Parliamentary business for the week beginning Monday 15 January 2018

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Monday 15 January 2018
TimeBusiness
3pmPublic Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Subject: Civil Service effectiveness
Witness(es): Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office John Manzoni, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office Rupert McNeil, Chief People Officer, Cabinet Office
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
4pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Alternative Higher Education Providers
Witness(es): Jonathan Slater, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education Philippa Lloyd, Director General, Higher and Further Education, Department for Education Peter Lauener, interim Chief Executive, Student Loans Company Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive, Office for Students
Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
4.15pmCommunities and Local Government
Subject: DCLG Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17
Witness(es): Melanie Dawes CB. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Dr Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Government and Public Services, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Tamara Finkelstein, Director General, Building Safety, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
4.15pmTreasury Sub-Committee
Subject: The work of the Financial Ombudsman Service
Witness(es): Caroline Wayman, Chief Ombudsman & Chief Executive, Financial Ombudsman Service Annette Lovell, Director of Engagement, Financial Ombudsman Service
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
4.45pmTransport
Subject: Airports National Policy Statement
Witness(es): Councillor Paul Hodgins, Leader of Richmond Upon Thames Council Brendon Walsh, Chairman, Heathrow Strategic Planning Group Joseph Carter, Chairman of the Transport sub-group, Heathrow Strategic Planning Group Val Shawcross CBE, Deputy Mayor of London for Transport Alex Williams, Director of City Planning, Transport for London Parmjit Dhanda, Executive Director, Back Heathrow John Stewart, Chair, Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise Stephen Clark, No 3rd Runway Coalition
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
5pmPublic Accounts
Subject: The monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect Ltd
Witness(es): Jonathan Slater, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education Peter Lauener, former Chief Executive, Education and Skills Funding Agency Amanda Spielman, Chief Inspector, Ofsted Andy Palmer, Chief Executive, Learndirect ltd
Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 16 January 2018
TimeBusiness
9.15amTreasury
Subject: The work of the Prudential Regulation Authority
Witness(es): Sam Woods, Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation and Chief Executive Officer of the Prudential Regulation Authority Sandra Boss, External Member, Prudential Regulation Committee Mark Yallop, External Member, Prudential Regulation Committee
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9.45amScottish Affairs
Subject: Immigration and Scotland
Witness(es): Professor Andrea Nolan, Convener of Universities Scotland and Principal of Edinburgh Napier University, Universities Scotland Andrew Witty, Director of Sector Policy, Colleges Scotland Annette Bruton, Principal, Edinburgh College Alix Thom, Workforce Engagement and Skills Manager, Oil and Gas UK Scott Johnstone, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Life Sciences Association Kirsty Ramsay, HR Director (UK and Ireland), IQVIA
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
9.50amScience and Technology
Subject: Algorithms in decision-making
Witness(es): Dr Dominic King, Senior Staff Research Scientist and Clinical Lead, DeepMind Health Dr Ian Hudson, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Professor Harry Hemingway, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Tech Innovation, Reform
Location: Room 17, Palace of Westminster
10amInternational Development
Subject: Definition and administration of ODA
Witness(es): Professor John Gaventa, Director of Research, Institute of Development Studies Tamsyn Barton, Chief Executive, Bond Rupert Simons, Chief Executive Officer, Publish What You Fund Dr Nilima Gulrajani, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
10amBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: Dieter Helm's independent review on the Cost of Energy
Witness(es): Emma Pinchbeck, Executive Director, RenewableUK Professor Jim Skea, Member, Committee on Climate Change Nigel Turvey, Chair - ENA Open Networks Project, Energy Networks Association Professor Jim Watson, Director, UK Energy Research Centre Professor Dieter Helm
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
10amJustice
Subject: Small claims limit for personal injury
Witness(es): Jason Tripp, Operations Director, Coplus Steve MItchell, Deputy Head of Legal Services, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) Nigel Teasdale, former President, Forum of Insurance Lawyers Shirley Denyer, Technical Director, Forum of Insurance Lawyers Mrs Justice Simler His Honour Judge Nigel Bird Lord Keen of Elie, Ministry of Justice Spokesperson in the House of Lords, Ministry of Justice David Parkin, Deputy Director for Civil Justice and Law
Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster
10.15amEnvironmental Audit
Subject: Green Finance
Witness(es): Alex White, Senior Policy Officer, Aldersgate Group Diletta Giuliani, Climate Bonds Initiative Dustin Benton,Policy Director, Green Alliance Sini Matikainen, Research Fellow, Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Angus McCrone, Chief editor, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chair Green Banking Council, Barclays
Location: Room 20, Palace of Westminster
10.30amEducation
Subject: Quality of apprenticeships and skills training
Witness(es): Joe Dromey, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR Dr Carole Easton, Chief Executive, Young Women’s Trust Dr Lee Elliot Major, Chief Executive, Sutton Trust
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
10.30amDigital, Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: Fake news
Witness(es): Bethan Crockett, Senior Director, Brand Safety and Digital Risk, GroupM EMEA Eitan Jankelewitz, Partner, Sheridans Matt Rogerson, Head of Public Policy, Guardian News and Media Tim Elkington, Internet Advertising Bureau Phil Smith, Managing Director, Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) Ben Williams, Adblock Plus
Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
11.30amDefence
Subject: Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2017
Witness(es): Sara Baade, Chief Executive, Army Families Federation Anna Wright, Director, Naval Families Federation Group Captain (Rtd) Bill Mahon, Director, RAF Families Federation Charles Byrne, Director General, Royal British Legion Mary Moreland, Chairman, War Widows Association Lieutenant General (Rtd) Sir Andrew Gregory KBE CB, Controller, SSAFA General (Rtd) Sir John McColl KCB CBE DSO, Chairman, COBSEO
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmBackbench Business
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witness(es): Members of Parliament
Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
2.30pmHealth
Subject: Memorandum of understanding on data-sharing between NHS Digital and the Home Office
Witness(es): Yusef Azad, Director of Strategy, National AIDS Trust Dr Joanne Bailey, Member of the Advisory Panel, National Data Guardian Marissa Begonia, Coordinator, Voices of Domestic Workers Dr Lucinda Hiam, General Practitioner, Doctors of the World Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement, Public Health England Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Lords), Department of Health Sir Ian Andrews, Non-executive Director, NHS Digital Sarah Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Digital Caroline Nokes, Minister for Immigration, Home Office Jonathan Marron, Director General, Community Care, Department of Health Hugh Ind, Director General of Immigration Enforcement, Home Office
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.45pmForeign Affairs
Subject: The UK’s response to hurricanes in its Overseas Territories
Witness(es): Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN Ben Merrick, Director, Overseas Territories Ben Saoul, Head, Crisis Management Department Julia Longbottom, Director, Consular Services Blondel Cluff, Anguillan Representative to the UK and EU, and Special Adviser to the Chief Minister of Anguilla Charlie Wheeler, Chargé d'Affaires, Government of Anguilla London Office
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
4.15pmWelsh Affairs
Subject: The Cancellation of Rail Electrification in South Wales
Witness(es): Jo Johnson MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport Brian Etheridge, Director of Network Services, Department for Transport
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 17 January 2018
TimeBusiness
9.15amExiting the European Union
Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal
Witness(es): Christophe Bondy, Public International Lawyer at Cooley (UK) LLP and former senior counsel to Canada on the CETA negotiations Dr Lorand Bartels, University of Cambridge and Senior Counsel, Linklaters William Swords, President, UK-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.30amWork and Pensions
Subject: Universal Credit rollout
Witness(es): Sally Beadle, Children's entertainer Richard Betton, self-employed farmer Luke Johnstone, founder, Pack’d Andrew Kozman, Founder, Mercury Digital Andy Chamberlain, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs, IPSE Andrew Clark, Director of Policy, National Farmers Union Mark Hooper, Founder and Policy Lead, indycube Lindsay Owen, Deputy Director of Policy and Evaluation, The Prince’s Trust
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
9.30amScottish Affairs
Subject: RBS branch closures
Witness(es): Emma Cooper, Chief Executive Scottish Rural Action Charandeep Singh, Head of External Relations, Scottish Chambers of Commerce Lyn Turner, Regional Officer, Unite Martin Kearsley, Banking Director, Post Office Tom Moran, Network Development Director, Post Office Jane Howard, Managing Director, Personal Banking, RBS Les Matheson, Chief Executive, Personal & Business Banking, RBS
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
9.30amEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs
Subject: Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
Witness(es): Mike Radford, Reader in Law, University of Aberdeen Sir Stephen Laws KCB, QC, former First Parliamentary Counsel Penny Hawkins, Head of Research Animals, RSPCA Science Group Paula Boyden, Veterinary Director, Dog's Trust Michael Webb, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10amBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft domestic gas and electricity (tariff cap) bill
Witness(es): Claire Perry MP, Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Dan Monzani, Director of Energy, Networks and Markets, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10amInternational Trade
Subject: UK-US trade relations
Witness(es): Dr Peter Holmes, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex Julian Jessop, Chief Economist, Institute of Economic Affairs Warwick Lightfoot, Director of Economics and Social Policy, Policy Exchange Ian Cranshaw, Chemical Industries Association Howard Chase, Dow Chemical Company Saoirse Fitzpatrick, StopAIDS
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
10amWomen and Equalities
Subject: Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Witness(es): Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission Sir Brendan Barber, Chair, Acas Alex Hayes, Managing Director Emplyoment Support Services, Equality Advisory and Support Service
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
10.30amWomen and Equalities
Subject: Race Disparity Audit
Witness(es): Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future Nicola Braganza, Barrister David Green, Director, Civitas Sado Jirde, Director, Black South West Network
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
2.30pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Government contracts with Community Rehabilitation Companies
Witness(es): Richard Heaton, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice Michael Spurr, Chief Executive, HM Prison and Probation Service
Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
3.15pmHuman Rights
Subject: Freedom of Speech in Universities
Witness(es): Amatey Doku, Vice President, National Union of Students Wes Streeting MP Professor Alison Scott-Baumann, SOAS University of London Professor Jonathan Rosenhead, Emeritus Professor of Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science Professor Steven Greer, Professor of Human Rights, University of Bristol The Baroness Deech DBE
Location: Other
Thursday 18 January 2018
TimeBusiness
10amExiting the European Union
Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal
Witness(es): Dr Andy Williams, Vice-President of Research & Development, MedImmune and Cambridge Transition Team Leader, AstraZeneca Professor Eilís Ferran, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Institutional International Relations, Cambridge University Michael Lawrence, Business Development Director, Deimos Space UK Professor Greg Hannon, Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK
Location: Other
Friday 19 January 2018
No business was announced for this day.


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