The 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.
Current membership
Mr John Denham MP (Labour, Southampton, Itchen)
(Chairman)
Janet Anderson MP (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen)
Mr David Cameron MP (Conservative, Witney)
Mr James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas MP (Labour, Crosby)
Mrs Janet Dean MP (Labour, Burton)
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 2003:
Mr Chris Mullin MP (Labour, Sunderland South)
(Chairman until 17.6 03),
Mr John Bercow MP (Conservative, Buckingham),
Bridget Prentice MP (Labour, Lewisham East), Mr Tom Watson
MP (Labour, West Bromwich East) and Miss Ann Widdecombe
MP (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/parliamentary_committees/home_affairs_committee.cfm.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is
at the back of this report.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Dr Robin James
(Clerk), Mr Mark Etherton (Second Clerk), Miss Jane Gordon (Committee
Legal Specialist), Mr Ben Morris (Committee Legal Specialist),
Mr Ian Thomson (Committee Assistant), and Ms Melanie Barklem (Secretary).
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 homeaffcom@parliament.uk
.
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