Parliamentary business for the week beginning Monday 26 February 2018
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4pm | Public Accounts Subject: Rail Franchising in the UK Witness(es): David Horne, Managing Director, Virgin Trains East Coast
Martin Griffiths, CEO, Stagecoach Group PLC
Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary
Peter Wilkinson, Managing Director, Passenger Services, Department for Transport
Mark Carne, Chief Executive, Network Rail
Charles Horton, Chief Executive Officer, Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
4pm | Housing, Communities and Local Government Subject: Private rented sector Witness(es): Heather Wheeler MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Becky Perks, Private Rented Sector Policy Lead, Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Anne Frost, Deputy Director, Private Rented Sector Division, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
4pm | Housing, Communities and Local Government Subject: Draft Tenants' Fees Bill Witness(es): Heather Wheeler MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Becky Perks, Private Rented Sector Policy Lead, Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Anne Frost, Deputy Director, Private Rented Sector Division, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
4.45pm | Transport Subject: Rail infrastructure investment Witness(es): Geoff Brown, Chair, Peninsula Rail Task Force
Maria Machancoses, Director, Midlands Connect
Barry White, Chief Executive, Transport for the North
Mick Noone, Director of Integrated Transport, Merseytravel
Malcolm Brown, Chief Executive, Angel Trains Ltd
Jonathan Willcock, Managing Director, Signalling Systems & Infrastructure, Alstom UK & Ireland
Rob Morris, Managing Director, Siemens Rail Automation UK
Alan Price, Chair, Rail Sector Interest Group, Association for Consultancy and Engineering Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
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9.15am | Treasury Subject: Women in finance Witness(es): Anne Richards, CEO, M&G Investments
Amanda Blanc, Group CEO, Axa UK
Susan Allen, Head of Retail Distribution, Santander Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Science and Technology Subject: E-Cigarettes Witness(es): Dr Ian Jones, Vice President, Reduced-Risk Products, Japan Tobacco International
Dr Chris Proctor, Chief Scientific Officer, British American Tobacco
Dr Moira Gilchrist, Vice President, Scientific and Public Communications, Philip Morris Limited
Dr Grant O’Connell, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Fontem Ventures
Professor David Harrison, Chair of the UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC)
Dr Lynne Dawkins, Associate Professor, Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research, London South Bank University Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
9.45am | Scottish Affairs Subject: Delivery charges in Scotland Witness(es): Nina Ballantyne, Programme and Postal Policy Team Manager, Citizens Advice Scotland
Lindsey Fussell, Consumer Group Director, Ofcom
David MacKenzie, Trading Standards Manager, Highland Council Trading Standards
Lesley Smith, Director of Public Policy, UK & Ireland, Amazon
Laurence Garnett, Head of Home Delivery, Argos
Mike Pitt, Director of UK Shipping and Logistics, eBay
Robert Gordon, Director, JBT
Fraser Maclean, General Manager, Menzies Distribution
Tim Jones, Director of Marketing, DPD Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
9.45am | Exiting the European Union Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal Witness(es): Pascal Lamy, former Director General, World Trade Organisation (2005-2013) Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
10am | Public Accounts Subject: Collapse of Carillion Witness(es): Phillip Green, Former Chair
Richard Howson, Chief Executive Officer, 2012-2017
Keith Cochrane, Chief Executive Officer, 2017-2018
Emma Mercer, Former Finance Director Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Subject: Electric vehicles: developing the market and infrastructure Witness(es): Mark Squires, Chairman, National Franchised Dealers Association
Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation
Andrew Benfield, Group Director of Transport, Energy Saving Trust
Georg Ell, Director, Western Europe, Tesla Location: Room 19, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Education Subject: Quality of apprenticeships and skills training Witness(es): Paul Devoy, Chief Executive, Investors in People
Jane Gratton, Head of Business Environment and Skills Policy, British Chambers of Commerce
Kevin Rowan, Head of Organisation, Services and Skills, TUC
Tim Thomas, Director of Employment and Skills Policy, EEF - The Manufacturers' Organisation Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Justice Subject: Transforming Rehabilitation Witness(es): Jacob Tas, Chief Executive, Nacro
Steve Matthews, National Contracts Manager, Shelter
Lorraine Preece, Chief Executive Officer, YSS Ltd
Andy Keen-Downs, Chief Executive Officer, Pact
Beverley Toone, Senior Employment Projects Manager, Business in the Community
Sam Boyd, Policy and Impact Manager, Switchback
David Lloyd, Chair, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Subject: Sourcing public services: lessons to be learned from the collapse of Carillion Witness(es): Philip Green, Former Chair, Carillion
Emma Mercer, Former Finance Director, Carillion
Richard Howson, Former Chief Executive Officer, Carillion
Keith Cochrane, Former Chief Executive Officer, Carillion Location: Other |
10.30am | Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Subject: Fake news Witness(es): Alexander Nix, Chief Executive, Cambridge Analytica Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
10.45am | Education Subject: Value for money in higher education Witness(es): Professor Ian Marshall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University
Dr Claire Crawford, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Dr Gavan Conlon, Partner, London Economics Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster |
11.30am | Defence Subject: Modernising Defence Programme Witness(es): Professor Andrew Dorman, King's College London
Tom McKane, Former Director General Security Policy, Ministry of Defence
James de Waal, Senior Consulting Fellow, Chatham House Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
2.15pm | Welsh Affairs Subject: Prison provision in Wales Witness(es): Dr Caroline Hughes, Senior Lecturer, Wrexham Glyndwr University
Dr Alyson Rees, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
Dr Robert Jones, Lecturer, University of South Wales
David Fraser, Author and former Senior Probation Officer
Frances Crook OBE, Chief Executive, The Howard League for Penal Reform
Dr Kate Paradine, Chief Executive, Women in Prison
Dr Thomas Guiney, Senior Programme Manager, Prison Reform Trust Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
2.15pm | Petitions Subject: Petition on the meningitis B vaccine Witness(es): Steve Brine MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health and Social Care
Chris Mullin, Chief Economist, Department of Health and Social Care
Dr Mary Ramsay, Consultant Epidemiologist and Head of Immunisation, Public Health England Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
2.30pm | Backbench Business Subject: Proposals for backbench debates Witness(es): Members of Parliament Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
2.30pm | Health and Social Care Subject: Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems Witness(es): Dr Colin Hutchinson, Chair, Doctors for the NHS
Dr Tony O'Sullivan, Co-Chair, Keep Our NHS Public
Professor Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University
Dr Graham Winyard CBE, Former Medical Director for the NHS in England
Lara Carmona, Associate Director, Policy and Public Affairs (UK and International), Royal College of Nursing
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, Chair, British Medical Association
Helga Pile, Deputy Head of Health, UNISON
Imelda Redmond, National Director, Healthwatch England
Dr Charlotte Augst, Partnerships Director, The Richmond Group
Don Redding, Director of Policy, National Voices
Kate Duxbury, Research Director, Ipsos MORI Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
3pm | Foreign Affairs Subject: Global Britain Witness(es): Rt Hon Alderman Charles Bowman, Lord Mayor of the City of London
Alderman Sir David Wootton, Chairman, Mayoral Visits Advisory Committee, and Lord Mayor of the City of London 2011-12 Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
4pm | Home Affairs Subject: Post-Brexit migration policy Witness(es): Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law, University of Cambridge
Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Mats Persson, Head of International Trade, Ernst and Young Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
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9.30am | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Labour constraints Witness(es): David Camp, Chief Executive, Association of Labour Providers
Chris Chinn, Cobrey Farms
Andrew Clark, Director of Policy, National Farmers Union
Dr Zoe Davies, Chief Executive, National Pig Association
Gudrun Ravetz, Senior Vice President, British Veterinary Association
Fiona Steiger, British Meat Processors Association Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
9.30am | Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Devolution and democracy in Northern Ireland – dealing with the deficit Witness(es): Rt Hon the Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Sir Jonathan Stephens KCB, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Work and Pensions Subject: European Social Fund Witness(es): Steve Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer, Pluss
Richard Clifton, Integrated Services Director, Shaw Trust
Graham Parry, Director of Youth, Employment and Skills, Groundwork London
Brian Bell, Managing Director, Working Links
Sandra Rothwell, Chief Executive, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership
Stella Manzie CBE, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council
Lloyd Broad, Head of European Affairs, Birmingham City Council
Sam Windett, Head of Policy, Employment Related Services Association
Elizabeth Chamberlain, Head of Policy, National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Kayleigh Wainwright, Head of Membership and Policy, UK Youth Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
9.50am | International Trade Subject: UK-US trade relations Witness(es): His Excellency Alexander Downer, High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Women and Equalities Subject: Older people and employment Witness(es): Andy Briggs, Government Business Champion for Older workers
Catherine Sermon, Employment Director, Business in the Community Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
10am | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Subject: Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals and Productivity Witness(es): Lord Adonis, Former Chair, National Infrastructure Commission
Dame Kate Barker, Chair, The Industrial Strategy Commission
Professor Richard Jones, Member, The Industrial Strategy Commission Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
2.15pm | Treasury Subject: Household finances: income, saving and debt Witness(es): Matt Upton, Head of Consumer Policy, Citizens Advice
Phil Andrew, Chief Executive, StepChange
John Montague, Managing Director, Big Issue Group
Hamish Paton, CEO, BrightHouse
Paul Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Morses Club
Richard Fuller, Managing Director, The Cash Shop Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
2.15pm | Environmental Audit Subject: Nitrate Witness(es): Professor David Reay, Chair in Carbon Management, University of Edinburgh
Professor Robert Ward, Director of Science, British Geological Survey
Professor Helen Jarvie, Principal Scientist Hydrochemistry, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Professor Penny Johnes, Professor of Biogeochemistry, University of Bristol
David Johnson, Director of the Rivers Trust, representing Wildlife and Countryside link
Will Andrews Tipper, Head of Natural Environment, Green Alliance Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
2.30pm | Public Accounts Subject: Adult Social Care Workforce Witness(es): Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary
Juliet Chua, Director, Social Care and Transformation, Department of Health and Social Care
Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Government and Public Services, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sharon Allen, Chief Executive, Skills for Care
Glen Garrod, Vice President, Association for the Directors of Adult Social Services Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
2.45pm | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Post-Brexit Trade in Sugar Witness(es): Dr Mark Carr, Chief Executive Officer, AB Sugar
Gerald Mason, Senior Vice President of Tate & Lyle Sugars, Corporate Affairs
Simon O'Mahony, Director, Sugar Association of London
Professor Jack Winkler, Emeritus Professor of Nutrition Policy, London Metropolitan University Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
3.15pm | Human Rights Subject: Human Rights: attitudes to enforcement Witness(es): Steve Hynes, Director, Legal Action Group
Nimrod Ben-Cnaan, Head of Policy and Profile, Law Centres Network
Rachel Logan, Law and Human Rights Programme Director, Amnesty International UK
Kamena Dorling, Group Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Coram Children’s Legal Centre Location: Other |
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