Minutes of Proceedings Home Affairs Committee

House of Commons

Home Affairs Committee

Minutes of Proceedings

Session 2003–04

Ordered by The House of Commons

to be printed 18 November 2004

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; 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).

Membership (at the end of Session 2003–04)

Mr John Denham MP (Labour, Southampton, Itchen) (Chairman)

Janet Anderson MP (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen)

Mr James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas MP (Labour, Crosby)

Mrs Janet Dean MP (Labour, Burton)

Mr Damian Green MP (Conservative, Ashford)

Mr Gwyn Prosser MP (Labour, Dover)

Bob Russell MP (Liberal Democrat, Colchester)

Mr Marsha Singh MP (Labour, Bradford West)

Mr John Taylor MP (Conservative, Solihull)

David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)

The following Members were also members of the Committee during the Session:

Mr David Cameron (Conservative, Witney) and

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Conservative, Maidstone and The Weald)

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/homeaffairscom.

Committee staff

The current staff of the Committee are Dr Robin James (Clerk), Mr Mark Etherton (Second Clerk), Kate Akester (Adviser (Sentencing Guidelines)), Dr Ben Morris (Committee Legal Specialist), Mr Ian Thomson (Committee Assistant), Sarah Verrinder (Secretary) and Mr John-Paul Flaherty (Senior Office Clerk).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 3276; the Committee's email address is [e-mail] .

Proceedings of the Committee

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Prepared: 20 April 2005