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)
Paul Maynard MP (Conservative, Blackpool North
and Cleveleys)
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)
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), Dame Angela Watkinson MP (Conservative,
Hornchurch and Upminster).
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.
Publication
Committee reports are published on the Committee's
website at
www.parliament.uk/workpencom and by The Stationery Office
by Order of the House. Evidence relating to this report is published
on the Committee's website at
www.parliament.uk/workpencom.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Carol Oxborough
(Clerk), Katharine Gray (Second Clerk), James Clarke (Committee
Specialist), Emma Sawyer (Senior Committee Assistant), Nathan
Hug (Committee Support Assistant) and Gary Calder (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Work and Pensions Committee, House of Commons, 14 Tothill
Street, London SW1H 9NB. The telephone number for general enquiries
is 020 7219 2180; the Committee's email address is workpencom@parliament.uk.
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