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
Dame Anne Begg MP (Labour, Aberdeen South)
(Chair)
Harriett Baldwin MP, (Conservative, West
Worcestershire)
Andrew Bingham MP, (Conservative, High Peak)
Karen Bradley MP (Conservative, Staffordshire
Moorlands)
Alex Cunningham MP (Labour, Stockton North)
Kate Green MP (Labour, Stretford and Urmston)
Mr Oliver Heald MP (Conservative, North East Hertfordshire)
Glenda Jackson MP (Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn)
Brandon Lewis MP (Conservative, Great Yarmouth)
Stephen Lloyd MP (Liberal Democrat, Eastbourne)
Teresa Pearce MP (Labour, Erith and Thamesmead)
The following Members were also members of the Committee
during the Parliament:
Ms Karen Buck MP (Labour, Westminster North),
Margaret Curran MP (Labour, Glasgow East), Richard Graham
MP (Conservative, Gloucester), Sajid Javid MP (Conservative,
Bromsgrove) and Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour, Birmingham,
Ladywood)
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/workpencom
The Reports of the Committee,
the formal minutes relating to that report, oral
evidence taken and some or all written evidence are
available in a printed volume.
Additional written evidence may be published on the
internet only.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Carol Oxborough
(Clerk), Andrew Hudson (Second Clerk), Hanna Haas (Committee Specialist),
Laura Humble (Committee Media Adviser), James Clarke (Inquiry
Manager), Sonia Draper (Senior Committee Assistant), Hannah Beattie
(Committee 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 2839; the Committee's email address is workpencom@parliament.uk
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