The Home Affairs Committee
The Home Affairs Committee is appointed by the House
of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Home Office and its associated public bodies; and the administration
and expenditure of the Attorney General's Office, the Treasury
Solicitor's Department, the Crown Prosecution Service and the
Serious Fraud Office (but excluding individual cases and appointments
and advice given within government by Law Officers).
Current membership
Mr John Denham MP (Labour, Southampton, Itchen)
(Chairman)
Mr Richard Benyon MP (Conservative, Newbury)
Mr Jeremy Browne MP (Liberal Democrat, Taunton)
Ms Karen Buck MP (Labour, Regent's Park and Kensington
North)
Mr James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)
Mrs Ann Cryer MP (Labour, Keighley)
Mrs Janet Dean MP (Labour, Burton)
Margaret Moran MP (Labour, Luton South)
Gwyn Prosser MP (Labour, Dover)
Bob Russell MP (Liberal Democrat, Colchester)
Martin Salter MP (Labour, Reading West)
Mr Richard Spring MP (Conservative, West Suffolk)
Mr Gary Streeter MP (Conservative, South West
Devon)
Mr David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)
The following members were also members of the Committee
during 2005-06.
Colin Burgon MP (Labour, Elmet)
Nick Harvey MP (Liberal Democrat, North Devon)
Mr Nick Herbert MP (Conservative, Arundel &
South Downs)
Stephen McCabe MP (Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green)
Mr Shahid Malik MP (Labour, Dewsbury)
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
Publication
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/homeaffairscom A list of Reports of the
Committee since Session 2003-03 is at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Dr Robin James
(Clerk), Dr Mark Egan (Second Clerk), Kate Akester (Adviser (Sentencing
Guidelines)), Elisabeth Bates (Committee Specialist), Martha Goyder
(Committee Specialist), Mr Ian Thomson (Committee Assistant),
Ms Jenny Pickard (Secretary), Alison Forrester (Senior Office
Clerk) and Ms Jessica Bridges-Palmer (Select Committee Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
3276; the Committee's email address is homeaffcom@parliament.uk
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