The Culture, Media and Sport Committee
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and
its associated public bodies.
Current membership
Mr John Whittingdale MP (Conservative, Maldon)
(Chair)
Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative,
Suffolk Coastal)
Damian Collins MP (Conservative, Folkestone and
Hythe)
Philip Davies MP (Conservative, Shipley)
Paul Farrelly MP (Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Louise Mensch MP (Conservative, Corby)
Steve Rotheram MP (Labour, Liverpool, Walton)
Mr Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat, Torbay)
Jim Sheridan MP (Labour, Paisley and Renfrewshire
North)
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe MP (Labour, Bradford South)
Mr Tom Watson MP (Labour, West Bromwich 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.
Publication
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/parliament.uk/cmscom. A list of Reports of
the Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this
volume.
The Reports of the Committee,
the formal minutes relating to that report, oral
evidence taken and some of the written evidence are
available in a printed volume.
Additional written evidence is published on the internet
only.
Committee staff
The following staff assisted the Committee in the
preparation of this report: Emily Commander (Clerk of the Committee
till April 2012), Elizabeth Flood (Clerk of the Committee from
April 2012), Jackie Recardo and Victoria Butt (Senior Committee
Assistants), Keely Bishop and Alison Pratt (Committee Assistants),
Elizabeth Bradshaw (Committee Specialist), Jessica Bridges-Palmer
(Media Officer), Michael Carpenter (Speaker's Counsel) and Andrew
Kennon (Clerk of Committees).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, House of Commons, 7
Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries
is 020 7219 6188; the Committee's email address is cmscom@parliament.uk
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