2	The 2007 Pre-Budget Report	HC 54-I & II	HC 429
3	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 230
4	Climate change and the Stern Review: the implications for Treasury policy	HC 231	HC 495
5	The run on the Rock	HC 56-I & II	HC 918
6	Financial Stability and Transparency	HC 371	HC 919
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
7	Administration and expenditure of the Chancellor's departments, 2006-07	HC 57	HC 564
8	Re-appointment of Dr Andrew Sentance to the Monetary Policy Committee	HC 454-I & II
9	The 2008 Budget	HC 430	HC 689
10	Re-appointment of Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England	HC 524-I & II
11	Counting the population	HC 183	HC 1032
12	Inherited Estates	HC 496	HC 1132
13	Budget Measures and Low-Income Households	HC 326
14	Appointment of Lord Turner of Ecchinswell as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority	HC 916-I
15	Appointment of Charlie Bean as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England	HC 917-I & II
16	Appointment of Spencer Dale to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England	HC 1009-I & II
17	Banking Reform	HC 1008	HC 1131

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07 The efficiency programme in the Chancellor's department, HC 483	HC 62
2sp	Responses from the Government and the Financial Services Authority to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2006-07 Private equity, HC 567	HC 145
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2006-07 Financial inclusion follow-up: saving for all and shorter term saving products, HC 504	HC 167
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2006-07 Globalisation: prospects and policy responses, HC 90	HC 201
5sp	Government and Bank of England responses to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2006-07 The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: ten years on, HC 299	HC 259
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, HC 55	HC 428
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 The 2007 Pre-Budget Report, HC 54	HC 429
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 Climate Change and the Stern Review: the implications for Treasury policy, HC 231	HC 495
9sp	Government response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Administration and expenditure of the Chancellor's departments, 2006-07, HC 57	HC 564
10sp	Government response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 The 2008 Budget, HC 430	HC 689
11sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 The run on the Rock, HC 56	HC 918
12sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 Financial Stability and Transparency, HC 371	HC 919
13sp	Government and Statistics Authority responses to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08 Counting the population, HC 183	HC 1032
14sp	Government and Financial Services Authority Responses to the Committee's Seventeenth Report of Session 2007-08 Banking Reform, HC 1008	HC 1131
15sp	Financial Services Authority and Office of Fair Trading Responses to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2007-08 Inherited Estates, HC 496	HC 1132

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
29.11 07	Bank of England November 2007 Inflation Report	HC 139-i	Mr Mervyn King, Ms Rachel Lomax, Mr Charles Bean, Executive Director and Chief Economist (Bank of England) Professor Tim Besley and Professor David Blanchflower, (External Members of the Monetary Policy Committee)
11.12. 07	Private Equity - Sir David Walker, Chairman of the Walker Review	HC 166	Sir David Walker, (Chairman of the Walker Review)
22.01. 08	Financial Services Authority Annual Report, 2006-07	HC 258-i	Sir Callum McCarthy Mr Hector Sants, (Financial Services Authority)
04.03.08	Financial Reporting and the National Accounts	HC 397-i	Mr Elwyn Eilledge CBE, Mr Larry Pinkney Mr Ken Wild, Mr Ian Carruthers, (The Financial Reporting Advisory Board) Mr Colin Mowl, Mr Robin Lynch, Mr Martin Kellaway, (ONS)
Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
26.03.08	Bank of England February 2008 Inflation Report	HC 453-i	Mr Mervyn King, Ms Rachel Lomax, Professor Charles Bean, (Bank of England) Dr Andrew Sentance, Professor David Blanchflower, (Monetary Policy Committee)
14.05.08	Child Trust Funds follow up	HC 537-i	Kitty Ussher MP, Ms Gwyneth Nurse, (HMT) Mr David Richardson Mr George Rowing, (HMRC)
25.06.08	Estate Management in the Chancellor's Departments	HC 852-i	Ms Louise Tulett, (HM Treasury) Mr Mike Burt, (Office of Government Commerce) Mr Paul King, (HM Revenue & Customs)
26.06.08 & 17.06.08	Bank of England May 2008 Inflation Report	HC 739-i & ii	26.06.08 Mr Mervyn King, Sir John Gieve, Mr Paul Tucker, (Bank of England) Professor Tim Besley, Ms Kate Barker, (Monetary Policy Committee) 17.06.08 Professor Danny Quah, (LSE,) Professor Anton Muscatelli, (Heriot-Watt University,) Mr Roger Bootle, (Capital Economics) Ms Bronwyn Curtis, (Society of Business Economists)
15.07.08	Regulation of Oil Markets	HC 987-i	Sir Bob Reid, Mr David Peniket, Ms Dee Blake, (ICE) Mr Alexander Justham, Mr Jonathan Hill, (FSA) Dr Leo Drollas, (Centre for Global Energy Studies), Professor Robert Weiner, (George Washington University), Dr Steven Fries, (Shell International) Mr Chris Cook, (Strategic Market Analyst)
11.09.08	The August 2008 Inflation Report	HC 1033-i	Mr Mervyn King, Mr Charlie Bean, Mr Paul Tucker, (Monetary Policy Committee); Professor David Blanchflower, Dr Andrew Sentence, (Bank of England)
14.10.08	The Economics of the Housing Market	HC 1092-i	Ms Fionnuala Earley, (Nationwide); Professor David Miles, (Morgan Stanley), London; Professor John Muellbauer FBA, (Nuffield College, University of Oxford); Mr Bob Pannell, (Council of Mortgage Lenders), and Mr Simon Rubinsohn, (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

Welsh Affairs

Clerks: Dr Sue Griffiths & Georgina Holmes-Skelton

Members (11)

Nominated: 13 July 2005

Dr Hywel Francis MP (Lab) (Chair)

David T.C. Davies (Con)	Nia Griffith (Lab)			Mrs Siân James (Lab)
Mr David Jones (Con)	Mr Martyn Jones (Lab)		Rt Hon Alun Michael (Lab/co-op)
Albert Owen (Lab)		Mark Pritchard (Con)		Mr Hywel Williams (PC)

Mark Williams (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Wayne David (Lab) 04.06.07 - 08.11.07

Mr Stephen Crabb (Con) 17.07.05 - 17.12.07

Jessica Morden (Lab) 21.11.05 - 04.06.07

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Energy in Wales: follow-up inquiry	HC 177	HC 435
2	Proposed Legislative Competence Orders in Council: Additional Learning Needs	HC 44	HC 377
3	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 325
4	The proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) Order in the Field of social welfare 2008	HC 257	HC 715
5	The proposed draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (social welfare and other fields) Order 2008	HC 576	HC 993
6	The provision of cross-border health services for Wales: Interim Report	HC 870
7	The proposed draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) Order 2008	HC 812

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 The proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council on additional learning needs, HC 44	HC 377
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Energy in Wales - follow-up inquiry, HC 177	HC 435
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 The proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) Order in the Field of social welfare 2008, HC 257	HC 715
No	Title	Paper No
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 The proposed draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (social welfare and other fields) Order 2008, HC 576	HC 993

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
11.03.08	Work of the Wales Office	HC 419-i	Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP, Mr Alan Cogbill, Mr John Williams (Wales Office)
09.07.08	Wales Office Annual Report 2008	HC 967-i	Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP, Mr Alan Cogbill, Mr John Williams, Mr Glynne Jones (Wales Office)

Work and Pensions Committee

Clerks: Mr James Rhys & Miss Emma Graham

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mr Terry Rooney MP (Lab) (Chair)

Miss Anne Begg (Lab)	Harry Cohen (Lab)		Michael Jabez Foster (Lab)
Mr Oliver Heald (Con)	John Howell (Con)		Mrs Joan Humble (Lab)
Tom Levitt (Lab)		Greg Mulholland (Con)	John Penrose (Con)

Jenny Willott (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mark Pritchard (Con) 23.10.06 - 14.07.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 317
2	The best start in life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility, and eradicating child poverty	HC 42-I & II	HC 580
3	The role of the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive in regulating workplace health and safety	HC 246-I & II	HC 837
4	Valuing and Supporting Carers	HC 485-I & II

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006-07 Full employment and world class skills: Responding to the challenges, HC 939	HC 217
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 The Best Start in Life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty, HC 42	HC 580
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 The role of the Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive in Regulating Workplace Health and Safety, HC 246	HC 837

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
07.02.08	Personal Accounts	HC 1069-i	Oral and Written Evidence
30.04.08	DWP Three Year Plan 2008-2011	HC 531-i	Rt Hon James Purnell MP, Sir Leigh Lewis (DWP)
16.06.08	Pensions Regulator and the Pensions Protection Fund	HC 736-i	Mr Tony Hobman, (Pension Regulator), Mr Lawrence Churchill (Pension Protection Fund)
02.07.08	Employment and Support Allowance	HC 892-i	Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Mr Phil Bartlett, (Jobcentre Plus), and Ms Rebecca Sudworth (DWP)
07.07.08	Personal Accounts Delivery Authority	HC 893-i	Mr Tim Jones (Personal Accounts Delivery Authority)
09.07.08	Departmental Annual Report	HC 894-i	Rt Hon James Purnell MP, Sir Leigh Lewis (DWP)

Section C - Part 2

Subject Listing of Reports of Departmental Select Committees

The following basic subject guide to the reports of the Departmental Select Committees (excluding, therefore, the Public Accounts Committee) is in an abbreviated form. Numbers in brackets signify the Committee number of the report. Special reports and Government Observations are not included. Full details are given in Section C1.

Subject	Select Committee	Paper Number
Afghanistan	International Development (4)	HC 65
Afghanistan	Defence (2)	HC 138
Afghanistan	Defence (8)	HC 400
African Development Bank	International Development (7)	HC 441
Apprentices	Children, Schools and Families (4)	HC 1082
Apprenticeships Bill (Draft)	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (7)	HC 1062
Armed forces	Defence (7)	HC 327
Armed forces	Defence (14)	HC 424
Bank of England	Treasury (10)	HC 524
Bank of England	Treasury (15)	HC 917
Bank of England	Treasury (16)	HC 1009
Banks	Treasury (17)	HC 1008
BBC	Culture (4)	HC 235
Betting	Culture (5)	HC 37
Biodiversity	Environmental Audit (13)	HC 743
Biofuels	Environmental Audit (1)	HC 76
Biofuels	Environmental Audit (4)	HC 528
Blue badge scheme	Transport (6)	HC 475
Bovine tuberculosis	Environment (4)	HC 130
Bovine tuberculosis	Environment (10)	HC 1010
British Airports Authority	Transport (4)	HC 119
British overseas territories	Foreign Affairs (7)	HC 147
British Waterways Board	Environment (8)	HC 438
Budget March 2008	Treasury (9)	HC 430
Bulgaria	Home Affairs (2)	HC 59
Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Select Committee	Business and Enterprise (1)	HC 233
Care Quality Commission	Health (4)	HC 545
Carers	Work and Pensions (4)	HC 485
Children and Young Persons Bill (HL) 2007-08	Children, Schools and Families (1)	HC 359
Subject	Select Committee	Paper Number
Climate change	Environment (2)	HC 189
Climate change	Environmental Audit (2)	HC 354
Climate change	Environmental Audit (5)	HC 565
Climate change	Environmental Audit (6)	HC 355
Climate change	Environmental Audit (8)	HC 225
Climate change	Treasury (4)	HC 231
Coastal areas	Communities and Local Government (1)	HC 69
Common agricultural policy	Environment (1)	HC 48
Communities and Local Government Select Committee	Communities and Local Government (4)	HC 211
Companies House	Business and Enterprise (13)	HC 456
Constitutional Renewal Bill (Draft)	Justice (4)	HC 698
Construction	Business and Enterprise (9)	HC 127
Copyright	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (2)	HC 245
Counter-Terrorism Bill 2007-08	Justice (3)	HC 405
Cultural heritage	Culture (9)	HC 693
Cultural heritage	Culture (11)	HC 821
Culture Media and Sport Select Committee	Culture (3)	HC 234
Data protection	Justice (1)	HC 154
Defence equipment	Defence (10)	HC 295
Defence equipment	Defence (13)	HC 535
Defence Select Committee	Defence (6)	HC 274
Dental services	Health (5)	HC 289
Dept for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	Business and Enterprise (14)	HC 1116
Dept for Children Schools and Families	Children, Schools and Families (2)	HC 213
Dept for Communities and Local Government	Communities and Local Government (2)	HC 170
Dept for International Development	International Development (1)	HC 64
Dept for Transport	Transport (7)	HC 313
Diplomatic service	Foreign Affairs (6)	HC 507
Disadvantaged	Work and Pensions (2)	HC 42
Doctors	Health (3)	HC 25
Domestic violence	Home Affairs (6)	HC 263
EU defence policy	Defence (9)	HC 111
Economic situation	Treasury (5)	HC 56
Economic situation	Treasury (6)	HC 371
Education	Children, Schools and Families (3)	HC 169
Energy supply	Business and Enterprise (11)	HC 293
Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee	Environment (3)	HC 250
Subject	Select Committee	Paper Number
Equal opportunities	Business and Enterprise (2)	HC 291
Ethnic groups	Communities and Local Government (10)	HC 369
European Union	Foreign Affairs (3)	HC 120
Excise duties	Environmental Audit (10)	HC 907
Export controls	Business and Enterprise (8); Defence (12); Foreign Affairs (8); International Development (8)	HC 254
Exports Credit Guarantee Dept	Environmental Audit (11)	HC 929
Financial Services Authority	Treasury (14)	HC 916
Floods	Environment (5)	HC 49
Foreign Affairs Select Committee	Foreign Affairs (4)	HC 287
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	Foreign Affairs (1)	HC 50
Freight	Transport (8)	HC 249
Health Select Committee	Health (2)	HC 337
Heathrow Airport	Transport (12)	HC 543
Higher education	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (3)	HC 187
HIV infection	International Development (12)	HC 1068
Home Affairs Select Committee	Home Affairs (4)	HC 226
Housing	Communities and Local Government (7)	HC 432
Housing	Environmental Audit (12)	HC 566
Human rights	Foreign Affairs (9)	HC 533
India	Business and Enterprise (5)	HC 209
Industrial health and safety	Work and Pensions (3)	HC 246
Insurance	Treasury (12)	HC 496
International Development Select Committee	International Development (3)	HC 255
Internet	Culture (10)	HC 353
Iran	Defence (4)	HC 181
Iran	Foreign Affairs (5)	HC 142
Iraq	Defence (1)	HC 110
Iraq	Defence (2)	HC 138
Iraq	Defence (8)	HC 400
Iraq	Defence (15)	HC 982
Japan	Foreign Affairs (10)	HC 449
Justice Select Committee	Justice (2)	HC 358
Kingsnorth power station	Environmental Audit (9)	HC 654
Korea	Foreign Affairs (10)	HC 449
Laboratories	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (6)	HC 360
London Underground	Transport (2)	HC 45
Lord-Lieutenants	Justice (6)	HC 1001
Low incomes	Treasury (13)	HC 326
Subject	Select Committee	Paper Number
Marine Bill (Draft)	Environment (9)	HC 656
Marine Navigation Bill (Draft)	Transport (9)	HC 709
Maternity services	International Development (5)	HC 66
Ministry of Defence	Defence (5)	HC 61
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence	Health (1)	HC 27
New towns	Communities and Local Government (9)	HC 889
NHS foundation trusts	Health (6)	HC 833
Nitrates	Environment (7)	HC 412
Non-domestic rates	Communities and Local Government (3)	HC 210
Northern Rock	Treasury (5)	HC 56
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority	Business and Enterprise (4)	HC 394
Office for Legal Complaints	Justice (7)	HC 1122
Olympic Games 2012	Culture (6)	HC 104
Ordnance Survey	Communities and Local Government (5)	HC 268
Overseas aid	International Development (9)	HC 520
Palestinians	International Development (11)	HC 522
Planning	Communities and Local Government (11)	HC 517
Police	Home Affairs (7)	HC 364
Population	Treasury (11)	HC 183
Ports	Transport (9)	HC 709
Post Office	Business and Enterprise (10)	HC 662
Post office card account	Business and Enterprise (12)	HC 1052
Post offices	Business and Enterprise (3)	HC 292
Post offices	Business and Enterprise (6)	HC 577
Pre-Budget report 2007	Treasury (2)	HC 54
Pre-Budget report 2007	Environmental Audit (3)	HC 149
Privacy	Home Affairs (5)	HC 58
Public expenditure	Treasury (1)	HC 55
Public lavatories	Communities and Local Government (12)	HC 636
Public service broadcasting	Culture (1)	HC 36
Public transport	Transport (5)	HC 84
Railways	Transport (10)	HC 219
Renewable energy	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (5)	HC 216
Rented housing	Communities and Local Government (8)	HC 457
Roads	Transport (11)	HC 460
Romania	Home Affairs (2)	HC 59
Rural areas	Environment (11)	HC 544
Russia	Foreign Affairs (2)	HC 51
Subject	Select Committee	Paper Number
Science	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (4)	HC 215
Security Industry Authority	Home Affairs (3)	HC 144
Sentencing	Justice (5)	HC 184
Space technology	Transport (1)	HC 53
Sports	Culture (7)	HC 347
Supply estimates	Defence (11)	HC 885
Sustainable development	Environmental Audit (7)	HC 529
Terrorism	Home Affairs (1)	HC 43
Terrorism	Justice (3)	HC 405
Tickets	Culture (2)	HC 202
Tourism	Culture (8)	HC 133
Trade	International Development (2)	HC 68
Transport Select Committee	Transport (3)	HC 248
Treasury	Treasury (7)	HC 57
Treasury Select Committee	Treasury (3)	HC 230
Turkey	Business and Enterprise (7)	HC 367
UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation	Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (1)	HC 185
USA	Defence (3)	HC 107
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966	Environment (6)	HC 348
Waste disposal	Communities and Local Government (6)	HC 195
Work and Pensions Select Committee	Work and Pensions (1)	HC 317
World Bank	International Development (6)	HC 67
World Food Programme	International Development (10)	HC 493

Section C - Part 3

Other Select Committees

This section lists Select Committees, other than those set up under Standing Order No 121 to monitor the work of Government Departments (see Section B1) and those connected with private legislation.

The reports of these Committees are given below. For those which publish numerous reports of a periodical nature, an indication of the numbers involved is given, but further details are available from the House of Commons Information Office if required. Membership given is as at Prorogation on 26th November 2008.

Administration Committee

Clerks: Kate Emms & Rhiannon Hollis

Members (15)

Nominated: 12 July 2005

Mr Frank Doran (Lab) (Chair)

Janet Anderson (Lab)		Mr Simon Burns (Con)	Mr Christopher Chope (Con)
Rt Hon Tom Clarke (Lab)		Derek Conway (Ind Con)
Mr Brian H Donohoe (Lab)		Mr Neil Gerrard (Lab)	Mr John Heppell (Lab)
Mr Kevan Jones (Lab)		Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con)	David Lepper (Lab)
Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab/Co-op)	John Mason (SNP)		Mr John Randall (Con)

John Thurso (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Helen Jones (Lab) 12.07.05 - 26.11.07			Frank Dobson (Lab) 12.07.05 - 04.02.08,
Rt Hon Mr Nicholas Brown (Lab) 12.07.08 - 27.10.08	Pete Wishart (SNP) 12.07.05 - 24.11.2008

Special Reports

No	Title		Paper No
1	Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07 Information and Communication Technology Services for Members, HC 498		HC 222

Armed Forces Bill

Clerks: Philippa Helme

Members (14)

Nominated: 19 December 2005

Rt Hon George Howarth MP (Lab) (Chair)

Vera Baird (Lab)		Mr Colin Breed (LD)		Mr Simon Burns (Con)
Mr David Burrowes (Con)	Mr Alan Campbell (Lab)		Ben Chapman (Lab)
Mr Gerald Howarth (Con)	Mr Kevan Jones (Lab)		Robert Key (Con)
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Lab)	Bob Russell (LD)			Jim Sheridan (Lab)

Mr Don Touhig (Lab)

Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly known as the Quadripartite Committee)

Clerks: Miss Charlotte Littleboy

Members (17)

Nominated: 10 March 2008

Members of the Business and Enterprise Committee

Roger Berry (Lab) (Chair)

Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/ Co-op)

Mr Brian Binley (Con)

Peter Luff (Con)

Mr Mark Oaten (LD)

Members from the Defence Committee

Mr David S Borrow (Lab)

Mr David Crausby (Lab)

Linda Gilroy (Lab)

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Con)

Members from the Foreign Affairs Committee

Mike Gapes (Lab)

Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

Mr Paul Keetch (LD)

Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con)

Members from the International Development Committee

Rt Hon John Battle (Lab)

John Bercow (Con)

Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD)

Richard Burden (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mark Hunter (LD) 10.03.08 - 28.04.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation	HC 254	Cm 7485

Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee)

Clerks: Dr Celia Blacklock (Commons); Dr Emily Baldock (Lords)

Members (24)

Appointed by the House of Commons 14 November 2005

John Bercow (Con)		Mr Brian Binley (Con)		Mr Russell Brown (Lab)
Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)	Mr William Cash (Con)		Mr Martin Caton (Lab)
Colin Challen (Lab)	Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op)		Mr Stephen Dorrell (Con)
Paul Farrelly (Lab)		Lynda Waltho (Lab)

Appointed by the House of Lords 14 November 2005

Lord Acton (Lab)		Viscount Bledisloe (CB)	Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con)
Lord Christopher (Lab)	Viscount Colville of Culross (CB)	Earl of Dundee (Con)
Baroness Fookes (Con)	Lord Janner of Braunstone (Lab)	Baroness Mallalieu (Lab)
Lord Methuen (LD)		Lord Razzall (LD)		Lord Rodger of Earlsferry (CB)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Nick Clegg (LD) 14.11.05 - 25.03.08, Mr John MacDougall (Lab) (died 13.08.08) 14.11.05 - 13.08.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]	HL 99, HC 450

Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)

Clerks: Matthew Hamlyn (Commons); Kate Lawrence (Lords)

Members (16)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Appointed by the House of Commons on 30 April 2008

Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) (Chair)

Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)	Mr Christopher Chope (Con)	Mark Lazarowicz (Lab/Co-op)
Martin Linton (Lab)	Ian Lucas (Lab)		Fiona Mactaggart (Lab)
Virendra Sharma (Lab)	Emily Thornberry (Lab)	Andrew Tyrie (Con)

Sir George Young (Con)

Appointed by the House of Lords on 1 May 2008

Lord Armstrong of Ilminster (CB)	Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con)	Lord Fraser of Carmyllie (Con)
Lord Hart of Chilton (Lab)		Lord Maclennan of Rogart (LD)	Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen (Lab)
Lord Morgan (Con)			Lord Norton of Louth (Con)	Lord Plant of Highfield (Lab)
Lord Tyler (LD)			Lord Williamson of Horton (CB)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill	HL 166-I & II HC 551-I & II

Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)

Clerks: Charlotte Littleboy (Commons); Edward Ollard (Lords)

Members (22)

Appointed by the House of Commons on 8 May 2008

Linda Gilroy (Lab/Co-op)	Nia Griffith (Lab)		Anne Main (Con)
Martin Salter (Lab)	Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab)	Mr Robert Syms (Con)
Paddy Tippping (Lab)	Mr Charles Walker (Con)	Joan Walley (Lab)
Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab)	Mr Roger Williams (LD)

Appointed House of Lords on 13 May 2008

Lord Greenway (CB) (Chairman)

Baroness Byford (Con)		Earl of Caithness (Con)		Lord Greaves (LD)
Lord Haworth (Lab)		Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Lab)	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
Lord Lewis of Newnham (CB)	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein (Lab)	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD)

Earl of Selborne (Con)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Draft Marine Bill	HL 159-I & II HC 552-I & II

Environmental Audit

Clerks: Gordon Clarke & Miss Anne-Marie Griffiths

Members (16)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mr Tim Yeo MP (Con) (Chair)

Mr Gregory Barker (Con)	Mr Martin Caton (Lab)	Mr Colin Challen (Lab)
Mr David Chaytor (Lab)	Martin Horwood (LD)	Mr Nick Hurd (Con)
Mark Lazarowicz (Lab)	Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con)	Shahid Malik (Lab)
Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab)	Mr Graham Stuart (Con)	Jo Swinson (LD)
Dr Desmond Turner (Lab)	Joan Walley (Lab)		Phil Woolas (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mark Pritchard (Con) 12.07.05 - 18.12.07

Ian Pearson (Lab) 27.06.06 - 14.01.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Are biofuels sustainable?	HC 76-I & II	HC 528
2	Reducing Carbon Emissions from UK Business: The role of the Climate Change Levy and Agreements	HC 354	HC 590
3	The 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: An environmental analysis	HC 149-I & II	HC 591
4	The Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08: Are Biofuels Sustainable?, HC 76	HC 528	HC 644
5	Personal Carbon Trading	HC 565	HC 1125
6	Reaching an international agreement on climate change	HC 355	HC 1055
7	Making Government operations more sustainable: A progress report	HC 529	HC 1126
8	Climate change and local, regional and devolved Government	HC 225	HC 1189
9	Carbon capture and storage	HC 654
10	Vehicle Excise Duty as an environmental tax	HC 907
11	The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development	HC 929
12	Greener homes for the future? An environmental analysis of the Government's house-building plans	HC 566
13	Halting biodiversity loss	HC 743

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07: The structure of Government and the challenge of climate change, HC 740	HC 276
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07: Voluntary Carbon Offset Market, HC 331	HC 418
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 Reducing Carbon Emissions from UK Business: The role of the Climate Change Levy and Agreements, HC 354	HC 590
No	Title	Paper No
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 The 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: An environmental analysis, HC 149	HC 591
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 The Government Response: Are Biofuels Sustainable? HC 528	HC 644
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 Reaching an international agreement on climate change, HC 355	HC 1055
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Personal carbon trading, HC 565	HC 1125
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Making Government Operations More Sustainable HC 529	HC 1126
9sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007-08 Climate change and local, regional and devolved government HC 225	HC 1189
10sp	Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2003-04 Environmental Crime: Wildlife Crime HC 605	HC 1213

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
04.12.07	The Challenge of Climate Change	HC 155-i	Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Ms Anne Sharp, Ms Marie Pender, Mr Martin Nesbit (DEFRA)

European Scrutiny

Clerks: Mr Alistair Doherty & Eliot Barrass

Members (16)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Michael Connarty MP (Lab) (Chair)

Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op)	Mr David Borrow (Lab)		Mr William Cash (Con)
James Clappison (Con)	Ms Katy Clark (Lab)		Jim Dobbin (Lab)
Mr Greg Hands (Con)	Rt. Hon. David Heathcoat-Amory (Con)
Keith Hill (Lab)		Kelvin Hopkins (Lab)		Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab)
Mr Bob Laxton (Lab)	Angus Robertson (SNP)		Mr Anthony Steen (Con)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross (LD)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1-9	Various	HC 16	HC 179
10	The Conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers	HC 86
11	Various	HC 16
12	The Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 315
13-24	Various	HC 16
25	The Conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers: Follow up report	HC 606
26 - 32	Various	HC 16
33	Subsidiarity, National Parliaments and the Lisbon Treaty	HC 563
34 - 40	Various	HC16

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Responses to the Committee's Thirty-Fifth Report of Session 2006-07 and The Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 European Union Intergovernmental Conference, HC 1014, HC 16-iii	HC 179

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
12.12.07	Agreement to a General Approach on Police Co-Operation and the European Arrest Warrant	HC 178-i	Meg Hillier MP, Mr Peter Storr, Dr Paul Chandwani, Ms Fenella Tayler, Mr Ben Ray (Home Office)
16.01.08	Draft Council Decision Establishing The European Police Office (EUROPOL)	HC 247-i	Mr Tony McNulty MP, Mr Jonathan Sweet, Mr Ben Judah, Mr Colin Attrill (Home Office)
04.06.08	Recent scrutiny performance of BERR	HC 657	Baroness Shriti Vadera, Mr Nigel Hickson (BERR)

Finance and Services

Clerks: Andrew Kennon

Members (16)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) (Chair)

Mr Clive Betts (Lab)		Mr Crispin Blunt (Con)		Mr Paul Burstow (LD)
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)	Mary Creagh (Lab)			Mr Frank Doran (Lab)
Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Con)	Ms Barbara Keeley (Lab)		Robert Key (Con)

Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab)

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Clerks: Dr Mark Egan (Commons) & Bill Sinton (Lords)

Members (12)

Appointed by the House of Commons 11 July 2005

Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) (Chair)

Mr John Austin (Lab)		Dr Evan Harris (LD)		Mr Virendra Sharma (Lab)
Mr Richard Shepherd (Con)		Mr Edward Timpson (Con)

Appointed by the House of Lords 19 July 2005

Lord Bowness (Con)			Lord Dubs (Lab)		Lord Lester of Herne Hill (LD)
Lord Morris of Handsworth (Lab)		The Earl of Onslow (Con)	Baroness Stern (CB) (Chair)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Douglas Carswell (Con) 12.07.05 - 13.10.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Government Response to the Committee's Eighteenth Report of Session 2006-07: The Human Rights of Older People in Healthcare, HL 156, HC 378	HL 5/HC 72
2	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: 42 days	HL 23/HC 156
3	Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill; 2) Other Bills	HL 28/HC 198	HL 66/HC 379
4	Government Response to the Committee's Twenty-First Report of Session 2006-07: Human Trafficking: Update, HL 179, & HC 1056	HL 31/HC 220
5	Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill	HL 37/HC 269	Hl 126/ HC 755
6	The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK	HL 38/HC 270	HL 103/HC 526
7	A Life Like Any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities	HL 40-I/HC 73-I	Cm 7378
8	Legislative Scrutiny: Health and Social Care Bill	HL 46/HC 303	HL 66/HC 379
9	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eighth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill	HL 50/HC 199	Cm 7344
10	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Ninth Report): Annual Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2008	HL 57/HC 356	Cm 7368
11	The Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres	HL 65/HC 378	HL 154/ HC 979
12	Government Response to the Committee's Third and Eighth Reports of Session 2007-08 : Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Health and Social Care Bill and 2) Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill	HL 66/HC 379
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
13	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07: The Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, HL 26/HC 247	HL 67/HC 380
14	Data Protection and Human Rights	HL 72/HC 132	HL 125/ HC 754
15	Legislative Scrutiny	HL 81/HC 440
16	Scrutiny of Mental Health Legislation: Follow Up	HL 86/HC 455	HL 174/HC 1079
17	Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Employment Bill; 2) Housing and Regeneration Bill; 3) Other Bills	HL 95/HC 501
18	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08: The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK, HL 38/HC 270	HL 103/HC 526
19	Legislative Scrutiny: Education and Skills Bill	HL 107/HC 553	HL 126/ HC 755
20	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill	HL 108/HC 554	HL 127/ HC 756
21	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eleventh Report): 42 Days and Public Emergencies	HL 116/HC 635	HL 127/ HC 756
22	Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2007-08: Data Protection and Human Rights, HL 72/HC 132	HL 125/HC 754
23	Legislative Scrutiny: Government Replies	HL 126/HC 755
24	Government Responses to the Committee's Twentieth and Twenty-first Reports and other correspondence Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights, HL 108/HC 554, HL 116/HC 635	HL 127/HC 756
25	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Twelfth Report): Annual Renewal of 28 Days 2008	HL 132/HC 825
26	Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill	HL 153/HC 950
27	Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report The Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres, HL 65/HC 378	HL 154/HC 979
28	UN Convention Against Torture: Discrepancies in Evidence Given to the Committee About the Use of Prohibited Interrogation Techniques in Iraq	HL 157/HC 527
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
29	A Bill of Rights for the UK?	HL 165-I & II HC 150-I & II
30	Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Thirteenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill	HL 172/HC 1077
31	Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgements: Annual Report 2008	HL 173/HC 1078
32	Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of Session 2007-08 Scrutiny of Mental Health Legislation, HL 86/HC 455	HL 174/HC 1079

Liaison Committee

Clerks: David Natzler & Robert Wilson

Members (31)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) (Chair)

Rt Hon James Arbuthnot (Con)	Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab)		Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (LD)
Sir Stuart Bell (Lab)		Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD)		Michael Connarty (Lab)
Sir Patrick Cormack (Con)		Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab)		Mr Frank Doran (Lab)
Mrs Louise Ellman (Lab/Co-op)	Dr Hywel Francis (Lab)		Mike Gapes (Lab)
Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con)		Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con)		Mr Edward Leigh (Con)
Peter Luff (Con)			Rt Hon John McFall (Lab)		Rosemary McKenna (Lab)
Rt Hon David Maclean (Con)		Andrew Miller (Lab)		Mr Terry Rooney (Lab)
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Lab)		Mr Barry Sheerman (Lab)		Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab)
Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab)		Mr John Whittingdale (Con)		Mr Phil Willis (LD)
Dr Tony Wright (Lab)		Mr Tim Yeo (Con)			Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) (died 17.04.08) 14.07.97 - 17.04.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Pre-appointment hearings by select committees	HC 384	HC 594
2	Parliament and Government Finance: Recreating Financial Scrutiny	HC 426	HC 1108
3	The work of committees in 2007	HC 427	HC 595

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 Pre-appointment hearings by select committees, HC 384	HC 594
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 The work of committees in 2007, HC 427	HC 595
No	Title	Paper No
3sp	Government and National Audit Office Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08 Parliament and Government Finance: Recreating Financial Scrutiny, HC 426	HC 1108
4sp	Planning Bill: Parliamentary Scrutiny of National Policy Statements	HC 1109
5sp	Modernisation of language in standing orders relating to select committees	HC 1110

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
13.12.07	The Prime Minister	HC 192-i	Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
03.07.08	The Prime Minister	HC 192-ii	Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP

Modernisation Committee

Clerks: David Natzler

Members (15)

Nominated: 13 July 2005

Ms Harriet Harman QC (Lab) (Chair)

Chris Bryant (Lab)		Ms Dawn Butler (Lab)		Ann Coffey (Lab)
Philip Davies (Con)		John Hemming (LD)		Mr George Howarth (Lab)
Simon Hughes (LD)	Mr Greg Knight (Con)		Mark Lazarowicz (Lab)
Mrs Theresa May (Con)	Mr Richard Shepherd (Con)		Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab)
Dr Howard Stoate (Lab)	Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Adrian Sanders (LD) 02.05.06 - 04.02.08

Mr Iain Wright (Lab) 07.12.06 - 01.07.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Scrutiny of the Draft Legislative Programme	HC 81	HC 597
2	Debating departmental objectives and annual reports	HC 530
3	Regional Accountability	HC 282

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08: Scrutiny of the Draft Legislative Programme, HC 81	HC 597

Procedure Committee

Clerks: Mrs Lynn Gardner & Miss Sara Howe

Members (13)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mr Greg Knight (Con) (Chair)

Ms Celia Barlow (Lab)	Mr Christopher Chope (Con)	Ms Katy Clark (Lab)
Mr Mark Field (Con)	Mr Roger Gale (Con)	Andrew Gwynne (Lab)
John Hemming (LD)	Mr Eric Illsley (Lab)	Mrs Siân C. James (Lab)
Rosemary McKenna (Lab)	Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab)	Sir Robert Smith (LD)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Rob Wilson (Con) 12.07.05 - 19.05.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	e-Petitions	HC 136

Public Accounts Committee

Clerks: Mr Etherton

Members (16)

Nominated: 16 July 2005

Mr Edward Leigh (Con) (Chair)

Mr Richard Bacon (Con)	Angela Browning (Con)		Mr Paul Burstow (LD)
Rt Hon David Curry (Con)	Mr Ian Davidson (Lab)		Mr Philip Dunne (Con)
Angela Eagle (Lab)		Nigel Griffiths (Lab)		Rt Hon Keith Hill (Lab)
Mr Austin Mitchell (Lab)	Dr John Pugh (LD)			Geraldine Smith (Lab)
Rt Hon Don Touhig (Lab)	Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab)		Phil Wilson (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Chris Bryant (Lab) 04.06.07 - 08.11.07			Ian Lucas (Lab) 04.06.07 - 08.11.07
John Healey (Lab) 20.07.05 - 19.11.07			Annette Brooke (LD) 24.04.06 - 28.01.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Department for International Development: Tackling rural poverty in developing countries	HC 172	Cm 7323
2	Department of Health: Prescribing costs in primary care	HC 173	Cm 7323
3	Building for the future: Sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate	HC 174	Cm 7323
4	Environment Agency: Building and maintaining river and coastal flood defences in England	HC 175	Cm 7323
5	Evasion of Vehicle Excise Duty	HC 227	Cm 7323
6	Improving Services and Support for People with Dementia	HC 228	Cm 7323
7	Excess Votes 2006-07	HC 299
8	Tax Credits and PAYE	HC 300	Cm 7365
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
9	Helping people from workless households into work	HC 301	Cm 7364
10	Staying the course: the retention of students on higher education courses	HC 322	Cm 7364
11	The compensation scheme for former Icelandic water trawlermen	HC 71	Cm 7364
12	Coal Health Compensation Schemes	HC 350	Cm 7364
13	Sustainable employment: supporting people to stay in work and advance	HC 131	Cm 7364
14	The budget for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games	HC 85	Cm 7365
15	The Pensions Regulator: Progress in establishing its new regulatory arrangements	HC 122	Cm 7365
16	Government on the Internet: Progress in delivering information and services online	HC 143	Cm 7366
17	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Managing Risk in the Overseas Territories	HC 176	Cm 7366
18	Improving corporate functions using shared services	HC 190	Cm 7366
19	BBC Procurement	HC 221	Cm 7366
20	HM Revenue and Customs: Helping individuals understand and complete their tax forms	HC 47	Cm 7366
21	The Carbon Trust: Accelerating the move to a low carbon economy	HC 157	Cm 7366
22	Improving the efficiency of central government's use of office property	HC 229	Cm 7366
23	Report on the NHS Summarised Accounts, 2006-07: Achieving Financial Balance	HC 267	Cm 7453
24	The privatisation of QinetiQ	HC 151	Cm 7453
25	The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre	HC 316	Cm 7453
26	Caring for Vulnerable Babies: The reorganisation of neonatal services in England	HC 390	Cm 7453
27	Department for International Development: Providing budget support for developing countries	HC 395	Cm 7453
28	Government preparations for digital switchover	HC 416	Cm 7453
29	A progress update in resolving the difficulties in administering the Single Payment Scheme in England	HC 285	Cm 7453
30	Management of large business Corporation Tax	HC 302
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
31	Progress in Tackling Benefit Fraud	HC 323	Cm 7453
32	Reducing the cost of complying with regulations: the delivery of the Administrative Burdens Reduction programme 2007	HC 363	Cm 7453
33	Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2007	HC 433	Cm 7453
34	Increasing employment rates for ethnic minorities	HC 472	Cm 7453
35	Housing Market Renewal: Pathfinders	HC 106	Cm 7453
36	HM Treasury: Making changes in operational PFI projects	HC 332
37	Ministry of Defence: Leaving the Services	HC 351	Cm 7453
38	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - Taking forward decommissioning	HC 370	Cm 7453
39	Preparing to deliver the 14-19 education reforms in England	HC 413
40	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Management of Expenditure	HC 447
41	NHS Pay Modernisation: New contracts for General Practice services in England	HC 463
42	Preparing for sporting success at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond	HC 477	Cm 7453
43	Managing financial resources to deliver better public services	HC 519
44	The roll-out of the Jobcentre Plus office network	HC 532
45	Reducing the risk of violent crime	HC 546
46	The procurement of the National Roads Telecommunications Services	HC 558
47	Meeting needs? The Offenders' Learning and Skills Service	HC 584
48	The supervision of community orders in England and Wales	HC 508
49	Making grants efficiently in the culture, media and sport sector	HC 641
50	Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games	HC 890	Cm 7453
51	Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office	HC 601
52	Protecting consumers? Removing price controls	HC 571
53	Reducing passenger rail delays by better management of incidents	HC 655
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
54	Compensating victims of violent crime	HC 251
55	HMRC: Tackling the hidden economy	HC 712
56	British Council: Achieving Impact	HC 814
57	Shared services in the Department for Transport and its agencies	HC 684

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Government response
1sp	The BBC's management of risk	HC 518	Cm 7366
2sp	Evasion of Vehicle Excise Duty	HC 557	Cm 7366
3sp	BBC Procurement: The BBC Trust's response to the Nineteenth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts	HC 1118

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
12.12.07	Loss of Data By HM Revenue & Customs	HC 200-i	Sir John Bourn KCB, Mr Tim Burr, and Miss Caroline Mawhood (NAO)
03.03.08	National Audit Office Supply Estimate 2008-09	HC 396-i	Mr Tim Burr, Mr Jim Rickleton, and Mr Phil Woodward (NAO)

Public Administration Select Committee

Clerks: Steven Mark & Ms Laura Dance

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Dr Tony Wright (Lab) (Chair)

Mr David Burrowes (Con)	Paul Flynn (Lab)		David Heyes (Lab)
Kelvin Hopkins (Lab)	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con)	Julie Morgan (Lab)
Mr Gordon Prentice (Lab)	Paul Rowen (LD)		Mr Charles Walker (Con)

Jenny Willott (LD)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Machinery of Government Changes: A follow-up Report	HC 160
2	Propriety and Peerages	HC 153
3	Parliament and public appointments: Pre-appointment hearings by select committees	HC 152	HC 515
4	Work of the Committee in 2007	HC 236	HC 458
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
5	When Citizens Complain	HC 409	HC 997
6	User Involvement in Public Services	HC 410	HC 998
7	Investigating the conduct of ministers	HC 381	HC 1056
8	Machinery of Government Changes: Further Report	HC 514
9	Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry	HC 473	HC 1060
10	Constitutional Renewal: Draft Bill and White Paper	HC 499
11	Public Services and the Third Sector: Rhetoric and Reality	HC 112-I & II	HC 1209
12	From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlement to Public Services	HC 411	HC 1147
13	Selection of a new Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission	HC 985
14	Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and Civil Servants	HC 664

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07 Ethics and Standards: The Regulation of Conduct in Public Life, HC 121.	HC 88
2sp	Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006-07 Skills for Government, HC 93	HC 89
3sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006-07 Machinery of Government Changes, HC 672	HC 90
4sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2005-06 The Publication of Political Memoirs, HC 689	HC 91
5sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 Work of the Committee in 2007, HC 236	HC 458
6sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 Parliament and public appointments: Preappointment hearings by select committees, HC 152	HC 515
7sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 When Citizens Complain, HC 409	HC 997
No	Title	Paper No
8sp	Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08 User Involvement in Public Services, HC 410	HC 998
9sp	Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 Investigating the conduct of ministers, HC 381	HC 1056
10sp	Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07 Politics and Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants, HC 122	HC 1057
11sp	Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry, HC 473	HC 1060
12sp	Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2007-08 From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services, HC 411	HC 1147
13sp	Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08 Public Services and the Third Sector: Rhetoric and Reality, HC 112	HC 1209

Oral and Written Evidence

Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
15.11.07	The Work of the Cabinet Office	HC 92-i	Sir Gus O'Donnell KCB (Home Civil Service)
10.01.08	Committee on Standards in Public Life	HC 218-i	Sir Christopher Kelly KCB (Committee on Standards in Public Life)
24.03.08	Public Services: Putting People First	HC 408	Mr Peter Wilkinson, Mr David Bell (DES) 22.05.07 Mr Pat McFadden MP, Mr Ian Watmore (Cabinet Office) 10.05.07 Professor Peter Beresford (Shaping Our Lives) Mr David Holmes (Mind), Mr Andrew Harrop (Age Concern) and Ms Liz Stone (Mencap) 26.04.07 Mr Bernard Herdan,(Identity and Passport Service) Professor Patrick Dunleavy (LSE) Mr Philip Cullum (NCC) 22.03.07 Mr Leigh Lewis CB (DWP) Mr Terry Moran, (Disability and Carers Service) 15.03.07 Mr Tom Steinberg (mySociety website), Mr Ross Ferguson (eDemocracy programme Hansard Society), Mr William Heath, and Ms Ruth Kennedy (Kable Ltd) 08.03.07 Mr Paul Gray CB (HMRC) 01.03.07 Ann Abraham (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) 18.01.07
Date	Title	Paper No	Witnesses
26.03.08	Political Campaigning by Charities	HC 451-i	Greg Clark MP, Mr Ian Leggett (People and Planet) and Mr Brian Lamb (RNID)
10.07.08	Official Statistics	HC 965-i	Mr Michael Fallon MP, Mr Simon Briscoe, Statistics Editor, Financial Times; and Ms Jill Leyland, Chair, RSS National Statistics
15.07.08	Data Handling Procedures in Government	HC 984-i	Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Sir Gus O'Donnell KCB, Cabinet Office, Mr John Fiennes, former Senior Civil Servant
08.12.08	Charities and Public Benefit	HC 663 i-v	Dame Suzi Leather, Mr Andrew Hind, Ms Rosie Chapman and Mr Kenneth Dibble (Charity Commission) 09.10.08. Mr David Mobbs (Nuffield Health) Ms Ruth Jarratt (Royal Opera House); and Mr Stephen Lloyd (Bates Wells & Braithwaite) 08.07.08 Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas (Independent Schools Council) Dr Anthony Seldon, (Wellington College) and Sir Simon Jenkins (author and columnist) 02.07.08 Mr Jon Benjamin (Board of Deputies of British Jews) Mr Don Horrocks (Evangelical Alliance) Mr David Pollock (British Humanist Association), Mr Stephen Slack (Archbishops' Council and the General Synod of the Church of England) and Ms Andrea Williams (Lawyers' Fellowship) 12.06.08
09.10.08	Charity Commission Annual Report	HC 1156-i	Dame Suzi Leather, Mr Andrew Hind, Ms Rosie Chapman, and Mr Kenneth Dibble, (Charity Commission)

Regulatory Reform Committee

Clerks: John Whatley

Members (14)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Andrew Miller (Lab) (Chair)

Gordon Banks (Lab)	Lorely Burt (LD)		Mr Quentin Davies (Lab)
Mr James Gray (Con)	John Hemming (LD)	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab)
Mr Stewart Jackson (Con)	Judy Mallaber (Lab)	Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab/Co-op)
Mr Mark Prisk (Con)	Mr Jamie Reed (Lab)	Mr Anthony Steen (Con)

Phil Wilson (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Lab) 12.07.05 - 26.11.07

Stephen Hammond (Con) 12.07.05 - 23.06.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2007	HC 135
2	Draft Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008	HC 398
3	Draft Legislative Reform (Consumer Credit) Order 2008	HC 939
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
4	Draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2008	HC 940
5	Getting Results: the Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda	HC 474-I & II	HC 1186
6	Draft Legislative Reform (Lloyd's) Order 2008	HC 1090
7	Draft Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008	HC 1185

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 Getting Results: the Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda, HC 474	HC 1186

Standards & Privileges Committee

Clerks: Mr Steve Priestley & Mrs Sarah Hartwell-Naguib

Members (10)

Nominated: 12 July 2005

Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt (Con) (Chair)

Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab)		Rt Hon David Curry (Con)		Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab)
Nick Harvey (LD)			Mr Elfyn Llwyd (PC)		Mr Chris Mullin (Lab)
The Hon Nicholas Soames (Con)	Mr Paddy Tipping (Lab)		Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Brian Jenkins (Lab) 12.07.05 - 12.11.07

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Conduct of Mr Elfyn Llwyd, Mr Adam Price, and Mr Hywel Williams	HC 94
2	Conduct of Mr Norman Baker, Mr Malcolm Bruce and Mr Sadiq Khan	HC 182
3	Publications funded from the Communications Allowance	HC 232
4	Conduct of Mr Derek Conway	HC 280
5	Conduct of Mr Peter Hain	HC 324
6	Employment of family members through the Staffing Allowance: Proposals for consultation	HC 383
7	Employment of family members through the Staffing Allowance	HC 436
8	The Complaints System and the Criminal Law	HC 523
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
9	Conduct of Mr Speaker	HC 559
10	Conduct of Mr George Osborne	HC 560
11	Conduct of Sir Robert Smith	HC 646
12	Conduct of Sir Nicholas and Lady Winterton	HC 744
13	Ending Dual Reporting of Donations: Interim Report	HC 989
14	Conduct of Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper	HC 1044
15	Additional Costs Allowance: Main Homes	HC 1127
16	Conduct of Mr Mark Hunter	HC 1128
17	Audit and Assurance of MPs' Allowances (Cm 7460)	HC 1138
18	Ms Dari Taylor	HC 1188
19	Use of pre-paid envelopes and official stationery	HC 1211
20	Premature disclosure of select committee papers	HC 1212

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

Clerks: John Whatley (Commons) Kath Kavanagh (Lords)

Members (14)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Appointed by the House of Commons 28 June 2005

David Maclean (Con) (Chair)

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Lab)	Mr Peter Bone (Con)		Michael Jabez Foster (Lab)
Mr David Kidney (Lab)		David Simpson (DU)

Appointed by the House of Lords 15 June 2005

Lord Brett (Lab)			Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con)	Lord Dykes (LD)
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)	Lord Kimball (Con)		Countess of Mar (CB)

Lord Walpole (CB)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr John MacDougall (Lab) (died 13.08.08) 28.06.05 - 13.08.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Drawing special attention to: Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2176); Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2325); Small Society Lotteries (Registration of Non-Commercial Societies) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2328)	HL 6/HC 38-i
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
2	Drawing special attention to: Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2734); European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2781); Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.17) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2874)	HL 10/HC 38-ii
3	Drawing special attention to: Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2359) Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2470)	HL 15/HC 38-iii
4	Drawing special attention to: Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3248); Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 3) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3338); Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/286); Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3133)	HL 22/HC 38-iv
5	Drawing special attention to: Draft Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2007. Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) (Amendment No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3169)	HL 25/HC 38-v
6	Drawing special attention to: Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3277)	HL 35/HC 38-vi
7	Drawing special attention to: Consumer Credit Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3300) Biofuels and Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3307)	HL 41/HC 38-vii
8	Drawing special attention to: Draft Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008 Draft Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008 Draft Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008 Grants for Fishing and Aquaculture Industries Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3284) Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3390) Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3460)	HL 47/HC 38-viii
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
9	Drawing special attention to: Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 18) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3340) Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3521) Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3552) Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3579) Police Pension (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.R. 2007/476)	HL 53/HC 38-ix
10	Drawing special attention to: Immigration and Police (Passenger, Crew and Service Information) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/5) Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/37)	HL 61/HC 38x
11	Drawing special attention to: Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 13) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2706) Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/117)	HL 68/HC 38xi
12	Drawing special attention to: Draft Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008 Criminal Appeal (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/23)	HL 71/HC 38xii
13	Drawing special attention to: School Finance (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/228)	HL 77/HC 38xiii
14	Drawing special attention to: Draft Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008	HL 83/HC 38-xiv
15	Drawing special attention to: Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/238) Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/239) Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/408)	HL 87/HC 38-xv
16	Sixteenth Report of Session 2007-08	HL 91/HC 38-xvi
17	Drawing special attention to: Medical Devices (Fees Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/530) Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.I. 2008/542) Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/587) Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/635)	HL 101 & HC 38-xvii
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
18	Drawing special attention to: Companies (Defective Accounts and Directors' Reports) (Authorised Person) and Supervision of Accounts and Reports (Prescribed Body) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/623) Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No.2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/695)	HL 104 / HC 38-xviii
19	Nineteenth Report of Session 2007-08	HL 110 / HC 38-xix
20	Twentieth Report of Session 2007-08	HL 115 / HC 38-xx
21	Drawing special attention to Draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2008 Bathing Water Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1097); Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan (Publication and Provision of Information) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1159); Discretionary Housing Payment (Grants) Amendment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1167); Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1184); Primary Ophthalmic Services (S.I. 2008/1186); Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1190)	HL 121 / HC 38-xxi
22	Twenty-second Report of Session 2007-08	HL 128/HC 38-xxii
23	Twenty-third Report of Session 2007-08	HL 134/HC 38-xxiii
24	Drawing special attention to: Technology Strategy Board (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2008 (S.I.2008/1405)	HL 138/HC 38-xxiv
25	Twenty-fifth Report of Session 2007-08	HL 149/HC 38-xxv
26	Twenty-sixth Report of Session 2007-08	HL 158/HC 38-xxvi
27	Twenty-seventh Report of Session 2007-08	HL 180 & HC 38-xxvii
28	Twenty-eighth Report of Session 2007-08	HL 182 & HC 38-xxviii
29	Drawing special attention to: South Staffordshire College (Government) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1734) Rochdale Sixth Form College (Government) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1790); Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1803); Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1900)	HL 188/HC 38-xxix
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
30	Drawing special attention to: Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2076); Primary Ophthalmic Services and National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2449)	HL 192/HC 38-xxx
31	Drawing special attention to: Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2169) Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2260); Gas and Electricity Regulated Providers (Redress Scheme) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2268); Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2270) Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2363)	HL 196/HC 38-xxxi
32	Thirty-second Report of Session 2007-08	HL 201/HC 38-xxxii

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Government Response to the Committee's First Special Report of Session 2006-07: Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, 2006, HL 153/HC 917	HL 92/HC 476
2sp	Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, 2007	HL 139/HC 915

Statutory Instruments (Select Committee on Statutory Instruments)

Clerks: John Whatley

Members (7)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

David Maclean (Con) (Chair)

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Lab)		Mr Peter Bone (Con)	Michael Jabez Foster (Lab)
Mr David Kidney (Lab)			David Simpson (DU)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr John MacDougall (Lab) (died 13.08.08) 28.06.05 - 13.08.08

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Drawing special attention to: Individual Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2119)	HC 39-i
2	Drawing special attention to: Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Member Payments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3532)	HC 39-ii
No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
3	Drawing special attention to: Income Tax (Purchased Life Annuities) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/562) Individual Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/704)	HC 39-iii
4	Fourth Report of Session 2007-08	HC 39-iv
5	Drawing Special attention to: Income Tax (Qualifying Child Care) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2170)	HC 39-v
6	Sixth Report of Session 2007-08	HC 39-vi

Tax Law Rewrite Bills

Clerks: Hannah Weston (Commons) Emily Bladock (Lords)

Members (13)

Nominated: 13 July 2005

Appointed by the House of Commons 29 November 2005

Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC (Con) (Chair)

Mr Colin Breed (LD)		Mr Quentin Davies (Lab)		Mr John Healey (Lab)
Kali Mountford (Lab)		Mr Andy Reed (Lab)		Peter Viggers (Con)

Appointed by the House of Lords 29 November 2005

Lord Blackwell (Con)		Lord Christopher (Lab)		Lord Goodhart (LD)
Lord Haskel (Lab)			Rt Hon Lord Millett (CB)		Lord Newton of Braintree (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08:

Mr Nick Clegg (LD) 29.11.05 - 19.05.08

Section C - Part 4

National Audit Office and Northern Ireland Audit Office

National Audit Office and Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) reports are, in many cases, the forerunners of Public Accounts Committee inquiries. Their publication is noted in the Weekly Information Bulletin and a list of titles and House of Commons Paper numbers of all reports published during 2007-08 Session are listed here. Copies are available from the Stationery Office.

Title	Paper No	Public Accounts Cttee Report No

Department for Communities and Local Government. Housing Market Renewal.	HC 20	HC 106
Home Office. The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre.	HC 19	HC 316
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: managing risk in the overseas territories.	HC 4	HC 176
Local labour market analysis.	HC 33
Sustainable employment: supporting people to stay in work and advance.	HC 32	HC 131
The BBC's preparedness for digital switchover. Review by the Comptroller and Auditor General presented to the BBC Trust Finance and Strategy Committee.	UC 2
The Carbon Trust: accelerating the move to a low carbon economy.	HC 7	HC 157
Privatisation of QinetiQ.	HC 52	HC 151
Improving corporate functions using shared services.	HC 9	HC 190
Improving the efficiency of central government's office property.	HC 8	HC 229
Ministry of Defence: major projects report 2007. Report in 3 volumes by the Comptroller and Auditor General.	HC 98	HC 433
Helping people through mental health crisis: the role of crisis resolution and home treatment services.	HC 5
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Payments Agency: a progress update in resolving the difficulties in administering the single payment scheme in England.	HC 10	HC 285
Partnering for success: preparing to deliver the 14-19 education reforms in England.	HC 99	HC 413
Report on the NHS summarised accounts 2006-07: achieving financial balance, and II) NHS (England) summarised accounts 2006-2007: summarised accounts of strategic health authorities, primary care trust and NHS trusts in England for 2006-07.	HC 129	HC 267
Compensating victims of violent crime.	HC 100	HC 251
BBC procurement. Review by the Comptroller and Auditor General presented to the BBC Trust's Finance and Strategy Committee.	UC 8	HC 221
Caring for vulnerable babies: the reorganisation of neonatal services in England.	HC 101	HC 390
Fourth validation compendium report in 2 volumes.	HC 22
Department for Transport: Electronic delivery service delivery in the driver, vehicle and operator agencies in Great Britain.	HC 204
Making changes in operational PFI projects.	HC 205	HC 332
Department for Work and Pensions: Progress in tackling benefit fraud.	HC 102	HC 323
Releasing resources to the frontline: the Department of Health's review of its arms-length bodies.	HC 237
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: taking forward decommissioning.	HC 238	HC 370
National Probation Service: the supervision of community orders in England and Wales.	HC 203	HC 508
Department for Work and Pensions: increasing employment rates for ethnic minorities.	HC 206	HC 472
Department for International Development: Providing budget support to developing countries.	HC 6	HC 395
Title	Paper No	Public Accounts Cttee Report No

Managing financial resources to deliver better public services.	HC 240	HC 519
Home Office: reducing the risk of violent crime.	HC 241	HC 546
The roll-out of the Jobcentre Plus office network.	HC 346	HC 532
NHS pay modernisation: new contracts for general practice services in England.	HC 307	HC 463
Preparations for digital switchover.	HC 306	HC 416
Ministry of Justice: Protecting the public - the work of the Parole Board.	HC 239
Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: management of expenditure.	HC 309	HC 447
Meeting needs? The Offenders' Learning and Skills Service.	HC 310	HC 584
Reducing passenger delays by better management of incidents.	HC 308	HC 655
Audit of assumptions for the 2008 Budget.	HC 345
Preparing for sporting success at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and beyond.	HC 434	HC 477
Financial reporting and financial management. General report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.	HC 417
Protecting consumers? Removing retail price controls.	HC 342	HC 571
HM Revenue and Customs: tackling the hidden economy.	HC 341	HC 712
The procurement of the National Roads Telecommunications Service.	HC 340	HC 558
Financial management in the European Union.	HC 480
National programme for IT in the NHS: progress since 2006 and project progress reports. Report in 2 volumes by the Comptroller and Auditor General.	HC 484	HC 153 (08-09)
Making grants efficiently in the culture, media and sport sector.	HC 339	HC 641
Shared services in the Department for Transport and its agencies.	HC 481	HC 684
Ministry of Defence: Chinook Mk3 helicopters.	HC 512
Skills for life: progress in improving adult literacy and numeracy.	HC 482	HC 154 (08-09)
The British Council: achieving impact.	HC 625	HC 814
National Audit Office resource accounts for 2007-08.	HC 679
Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: progress report June 2008.	HC 490	HC 890
Ministry of Defence: Hercules C-130 tactical fixed-wing airlift capability.	HC 627
Widening participation in higher education.	HC 725
Programmes to reduce household energy consumption.	HC 787
Ministry of Defence: the Defence Information Infrastructure.	HC 788	HC 100 (08-09)
Renewing the physical infrastructure of English further education colleges.	HC 924
Regeneration of the Greenwich peninsula: a progress report.	HC 338
HM Revenue and Customs transformation programme.	HC 930
Department for Work and Pensions: handling customer complaints.	HC 995
Procurement of goods and services by HM Prison Service.	HC 943
The administrative burdens reduction programme 2008.	HC 944
Feeding back? Learning from complaints handling in health and social care.	HC 853
Regulating the security industry.	HC 1036
Department for International Development: operating in insecure environments.	HC 1048
Department for Transport: letting rail franchises 2005-2007.	HC 1047
Parliament and Government finance: recreating financial scrutiny. House of Commons Liaison Committee third special report - government and National Audit Office responses to the Committee's second report of session 2007-08 (HC 426).	HC 1108
Department of Health: reducing alcohol harm: health services in England for alcohol misuse.	HC 1049
Title	Paper No	Public Accounts Cttee Report No

Allocation and management of risk in Ministry of Defence PFI projects.	HC 343
New Dimension - enhancing the Fire and Rescue Services' capacity to respond to terrorist and other large-scale incidents.	HC 1050
Ministry of Defence: the United Kingdom's future nuclear deterrent capacity.	HC 1115
Programmes to reduce household energy consumption.	HC 1164
HM Revenue and Customs: the control and facilitation of imports.	HC 942
The Independent Police Complaints Commission.	HC 1035
Department for Children, Schools and Families: mathematics performance in primary schools: getting the best results.	HC 1151
HM Revenue and Customs: management of tax debt.	HC 1152
Natural England's role in improving Sites of Special Scientific Interest.	HC 1051
Audit of assumptions for the 2008 Pre-Budget Report.	HC 1150
End of life care.	HC 1043

Section C - Part 5

Other Committees

Advisory Committee on Works of Art

Clerks: Miss Welfoot

Members (11)

Nominated: 11 July 2005

Mr Hugo Swire (Con) (Chairman)	Mr Peter Ainsworth (Con)		Frank Doran (Lab)
Lady Hermon (UUP)		Anne Main (Con)			Judy Mallaber (Lab)
Brooks Newmark (Con)		Christine Russell (Lab)		John Thurso (LD)
Peter Wishart (SNP)		Derek Wyatt (Lab)

Advisory Panel on Members' Allowances

Clerks: Nick Wright

Members (7)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Rt Hon John Spellar (Lab) (Chair)

Alistair Carmichael (LD)		Helen Goodman (LD)		Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con)
Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab/Co-op)	Kali Mountford (Lab)		John Randall (Con)

Chairmen's Panel

Clerks: Mr Doig

Members (34)

Nominated: 24 May 2005

Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)

Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)

Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)

Mr David Amess (Con)	Janet Anderson (Lab)	Mr Peter Atkinson (Con)
Hugh Bayley (Lab)		Miss Anne Begg (Lab)	Mr Joe Benton (Lab)
John Bercow (Con)		Sir John Butterfill (Con)	Mr Martin Caton (Lab)
Mr Christopher Chope (Con)	Frank Cook (Lab)		John Cummings (Lab)
Mrs Janet Dean (Lab)	Mr Roger Gale (Con)	Mr Mike Hancock CBE (LD)
Mr Jim Hood (Lab)		Mrs Joan Humble (Lab)	Mr Eric Illsley (Lab)
Mr Martyn Jones (Lab)	Robert Key (Con)		Mr Eric Martlew (Lab)
Mr Edward O'Hara (Lab)	Mr Bill Olner (Lab)	Mr Greg Pope (Lab)
David Taylor (Lab/Co-op)	Joan Walley (Lab)		Mr Mike Weir (SNP)
Hywel Williams (PC)	Mr David Wilshire (Con)
Ann Winterton (Con)	Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con)

Ecclesiastical Committee

Clerks: Mr T Mohan

Members (30)

Lord Lloyd of Berwick (CB) (Chair)

Lord Davies of Coity (Lab)		Lord Elton (Con)			Lord Judd (Lab)
Lord Laming (CB)			Baroness Massey of Darwen (Lab)	Lord Newby (LD)
Baroness Perry of Southwark (Con)	Lord Pilkington of Oxenford (Con)	Baroness Rendell of Babergh (Lab)
Lord Shaw of Northstead (Con)	Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)	Lord Walpole (CB)
Baroness Wilcox (CB)		Lord Williams of Elvel (Lab)

Sir Stuart Bell (Second Church Estates Commissioner) (Lab)

Peter Bottomley (Con)	Ben Chapman (Lab)	Sir Patrick Cormack (Con)
Mr David Drew (Lab)	Mr Frank Field (Lab)	Mr John Gummer (Con)
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab)	Simon Hughes (LD)	Robert Key (Con)
Mr Gordon Marsden (Lab)	Mr Desmond Swayne (Con)	David Taylor (Lab)

Steve Webb (LD)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
	Church of England Marriage Measure	HL Paper 96-I
	225th Report, upon the Church of England Marriage Measure	HC Paper 510; HL Paper 96-II

Intelligence and Security Committee,

Clerks: Contact Cabinet Office

Members (9)

Rt Hon Margaret Beckett (Lab) (Chair)

Rt Hon Michael Ancram, Earl of QC Devizes (Con)	Ben Chapman Wirral (Lab)
Rt Hon George Howarth (Lab)		Rt Hon Michael Mates (Con)
Sir Menzies Campbell (Lib)			Richard Ottaway (Con)
Ms Dari Taylor (Lab)			Rt Hon Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab/Co-op)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (LD)

11.07.05 - 24.11.08

Joint Committee on Security

Clerks: Mr Wilson (Commons) and Ms Brooke (Lords)

Members (12)

Appointed by Mr Speaker

Rt Hon Nick Brown (Lab) (Chairman)

Mr Paul Burstow (LD)		Ann Coffey (Lab)			Rt Hon David Maclean (Con)
Mr Edward O'Hara (Lab)		Mr Andrew Robathan (Con)

Appointed by the House Committee of the House of Lords

Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Con)

Rt Hon Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab)	Baroness D'Souza (CB)		Lord Peston (Lab)
Lord Shutt of Greetland (LD)		Rt Hon Lord Wakeham (Con)

Members Estimate Committee

Clerks: Andrew Kennon

Members (6)

Rt Hon Michael J Martin (Speaker)	Sir Stuart Bell (Lab)		Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC (Lab)
Nick Harvey (LD)			Rt Hon David Maclean (Con)		Rt Hon Theresa May (Con)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Review of Members' Allowances: Threshold for receipts	HC 415
2	Review of Members' Allowances: Issues	HC 464
3	Review of Allowances	HC 578-I & II

Special Reports

No	Title	Paper No
1sp	Review of Members' Allowances	HC 368

Members Estimate Audit Committee

Clerks: Andrew Kennon

Members (4)

Rt. Hon. Theresa May (Con) (Chairman)

Nick Harvey (Con)

Sir Thomas Legg KCB QC (external member)

David Taylor FCA (external member)

Membership of Speaker's Committee

Clerks: Steve Priestley

Members (9)

Nominated: 28 June 2005

Rt Hon Michael J. Martin (Speaker) (Chairman)

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (LD)		John Healey (Lab)	Lady Sylvia Hermon (DUU)
Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman (Lab)	Mr Humfrey Malins (Con)	Rt Hon Jack Straw (Lab)
Mr Gary Streeter (Con)		Sir Peter Viggers (Con)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
1	Appointment of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission	HC 961
2	Work of the Committee in 2008	HC 109
3	Third Report 2007	HC 288

Public Accounts Commission

Clerks: Dorian Gerhold

Members (9)

Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) (Chair)

Mr Richard Bacon (Con)	Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP (ex officio as Leader of the House) (Lab)
Mr Edward Leigh MP (ex officio as Chairman of the PAC) (Con)	Dr William McCrea (DU)
Mr John McFall (Lab)	Mr Austin Mitchell (Lab)	Dr Nick Palmer (Lab)

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Con)

Reports

No	Title	Paper No	Govt reply
14	Review of the National Audit Office's Corporate Governance	HC 328
15	Corporate Governance of the National Audit Office: Response to John Tiner's Review	HC 402
16	Draft clauses on the corporate governance of the National Audit Office	HC 1027

Unopposed Bills (Panel)

Clerks: Mr Whatley

Members (19)

Nominated: 19 October 2005

Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)

Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)

Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio)

John Austin (Lab)		Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op)	Gordon Banks (Lab)
Peter Bottomley (Con)	Sir John Butterfill (Con)		Colin Challen (Lab)
Paul Farrelly (Lab)		Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab)		Helen Jones (Lab)
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)	John Mann (Lab)			Sir Robert Smith (LD)
Sir Peter Tapsell (Con)	Jon Trickett (Lab)			Mr Robert Walter (Con)

Ann Winterton (Con)

Selection

Clerks: Contact

Members (9)

Nominated: 13 July 2005

Rosemary McKenna (Lab) (Chairman)	Alistair Burt (Con)		Tony Cunningham (Lab)
Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab)	Mr Andrew Robathan (Con)	Mr Frank Roy (Lab)
Mr Adrian Sanders (LD)		Claire Ward (Lab)		Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con)

Former Members of the Committee in Session 2007-08

Liz Blackman (Lab) 04.07.07 - 08.10.08

Mr Nicholas Brown (Lab) 12.07.07 - 27.10.08

Mr Alan Campbell (Lab) 10.05.06 - 08.10.08

Section C - Part 6

'Matters' Discussed by Grand Committees

Scottish Grand Committee

Since its establishment in 1957 the powers and functions of this committee have changed. New current arrangements were agreed by the House in 1994 and enhanced in December 1995. To reflect these arrangements this Section now includes the full details of the business dealt with at each sitting. Further information can be found in Factsheet P8: Scottish and Welsh Business in the House of Commons.

Date and Location	Chairmen	Business
None

Welsh Grand Committee

Since its establishment in 1959/60 the functions of the committee have changed. The current arrangements were agreed by the House in March 1996. This Section will reflect these changes. Further information can be found in Factsheet P8: Scottish and Welsh Business in the House of Commons.

Date	Chairmen	Business
12.12.07 (Morning)	Mr. Martin Caton	Government's Legislative Programme
12.12.07 (Afternoon)	Mr. Martin Caton	Government's Legislative Programme
26.03.08 (Morning)	Mr. Martin Caton	Budget Statement
26.03.08 (Afternoon)	Mr. Martin Caton	Budget Statement
18.06.08 (Morning)	Mr. Peter Atkinson	Future of Energy in Wales
18.06.08 (Afternoon)	Mr. Peter Atkinson	Future of Energy in Wales

Northern Ireland Grand Committee

Established in 1975, the Committee's powers and functions were enhanced in March 1997 and brought into line with the Scottish and Welsh Grand Committees. See House of Commons Standing Orders 109-116.

Date	Chairmen	Business
17.06.08	Dr. William McCrea	Risk Assessment and Management of Sex Offenders
18.11.08	Mr. Peter Atkinson	Organised Crime

Section C - Part 7

European Document Committees

The European Committees (EC) are lettered A, B and C and consider matters referred to them by the House. Chairmen and members are appointed for consideration of individual documents. For further details see Factsheet L11 available from the House of Commons Information Office. Committees A, B and C deal with matters within the responsibilities of different Departments. The list is as follows:

EC A:	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Environment, Transport and the Regions; Forestry Commission (and analogous) responsibilities of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices)
EC B:	HM Treasury (including Customs and Excise); Social Security; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Lord Chancellor's Department; together with any matters not otherwise allocated by SO No 119
EC C:	Trade and Industry; Education and Employment; Culture, Media and Sport

EC A

Documents Discussed

Date	Chairman	Document No and Subject
20.11.07	John Bercow	Emissions from Road Transport and Inland Waterways (6145/07 and Addenda 1 and 2)
26.11.07	Mr Greg Pope	Global navigation satellite system and the European Institute of Technology (13112/07 and Addendum 1, 13113/07 and 13237/1/07)
04.02.08	Frank Cook	Freight transport (14277/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, 14175/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, 14165/07 and 14266/07 and Addenda 1 and 2)
25.02.08	Mr Joe Benton	CAP "Health Check" (15351/07)
31.03.08	Mr Eric Illsley	Fisheries: control, inspection and sanction systems (16071/07)
22.04.08	Mr Peter Atkinson	Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2020 and Review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (5849/08 and Addenda 1 and 5862/08 and Addenda 1 to 3)
15.07.08	Mr Joe Benton	Emissions from heavy duty vehicles (5127/08 and Addenda 1 and 2)
07.10.08	Mr Joe Benton	Aviation Safety and the Single European Sky (11285/08 and Addenda 1& 2, 11323/08 and Addenda 1 & 2, 11325/08 and 11347/08 & Addendum 1)
13.10.08	Mrs Joan Humble	Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Cars and Light Commercial Vehicles (5089/08 and Addenda 1 and 2)
20.10.08	Mr Christopher Chope	CAP 'Health Check' and community action on rising food prices. (9656/08 & Addenda 1 and 2 and 9923/08)

EC B

Documents Discussed

Date	Chairman	Document No and Subject
11.12.07	John Cummings	Funding of political parties (11559/07)
22.01.08	Mr Peter Atkinson	The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (COM (2007) 598)
28.01.08	Mr Edward O'Hara	Financial Management (11724/07 and Addenda 1 and 2) plus unnumbered motion documents on the European Anti-Fraud Office report: Seventh Activity Report 2006, 13117/07 and relating to the European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2006 and Addendum 1 and 13118/07 and Addendum 1)
10.03.08	Frank Cook	European defence equipment market and European Defence Agency (14937/07, 15413/07 and 16682/07 and Addenda 1 and 2)
17.03.08	Ann Winterton	Economic migration to the EU (14490/07 and Addenda 1 and 2 and 14491/07 and Addenda 1 and 2)
29.04.08	Mr David Wilshire	Interim political agreement on co-operation between the European Union and its member states and the Republic of Serbia (15616/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, 15690/07 and Addenda 1 and 2 and Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum)
29.04.08	Mr David Wilshire	The Accession Process in the Western Balkans (14993/07, 14995/07, 14996/07, 14997/07, 14999/07 and 15001/07)
12.05.08	Mr Martyn Jones	Financial Management (7210/08 and Addendum 1)
09.06.08	Mr Peter Atkinson	The EU - a Global Partner for the Development-Speeding up process towards the Millennium Development Goals (8403/08 and Addenda 1 to 5)
23.06.08	John Bercow	Diplomatic and Consular Protection of Union Citizens in Third Countries (5947/08 and Addenda 1 and 2)
30.06.08	John Bercow	Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum, dated 2 June 2007, relating to the Preliminary Draft Budget of the European Communities 2009
14.07.08	Mr David Wilshire	Financial Services (6996/08)
27.10.08	Mr Greg Pope	Relations between the EU and the Overseas Countries and Territories (11238/08 and Addendum 1)
17.11.08	Robert Key	Debate Europe and Communicating Europe in Partnership
24.11.08	Mrs Janet Dean	Defence and Security Procurement
25.11.08	John Bercow	Financial Services (12149/08 and Addenda 1 and 2, 13713/08 and Addenda 1 and 2 and 14317/08)

EC C

Documents Discussed

Date	Chairman	Document No and Subject
05.02.08	Mr Bill Olner	Regulation of electricity and gas (13043/07, 13045/07, 13212/07, 13219/07, 13046/07, 13048/07 and 13049/07)
18.03.08	Mr Eric Martlew	Electronic Communications Networks and Services (15371/07)
25.03.08	Mr Martyn Jones	Insolvency and second chances (13832/07)
13.05.08	Mr Joe Benton	Carbon Capture and Storage (5835/08 and Addenda 1 and 2)
21.10.08	Mr Eric Martlew	Cross-Border Healthcare (11327/08 and Addendum 1 and 11307/08 and Addenda 1, 2 and 3)
04.11.08	David Taylor	Facing the challenges of higher oil prices



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