Weekly Information Bulletin: 23rd July 2011

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: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/select-committee-membership/

Links to Select Committee home pages containing information on the work of the Select Committee and its publications: http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/select/

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 announcements and changes:

Culture, Media and Sport: Cathy Jamieson added

Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee): Chair – Mr Peter Lilley

(Commons Members)

Mr Nicholas Brown	Mr David Laws	Mr Peter Lilley	David Mowat
Mr George Mudie	Mr David Ruffley

(Lords Members)

Baroness Drake	Lord McFall of Alcluith	Lord Maples	Lord Newby
Lord Skidelsky	Baroness Wheatcroft

Members’ Expenses: Chair – Adam Afriyie

Adam Afriyie	Guto Bebb	Cathy Jamieson	Mr Edward Leigh
Priti Patel	Mr Nick Raynsford	Joan Walley	Stephen Williams

Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee):

Lord Black of Brentwood	Lord Boateng	Baroness Bonham Carter of Yarnbury	The Bishop of Chester
Baroness Corston	Lord Dobbs	Lord Gold	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Lord Hollick	Lord Janvrin	Lord Mawhinney	Lord Myners
Lord Thomas of Gresford

Transport: Gavin Shuker discharged, Graham Stringer added

Select Committee Meetings

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
18 – 22 July 2011

Monday 18 July

Business, Innovation and Skills Subject: The future of higher education Witnesses: Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP, recently Advocate for Access to Higher Education; Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 3.30pm)

Public Accounts Subject: Armoured Vehicles Witnesses: Ursula Brennan, Permanent Secretary, Vice Admiral Paul Lambert, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, and Lieutenant General Gary Coward CB, Chief of Materiel (Land)

Draft Defamation Bill Subject: To consider the Bill Witnesses: Edward Garnier QC MP, Solicitor General; Paul Dacre, Editor, Daily Mail and Matthew Parris, Journalist, The Times (at 4.35pm)

Tuesday 19 July

Energy and Climate Change Subject: The UK’s energy supply: security or independence Witnesses: Charles Hendry MP, Minister of State, and officials, Department of Energy and Climate Change

International Development Subject: Financial Crime and Development Witnesses: BAE Systems Plc; Serious Fraud Office; Rt Hon Alan Duncan, Minister of State, Department for International Development, Rt Hon Lord McNally, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

Health Subject: Public Health Witnesses: Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, and Professor David R Harper CBE, Director General of Health Improvement and Protection, Department of Health

Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Phone-hacking Witnesses: Rebekah Brooks, Chief Executive Officer, News International Ltd, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation,  and James Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, International News Corporation

Wednesday 20 July

None

Thursday 21 July

None

Friday 22 July

None

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice]

All public select committee meetings are webcast
Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament
Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on:[Tel 020 7219 2033]. 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.

Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings
5 – 9 September 2011

Monday 5 September

Public Accounts Subject: Protecting consumers? Removing retail price controls (follow up) Witnesses: TBC

4:00pm

Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Tuesday 6 September

Transport Subject: High Speed Rail Witnesses: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Chilterns Conservation Board, National Trust, and Professor Roger Vickerman, Professor of European Economics, University of Kent; FlyBe, Heathrow Airport Ltd, Manchester Airports Group, and Heathrow Hub Ltd (at 11.00am); and Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Transport Scotland, West Coast Rail 250, and Cardiff Business Partnership (at 11.15am)	10:15am	Room TBC
Public Administration Subject: Public Appointments Witnesses: TBC	10:30am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster

Wednesday 7 September

Science and Technology Subject: The Government Office for Science Annual Review 2010-11 Witnesses: Professor Sir John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser	10:00am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Energy and Climate Change Subject: The EU Emissions Trading System Witnesses: TBC	10:15am	Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Science and Technology Subject: Treasury Chief Scientific Adviser Witnesses: James Richardson, Chief Scientific Adviser, HM Treasury, and Professor Sir John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser	10:40am	The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Procedure Subject: Sittings of the House and the Parliamentary calendar Witnesses: 3pm Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, Mr John Hayes MP, Rt Hon Mr Jack Straw MP, Kitty Ussher, former MP and Director, DEMOS, 3.45pm Mr Graham Brady MP, Lorely Burt MP, Tony Lloyd MP	3:00pm	Committee Room 20, Palace of Westminster
Public Accounts Subject: Managing high value capital equipment in the NHS in England Witnesses: TBC	3:30pm	Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
European Scrutiny Subject: EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Witnesses: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Secretary of State for Justice	3:30pm	Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster

Thursday 8 September

Draft Financial Services Bill Joint Committee Subject: to consider the Bill Witnesses: (at 9.35am) TBC

9:30am

Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Friday 9 September

None

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice]

All public select committee meetings are webcast
Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament
Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on:[Tel 020 7219 2033]. 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.