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)
§, 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), Chris Mole MP (Labour, Ipswich),
Mr Bill O' Brien MP (Labour, Normanton), Mr Richard Page
(Conservative, South West Hertfordshire), 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 SO 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 available 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 Adèle Brown (Committee Media
Officer).
ODPM: Lynn Gardner (Joint Committee Clerk), Jessica Mulley (Joint
Committee 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: 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 Adèle 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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