The Work and Pensions Committee is appointed by the
House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and
policy of the Department for Work and Pensions and its associated
public bodies.
Current Membership
Sir Archy Kirkwood (Liberal Democrat, Roxburgh
and Berwickshire) (Chairman)
Miss Anne Begg (Labour, Aberdeen South)
Ms Karen Buck (Labour, Regent's Park and Kensington
North)
Mr Andrew Dismore (Labour, Hendon)
Mr Paul Goodman (Conservative, Wycombe)
Mrs Joan Humble (Labour, Blackpool North and Fleetwood)
Rob Marris (Labour, Wolverhampton South West)
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Conservative, Sutton Coldfield)
James Purnell (Labour, Stalybridge and Hyde)
Andrew Selous (Conservative, South West Bedfordshire)
Mr David Stewart (Labour, Inverness East, Nairn
and Lochaber)
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/commons/selcom/workpenhome.htm.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the
present Parliament is at the back of this volume.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed
to The Clerk of the Work and Pensions Committee, Committee Office,
7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general
inquiries is: 020 7219 5833; the Committee's e-mail address is:
workpencom@parliament.uk.
Footnotes
In the footnotes of this Report, references
to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question
number. References to written evidence are indicated by the page
number as in 'Ev 12'.
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