The Home Affairs Committee: Membership
and Powers
The Home Affairs Committee is appointed to examine
on behalf of the House of Commons the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Home Office and associated public bodies; the
policy, administration and expenditure of the Lord Chancellor's
Department (including the work of staff provided for the administrative
work of courts and tribunals, but excluding consideration of individual
cases and appointments); and the administration and expenditure
of the Attorney General's Office, the Treasury Solicitor's Department,
the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office (but
excluding individual cases and appointments and advice given within
government by Law Officers). The Committee's constitution and
powers are set out in House of Commons Standing Order No. 152.
The Committee has 11 Members, of whom the quorum
is three. 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:[1]
Mr Robin Corbett MP (Labour, Birmingham
Erdington) (Chairman)[2]
Mr Ian Cawsey MP (Labour, Brigg and Goole)[3]
Mrs Janet Dean MP (Labour, Burton)[4]
Mr Michael Fabricant MP (Conservative, Lichfield)[5]
Mr Gerald Howarth MP (Conservative, Aldershot)[6]
Mr Martin Linton MP (Labour, Battersea)6
Mr Humfrey Malins MP (Conservative, Woking)6
Bob Russell MP (Liberal Democrat, Colchester)[7]
Mr Marsha Singh MP (Labour, Bradford West)6
Mr Paul Stinchcombe MP (Labour, Wellingborough)[8]
Mr David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)6
The Committee has powers to require the submission
of documents, to examine witnesses and to publish reports to the
House accompanied by the evidence it has gathered. The Committee
may meet at any time (except when Parliament is prorogued or dissolved)
and may hold meetings away from Westminster. The Committee may
meet concurrently with other committees or sub-committees established
under Standing Order No. 152 for the purposes of deliberating,
taking evidence or considering draft reports. The Committee may
meet concurrently with the House's European Scrutiny Committee
(or any of its sub-committees) or the Environmental Audit Committee
for the purposes 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
Reports of the Committee, including published evidence, together
with press notices issued by the Committee are available on the
Committee's home page at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/hmafhome.htm
on the Internet. All correspondence should be addressed to the
Clerk of the Home Affairs Committee, Committee Office, House of
Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for
general inquiries is: 020 7219 3276; the Committee's e-mail address
is homeaffcom@parliament.uk
1 Mr Richard Allan (Liberal Democrat, Sheffield Hallam)
was appointed on 16 July 1997 and discharged on 8 June 1998; Mr
Ross Cranston (Labour, Dudley North) was appointed on 16
July 1997 and discharged on 9 November 1998; Mr Nick Hawkins
(Conservative, Surrey Heath) was appointed on 2 March 1998
and discharged on 26 July 1999; Rt Hon Douglas Hogg (Conservative,
Sleaford and North Hykeham) was appointed on 16 July 1997
and discharged on 2 March 1998; Ms Beverley Hughes (Labour,
Stretford and Urmston) was appointed on 16 July 1997 and discharged
on 9 November 1998; Miss Melanie Johnson (Labour, Welwyn Hatfield)
was appointed on 9 November 1998 and discharged on 1 February
1999; and Mr Chris Mullin (Chairman until 19 October 1999) was
appointed on 16 July 1997 and discharged on 6 December 1999. Back
2 Appointed
on 16 July 1997 and elected Chairman on 19 October 1999. Back
3 Appointed
on 6 December 1999. Back
4 Appointed
on 1 February 1999. Back
5 Appointed
on 26 July 1999. Back
6 Appointed
on 16 July 1997. Back
7 Appointed
on 8 June 1998. Back
8 Appointed
on 9 November 1998. Back
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