The Health Committee is appointed to examine on behalf
of the House of Commons the expenditure, administration and policy
of the Department of Health (and any associated public bodies).
Its constitution and powers are set out in House of Commons Standing
Order No. 152.
The Committee has a maximum of eleven members, of
whom the quorum for any formal proceedings 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 David Amess MP (Conservative,
Southend West)[2]
John Austin MP (Labour, Erith and Thamesmead)
Dr Peter Brand MP (Liberal Democrat, Isle of Wight)
Mr Simon Burns MP (Conservative, Chelmsford West)[3]
Mrs Eileen Gordon MP (Labour, Romford)[4]
Mr John Gunnell MP (Labour, Morley and Rothwell)
Mr Stephen Hesford MP (Labour, Wirral West)[5]
Mr David Hinchliffe MP (Labour, Wakefield)
Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour, Mitcham and Morden)[6]
Mrs Marion Roe MP (Conservative, Broxbourne)[7]
Dr Howard Stoate MP (Labour, Dartford)
On 17 July 1997, the Committee elected Mr David
Hinchliffe as its Chairman.
The Committee has the power to require the submission
of written evidence and documents, to send for and examine witnesses,
and to make Reports to the House. In the footnotes of this Report,
references to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the
question number, references to the written evidence are indicated
by 'Ev' followed by a page number or by Appendix number where
the evidence is included as Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence.
The Committee may meet at any time (except when Parliament
is prorogued or dissolved) and at any place within the United
Kingdom. The Committee 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)
for the purpose of deliberating, taking evidence or considering
draft reports. The Committee may exchange documents and evidence
with any of these committees, as well as with the House's Public
Accounts, Deregulation and Environmental Audit 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/hsecom.htm
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is
at the end of this volume.
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk
of the Health Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons, London
SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general inquiries is: 020 7219
5466; the Committee's e-mail address is healthcom@parliament.uk
1 Rt Hon Peter Brooke MP (Conservative, Cities
of London and Westminster), was appointed on 14 July 1997
and discharged on 21 July 1997; Mr Andrew Lansley MP (Conservative,
Cambridgeshire South), was appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged
on 20 July 1998; Ann Keen MP (Labour, Brentford and Isleworth),
was appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged on 1 February 1999;
Mr Robert Walter MP (Conservative, Dorset North), was
appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged on 5 July 1999; Julia
Drown MP (Labour, Swindon South), was appointed on 14 July
1997 and discharged on 30 November 1999; Mr Ivan Lewis MP (Labour,
Bury South), was appointed on 1 February 1999 and discharged
on 13 December 1999; Mr Robert Syms MP (Conservative, Poole),
was appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged on 13 November 2000;
Mrs Audrey Wise MP (Labour, Preston), was appointed on
14 July 1997( died 2 September 2000). Back
2
Appointed 20 July 1998. Back
3
Appointed 5 July 1999. Back
4
Appointed 30 November 1999. Back
5
Appointed 13 December 1999. Back
6 Appointed
27 November 2000. Back
7 Appointed
13 November 2000. Back
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