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Press Notice No. 2 (2001-2002) dated 15 October 2001 LORDS COMMITTEE GLOBALISATION INQUIRY: HEARINGS The House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs is to embark on a series of hearings in relation to its inquiry into the impact of the globalisation of the world economy. The first will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 16 October, at 4.30 pm. Evidence will be heard from Mr John Monks, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Ian Brinkley, TUC Senior Economist, and Ms Sharon James, TUC International Officer. It will be held in Committee Room 4, Palace of Westminster (access via St Stephen's Entrance, the main public entrance to the Houses of Parliament). On Tuesday 23 October, at 3.30 pm, evidence will be heard from Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and then from Mr John Grieve Smith of Robinson College, Cambridge. The hearings are open to the public and the press, and transcripts of evidence will be placed on the Parliament web site (www.parliament.uk) in uncorrected form shortly after each hearing. Announcements of further hearings will be made in due course. NOTES FOR EDITORS 1. The Committee was appointed by the House of Lords on 7 March 2001 and reappointed on 28 June with the following terms of reference:"to consider economic affairs". On 24 July the Committee published a Call for Evidence in relation to its inquiry into globalisation of the world economy announced on 22 March. 2. Membership:
3. The House of Lords appointed, on 7 December 1998, a Select Committee to consider the operation of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. Its last report, HL Paper 34 (Session 2000-01), was published in February 2001. Previously, in June 2000, the Liaison Committee of the House of Lords recommended "the appointment of a sessional Economic Committee after the present ad hoc Committee on the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has concluded its inquiry" (HL Paper 81 (Session 1999-2000)). 4. Further information: Christine Salmon, Clerk, Committee Office, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW (Tel 020 7219 5765, Fax 020 7219 6715, E-mail economicaffairs@parliament.uk. |
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