The Work and Pensions Committee
The Work and Pensions Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration,
and policy of the Department for Work and Pensions and its associated
public bodies.
Current membership
Dame Anne Begg MP (Labour,
Aberdeen South) (Chair)
Debbie Abrahams MP (Labour, Oldham
East and Saddleworth)
Graham Evans MP (Conservative, Weaver
Vale)
Sheila Gilmore MP (Labour, Edinburgh
East)
Glenda Jackson MP (Labour, Hampstead
and Kilburn)
Kwasi Kwarteng MP (Conservative,
Spelthorne)
Nigel Mills MP (Conservative, Amber
Valley)
Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative,
Newton Abbot)
Teresa Pearce MP (Labour, Erith and
Thamesmead)
Mr Michael Thornton MP (Liberal Democrat,
Eastleigh)
Dame Angela Watkinson MP (Conservative,
Hornchurch and Upminster)
The following Members were also members
of the Committee during the
Parliament:
Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative,
West Worcestershire), Andrew Bingham MP (Conservative,
High Peak), Karen Bradley MP (Conservative, Staffordshire
Moorlands), Ms Karen Buck MP (Labour, Westminster North),
Mr Aidan Burley MP (Conservative, Cannock Chase), Alex
Cunningham MP (Labour, Stockton North), Margaret Curran
MP (Labour, Glasgow East), Jane Ellison MP (Conservative,
Battersea), Mike Freer MP (Conservative, Finchley and Golders
Green), Richard Graham MP (Conservative, Gloucester),
Kate Green MP (Labour, Stretford and Urmston), Oliver Heald
MP (Conservative, North East Hertfordshire), Sajid Javid
MP (Conservative, Bromsgrove), Brandon Lewis MP (Conservative,
Great Yarmouth), Stephen Lloyd MP (Liberal Democrat, Eastbourne)
and Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour, Birmingham, Ladywood).
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/workpencom.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are
Carol Oxborough (Clerk), Joanna Welham (Second Clerk), Gary Calder
(Committee Media Adviser), James Clarke (Committee Specialist),
Emma Sawyer (Senior Committee Assistant), Siobhan Clifford (Web
and Publication Assistant), and Nathan Hug (Committee Support
Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed
to the Clerk of the Work and Pensions Committee, House of Commons,
7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general
enquiries is 020 7219 5831; the Committee's email address is workpencom@parliament.uk
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