The Children, Schools and Families Committee
The Children, Schools and Families Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Department for Children, Schools and Families
and its associated public bodies.
Membership at time Report agreed
Mr Barry Sheerman MP (Labour, Huddersfield)
(Chairman)
Annette Brooke MP (Liberal Democrat, Mid Dorset
& Poole North)
Mr Douglas Carswell MP (Conservative, Harwich)
Mr David Chaytor MP (Labour, Bury North)
Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP (Labour, Gateshead East
& Washington West)
Paul Holmes MP (Liberal Democrat, Chesterfield)
Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour, Slough)
Mr Andrew Pelling MP (Independent, Croydon Central)
Mr Andy Slaughter MP (Labour, Ealing, Acton &
Shepherd's Bush)
Helen Southworth MP (Labour, Warrington South)
Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative, Beverley &
Holderness)
Mr Edward Timpson MP (Conservative, Crewe &
Nantwich)
Derek Twigg MP (Labour, Halton)
Lynda Waltho MP (Labour, Stourbridge)
The following Member was also a member of the Committee
during the inquiry.
Mr John Heppell MP (Labour, Nottingham East)
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/csf/
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Kenneth Fox
(Clerk), Sarah Thatcher (Second Clerk), Emma Wisby (Committee
Specialist), Judith Boyce (Committee Specialist), Jenny Nelson
(Senior Committee Assistant), Kathryn Smith (Committee Assistant),
Jim Lawford (Committee Support Assistant), and Brendan Greene
(Office Support Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Children, Schools and Families Committee, House of Commons,
7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general
enquiries is 020 7219 6181; the Committee's e-mail address is
csfcom@parliament
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