The Education Committee
The Education Committee is appointed by the House
of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Department for Education and its associated public bodies.
Current membership
Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative, Beverley and
Holderness) (Chair)
Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative, Stroud)
Alex Cunningham MP (Labour, Stockton North)
Bill Esterson MP (Labour, Sefton Central)
Pat Glass MP (Labour, North West Durham)
Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour, Mitcham and Morden)
Ian Mearns MP (Labour, Gateshead)
Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative, Romsey and Southampton
North)
Mr Dominic Raab MP (Conservative, Esher and Walton)
Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Demorat, Bradford East)
Craig Whittaker MP (Conservative, Calder Valley)
Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative, Kingswood)
was also a Member of the Committee for this inquiry.
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/education-committee.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Dr Lynn Gardner
(Clerk), Katy Stout (Second Clerk), Martin Smith
(Committee
Specialist), Claudia Sumner (Committee Specialist), Ameet Chudasama
(Senior Committee Assistant) and Michael Everett
(Committee
Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Education Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
1333; the Committee's email address is educom@parliament.uk
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