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 Chris Mullen MP (Labour,
Sunderland South) (Chairman)[2]
Mr David Cameron MP (Conservative, Witney)
Mrs Janet Dean MP (Labour, Burton)
Mr Humfrey Malins MP (Conservative, Woking)
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)
Angela Watkinson MP (Conservative, Upminster)
Mr Tim Watson MP (Labour, West Bromwich East)
David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)
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 Appointed on 16 July 2001. Back
2
Elected Chairman on 18 July 2001. Back
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