HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
The Home Affairs Committee is appointed by the House
of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy
of the Home Office and its associated public bodies; the administration
and expenditure of the Attorney General's Office, the Treasury
Solicitor's Department, the Crown Prosecution Service and the
Serious Fraud Office. During Session 2001-02 the Committee also
had similar scrutiny powers in respect of the Lord Chancellor's
Department.
Current Membership
Mr Chris Mullin MP (Labour, Sunderland South)
(Chairman)
Mr David Cameron MP (Conservative, Witney)
Mr James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)
appointed on 18.11.02 in place of Mr Humfrey Malins MP (Conservative,
Woking)
Mrs Janet Dean MP (Labour, Burton)
Bridget Prentice MP (Labour, Lewisham East)
Mr Gwyn Prosser MP (Labour, Dover)
Bob Russell MP (Liberal Democrat, Colchester)
Mr Marsha Singh MP (Labour, Bradford West)
Mr Tom Watson MP (Labour, West Bromwich East)
Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP (Conservative, Maidstone
and The Weald) appointed on 18.11.02 in place of Angela Watkinson
MP (Conservative, Upminster)
David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No.152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publications
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/parliamentary_committees/home_affairs_committee.cfm.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk
of the Home Affairs Committee, Committee Office, 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.
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