Parliamentary business for the week beginning Monday 7 May 2018

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Monday 7 May 2018
No business was announced for this day.
Tuesday 8 May 2018
TimeBusiness
9.45amScottish Affairs
Subject: RBS branch closures
Witness(es): Ross McEwan, Chief Executive, RBS Les Matheson, Chief Executive, Personal & Business Banking, RBS Jane Howard, Managing Director, Personal Banking, RBS David Pickering, Chief Executive, LSB Liz Thompson, Head of Compliance, LSB
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
10amBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: Electric vehicles: developing the market and infrastructure
Witness(es): Robert Evans, Chair, UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association Rasita Chudasama, Principal Transport Planner, Nottingham City Council David Martell, CEO, Chargemaster Matthew Eastwood, Head of Transport, Scotland, Energy Saving Trust
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
10amPublic Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Subject: Sourcing public services: lessons to be learned from the collapse of Carillion
Witness(es): Rupert Soames, Serco Phil Bentley, Mitie Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy and Volunteering, National Council For Voluntary Organisations David Walker, The Guardian Matt Dykes, Senior Policy Officer for Public Services, Trade Union Congress
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.15pmWelsh Affairs
Subject: Brexit: agriculture, trade and the repatriation of powers
Witness(es): Laura Elliott, Chairman, Wales YFC Dafydd Jones, Vice Chairman and Rural Affairs Chairman, Wales YFC Cennydd Jones, Senior Member of the Year, Wales YFC Jacob Anthony, Member, Wales YFC Caryl Hughes, Member, Wales YFC
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
2.15pmTreasury
Subject: Household finances: income, saving and debt
Witness(es): Christopher Woolard, Director of Strategy and Competition, Financial Conduct Authority Nisha Arora, Director of Market Intelligence, Data and Analysis, Financial Conduct Authority John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, HM Treasury Guy Opperman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, Department for Work and Pensions Charlotte Clark, Director, Private Pensions and Stewardship, Department for Work and Pensions John Owen, Deputy Director, Assets, Savings and Consumers, HM Treasury
Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
2.30pmHome Affairs
Subject: Immigration detention
Witness(es): Peter Clarke CVO OBE QPM, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Hindpal Singh Bhui, Inspection Team Leader (Immigration), HMI Prisons Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister for Immigration, Home Office Hugh Ind, Director General of Immigration Enforcement, Home Office Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmInternational Development
Subject: Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector
Witness(es): Caroline Nursey, Chair of the Board, BOND Judith Greenwood, Executive Director, CHS Alliance Sarah Maguire, Director of Technical Services, Governance, Development Alternatives Incorporated Sinead Magill, Regional Director for EMEA, Palladium
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2.45pmForeign Affairs
Subject: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia
Witness(es): Kevin Miles, Chief Executive, the Football Supporters Federation Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts, National Lead for Football Policing Robert Sullivan, Strategy and Communications Director, the Football Association
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
3pmScience and Technology
Subject: Research integrity
Witness(es): Sam Gyimah MP, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Education Dr Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Government Science and Engineering Profession, Government Office for Science
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
4pmBackbench Business
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witness(es): Members of Parliament
Location: Room 19, Palace of Westminster
4pmHousing, Communities and Local Government
Subject: Land Value Capture
Witness(es): Steve Akehurst, Head of Public Affairs, Shelter Professor John Henneberry, Professor of Property Development Studies, University of Sheffield Liz Peace CBE, Adviser on Property, Politics and the Built Environment David Ames, Head of Strategic Planning and Development, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation Tom Chance, Head of Grants and Development, National CLT Network Julian Ware, Head of Major Project Funding, Transport for London
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
4.05pmHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Subject: High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Witness(es): 130 - Staffordshire County Council, Petitioners
Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster
4.30pmHealth and Social Care
Subject: Childhood obesity
Witness(es): Dr Emma Boyland, Senior Lecturer, Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool Shahriar Coupal, Director of the Committees, Committee of Advertising Practice and Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice, Advertising Standards Agency Stephen Woodford, Chief Executive, Advertising Association Dan Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Living Loud Professor Russell Viner, Obesity Health Alliance Andrew Opie, Director of Food Policy, British Retail Consortium Malcolm Clark, Policy Manager (Cancer Prevention), Cancer Research UK Dr Jean Adams, Programme Lead, UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) Dan Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Living Loud Professor Susan Jebb OBE, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Cllr Richard Kemp CBE, Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Liverpool City Council, Local Government Association Chris Holmes, Managing Director, Shift Design Maurice Abboudi, Vice Chair, British Takeaway Campaign Dr Thomas Burgoine, Career Development Fellow, UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)
Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 9 May 2018
TimeBusiness
9.15amExiting the European Union
Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal
Witness(es): James Mullock, Partner, Bird & Bird Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner Stephen Hurley, Head of Brexit Planning and Policy, British Telecom Giles Derrington, Head of Policy: Brexit, International and Economics, TechUK Colin Paynter, UK Managing Director, Airbus Defence and Space Patrick Norris, Secretary of the European Affairs Group, UKspace Dr Bleddyn Bowen, University of Leicester
Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.35amHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Subject: High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Witness(es): 108 - Lichfield District Council, Petitioners 182 - Wayne Bull and Julia Allsopp, Petitioners
Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster
9.45amInternational Trade
Subject: Trade and the Commonwealth: developing countries
Witness(es): Ian Michell, Technical Director, Flamingo Sian Thomas, Communications Manager, Fresh Produce Consortium Avnish Malde, Director, Wealmoor
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9.50amWomen and Equalities
Subject: Work of the Government Equalities Office
Witness(es): Ali Harris, Chief Executive, Equality and Diversity Forum Janet Veitch OBE, former Head of Gender Mainstreaming, Government Equalities Office Gavin Freeguard, Associate Director, Institute for Government Marcus Shepheard, Researcher, Institute for Governement
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
10amPublic Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Subject: Sourcing public services: lessons to be learned from the collapse of Carillion
Witness(es): The Right Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Gareth Rhys Williams, Government Chief Commercial Officer John Manzoni, Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office and Chief Executive of the Civil Service
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
10.05amWelsh Affairs
Subject: The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
Witness(es): Mark Shorrock, Chief Executive, Tidal Lagoon Power Rt Hon Charles Hendry Richard Howard, Head of Research, Aurora Energy Research Ltd Mike Wilkinson, Senior Conservation Planner, RSPB Martyn Evans, Head of South West Wales Operations, Natural Resources Wales John Wheadon, Permitting Service Manager, Natural Resources Wales Dr David Tudor, Portfolio Manager – Marine Infrastructure, The Crown Estate
Location: Other
10.05amBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
Witness(es): Rt Hon Charles Hendry Mark Shorrock, Chief Executive, Tidal Lagoon Power Richard Howard, Head of Research, Aurora Energy Research Ltd Mike Wilkinson, Senior Conservation Planner, RSPB John Wheadon, Permitting Service Manager, Natural Resources Wales Dr David Tudor, Portfolio Manager – Marine Infrastructure, The Crown Estate Martyn Evans, Head of South West Wales Operations, Natural Resources Wales
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
10.15amWork and Pensions
Subject: Pre-appointment scrutiny of the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee
Witness(es): Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Government preferred candidate for Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10.30amEducation
Subject: Quality of apprenticeships and skills training
Witness(es): Hannah Cuthbert, Business Administration Apprentice, University of Hull Gavin Garner, Caretaker Apprentice, Hull City Council Cheryl Sedgwick, Employer Liaison and Partnership Development Lead, Hull Training and Adult Education Lisa Shepherdson, Deputy Manager, Hull Training and Adult Education
Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
2.15pmTreasury
Subject: SME Finance
Witness(es): Nikki Turner, SME Alliance Keith Elliott, Former CEO, Premier Motor Auctions Craig Keech, Director, Legacy Consulting Guy Stenhouse, Managing Director, Shancastle Investments Lawrence Tomlinson, Chairman, LNT Group Keith Morgan, CEO, British Business Bank Suren Thiru, Head of Economics and Business Finance, British Chambers of Commerce
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmForeign Affairs
Subject: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia
Witness(es): Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State Julia Longbottom, Director for Consular Affairs Martin Harris, Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.30pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Financial sustainability of local authorities
Witness(es): Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive, Local Government Association Duncan Whitfield, President, Association of Local Authority Treasurers Martin Reeves, Spokesman for Local Government Finance, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIPFA Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
3.15pmHuman Rights
Subject: Enforcing Human Rights
Witness(es): Professor David Mead, University of East Anglia Law School Martha Spurrier, Director, Liberty Dr Alice Donald, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Middlesex University Adam Wagner, Barrister and Founder/Chair, RightsInfo
Location: Other
4.45pmCommittees on Arms Export Controls
Subject: UK arms exports during 2016
Witness(es): Dr Anna Stavrianakis, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex Andrew Feinstein, Executive Director, Corruption Watch UK Ian J Stewart, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Science and Strategic Studies, War Studies Department, King’s College London Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Research Fellow for Defence Economics and Procurement, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
5pmPublic Accounts
Subject: Homeless Households: Progress Review
Witness(es): Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Governent, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
5.05pmScience and Technology
Subject: E-Cigarettes
Witness(es): John Dunne, Director, UK Vaping Industry Association Fraser Cropper, Chair, Independent British Vape Trade Association Sarah Jakes, Chair, New Nicotine Alliance
Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 10 May 2018
TimeBusiness
9.35amHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Subject: High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Witness(es): 6 - Kings Bromley Parish Council, Petitioners 184 - The Small Schools Multi Academy Trust, The Richard Crosse Church of England Primary School, Petitioners
Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster
2.40pmStanding Orders (Private Bills)
Subject: High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill
Witness(es):
Location: Room 21, Palace of Westminster
Friday 11 May 2018
No business was announced for this day.


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