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 - 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)
Constitutional Affairs - Mr Alan Beith MP (Liberal
Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Culture, Media and Sport - Mr Gerald Kaufman MP (Labour,
Manchester Gorton)
Defence - Mr Bruce George MP (Labour, Walsall
South)
Education and Skills - Mr Barry Sheerman MP (Labour/Co-op,
Huddersfield)
Environmental Audit - Mr Peter Ainsworth MP (Conservative,
East Surrey)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Mr Michael
Jack MP (Conservative, Fylde)
European Scrutiny - Mr Jimmy Hood MP (Labour,
Clydesdale)
Finance and Services - Sir Stuart Bell MP (Labour,
Middlesbrough)
Foreign Affairs - Donald Anderson MP (Labour,
Swansea East)
Health - Mr David Hinchliffe MP (Labour, Wakefield)
Home Affairs - Mr John Denham MP (Labour, Southampton
Itchen)
Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Jean Corston MP
(Labour, Bristol East)
Information - Mr Robert Key MP (Conservative,
Salisbury)
International Development - 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 - Andrew Bennett MP (Labour,
Denton and Reddish)
Procedure - Sir Nicholas Winterton MP (Conservative,
Macclesfield)
Public Accounts - Mr Edward Leigh MP (Conservative,
Gainsborough)
Public Administration - Tony Wright MP (Labour,
Cannock Chase)
Regulatory Reform - Mr Peter Pike MP (Labour,
Burnley)
Science and Technology - Dr Ian Gibson MP (Labour,
Norwich North)
Scottish Affairs - Mrs 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 - Sir 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 SO 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/parliamentary_committees/liaison_committee.cfm
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are George Cubie
(Clerk), Robert Wilson (Second Clerk), Lis Partridge (Committee
Assistant) and Catherine Close (Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Liaison Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The
telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5675; the Committee's
email address is liaisoncommittee@parliament.uk
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