Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs Fourth Report



The Constitutional Affairs Committee

The Constitutional Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Constitutional Affairs (on 9 May the Department was renamed the Ministry of Justice) and associated public bodies.

Current membership
Rt Hon Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Chairman)
David Howarth MP (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge)
Siân James MP (Labour, Swansea East)
Mr Piara S Khabra MP (Labour, Ealing Southall)
Jessica Morden MP (Labour, Newport East)
Julie Morgan MP (Labour, Cardiff North)
Robert Neill MP (Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr Andrew Tyrie MP (Conservative, Chichester)
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour, Leicester East)
Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour, Southampton Test)
Jeremy Wright MP (Conservative, Rugby and Kenilworth)

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/conaffcom. A list of Reports of the Committee since Session 2004-05 is at the back of this volume.

Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Roger Phillips (Clerk), Dr Rebecca Davies (Second Clerk), Kate Akester (Adviser (Sentencing Guidelines)), Judy Wilson (Inquiry Manager), Maïk Martin (Committee Legal Specialist), Ian Thomson (Committee Assistant), Jane Trew (Committee Assistant - EDRM), Chryssa Poupard (Secretary), Henry Ayi-Hyde (Senior Office Clerk) and Jessica Bridges-Palmer (Committee Media Officer).

Contacts
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 Jessica Bridges-Palmer, Committee Media Officer, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Telephone number 020 7219 0724 and email address bridgespalmerj@parliament.uk





 
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