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
Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP (Labour, Rother Valley)
(Chairman)
Mr David Amess MP (Conservative, Southend West)
Charlotte Atkins MP (Labour, Staffordshire Moorlands)
Mr Ronnie Campbell MP (Labour, Blyth Valley)
Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West)
Sandra Gidley MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey)
Stewart Jackson MP (Conservative, Peterborough)
Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
Mike Penning MP (Conservative, Hemel Hempstead)
Dr Howard Stoate MP (Labour, Dartford)
Dr Richard Taylor MP (Independent, Wyre Forest)
Anne Milton MP (Conservative, Guildford) was
a Member of the Committee during the inquiry
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), Emma Graham (Second Clerk), Christine Kirkpatrick (Committee
Specialist), Ralph Coulbeck (Committee Specialist), Duma Langton
(Committee Assistant) and Julie Storey (Secretary), Jim Hudson
(Senior Office Clerk) and Luke Robinson (Media Officer).
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,
which can be found in HC 171-II. Written evidence is cited by
reference in the form 'Ev' followed by the page number; Ev x
(HC 1077-II) for evidence published in May 2006, Ev x (HC 171-II)
for evidence published in March 2007.
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