Parliamentary business for the week beginning Monday 5 February 2018
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9.30am | Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Subject: Devolution and Exiting the EU Witness(es): Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales, Leader of Welsh Labour
Shan Morgan, Permanent Secretary, Head of the Welsh Government Civil Service
Andrew RT Davies AM, Leader of Welsh Conservatives
Leanne Wood AM, Leader of Plaid Cymru
Jane Dodds, Leader of Welsh Liberal Democrats
Elin Jones AM, Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales
Manon Antoniazzi, Clerk and Chief Executive, National Assembly for Wales
Mick Antoniw AM, Chair, Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, National Assembly for Wales
Dr Jo Hunt, Reader in Law, Cardiff University
Dr Elin Royles, Senior Lecturer, Aberystwyth University Location: Other |
10.30am | Scottish Affairs Subject: Digital connectivity in Scotland Witness(es): Amanda Burgauer, Chair, Scottish Rural Action
Callum Hay, Acting Chairperson, Borders Community Broadband
Alison Macleod, Local Development Officer, Applecross Community Company
Councillor Margaret Davidson, Leader of Highland Council
Robert Emmott, Director of Finance at Comhairle nan Eliean Siar and Member of Infrastructure Action Plan Portfolio Board
Simon Haston, Head of IT, Aberdeen City Council
Councillor Steven Heddle, Chair of the Environment and Economy Board, COSLA
Hugh Aitken, Former Regional Director, CBI Scotland
Stuart Mackinnon, External Affairs Manager – Scotland, Federation of Small Businesses
Charandeep Singh, Head of External Relations, Scottish Chambers of Commerce Location: Other |
4pm | Housing, Communities and Local Government Subject: Business rate retention Witness(es): Councillor David Simmonds CBE, Vice Chairman, Local Government Association
Councillor Paul Carter, Chair, County Councils Network
Sheila Little, President, Society of County Treasurers
Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIPFA
Guy Ware, Director, Finance, Performance and Procurement, London Councils
Councillor David Finch, Leader, Essex County Council
Councillor John Fuller, Chairman, District Councils Network
Janice Gotts, Deputy City Treasurer, Manchester City Council Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
4pm | Public Accounts Subject: Cyber-attack on the NHS Witness(es): Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England
Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health
Jim Mackey, former Chief Executive
Will Smart, Chief Information Officer, NHS Improvement
Rob Shaw, Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Digital Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
4.15pm | Treasury Sub-Committee Subject: The Work of the Money Advice Service Witness(es): Charles Counsell, Chief Executive, Money Advice Service
David Haigh, UK Financial Capability Director, Money Advice Service
Andy Briscoe, Chair, Money Advice Service Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
4.45pm | Transport Subject: Airports National Policy Statement Witness(es): John Holland-Kaye, Chief Executive Officer, Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
Emma Gilthorpe, Executive Director Expansion, Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
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9.15am | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Subject: Carillion Witness(es): Zafar Khan, former Finance Director, Carillion
Keith Cochrane, Chief Executive, Carillion
Emma Mercer, Finance Director, Carillion
Richard Howson, former Chief Executive, Carillion
Phillip Green CBE, Chairman, Carillion
Richard Adam, former Finance Director, Carillion
Alison Horner, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Carillion Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Work and Pensions Subject: Carillion Witness(es): Keith Cochrane, Interim Chief Executive, Carillion
Zafar Khan, former Finance Director, Carillion
Emma Mercer, Finance Director, Carillion
Richard Adam, former Finance Director, Carillion
Philip Green CBE, Chairman, Carillion
Alison Horner, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Carillion
Richard Howson, former Chief Executive, Carillion Location: Other |
9.30am | Science and Technology Subject: Biometrics Strategy and Forensic Services Witness(es): Dr Gillian Tully, Forensic Science Regulator
Baroness Williams of Trafford, Minister for Countering Extremism, Home Office
Christophe Prince, Director for Data and Identity, Home Office Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
9.45am | Exiting the European Union Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal Witness(es): John Springford, Deputy Director, Centre for European Reform
Professor Clive Church, Emeritus Professor of European Studies, University of Kent
Professor René Schwok, University of Geneva Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
10am | Education Subject: Alternative provision Witness(es): Matthew Dodd, Co-coordinator and Policy Advisor, Special Educational Consortium
Cath Kitchen, Chair, National Association of Hospital and Home Teaching
Jane Pickthall, Chair, National Association of Virtual School Heads
Dr Val Gillies, Professor of Social Policy and Criminology, University of Westminster
Kevin Kibble, CEO, The Nurture Group Network
Drew Povey, Headteacher, Harrop Fold School Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Treasury Subject: Appointment of Elisabeth Stheeman to the Bank of England Financial Policy Committee Witness(es): Elisabeth Stheeman, appointed external member of the Financial Policy Committee Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
10.15am | Environmental Audit Subject: Green Finance Witness(es): Alice Garton, Company and Financial Project Leader, Client Earth
Dr Ben Caldecott, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme
Russell Picot, Chair of the Trustee board of the HSBC Bank (UK) Pension Fund
Polly Billington, Director, UK100
Emma Howard-Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency
Diandra Soobiah, Head of Responsible Investment, NEST
Will Fox-Robinson, Director, UK Institutional Business & Head of LGPS, Natixis Investment Managers Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
11.30am | Defence Subject: The DExEU position paper: Foreign policy, defence and development: a future partnership paper Witness(es): Rt Hon Earl Howe, Minister of State for Defence
Nick Gurr, Director of International Security Policy, Ministry of Defence Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
2.30pm | Petitions Subject: Online abuse and the experience of disabled people Witness(es): Katie Price, petition creator
Amy Price
Anne Novis MBE, disability campaigner, Inclusion London
Andie Gbedemah, Public Affairs Officer, Dimensions
Amy Clarke, Digital Assistant, Mencap
Rob Holland, Parliamentary Manager, Mencap Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
2.30pm | Backbench Business Subject: Proposals for backbench debates Witness(es): Members of Parliament Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
2.45pm | Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Britain Witness(es): Sir Simon Fraser GCMG Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
3pm | Home Affairs Subject: Hate crime and its violent consequences Witness(es): Professor Neil Chakraborti, Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, University of Leicester
Sam Smethers, Chief Executive, The Fawcett Society
Dr Loretta Trickett, Centre for the Study and Reduction of Hate Crimes, Bias and Prejudice, Nottingham Trent University
Professor Mark Walters, Co-investigator of the Sussex Hate Crime Project, University of Sussex
Dr Jelena Dzakula, Fellow
and Professor Damian Tambini, Research Director, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Martyn Frampton, Reader in Modern History at Queen Mary University of London and Co-Head of the Security and Extremism Unit at Policy Exchange
Dr Martin Moore, Director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, King’s College London Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
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9am | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Subject: Clean Growth Strategy Witness(es): The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben, Chairman, Committee on Climate Change
Adrian Gault, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
9.15am | Exiting the European Union Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal Witness(es): Professor George Yarrow, Chair of the Regulatory Policy Institute, Emeritus Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford, and visiting professor, Newcastle University Business School
Ulf Sverdrup, Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Professor Alla Pozdnakova, Law Faculty, University of Oslo
Professor Carl Baudenbacher, Judge of the EFTA Court Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Work and Pensions Subject: Support for carers Witness(es): Nikki Kimber, Carer
Olga Budimir, Carer
Liz Abrahams, Carer
Katie O’Shaughnessy, Carer
Bethan Pound, Carer
Sally Wilson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Studies
Sarah Newton MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
Andrew Latto, Deputy Director, Devolution and Welfare in Later Life
Duncan Gilchrist, Deputy Director Fuller Working Lives and State Pension Policy Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Devolution and democracy in Northern Ireland – dealing with the deficit Witness(es): Christopher McCrudden, Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law, Queen's University Belfast
Jonathan Tonge, Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
Richard Wilford, Professor of Politics, Queen's University Belfast Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Education Subject: Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision Witness(es): Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director, NHS England
Professor Tim Kendall, National Clinical Director for Mental health, NHS England
Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Chief Nurse and Interim Regional Director for London and the South East, Health Education England
Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister for School Standards, Department for Education
Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities, Department of Health and Social Care
Jonathan Marron, Director General of Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care
Ann Gross, Director of Special Needs, Children in Care and Adoption, Department for Education Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
9.30am | Health and Social Care Subject: Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision Witness(es): Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Chief Nurse and Interim Regional Director for London and the South East, Health Education England
Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director, NHS England
Professor Tim Kendall, Mental Health National Clinical Director for NHS England and NHS Improvement
Nick Gibb, Minister of State for Schools, Department for Education
Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities, Department of Health and Social Care
Jonathan Marron, Director General of Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care
Ann Gross, Director, Special Needs, Children in Care and Adoption, Department for Education Location: Other |
9.50am | International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact Subject: ICAI's review on DFID's approach to supporting inclusive growth in Africa Witness(es): Tina Fahm, Lead Commissioner
Marcus Cox, Team Leader, Independent Commission for Aid Impact
Rachel Turner, Director of Economic Development
Melinda Bohannon, Head of Growth and Resilience Department, Department for International Development Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
9.50am | Women and Equalities Subject: Race Disparity Audit Witness(es): Melanie Field, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and Policy Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Emma Rourke, Director of Public Policy Analysis, Office for National Statistics
Iain Bell, Deputy National Statistician, Office for National Statistics
Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Marcus Bell, Director, Race Disparity Audit, Cabinet Office Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Justice Subject: The transparency of Parole Board decisions and involvement of victims in the process Witness(es): Professor Nick Hardwick, Chair, Parole Board for England and Wales
Martin Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Parole Board for England and Wales
Baroness Newlove, Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales
Sonia Crozier, Executive Director, National Probation Service in England
Justin Russell, Director General, Prisons, Offender and Youth Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
1.30pm | Foreign Affairs Subject: The UK’s influence in the UN Witness(es): Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN
Paul Williams, Director, Multilateral Policy
Sir Iain Macleod KCMG, Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
1.45pm | Treasury Subject: The work of the Financial Conduct Authority Witness(es): Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority
John Griffith-Jones, Chairman, Financial Conduct Authority Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
3.15pm | Human Rights Subject: Freedom of Speech in Universities Witness(es): Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime, Home Office
Mr Sam Gyimah MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
Joanne Midgley, Pro Vice-Chancellor Student Experience, University of the West England, Bristol
Jonathan Wallcroft, Vice President, Politics and International Relations Society, University of the West of England, Bristol
Brandon Gage, Politics and International Relations Society, University of the West of England
Francesca Smith, Politics and International Relations Society, University of the West of England, Bristol Location: Other |
4.30pm | Liaison Subject: Cross-government response to the collapse of Carillion Witness(es): Sir Amyas Morse KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office
Gareth Rhys Williams, Government Chief Commerical Officer Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
4.45pm | Transport Subject: Airports National Policy Statement Witness(es): Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Department for Transport
Lucy Chadwick, Director General of International Security & Environment, Department for Transport
Caroline Low, Director of Airport Expansion and Aviation and Maritime Analysis, Department for Transport Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
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2pm | Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Fake news Witness(es): Richard Gingras, Vice President of News, Google
Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy, YouTube
Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook
Simon Milner, Policy Director, UK, Middle East and Africa, Facebook
Carlos Monje, Director, Public Policy and Philanthropy, U.S. and Canada, Twitter
Nick Pickles, Head of Public Policy and Philanthropy, UK, Twitter
David Carroll, Associate Professor of Media Design, The New School
Amy Mitchell, Director of Journalism Research, Pew Research Center
Frank Sesno, Director, Professor of Media and Public Affairs and International Affairs, George Washington University
Claire Wardle, Research Fellow, Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy
David Chavern, President and Chief Executive, New Media Alliance
Major Garrett, Chief White House Correspondent, CBS News
Tony Maddox, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, CNN International
Kinsey Wilson, Special Advisor to the President and Chief Executive, New York Times Location: Other |
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