Parliamentary business for the week beginning Monday 11 March 2019
Time | Business |
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4pm | Housing, Communities and Local Government Subject: Local authorities' children's services Witness(es): Jonathan Stanley, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Children’s Homes Association
Andrew Isaac, Chair, Children's Services Development Group
Rishi Sunak MP, Minister for Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Nadhim Zahawi MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
4pm | Public Accounts Subject: NAO Estimate 2019-20 Witness(es): Sir Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
Daniel Lambauer, Executive Leader, Strategy and Operations, National Audit Office Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
4.15pm | Work and Pensions Subject: Benefit freeze Witness(es): Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Neil Couling, Director General, Universal Credit Programme
Donna Ward, Policy Director, Children, Families and Disadvantage Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
4.20pm | Public Accounts Subject: Disclosure and Barring Service: progress review Witness(es): Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Adele Downey, Chief Executive Officer, Disclosure and Barring Service
Scott McPherson, Director General of the Crime, Police and Fire Group, Disclosure and Barring Service Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
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9.15am | Treasury Subject: Access to Cash Review Witness(es): Natalie Ceeney CBE, Chair, Access to Cash Review
Richard Lloyd, Panel Member, Access to Cash Review
Sian Williams, Panel Member, Access to Cash Review Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Home Affairs Subject: Serious violence Witness(es): Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Subject: Energy efficiency Witness(es): Ed Matthew, Associate Director, E3G
Teresa Bray, Chief Executive, Changeworks
Michael Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, E.ON UK
David Adams, Technical Director, Melius Homes
Peter Jordan, Group Planning & Strategic Land Director, Persimmon
David Thomas, Group Chief Executive, Barratt Developments Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
10am | International Development Subject: UK progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Witness(es): Emily Auckland, Co-Chair, UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development
Andrew Griffiths, Co-Chair, Bond SDGs Working Group
Donna Ward, Policy Director for Children, Families and Disadvantage and SDG Champion, DWP
Sam Lister, Director for Industrial Strategy and SDG Champion, BEIS Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster |
10am | Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Subject: The Role of Parliament in the UK Constitution: Authorising the Use of Military Force Witness(es): Professor Gavin Philipson, Department of Law, University of Bristol
Sebastian Payne, Department of Law, Kent University
Dr James Strong, Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Tara McCormack, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
10am | Education Subject: Accountability hearings Witness(es): Sally Collier, Chief Regulator, Ofqual
Roger Taylor, Chair, Ofqual Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
10.15am | Scottish Affairs Subject: The relationship between the UK and Scottish Governments Witness(es): Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Government, Business and Constitutional Relations, Scottish Government Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
10.25am | Environmental Audit Subject: Planetary health Witness(es): Professor Mike Davies, University College London
Professor Yvonne Rydin, University College London
Dr Anastasia Mylona, Head of Research, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Daniel Black, Independent consultant and company Director, Daniel Black and Associates
Mr Lawrie Robertson, Head of Strategic Planning, BuroHappold Engineering
Councillor Paulette Hamilton, Holyhead Ward, Birmingham City Council
Rachel Huxley, Director of Knowledge and Learning, C40 Cities Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
10.30am | Home Affairs Subject: The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On Witness(es): John Azah OBE, Chief Executive, Kingston Racial Equality Council
Melanie Field, Executive Director of Corporate Strategy and Policy, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council Location: Room 18, Palace of Westminster |
11am | Foreign Affairs Subject: The work of the Minister of State for Africa Witness(es): Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State for Africa
Julia Longbottom, Director Consular Services
Harriet Mathews, Director Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Location: Room 19, Palace of Westminster |
11.15am | Exiting the European Union Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Role of Parliament Witness(es): Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP, Secretary of State, Department for Exiting the European Union Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House |
11.30am | Welsh Affairs Subject: Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station Witness(es): Dr John Idris Jones, Chartered Physicist and Independent Consultant
Nick Kardahji, Research Officer, Prospect
Cllr Llinos Medi, Leader, Isle of Anglesey County Council – representing the North Wales Economic Ambition Board
Dylan Williams, Head of Regulation and Economic Development, Isle of Anglesey County Council Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
2.30pm | Health and Social Care Subject: Kark report on the ‘fit and proper person test’ Witness(es): Tom Kark QC, Author of the fit and proper persons test report
Barrister Jane Russell, Co-author of the fit and proper persons test report
Baroness (Dido) Harding, Chair, NHS Improvement
Professor Ted Baker, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Care Quality Commission 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 |
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9.30am | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Water Resources Infrastructure National Policy Statement Witness(es): Richard Aylard, External Affairs and Sustainability Director, Thames Water
Trevor Bishop, Organisational Development Director, Water Resources South East
Hannah Stanley-Jones, Head of Water Resources, Anglian Water
Hannah Freeman, Chair, Blueprint for Water
Rob Lawson, Chair of Water Resources Specialist Panel, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
9.30am | Northern Ireland Affairs Subject: Funding priorities in the 2018-19 budget: Education Witness(es): Derek Baker, Permanent Secretary, Department of Education (NI)
Fiona Hepper, Deputy Secretary for Education Policy and Children’s Services, Department of Education (NI)
Gary Fair, Director of Finance, Department of Education (NI) Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House |
9.45am | Transport Subject: HS2: Update with Allan Cook Witness(es): Allan Cook CBE, Chairman, HS2 Ltd Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
9.50am | International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact Subject: ICAI’s review of the UK’s approach to funding the UN humanitarian system Witness(es): Tamsyn Barton, Chief Commissioner
Paul Harvey, Team Leader, ICAI
Matthew Wyatt, Head of Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department
Mark Smith, Head of Better Delivery Department, DFID Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House |
10am | International Trade Subject: Trade in services Witness(es): Prof. Lucia Quaglia, University of Bologna
Prof. Catherine Barnard, Cambridge University
Prof. L . Alan Winters, Director of UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex
Sam Lowe, Centre for European Reform
Jonathan Athow, Deputy National Statistician and Director General, Office for National Statistics
Anjalika Bardalai, Chief Economist & Head of Research, TheCityUK
Dr Ingo Borchert, UK Trade Policy Observatory Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster |
10.30am | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Subject: Future of Audit Witness(es): The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Debbie Gillatt, Director, Business Frameworks, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster |
2.30pm | Public Accounts Subject: Transforming rehabilitation: progress review Witness(es): Sir Richard Heaton, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
Michael Spurr, Chief Executive Officer, HM Prison and Probation Service, Ministry of Justice Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster |
3.15pm | Human Rights Subject: The right to family life: children whose mothers are in prison Witness(es): Edward Argar MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice
Nadhim Zahawi MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education Location: Other |
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