The Health Committee
The Health Committee is appointed by the House of
Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Department of Health and its associated bodies.
Current membership
Mr Kevin Barron MP (Labour, Rother Valley) (Chairman)
Mr David Amess MP (Conservative, Southend West)
Charlotte Atkins MP (Labour, Staffordshire Moorlands)
Mr Paul Burstow MP (Liberal Democrat, Sutton & Cheam)
Mr Ronnie Campbell MP (Labour, Blyth Valley)
Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West)
Anne Milton MP (Conservative, Guildford)
Mike Penning MP (Conservative, Hemel Hempstead)
Dr Howard Stoate MP (Labour, Dartford)
Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
Dr Richard Taylor MP (Independent, Wyre Forest)
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/healthcom.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Dr David Harrison (Clerk),
Eliot Wilson (Second Clerk), Laura Hilder (Committee Specialist),
Christine Kirkpatrick (Committee Specialist), Duma Langton (Committee
Assistant), Darren Hackett, (Committee Assistant), and Amanda
Waller (Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the
Health Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6182. The
Committee's email address is healthcom@parliament.uk.
Footnotes
In the footnotes of this report, references to oral evidence
are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number. Written
evidence is referenced by an Appendix number. See list of written
evidence on page 72.
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