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)
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
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Roger Phillips
(Clerk), Dr Rebecca Davies (Second Clerk), Kate Akester (Adviser
(Sentencing Guidelines)), Maik 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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