Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee is appointed to consider general
matters relating to the work of select committees; to advise the
House of Commons Commission on select committees; to choose select
committee reports for debate in the House and to hear evidence
from the Prime Minister on matters of public policy.
All publications of the Committee (including press
notices) and further details can be found on the Committee's web
pages at www.parliament.uk/liaisoncom
Current membership
Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
(Chair)
The Chair of the following Select Committees are
members of the Liaison Committee:
Administration - Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP (Conservative,
Saffron Walden)
Backbench Business - Natascha Engel MP (Labour,
North East Derbyshire)
Business, Innovation and Skills - Mr Adrian Bailey
MP (Labour/Co-op, West Bromwich West)
Communities and Local Government - Mr Clive Betts
MP (Labour, Sheffield South East)
Culture, Media and Sport - Mr John Whittingdale MP
(Conservative, Maldon)
Defence - Rory Stewart MP (Conservative, Penrith
and The Border)
Education - Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative,
Beverley and Holderness)
Energy and Climate Change - Mr Tim Yeo MP (Conservative,
South Suffolk)
Environmental Audit - Joan Walley MP (Labour,
Stoke-on-Trent North)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Miss Anne McIntosh
MP (Conservative, Thirsk and Malton)
European Scrutiny - Sir William Cash MP (Conservative,
Stone)
Finance and Services - John Thurso MP (Liberal
Democrat, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Foreign Affairs - Rt Hon Sir Richard Ottaway MP (Conservative,
Croydon South)
Health - Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Conservative,
Totness)
Home Affairs - Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour, Leicester
East)
Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Dr Hywel Francis
MP (Labour, Aberavon)
International Development - Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Bruce
MP (Liberal Democrat, Gordon)
Justice - Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat,
Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Northern Ireland Affairs - Mr Laurence Robertson
MP (Conservative, Tewkesbury)
Political and Constitutional Reform - Mr Graham Allen
MP (Labour, Nottingham North)
Privileges - Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP (Labour, Rother
Valley)
Procedure - Mr Charles Walker MP (Conservative,
Broxbourne)
Public Accounts - Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP (Labour,
Barking)
Public Administration - Mr Bernard Jenkin MP (Conservative,
Harwich and North Essex)
Regulatory Reform - Mr Lee Scott MP (Conservative,
Ilford North)
Science and Technology - Andrew Miller MP (Labour,
Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Scottish Affairs - Mr Ian Davidson MP (Labour/Co-op,
Glasgow South West)
Selection - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Conservative,
The Cotswolds)
Standards - Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP (Labour, Rother
Valley)
Statutory Instruments - Mr George Mudie MP (Labour,
Leeds East)
Transport - Mrs Louise Ellman MP (Labour/Co-op,
Liverpool Riverside)
Treasury - Mr Andrew Tyrie MP (Conservative, Chichester)
Welsh Affairs - David T C Davies MP (Conservative,
Monmouth)
Work and Pensions - Dame Anne Begg MP (Labour,
Aberdeen South)
The following members were also members of the committee
during the parliament:
Defence - Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP (Conservative,
North East Hampshire)
Health - Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP (Conservative,
Charnwood)
Procedure - Rt Hon Sir Greg Knight MP (Conservative,
East Yorkshire)
Regulatory Reform - James Duddridge MP (Conservative,
Rochford and Southend East)
Regulatory Reform - Mr Robert Syms MP (Conservative,
Poole)
Powers
The powers of the Committee are set out in House
of Commons Standing Order No 145. The Standing Orders are available
on the Internet via www.parliament.uk
Publications
All publications of the Committee (including press
notices) and further details can be found on the Committee's web
pages at www.parliament.uk/liaisoncom
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Andrew Kennon
(Clerk), Anita Fuki (Senior Committee Assistant) and Susan Ramsay
(Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerks
of the Liaison Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The
telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5675; the Committee's
email address is liaisoncommittee@parliament.uk
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