Parliamentary business for Wednesday 8 May 2019

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TimeBusiness
9.15amExiting the European Union
Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal
Witness(es): Sir Jonathan Faull, Chair of European Public Affairs, Brunswick Group Larissa Brunner, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.30amWork and Pensions
Subject: Universal Credit: In-work progression
Witness(es): Stephen Evans, Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute Tony Wilson, Director, Institute for Employment Studies Julia Waltham, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Working Families Laura Dewar, Policy Officer, Gingerbread Amanda Faull, Partnerships and Development Manager, Timewise Foundation Sharlene McGee, Policy and Research Manager, Leonard Cheshire Disability
Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
9.30amNorthern Ireland Affairs
Subject: Changes to NI Renewable Heat Incentive payments
Witness(es): Noel Lavery, Permanent Secretary Richard Rodgers, Head of Energy Jamie Warnock, Renewable Heat Incentive Task Force, Department for the Economy
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
9.30amHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Subject: High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Witness(es): 10/AP2: 60 B and R Deane - Petitioners AP2: 44 David and Susan Sant - Petitioners 11/AP2: 37 John, Dorothy and John Moss t/a JE DM and JE Moss - Petitioners AP2: 25 Ingestre Park Golf Club - Petitioner Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council - Petitioners AP2: 81 Jeremy Lefroy MP - Petitioner AP2: 7 Philip and Sue Proudlove - Petitoners
Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster
9.45amTransport
Subject: Railways: Update with the Rail Minister
Witness(es): Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport Polly Payne, Director General, Rail Group, Department for Transport
Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster
10amEducation
Subject: Special educational needs and disabilities
Witness(es): Terry Reynolds, Director for Education and Skills, London Borough of Newham Stuart Gallimore, Director of Children’s Services, East Sussex County Council
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
10amWomen and Equalities
Subject: Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Witness(es): Melanie Field, Executive Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission Stephen Lodge, Senior Principal Lawyer, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10amBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: Clean Growth Strategy and International Climate Change Targets
Witness(es): Chris Stark, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change Professor Albert Klein-Tank, Director, Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Deputy Chair, Committee on Climate Change Nick Molho, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group Will Webster, Energy Policy Manager, Oil & Gas UK Nick Robins, Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10amHome Affairs
Subject: Serious violence
Witness(es): Victoria Atkins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability Dan Greaves, Crime Director for the Crime, Policing and Fire Group, Home Office
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
10amInternational Trade
Subject: Trade in services
Witness(es): Professor Panos Delimatsis, Director of Tilburg Law and Economics Center, Tilburg University Dmitry Grozoubinski, Founder of ExplainTrade.com Dr Billy Melo Araujo, Lecturer in EU Law, Queen's University Belfast Quan Zhao, Trade in Services Adviser, International Trade Centre Nick Ashton-Hart, Geneva Representative of the Digital Trade Network Giles Derrington, Head of Policy: Brexit, International and Economics, techUK Andrew Fray, Managing Director, Interxion UK Anna Fielder, Senior Policy Advisor, Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2pmHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Subject: High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Witness(es): As for morning session unless already heard
Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster
2.15pmLiaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
Subject: The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
Witness(es): Ruth Chambers, Senior Parliamentary Affairs Associate, Green Alliance Kayley Hignell, Head of Policy (Families, Welfare and Work), Citizens’ Advice Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive, Local Government Association Ed Cox, Director of Public Services and Communities, RSA Professor Adam Cygan, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester Dr Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government Dr Holger Hestermeyer, Shell Reader in International Dispute Resolution, King’s College London Dr Jack Simson Caird, Senior Research Fellow in Parliaments and the Rule of Law, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2.15pmDigital, Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Witness(es): Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
2.15pmTreasury
Subject: The work of the Debt Management Office
Witness(es): Sir Robert Stheeman, Chief Executive, Debt Management Office Jo Whelan, Deputy Chief Executive and Co-Head of Policy and Markets, Debt Management Office Jim Juffs, Chief Operating Officer, Debt Management Office
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Military homes
Witness(es): Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence Lt Gen Richard Nugee, Chief of Defence People, Ministry of Defence Graham Dalton, Chief Executive, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Henry Lloyd, Director, UK Government Investments
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
3.15pmHuman Rights
Subject: Democracy, free speech and freedom of association
Witness(es): Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Neil Basu QPM, Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Operations, Metropolitan Police Service Commander Jane Connors, Commander Major Operations, Metropolitan Police Service
Location: Other
4pmEnvironmental Audit
Subject: Voluntary National Review of UK progress against the Sustainable Development Goals
Witness(es): Baroness Sugg CBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development Neil Briscoe, Head, Global Partnerships and Multilateral Effectiveness Department, Department for International Development
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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