The Constitutional Affairs and the ODPM: Housing,
Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committees
The Constitutional Affairs Committee (previously
the Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department) and the ODPM:
Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
are appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure,
administration, and policy of the Department for Constitutional
Affairs and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and any associated
public bodies.
Current membership CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS: Rt Hon
Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed) §, Peter
Bottomley MP (Conservative, Worthing West), Mr James Clappison
MP (Conservative, Hertsmere), Ross Cranston MP (Labour, Dudley
North), Mrs Ann Cryer MP (Labour, Keighley), Mr Jim Cunningham
MP (Labour, Coventry South), Mr Hilton Dawson MP (Labour, Lancaster
and Wyre), Andrew Rosindell MP (Conservative, Romford), Mr Clive
Soley MP (Labour, Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush), Keith Vaz
MP (Labour, Leicester East), Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour, Southampton
Test).
ODPM: Andrew Bennett MP (Labour, Denton and Reddish)
§ (Chairman of the Committee's joint meetings), Sir
Paul Beresford MP (Conservative, Mole Valley), Mr Clive
Betts MP (Labour, Sheffield Attercliffe), Mr Graham Brady
MP (Conservative, Altrincham & Sale West), Mr David
Clelland MP (Labour, Tyne Bridge), Mr John Cummings MP
(Labour, Easington), Mrs Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative,
Epping Forest), Chris Mole MP (Labour, Ipswich), Mr
Bill O' Brien MP (Labour, Normanton), Christine Russell
MP (Labour, City of Chester), Mr Adrian Sanders (Liberal
Democrat, Torbay).
§ Chairman of a participating Committee.
Powers The committees are departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in Standing Order No 152. The powers of the Committees
to work together and agree joint reports are set out in Standing
Order No. 137A. These Standing Orders are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publications All publications of the Committees (including
press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk and can
be found by going to the webpage of either of the two participating
Committees.
Committee staff The staff who currently work for
the Committees on the joint inquiry into Electoral Registration
are: CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS: Roger Phillips (Clerk), Dr John
Gearson (Second Clerk), Richard Poureshagh (Committee Assistant),
Alexander Horne (Legal Specialist), Julie Storey (Secretary),
Tes Stranger (Senior Office Clerk) and Ad
le Brown (Committee Media Officer).
ODPM: Jessica Mulley (Clerk), Lynn Gardner (Clerk),
Charlotte Littleboy (Second Clerk), Ben Kochan (Committee Specialist),
Ian Hook (Committee Assistant), Ian Blair (Chief Office Clerk)
and Emma Carey (Secretary).
Contacts CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS: All correspondence
should be addressed to the Clerk of the Constitutional Affairs
Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The
telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 8196 and the
email address is conaffcom@parliament.uk
Media enquiries can be addressed to Adle Brown, Committee
Media Officer, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
Telephone number 020 7219 0724 / 07711 155 722 and email address
brownac@parliament.uk
ODPM: All correspondence should be addressed to the
Clerk of the ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the
Regions Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1353; the
Committee's email address is odpmcom@parliament.uk
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