The Health Committee
The Health Committee is appointed by the House of
Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Department of Health and its associated bodies.
Current membership[1]
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Conservative, Totnes)
(Chair)
Rosie Cooper MP (Labour, West Lancashire)
Andrew George MP (Liberal Democrat, St Ives)
Robert Jenrick MP (Conservative, Newark)
Barbara Keeley MP (Labour, Worsley and Eccles
South)
Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative, Bristol North
West)
Grahame M. Morris MP (Labour, Easington)
Andrew Percy MP (Conservative, Brigg and Goole)
Mr Virendra Sharma MP (Labour, Ealing Southall)
David Tredinnick MP (Conservative, Bosworth)
Valerie Vaz MP (Labour, Walsall South)
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/healthcom.
Committee staff
The staff of the Committee are David Lloyd (Clerk),
Martyn Atkins (Second Clerk), Sharon Maddix (Second Clerk), Laura
Daniels (Senior Committee Specialist), Stephen Aldhouse (Committee
Specialist), Daniel Moeller (Senior Committee Assistant), Siobhan
Clifford (Web and Publications Assistant), Nathan Hug (Committee
Support Assistant), and Alex Paterson (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Health Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
6182; the Committee's email address is healthcom@parliament.uk
1 Mr Stephen Dorrell was elected as the Chair of the
Committee on 9 June 2010, in accordance with standing order No.
122B (see House of Commons Votes and Proceedings, 10 June 2010).
The Speaker announced his resignation as Chair on 4 June 2014.
On 18 June 2014. Dr Sarah Wollaston was elected Chair of the Committee. Back
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