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Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Current membership

Mr Iain Wright MP (Labour, Hartlepool) (Chair)

Paul Blomfield MP (Labour, Sheffield Central)

Richard Fuller MP(Conservative, Bedford)

Peter Kyle MP (Labour, Hove)

Amanda Milling MP (Conservative, Cannock Chase)

Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour (Co-op), Stalybridge and Hyde)

Amanda Solloway MP (Conservative, Derby North)

Michelle Thomson MP (Independent, Edinburgh West)

Kelly Tolhurst MP (Conservative, Rochester and Strood)

Craig Tracey MP (Conservative, North Warwickshire)

Chris White MP (Conservative, Warwick and Leamington)

Education Committee

The Education Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Education and its associated public bodies.

Current membership

Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative, Stroud) (Chair)

Lucy Allan MP (Conservative, Telford)

Ian Austin MP (Labour, Dudley North)

Michelle Donelan MP (Conservative, Chippenham)

Marion Fellows MP (Scottish National Party, Motherwell and Wishaw)

Suella Fernandes MP (Conservative, Fareham)

Lucy Frazer MP (Conservative, South East Cambridgeshire)

Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne North)

Ian Mearns MP (Labour, Gateshead)

Stephen Timms MP (Labour, East Ham)

William Wragg MP (Conservatives, Hazel Grove)

The following were also members of the Education Committee during this inquiry:

Kate Hollern MP (Labour, Blackburn)

Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative, Romsey and Southampton North)

Kate Osamor MP (Labour (Co-op), Edmonton)

Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy

The Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy brings together Members from the Education Committee and the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee to examine issues around education and skills, and how they impact upon business and the economy.

Current membership

The Chairs of the Sub-Committee are Neil Carmichael MP and Mr Iain Wright MP.

The Members of the Sub-Committee are Paul Blomfield MP, Michelle Donelan MP, Lucy Frazer MP, Catherine McKinnell MP, Ian Mearns MP, Amanda Milling MP, Jonathan Reynolds MP, Michelle Thomson MP, Stephen Timms MP, Chris White MP and William Wragg MP.

Ian Austin MP, Suella Fernandes MP, Kate Hollern MP, Amanda Solloway MP and Craig Tracey MP were also Members of the Sub-Committee during this inquiry.

Powers

The Committees are departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in Standing Order No 152. The powers of the Committees to work together and agree joint reports are set out in Standing Order No. 137A. These Standing Orders are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.

Publication

Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/education-skills-and-economy and in print by Order of the House.

Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.

Committee staff

Chris Shaw (Clerk), Kevin Maddison (Second Clerk), Jack Dent (Inquiry Manager), Jonathan Arkless (Senior Committee Clerk), Simon Armitage (Committee Assistant), Gary Calder (Senior Media Officer), Alex Gore (Media Officer)

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1376; the Committee’s email address is esecom@parliament.uk





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4 July 2016