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)
Debbie Abrahams MP (Labour, Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Mr Aidan Burley MP (Conservative, Cannock Chase)
Jane Ellison MP (Conservative, Battersea)
Graham Evans MP (Conservative, Weaver Vale)
Sheila Gilmore MP (Labour, Edinburgh East)
Glenda Jackson MP (Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn)
Stephen Lloyd MP (Liberal Democrat, Eastbourne)
Nigel Mills MP (Conservative, Amber Valley)
Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative, Newton Abbot)
Teresa Pearce MP (Labour, Erith and Thamesmead)
The following Members were also members of the Committee
during the Parliament:
Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative, West Worcestershire),
Andrew Bingham MP (Conservative, High Peak), Karen Bradley
MP (Conservative, Staffordshire Moorlands), Ms Karen Buck
MP (Labour, Westminster North), Alex Cunningham MP (Labour,
Stockton North), Margaret Curran MP (Labour, Glasgow East),
Richard Graham MP (Conservative, Gloucester), Kate Green
MP (Labour, Stretford and Urmston), Oliver Heald MP (Conservative,
North East Hertfordshire), Sajid Javid MP (Conservative,
Bromsgrove), Brandon Lewis MP (Conservative, Great Yarmouth)
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.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Carol Oxborough
(Clerk), David Foster (Committee Media Adviser), James Clarke
(Committee Specialist), Daniela Silcock (Committee Specialist),
Emma Sawyer (Senior Committee Assistant), and 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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