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
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 (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 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), Nathan Hug (Committee
Support Assistant), and Siobhan Clifford (Web and Publications
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 2839; the Committee's email address is
workpencom@parliament.uk.
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