The Health Committee
The Health Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Health and its associated bodies.
Current membership
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Conservative, Totnes) (Chair)
Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour, Exeter)
Julie Cooper MP (Labour, Burnley)
Dr James Davies MP (Conservative, Vale of Clwyd)
Andrea Jenkyns MP (Conservative, Morley and Outwood)
Andrew Percy MP (Conservative, Brigg and Goole)
Emma Reynolds MP (Labour, Wolverhampton North East)
Paula Sherriff MP (Labour, Dewsbury)
Maggie Throup MP (Conservative, Erewash)
Helen Whately MP (Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent)
Dr Philippa Whitford MP (Scottish National Party, Central Ayrshire)
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/healthcom and by The Stationery Office by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Huw Yardley (Clerk), Sharon Maddix (Second Clerk), Laura Daniels (Senior Committee Specialist), Stephen Aldhouse (Committee Specialist), Daniel Moeller (Senior Committee Assistant), Victoria Carpenter (Committee Assistant), and Alex Paterson (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Health Committee, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6182; the Committee’s email address is healthcom@parliament.uk.
© Parliamentary copyright 2015
Prepared 27 November 2015