Page 1July 6, 2006
APPG on PD&RH Hearings on
Population Growth – impact on the MDGs.
Dates/time: Monday 8th May, 15th May, 22nd May, 5th June, 12th June, 19th June, 26th June and 3rd July. 15:30 – 17:30. Room available from 15:00
Venue:Upper Committee Corridor (Room 20), House of Commons, Westminster SW1, UK (can be asked to use other room at short notice)
Panel Members:4-7 APPG on PD&RH members, 2-3 committee members and APPG on PD&RH Advisor
Expert witnesses: Expert witnesses have been grouped and will be asked to give oral evidence (max 5-7 minutes each) in sequence prior to oral questioning by the panel
Agenda
Monday 8th May, 15:30 – 17:30
Panel 1:
Christine McCafferty MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tonge, Lord Rea, Baroness Thomas, and committee members
Group 1:
Steven Sinding, Director General, IPPF
Patricia Hindmarsh, Director, External Relations and Resource Development, MSI
Catherine Budgett-Meakin, Population and Sustainability Network
Monday 15th May
Panel 2:
Richard Ottaway MP, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tonge, Sandra Gidley MP and committee members
Group 2:
Robert Engelman, Vice President for Research, PAI
John Rowley, Editor in Chief, Planet 21
Monday 22nd May
Panel 3:
Richard Ottaway MP, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tonge, Paul Flynn MP and committee members
Group 3:
John Cleland, Professor of Medical Demography, LSHTM
Hilary Standing, University of Sussex
Ndola Prata, University of Berkeley
Monday 5th June
Panel 4:
Christine McCafferty MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tongeand committee members
Group 4:
Mr Hassan Yousif, Population Affairs Officer, Population and Development Team, Sustainable Development Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa
Ikechukwu Ezekwe Esq, President, African Foundation for Population and Development, Nigeria
Dr Baige Zhao, Vice Minister of National Population and Family PlanningCommission,China
Jean-Christophe Fotso, Post-Doctoral Fellow, The African Population and Health Research Centre, Kenya
Jay Satia, Executive Director, ICOMP
Monday 12th June
Panel 5:
Christine McCafferty MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Baroness Tonge, Viscount Craigavon, Sandra Gidley MP, Paul Flynn MP, Baroness Thomas, Baroness Northover and committee members
Group 5:
Gareth Thomas MP, PU-SS for ID, DfID (15:30 – 16:30)followed by DfID and DEFRA officials
Monday 19th June
Panel 6:
Richard Ottaway MP, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tonge, Lyn Brown MP and committee members
Group 6:
Rogelio Castilla, Director of Technical Support Division, UNFPA
Dr Paul Van Look, Director, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO
Monday 26th June
Panel 7:
Richard Ottaway MP, Lord Rea, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Thomas, Baroness Flather and committee members
Group 7:
Malcolm Potts, University of Berkeley
Michael Lipton and Robert Eastwood, University of Sussex
Joseph Speidel, University of California
Monday 3rd July
Panel 8:
Christine McCafferty MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Viscount Craigavon, Lord Rea and committee members
Group 8:
Frances Kissling, President, CFFC (15:30 – 16:30)
Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to UK Government (16:30 – 17:30)