Decision making and appeals in the benefits system: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2009-10 - Work and Pensions Committee Contents



The Work and Pensions Committee

The Work and Pensions Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Work and Pensions and its associated public bodies.

Current membership

Terry Rooney MP (Labour, Bradford North) (Chairman)

Anne Begg MP (Labour, Aberdeen South)

Harry Cohen MP (Labour, Leyton and Wanstead)

Michael Jabez Foster MP (Labour, Hastings and Rye)

Oliver Heald MP (Conservative, Hertfordshire North East)

John Howell MP (Conservative, Henley)

Joan Humble MP (Labour, Blackpool North and Fleetwood)

Tom Levitt MP (Labour, High Peak)

Greg Mulholland MP (Liberal Democrat, Leeds North West)

Chloe Smith MP (Conservative, Norwich North)

Jenny Willott MP (Liberal Democrat, Cardiff Central)

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/parliamentary_committees/work_and_pensions_committee.cfm. A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume.

Committee staff

The current staff of the Committee are James Rhys (Clerk), Emma Graham (Second Clerk), Hanna Haas (Committee Specialist), Laura Humble (Committee Media Adviser), Lisa Wrobel (Senior Committee Assistant), Hannah Beattie (Committee Assistant) and Sharon Silcox (Committee Support Assistant).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Work and Pensions Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5833; the Committee's email address is workpencom@parliament.uk




 
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