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)
Charlotte Atkins MP (Labour, Staffordshire Moorlands)
Mr Peter Bone MP (Conservative, Wellingborough)
Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West)
Sandra Gidley MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey)
Stephen Hesford MP (Labour, Wirral West)
Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
Mr Lee Scott MP (Conservative, Ilford North)
Dr Howard Stoate MP (Labour, Dartford)
Mr Robert Syms MP (Conservative, Poole)
Dr Richard Taylor MP (Independent, Wyre Forest)
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), David Turner (Committee Specialist), Lisa Hinton (Committee
Specialist), Frances Allingham (Senior Committee Assistant),
Julie Storey (Committee Assistant) and Gabrielle Henderson (Committee
Support Assistant).
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,
and these can be found in HC 22-II, Session 2009-10. Written evidence
is cited by reference in the form 'Ev' followed by the page number;
Ev x for evidence published in HC 1021, Session 2008-09, on 13 November
2009, and SC x for evidence to be published in HC 22-II, Session
2009-10.
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