The Education and Employment Committee
The Education and Employment Committee is appointed
to examine on behalf of the House of Commons the expenditure,
administration and policy of the Department for Education and
Employment and its associated public bodies. Its constitution
and powers are set out in House of Commons Standing Order No.
152.
The Committee has a maximum of 17 members, of whom
the quorum is five. The members of the Committee are appointed
by the House and unless discharged remain on the Committee until
the next dissolution of Parliament. The present membership of
the Committee is as follows:
Ms Candy Atherton (Labour,
Falmouth and Camborne)
Charlotte Atkins (Labour, Staffordshire Moorlands)
Mr Graham Brady (Conservative, Altrincham and
Sale West)
Valerie Davey (Labour, Bristol West)
Rt Hon Derek Foster (Labour, Bishop Auckland)
Mr Michael Foster (Labour, Worcester)
Dr Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West
and Abingdon)
Helen Jones (Labour, Warrington North)
Judy Mallaber (Labour, Amber Valley)
Mr Gordon Marsden (Labour, Blackpool South)
Mr Patrick Nicholls (Conservative, Teignbridge)
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Conservative, Eddisbury)
Mr Ian Pearson (Labour, Dudley South)
Mr Barry Sheerman (Labour, Huddersfield)
Mr Nick St Aubyn (Conservative, Guildford)
Mr Stephen Twigg (Labour, Enfield Southgate)
Mr Phil Willis (Liberal Democrat, Harrogate and
Knaresborough)
The Committee has the power to send for persons,
papers and records, to make Reports to the House and to appoint
two sub-committees. The Committee has appointed an Education Sub-committee
and an Employment Sub-committee. The quorum of each sub-committee
is three.
The Committee and its sub-committees may meet notwithstanding
any adjournment of the House and may travel within the United
Kingdom and abroad. The Committee or its sub-committees may meet
concurrently with other committees or sub-committees established
under Standing Order No. 152 and with the House's European Scrutiny
Committee (or any of its sub-committees) or the Environmental
Audit Committee for the purpose of deliberating or taking evidence.
The Committee may exchange documents and evidence with any of
these committees, as well as with the House's Public Accounts
and Deregulation Committees.
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet
at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/edemhome.htm. A list of Reports
of the Committee in the present Parliament is at the end of this
publication.
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Education and Employment Committee,7 Millbank, London SW1P
3JA. The telephone number for general inquiries is: 020 7219 6181/1352;
the Committee's e-mail address is educempcom@parliament.uk
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