Petitions Committee
The Petitions Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to consider e-petitions submitted on petition.parliament.uk and public (paper) petitions presented to the House of Commons.
Current membership
Helen Jones MP (Labour, Warrington North) (Chair)
Martyn Day MP (Scottish National Party, Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Steve Double MP (Conservative, St. Austell and Newquay)
Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West and Penge)
Oliver Dowden MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)
Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West)
Luke Hall MP (Conservative, Thornbury and Yate)
Ben Howlett MP (Conservative, Bath)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne North)
David Mackintosh MP (Conservative, Northampton South)
Paul Scully MP (Conservative, Sutton and Cheam)
The following were also members of the Committee during the inquiry:
Ian Blackford MP (Scottish National Party, Ross, Skye, and Lochaber)
Mr Nick Hurd MP (Conservative, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
Women and Equalities Committee
The Women and Equalities Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office (GEO).
Current membership
Mrs Maria Miller MP (Conservative, Basingstoke) (Chair)
Lucy Allan MP (Conservative, Telford)
Tracy Brabin MP (Labour, Batley and Spen)
Maria Caulfield MP (Conservative, Lewes)
Angela Crawley MP (Scottish National Party, Lanark and Hamilton East)
Philip Davies MP (Conservative, Shipley)
Mrs Flick Drummond MP (Conservative, Portsmouth South)
Ben Howlett MP (Conservative, Bath)
Holly Lynch MP (Labour, Halifax)
Jess Phillips MP (Labour, Birmingham, Yardley)
Mr Gavin Shuker MP (Labour (Co-op), Luton South)
The following were also members of the Committee during the inquiry:
Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour, Brentford and Isleworth)
Jo Churchill MP (Conservative, Bury St Edmonds)
Mims Davies MP (Conservative, Eastleigh)
Gill Furniss MP (Labour, Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
Powers
The powers of the Petitions Committee are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No. 145A.
The Women and Equalities 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 Committees’ websites at www.parliament.uk/petitions-committee and www.parliament.uk/womenandequalities and in print by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry publications page on the Parliament website.
Petitions Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Anne-Marie Griffiths (Clerk), Joseph Watt (Second Clerk), Emma McIntosh (Petitions and Engagement Officer), Kate Anderson (Petitions and Communications Officer), Paul Simpkin (Senior Committee Assistant), Sean Harris (Committee Assistant), Zsofia Kiss (Apprentice) and Laura Diebelius (Media Officer).
Women and Equalities Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Judith Boyce (Clerk), Sharmini Selvarajah (Second Clerk), Tansy Hutchinson (Committee Specialist), Holly Dustin (Committee Specialist), Shai Jacobs (Committee Specialist), Asaad Qadri (Inquiry Manager), Aaron Huang (Inquiry Manager), Alexandra Hunter-Wainwright (Senior Committee Assistant), Mandy Sullivan (Committee Assistant) and Liz Parratt (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Petitions Committee / Women and Equalities Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 4272/6123; the Committees’ email addresses are petitionscommittee@parliament.uk and womeqcom@parliament.uk.
20 April 2017