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)
Mr Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour, Exeter)
Angie Bray MP (Conservative, Ealing Central and
Acton)
Conor Burns MP (Conservative, Bournemouth West)
Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative, Chatham
and Aylesford)
Philip Davies MP (Conservative, Shipley)
Paul Farrelly MP (Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Mr John Leech MP (Liberal Democrat, Manchester,
Withington)
Steve Rotheram MP (Labour, Liverpool, Walton)
Jim Sheridan MP (Labour, Paisley and Renfrewshire
North)
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe MP (Labour, Bradford South)
The following members were also a member of the committee
during the parliament:
David Cairns MP (Labour, Inverclyde)
Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative,
Suffolk Coastal)
Damian Collins MP (Conservative, Folkestone
and Hythe)
Alan Keen MP (Labour Co-operative, Feltham and
Heston)
Louise Mensch MP (Conservative, Corby)
Mr Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat, Torbay)
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/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 current staff of the Committee are Elizabeth
Flood (Clerk), Grahame Danby (Second Clerk), Kevin Candy (Inquiry
Manager), Hannah Wentworth (Senior Committee Assistant), Keely
Bishop (Committee Assistant) and Jessica Bridges-Palmer (Media
Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence
should be addressed to the Clerk of the Culture, Media and Sport
Committee, House of Commons, 14 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NB.
The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6188; the
Committee's email address is cmscom@parliament.uk
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