Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee is appointed to consider general
matters relating to the work of select committees; to advise the
House of Commons Commission on select committees; to choose select
committee reports for debate in the House and to hear evidence
from the Prime Minister on matters of public policy.
Current membership
Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
(Chair)
The Chair of the following Select Committees are
all members of the Liaison Committee:
Administration - Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Conservative,
Saffron Walden)
Backbench Business - Natascha Engel MP (Labour,
North East Derbyshire)
Business, Innovation and Skills - Mr Adrian Bailey
MP (Labour/Co-op, West Bromwich West)
Communities and Local Government - Mr Clive Betts
MP (Labour, Sheffield South East)
Culture, Media and Sport - Mr John Whittingdale MP
(Conservative, Maldon)
Defence - Mr James Arbuthnot MP (Conservative,
North East Hampshire)
Education - Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative,
Beverley and Holderness)
Energy and Climate Change - Mr Tim Yeo MP (Conservative,
South Suffolk)
Environmental Audit - Joan Walley MP (Labour,
Stoke-on-Trent North)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Miss Anne McIntosh
MP (Conservative, Thirsk and Malton)
European Scrutiny - Mr William Cash (Conservative,
Stone)
Finance and Services - John Thurso (Liberal Democrat,
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Foreign Affairs - Richard Ottaway MP (Conservative,
Croydon South)
Health - Mr Stephen Dorrell MP (Conservative,
Charnwood)
Home Affairs - Keith Vaz MP (Labour, Leicester
East)
Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Dr Hywel Francis
(Labour, Aberavon)
International Development - Malcolm Bruce MP (Liberal
Democrat, Gordon)
Justice - Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat,
Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Northern Ireland Affairs - Mr Laurence Robertson
MP (Conservative, Tewkesbury)
Political and Constitutional Reform - Mr Graham Allen
MP (Labour, Nottingham North)
Procedure - Mr Greg Knight MP (Conservative, East
Yorkshire)
Public Accounts - Margaret Hodge MP (Labour, Barking)
Public Administration - Mr Bernard Jenkin MP (Conservative,
Harwich and North Essex)
Regulatory Reform - Mr Robert Syms (Conservative,
Poole)
Science and Technology - Andrew Miller MP (Labour,
Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Scottish Affairs - Mr Ian Davidson MP (Labour/Co-op,
Glasgow South West)
Selection - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Conservative,
The Cotswolds)
Standards and Privileges - Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Labour,
Rother Valley)
Statutory Instruments - Mr George Mudie MP (Labour,
Leeds East)
Transport - Mrs Louise Ellman MP (Labour/Co-op,
Liverpool Riverside)
Treasury - Mr Andrew Tyrie MP (Conservative, Chichester)
Welsh Affairs - David T C Davies MP (Conservative,
Monmouth)
Work and Pensions - Miss Anne Begg MP (Labour,
Aberdeen South)
Powers
The powers of the Committee are set out in House
of Commons SO No 145. 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 http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/liaison-committee/.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Jacqy Sharpe
(Clerk), Philippa Helme (Second Clerk), Paul Evans, (Clerk to
the National Policy Statements Sub-Committee), Kevin Candy (Senior
Committee Assistant) and Lee Chiddicks (Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerks
of the Liaison Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The
telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5675; the Committee's
email address is liaisoncommittee@parliament.uk
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