Reports from the Liaison Committee since
1 May 1997
1997 Parliament
Session 1999-2000
First : Shifting the Balance:
Select Committees and the Executive, HC 300
Second : Independence or Control?,
HC 748
Third : Resource Accounting
and Budgeting, HC 841
Session 2000-01
First : Shifting the Balance:
Unfinished Business, HC 321
2001 Parliament
Session 2001-02
First : The Work of Select
Committees in 2001, HC 590
Second : Select Committees - Modernisation
Proposals
First Special : Evidence from the Prime Minister
LIAISON
COMMITTEE
The Liaison Committee is appointed to consider general
matters relating to the work of select committees; to advise the
House of Commons Commission on select committees; and to choose
select committee reports for debate in the House.
Current Membership
Mr Alan Williams MP (Labour, Swansea West)
(Chairman)
The Chairmen for the time being of the Select Committees
listed below:
Accommodation and Works - Mr Derek Conway MP (Conservative,
Old Bexley and Sidcup)
Administration - Mrs Marion Roe MP (Conservative,
Broxbourne)
Broadcasting - Mr David Lepper MP (Labour/Co-op,
Brighton Pavilion)
Catering - Mr Dennis Turner MP (Labour/Co-op,
Wolverhampton South East)
Culture, Media and Sport - Mr Gerald Kaufman MP (Labour,
Manchester Gorton)
Defence - Mr Bruce George MP (Labour, Walsall
South)
Deregulation and Regulatory Reform - Mr Peter Pike
MP (Labour, Burnley)
Education and Skills - Mr Barry Sheerman MP (Labour/Co-op,
Huddersfield)
Environmental Audit - Mr John Horam MP (Conservative,
Orpington)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Mr David
Curry MP (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)
European Scrutiny - Mr Jimmy Hood MP (Labour,
Clydesdale)
Finance and Services - Mr Stuart Bell MP (Labour,
Middlesbrough)
Foreign Affairs - Mr Donald Anderson MP (Labour,
Swansea East)
Health - Mr David Hinchliffe MP (Labour, Wakefield)
Home Affairs - Mr Chris Mullin MP (Labour, Sunderland
South)
Joint Committee on Human Rights - Jean Corston MP
(Labour, Bristol East)
Information - Mr Michael Fabricant MP (Conservative,
Lichfield)
International Development - Mr Tony Baldry MP (Conservative,
Banbury)
Northern Ireland Affairs - Mr Michael Mates MP (Conservative,
East Hampshire)
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning,
Local Government and the Regions - Mr Andrew Bennett (Labour,
Denton and Reddish)
Procedure - Mr Nicholas Winterton MP (Conservative,
Macclesfield)
Public Accounts - Mr Edward Leigh MP (Conservative,
Gainsborough)
Public Administration - Dr Tony Wright (Labour,
Cannock Chase)
Science and Technology - Dr Ian Gibson MP (Labour,
Norwich North)
Scottish Affairs - Irene Adams MP (Labour, Paisley
North)
Selection - Mr John McWilliam MP (Labour, Blaydon)
Standards and Privileges - Sir George Young MP (Conservative,
North West Hampshire)
Statutory Instruments - Mr David Tredinnick MP (Conservative,
Bosworth)
Trade and Industry - Mr Martin O'Neill MP (Labour,
Ochil)
Transport - Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody MP (Labour, Crewe
and Nantwich)
Treasury - Mr John McFall MP (Labour/Co-op, Dumbarton)
Welsh Affairs - Mr Martyn Jones MP (Labour, Clwyd
South)
Work and Pensions - Mr Archy Kirkwood MP (Liberal
Democrat, Roxburgh and Berwickshire)
and Mr Richard Allan MP (Liberal Democrat, Sheffield
Hallam)
Powers
The powers of the Committee are set out in House
of Commons Standing Order No. 145. 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/commons/selcom/liahome.htm..
A list of Reports of the Committee since 1997 is on the inside
front cover.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk
of the Liaison Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons,
London, SW1A OAA. The telephone number for general inquiries is:
020 7219 6432; the Committee's e-mail address is: liaisoncommittee@parliament.uk.
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