Home Affairs Committee
The Home Affairs Committee is appointed by the House
of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Home Office and its associated public bodies.
Current membership
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour, Leicester East) (Chair)
Ian Austin MP (Labour, Dudley North)
Nicola Blackwood MP (Conservative, Oxford West and
Abingdon)
James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)
Michael Ellis MP (Conservative, Northampton North)
Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West)
Lorraine Fullbrook MP (Conservative, South Ribble)
Dr Julian Huppert MP (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge)
Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour, Bolton South East)
Mark Reckless MP (Conservative, Rochester and Strood)
Mr David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)
The following were also members of the Committee
during the
Parliament.
Rt Hon Alun Michael (Labour & Co-operative, Cardiff
South and Penarth)
Karl Turner MP (Labour, Kingston upon Hull East)
Steve McCabe MP (Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak)
Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour, Houghton and Sunderland
South)
Chris Ruane MP (Labour, Vale of Clwyd)
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/homeaffairscom
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Tom Healey
(Clerk), John-Paul Flaherty (Second Clerk), Dr Ruth Martin (Committee
Specialist), Duma Langton (Committee Specialist), Beejal Popat
(Senior Economist, Scrutiny Unit), Andy Boyd (Senior Committee
Assistant), Iwona Hankin (Committee Assistant) and Alex Paterson
(Select Committee Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
2049; the Committee's email address is homeaffcom@parliament.uk
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