The Public Administration Select Committee
The Public Administration Select Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the reports of the Parliamentary
Commissioner for Administration, of the Health Service Commissioners
for England, Scotland and Wales and of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
for Northern Ireland, which are laid before this House, and matters
in connection therewith and to consider matters relating to the
quality and standards of administration provided by civil service
departments, and other matters relating to the civil service;
and the committee shall consist of eleven members.
Current membership
Tony Wright MP (Labour, Cannock Chase) (Chairman)
Mr Kevin Brennan MP (Labour, Cardiff West)
Annette Brooke MP (Liberal Democrat, Mid Dorset
and Poole North)
Mrs Anne Campbell MP (Labour, Cambridge)
Sir Sydney Chapman MP (Conservative, Chipping
Barnet)
Mr David Heyes MP (Labour, Ashton under Lyne)
Mr Kelvin Hopkins MP (Labour, Luton North)
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP (Conservative, Bridgwater)
Mr Gordon Prentice MP (Labour, Pendle)
Hon Michael Trend, CBE MP (Conservative, Windsor)
Mr Brian White MP (Labour, Milton Keynes North
East)
The following members were also members of the committee
during the parliament.
Mr John Lyons MP (Labour, Strathkelvin and Bearsden)
Mr Anthony Steen MP (Conservative, Totnes)
Mr Anthony D Wright MP (Labour, Great Yarmouth)
Powers
The committee is one of the select committees, the
powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 146. 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/public_administration_select_committee.cfm.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is
at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Philip Aylett
(Clerk), Clive Porro (Second Clerk), Chris Carrington (Committee
Specialist), Jackie Recardo (Committee Assistant) and Jenny Pickard
(Committee Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Public Administration Select Committee, Committee Office,
First Floor, 7 Millbank, House of Commons, London SW1P 3JA. The
telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 3284; the Committee's
email address is pubadmincom@parliament.uk
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