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) 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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