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Weekly Information Bulletin: 23rd May 2009
Select Committees
Select Committees are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House overseas the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure. The following information on Select Committees is available on the Parliament website: Select Committee membership: www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/selmem.cfm Links to Select Committee home pages containing information on the work of the Select Committee and its publications: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm For further information on Select Committees see HCIO Factsheet P2 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website. Membership: None
Select Committee Meetings |
| Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Witnesses: Rt Hon Tony Blair, Representative of the Middle East Quartet
| 11:00am | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Children, Schools and Families Subject: Training of Children and Families Social Workers Witnesses: Hilary Tompsett, Chair, Joint Universities Council Social Work Education Committee; Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children's Workforce Development Council, and Rosie Varley OBE, Chair, and Mike Wardle, Chief Executive, General Social Care Council (at 4:45pm)
| 3:45pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: (i) Ofwat's Price Review 2009 (ii) Draft Flood and Water Management Bill Witnesses: (i) Consumer Council for Water (ii) National Flood Forum (Draft Flood & Water Management Bill inquiry only)
| 4:30pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Communities and Local Government Subject: Housing and the credit crunch Witnesses: Council of Mortgage Lenders: Michael Coogan, Director General National Housing Federation: David Orr, Chief Executive Home Builders Federation: John Stewart, Director of Economic Affairs Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association: John Heron, Deputy Chairman, IMLA Communities and Local Government: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Minister for Housing; Richard McCarthy, Director General, Housing and Planning Homes Communities Agency Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Tenant Services Authority: Peter Marsh, Chief Executive
| 4:30pm | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
| Public Accounts Subject: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Response to the growth of the UK merchant fleet Witnesses: Mr Peter Cardy, Chief Executive, Sue Ketteridge, Director of Finance and Governance, and Mr Paul Coley, Assistant Director Seafarers and Ships, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Transport | 4:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
Tuesday 2 June
| Environmental Audit Subject: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change Witnesses: Mike O'Brien MP, Minister of State, David Capper, Head of EU Emissions Trading System, National Carbon Markets, Jill Duggan, Head of International Emissions Trading, International Climate Change, and Chris Dodwell, Head of Policy, International Climate Change, Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
| 10:20am | Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
| Business and Enterprise Subject: Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme Witnesses: Federation of Small Businesses, Forum of Private Business, CBI; Barclays, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland (at 11:30am)
| 10:30am | Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
| International Development Subject: Urbanisation & Poverty Witnesses: IIED, One World Action, Consortium for Street Children; Development Planning Unit, UCL. (11:30am) | 10:30am | Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster |
| Defence Subject: Helicopter capability Witnesses: Rear Admiral Simon Charlier, Chief of Staff, Carrier-Strike and Aviation, Rear Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt, Commander, Joint Helicopter Command, Brigadier Kevin Abraham, Head of Joint Capability; Quentin Davies MP, Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Adrian Baguley, Head of Helicopters 2, Commodore Russ Harding, Director of Equipment Capability (Air & Littoral Manoeuvre, Ministry of Defence)
| 10:30am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Press standards, privacy and libel Witnesses: Mark Stephens, Partner, IP & Media, Finers Stephens Innocent LLP, Ms Charmian Gooch, Director, Global Witness; Barbara Follett MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (11:30am)
| 10:30am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Welsh Affairs Subject: Ports in Wales Witnesses: Dr Anthony Beresford, Cardiff Business School and Calum Couper, Port of Cardiff and Chair Wales Freight Group
| 11:00am | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Policing and Protest Witnesses: Mr Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security and Mr Christian Papalentiou, Head of Public Order Unit, Home Office
| 2:30pm | Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Draft Bribery Bill Subject: Draft Bribery Bill Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (at 3:45pm); Gary Campkin, Confederation of British Industries, Andrew Berkley, International Chamber of Commerce, Rosina Robson, Federation of Small Businesses (at 4:15pm); and Derek Marshall, Society of British Aerospace Companies, Brinley Salzman, Defence Manufacturers Association, James Maton, UK Anti-Corruption Forum (at 5:15pm)
| 3:45pm | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
Wednesday 3 June
| European Scrutiny Subject: Commission Communication: Driving European recovery Witnesses: Lord Myners, Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury
| 9:30am | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
| Health Subject: Patient Safety: the lessons of Mid-Staffordshire Witnesses: Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State, Department of Health; Witnesses to be confirmed but will include representatives of the Mid-Staffs Foundation Trust and the Royal College of Nursing. (at 10:30am)
| 9:30am | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Treasury Sub Committee Subject: Evaluating the Efficiency Programme Witnesses: Andrew Hudson, Managing Director, Public Services and Growth, HM Treasury, Louise Tulett, Finance Director, Treasury Group, and Nigel Smith, Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce; Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive, Simon Bowles, Chief Finance Officer, and John Keelty, Director Departmental Transformation Programme, HM Revenue & Customs (at 3:30pm)
| 2:30pm | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
| Joint Committee on Draft Bribery Bill Subject: Draft Bribery Bill Witnesses: British Aerospace Systems, Thales Group, Lockheed Martin (at 3:15pm); and Jeremy Cole, Lovells, Louise Delahunty, Simmons & Simmons, Monty Raphael, Peters and Peters (at 4:00pm)
| 3:00pm | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: (i) Ofwat's Price Review 2009 (ii) Draft Flood and Water Management Bill Witnesses: Environment Agency Professor Martin Cave, Independent Review of Competition and Innovation in Water Markets. (at 4:30pm) | 3:00pm | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
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Public Accounts
| 3:30pm | Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
| Joint Committee on Human Rights Subject: Business and Human Rights Witnesses: Professor John Ruggie, UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights | 4:30pm | Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
Thursday 4 June
None
Friday 5 June
| North West Regional Committee Subject: Industry and innovation in the North East Witnesses: Federation of Small Businesses, Chamber of Commerce, CBI, TUC and bank representatives
| 12:15pm | Whickham Room, Gateshead Council |
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 and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list.
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