Parliamentary business for the week beginning Monday 21 May 2012

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Monday 21 May 2012
TimeBusiness
2.15pmWelsh Affairs
Subject: Support for Armed Forces Veterans
Witness(es): Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Veterans, Scottish Government
Location: Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh
4.30pmCommunities and Local Government
Subject: The Co-operative Council
Witness(es): Professor Tony Bovaird, Professor of Public Management and Policy, Institute for Local Government Studies, Catherine Staite, Director, Institute for Local Government Studies and Mark Bramah, Assistant Chief Executive, Association for Public Service Excellence
Location: Grimond Room, Portcullis House
5.30pmCommunities and Local Government
Subject: The Co-operative Council
Witness(es): Professor Julian Le Grand, Chair, Mutuals Taskforce
Location: Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 22 May 2012
TimeBusiness
10amTreasury
Subject: Corporate Governance and remuneration in the financial services sector
Witness(es): Baroness Hogg, Chairman, Financial Reporting Council, Mr Peter Montagnon, Senior Investment Adviser, Financial Reporting Council and Sir David Walker, Senior Adviser, Morgan Stanley
Location: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10.15amEnergy and Climate Change
Subject: The road to UNFCCC COP 18 and beyond
Witness(es): London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Leeds
Location: Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10.30amBusiness, Innovation and Skills
Subject: Trade and Investment: Brazil
Witness(es): London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, British Exporters Association, Federation of Small Businesses and Brazilian Development Bank and Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain
Location: Room 8
10.30amPublic Administration
Subject: Honours System
Witness(es): Sir Bob Kerslake, Head of the Civil Service and Chair of the Honours Committee, Sir John Parker, Chair of the Economy Honours Committee, Dame Mary Marsh, Chair of the State Honours Committee and Richard Tilbrook, Head of the Honours and Appointments Secretariat, Cabinet Office
Location: Room 15
10.30amHealth
Subject: Government’s Alcohol Strategy
Witness(es): Brigid Simmonds OBE, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association, and and Henry Ashworth, Chief Executive, The Portman Group
Location: Room 6
10.45amForeign Affairs
Subject: The FCO's human rights work in 2011
Witness(es): Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
Location: Room 18
10.45amHome Affairs
Subject: The work of the UK Border Agency and Border Force
Witness(es): Brian Moore QPM, Director General. UK Border Force
Location: Wilson Room, Portcullis House
11amEducation
Subject: The Child protection system in England
Witness(es): Professor Eileen Munro, District Judge Nicholas Crichton, CAFCASS and Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive, CAFCASS
Location: Room 16
11.30amHome Affairs
Subject: Private Investigators
Witness(es): Dan Morrison, Partner, Grosvenor Law LLP, Julian Pike, Partner, Farrer & co LLP and Mike Schwarz, Partner, Bindmans LLP; Bill Butler, Chief Executive, Security Industry Authority; Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for equalities and criminal information
Location: Wilson Room, Portcullis House
11.45amHealth
Subject: Government’s Alcohol Strategy
Witness(es): Barry Eveleigh, Lead Commissioner for Drug Treatment, Birmingham Drug & Alcohol Action Team, and and Jacqui Kennedy, Director of Regulation and Enforcement, Birmingham City Council.
Location: Room 6
2.30pmScottish Affairs
Subject: Blacklisting in Employment
Witness(es): Maria Fyfe
Location: Room 6
2.45pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Fraud within welfare to work providers
Witness(es): Witnesses to be confirmed; Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions and Alan Cave, Delivery Director, Department for Work and Pensions
Location: Room 15
Wednesday 23 May 2012
TimeBusiness
9.30amWork and Pensions
Subject: Youth unemployment and the Government’s Youth Contract
Witness(es): Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Dr Genevieve Knight, Policy Studies Institute and Runnymede Trust
Location: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10amScience and Technology
Subject: Regulation of medical implants
Witness(es): Dr Carl Heneghan (GP), Reader in Evidence-Based Medicine, Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine, Dr Thomas Joyce, Reader in Biotribology, University of Newcastle, Professor Stephen Westaby, Cardiac Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital and Dr Suzette Woodward, Director of Patient Safety, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
Location: Room 8
1.45pmDefence
Subject: Future Maritime Surveillance
Witness(es): Nick Harvey MP, Minister for the Armed Forces, Tom McKane, Director General for Security Policy and Air Vice Marshal Mark Green CBE, Director Joint and Air Capability and Transformation, Ministry of Defence
Location: Room 6
2.05pmTransport
Subject: Transport and the Olympics
Witness(es): Councillor Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council, Chair of London Council's Transport and Environment Committee, Natalie Chapman, Head of Policy for London, Freight Transport Association, James Bielby, Chief Executive, Federation of Wholesale Distributors and Richard Massett, Executive, Licensed Taxi Drivers Association; Andy Garner, Director London 2012, BAA Ltd, Robin Gisby, Managing Director, Network Operations, Network Rail and Peter Hendy CBE, Commissioner of Transport, Transport for London; Hugh Sumner, Director of Transport, Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), Richard George, Director of Transport, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State, Department for Transport
Location: Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.20pmEnvironmental Audit
Subject: Wildlife crime
Witness(es): Chief Constable Stuart Hyde, Wildlife Crime Lead, Association of Chief Police Officers, Pete Charleston, Staff Officer, Association of Chief Police Officers and Nevin Hunter, Head, National Wildlife Crime Unit; Mark Fuchter, Deputy Director, Operational Policy, Border Force and Grant Miller, CITES Team Manager, Border Force
Location: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmJustice
Subject: Budget and structure of the MoJ
Witness(es): Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP,Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, Ministry of Justice, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Antonia Romeo, Director General, Transforming Justice
Location: Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmScottish Affairs
Subject: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland
Witness(es): Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford, Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Research Director, UK Defence Policy, Royal United Services Institute and Francis Tusa, Editor, Defence Analysis
Location: Room 15
2.30pmNorthern Ireland Affairs
Subject: An air transport strategy for Northern Ireland
Witness(es): David McMurray, Regional Industrial Officer for Belfast, Unite and Unite members working as Cabin Crew for BMI
Location: Room 5
3.15pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Implementing the Transparency Agenda
Witness(es): (at 3.15pm) Spencer Chainey, University College London; Matthew Sinclair, Director Taxpayers Alliance; Jim Killock, Executive Director, Open Rights Group; Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Local Government Association(at 4.00pm) Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Tim Kelsey, Executive Director, Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office and Dame Helen Ghosh DBC, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Location: Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
3.15pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Implementing the Transparency Agenda
Witness(es): Spencer Chainey, University College London, Matthew Sinclair, Director, Taxpayers' Alliance, Jim Killock, Executive Director, Open Rights Group and Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Local Government Association; Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Tim Kelsey, Executive Director, Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office and Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Location: Room 16
Thursday 24 May 2012
TimeBusiness
9.30amPublic Administration
Subject: Work of the Cabinet Secretary 2012-13
Witness(es): Sir Jeremy Heywood, KCB, CVO, Cabinet Secretary
Location: Room 15
Friday 25 May 2012
The House of Commons is in recess. The House will next sit on Monday 11 June 2012.

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