The Social Security Committee is appointed under
Standing Order No. 152 to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Department of Social Security and associated
public bodies.
The Committee consists of 11 Members. It has
a quorum of three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all members
nominated to the Committee continue to be members of it for the
remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for persons, papers and records,
to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn
from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either
to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate
matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to any other committee
appointed under the same Standing Order (or to the Committee of
Public Accounts, the Deregulation Committee or the Environmental
Audit Committee) its evidence and any other documents relating
to matters of common interest; and
(d) to meet concurrently with any other
committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence, or
considering draft reports.
The membership of the Committee since its nomination
on 14 July 1997 has been as follows:
| Ms Karen Buck | Siobhain McDonagh
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| Mr Nick Gibb | Mr Chris Pond
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| Ms Patricia Hewitt |
Mr Frank Roy |
| Miss Julie Kirkbride |
Ms Gisela Stuart |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Mr Malcolm Wicks
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| Mr Edward Leigh |
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Mr Archy Kirkwood was elected Chairman on 16 July
1997.
Siobhain McDonagh was discharged and Mr Paul Goggins
was added on 28 November 1997.
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