Select Committees

A complete list of Select Committee membership and a Factsheet (P2) on the work of Select Committees is available on request from the House of Commons Information Office. The list and Factsheet are also on the Parliament website at:

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm

An index to the Select Committee home pages together with links to further pages containing information about their work and publications is on the Parliament website at:

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm

Membership:

Administration Committee:

Mr Thomas McAvoy discharged; Claire Ward added.

Finance and Services Committee:

Mr Crispin Blunt and Mr Thomas McAvoy discharged; Mr Brooks Newmark and Mr John Spellar added.

Public Accounts Committee:

Mr Philip Dunne discharged; Mr Douglas Carswell added.

Treasury Committee:

Mr Stephen Crabb discharged; Mr Andrew Tyrie added

Members' Allowances Committee:

Appointed by the House on 9th February 2009:

Chairman: Mr Don Touhig

Liz Blackman	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Mr Nigel Dodds	Mr Michael Jack
Mr Thomas McAvoy	Dan Norris	Mr John Randall

Select Committee Meetings
9 - 13 February 2009

Monday 9 February

Children, Schools and Families
Subject: The Work of Ofsted.
Witnesses: Christine Gilbert CBE, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills.

Work and Pensions
Subject: Equality Bill: What steps should DWP take to achieve greater equality?
Witnesses: Kitty Ussher MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Work and Pensions and Maria Eagle MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office.

Innovation, Universities and Skills Sub Committee
Subject: Students and Universities.
Witnesses: National Union of Students, and Birkbeck Students' Union; Panel of students; Panel of students.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: Flooding: the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review.
Witnesses: Sir Michael Pitt, Chair of the "Learning Lessons from the 2007 Floods Review".

Public Accounts
Subject: Natural England's Role in Improving the Condition of Sites of Specific Scientific Interest.
Witnesses: Dr Helen Phillips, Chief Executive, and Dr Tim Hill, Director of Regulatory Services and Access, Natural England, and Peter Unwin, Director General, Natural Environment Group, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Communities and Local Government
Subject: Local Authority Investments.
Witnesses: Building Societies Association, and Investment Management Association; Audit Commission; Rt Hon John Healey MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Tuesday 10 February

Treasury
Subject: Banking Crisis.
Witnesses: Sir Fred Goodwin, Sir Tom McKillop, Andy Hornby and Lord Stevenson of Coddenham.

Environmental Audit
Subject: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation.
Witnesses: Barry Gardiner MP, Senior Commission Member, Ian Johnson, Chairman, International Commission on Land Use Change & Ecosystems, GLOBE International.

International Development
Subject: Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate.
Witnesses: Jonathan Mitchell, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, Victoria Johnson, New Economics Foundation, Murray Simpson, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, and Gillian Cooper, Tourism Concern; Dr. Tom MacMillan, Executive Director, and Paul Steedman, Research Fellow, Food Ethics Council, and Timothy Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University London.

Home Affairs
Subject: (i) Managing Migration: Points-Based System; (ii) Policing Process of Home Office Leak Inquiries.
Witnesses: (i)Linda Allen, Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner, and Stephen Seymour, Director of Operations, Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner; Des Hudson, Chief Executive, The Law Society of England and Wales, and Sarah Lee, Partner, Slaughter and May (at 11:00am); (ii) Assistant Commissioner Robert Quick QPM, Special Operations, Metropolitan Police Service.

Public Administration
Subject: Committee on Standards in Public Life/Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall.
Witnesses: Sir Christopher Kelly KCB and Dr Brian Woods-Scawen, Committee on Standards in Public Life.

Justice
Subject: The work of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Witnesses: David Green QC, Director, Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office and Peter McNaught, Head of Litigation and Enforcement Team, Health and Safety Executive; Stephen Wooler CB, Chief Inspector, Sally Hobbs, Deputy Chief Inspector and Jerry Hyde CBE, Deputy Chief Inspector, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.

Wednesday 11 February

Energy and Climate Change
Subject: Energy prices and future investment.
Witnesses: Phil Bentley, Managing Director, British Gas, Centrica, Martin Lawrence, Managing Director, Energy Sourcing and Customer Supply, EDF Energy, Jim Macdonald, Commercial Director, Retail, E.ON UK, Guy Johnson, Director of Regulation, RWE npower, Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Energy and Nick Horler, Chief Executive, Scottish Power.

Public Administration
Subject: Equitable Life.
Witnesses: Ian Pearson MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury.

Scottish Affairs
Subject: Commission on Scottish Devolution.
Witnesses: Sir Kenneth Calman KCB DL, Chairman, Commission on Scottish Devolution.

European Scrutiny
Subject: Recent Scrutiny Performance by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Witnesses: Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Foreign Affairs
Subject: Global Security: Middle East (Gaza).
Witnesses: Dr Hani Albasoos, Palestinian Institute for the Study of Conflict Resolution and Governance, Ms Nomi Bar-Yaacov, Adviser on Middle Eastern Affairs, and Dr Ahron Bregman, King's College London; Professor Iain Scobbie, School of Oriental and African Studies

Treasury
Subject: Banking Crisis.
Witnesses: Eric Daniels, Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group, John Varley, Group Chief Executive, Barclays, Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive, Royal Bank of Scotland, Antonio Horta-Osorio, Chief Executive, Abbey Bank, and Paul Thurston, UK Managing Director, HSBC.

Transport
Subject: Taxes and charges on road users.
Witnesses: Royal Dutch Touring Club and German CBI; Paul Clark MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Department for Transport, and Angela Eagle MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury.

Northern Ireland Affairs
Subject: Cross border co-operation.
Witnesses: Paul Goggins MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office.

Public Accounts
Subject: Hearing with the Comptroller and Auditor General Designate.
Witnesses: Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General Designate.

Thursday 12 February

Health
Subject: Top-up Fees
Witnesses: Professor Christopher McCabe, Chair in Health Economics, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, and Director of the Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds, and Professor James Raftery, Professor of Health Technology, University of Southampton; Professor Mike Richards CBE, National Clinical Director for Cancer, Dr Felicity Harvey, Head of Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry Group, and Una O'Brien, Director General for Policy and Strategy, Department of Health, and Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Liaison
Witnesses: Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister

Home Affairs Sub-committee
Subject: Project Contest
Witnesses: Assistant Commissioner Robert Quick QPM, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, Metropolitan Police Service, and Chair of ACPO Terrorism and Allied Matters Business Area

Friday 13 February

None

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings

23 - 27 February 2009

Monday 23 February

Business and Enterprise Subject: Exporting out of recession Witnesses: Lord Jones of Birmingham	2:30pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Public Accounts Subject: Building Schools for the future Witnesses: David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Tim Byles, Chief Executive, Partnerships for Schools	4:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Tuesday 24 February

Environmental Audit Subject: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation Witnesses: Tom Griffiths, Forest Peoples Programme; Saskia Ozinga, Fern; Fiona Watson, Survival International	10:20am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Business and Enterprise Subject: Post Offices - securing their future Witnesses: Postcomm and Royal Mail	10:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Defence Subject: Russia: A new confrontation? Witnesses: Edward Lucas, correspondent at the Economist and author of 'The New Cold War' and Professor Margot Light, Professor Emeritus, International Relations Department, London School of Economics; James Sherr, Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House (at 11:10am)	10:30am	Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Welsh Affairs Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales Witnesses: Birmingham International Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport	10:30am	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Press standards, privacy and libel Witnesses: tbc	10:30am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Home Affairs Subject: Knife Crime Witnesses: Howard League for Penal Reform; My Generation	10:45am	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: UK Bill of Rights and the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Witnesses: The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission	1:45pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Justice Subject: The work of the Crown Prosecution Service Witnesses: Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, and Peter Lewis, Chief Executive, Crown Prosecution Service	4:15pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Wednesday 25 February

Justice Subject: Legal Services Board Witnesses: David Edmonds, Chairman, and Chris Kenny, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board	9:15am	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Innovation, Universities and Skills Sub Committee Subject: Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy Witnesses: Professor David Fisk, Imperial College London; Professor Lord John Krebs, University of Oxford; Professor Lord Martin Rees, President, Royal Society; Professor Julia King, Aston University; Dr Tim Bradshaw, Confederation of British Industry; Professor Dame Janet Finch, Council for Science and Technology; and Judy Britton, Government Office for Science, DIUS	9:30am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Treasury Subject: Banking Crisis Witnesses: Hector Sants, Chief Executive, Lord Turner, Chairman, and Dr Thomas Huertas, Director of Wholesale Firms Division, Financial Services Authority, and Loretta Minghella, Chief Executive, Financial Services Compensation Scheme	2:30pm	The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Transport Subject: Rail Fares and Franchises Witnesses: Lord Adonis, Minister of State, Department for Transport	2:45pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Security: Afghanistan Witnesses: Colonel Christopher Langton, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Professor Theo Farrell, King's College London; Dr Shaun Gregory, University of Bradford, Sean Langan, journalist	3:00pm	Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Consultative Group on the Past Witnesses: Lord Eames and Mr Denis Bradley	3:00pm	Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK Witnesses: Tesco, Unilever and the Food and Drink Federation	3:00pm	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Public Accounts Subject: Radio Production Efficiency at the BBC Witnesses: Jeremy Peat, Mark Thompson, and Tim Davie, BBC	3:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Transport Subject: The use of air space Witnesses: Aviation Environment Federation, Campaign to Protect Rural England and 2M Group; Airbus, The Boeing Company and Society of British Aerospace Companies (at 4:30 pm)	3:45pm	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Thursday 26 February

Public Administration Subject: Good Government Witnesses: Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office	10:00am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Home Affairs Sub-committee Subject: Project CONTEST: The Government's Counter-Terrorism Strategy Witnesses: Admiral Lord West of Spithead, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism, and Charles Farr, Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office	10:15am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Treasury Subject: Banking Crisis Witnesses: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, others tbc	10:30am	The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Friday 27 February

None

All public select committee meetings are webcast
Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice.

Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list.