Health and Social Care Committee
The Health and Social Care Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Health & Social Care.
Current membership
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Independent, Totnes) (Chair)
Luciana Berger MP (Independent, Liverpool, Wavertree)
Mr Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour, Exeter)
Rosie Cooper MP (Labour, West Lancashire)
Diana Johnson MP (Labour, Kingston upon Hull North)
Johnny Mercer MP (Conservative, Plymouth, Moor View)
Andrew Selous MP (Conservative, South West Bedfordshire)
Derek Thomas MP (Conservative, St Ives)
Martin Vickers MP (Conservative, Cleethorpes)
Dr Philippa Whitford MP (Scottish National Party, Central Ayrshire)
Dr Paul Williams MP (Labour, Stockton South)
The following Members were members of the Committee during the Session
Dr Lisa Cameron MP (Scottish National Party, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Dr Caroline Johnson MP (Conservative, Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Maggie Throup MP (Conservative, Erewash)
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
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Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/hsccom 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
The current staff of the Committee are Huw Yardley (Clerk), Masrur Ahmed (Second Clerk), Laura Daniels (Senior Committee Specialist), Lewis Pickett (Committee Specialist), Victoria Pope (Inquiry Manager), Joe Freer (Clinical Fellow), Cecilia Santi O Desanti (Senior Committee Assistant), Ed Hamill (Committee Assistant), and Alex Paterson (Media Officer).
You can follow the Committee on Twitter using @CommonsHealth
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone
number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6182; the Committee’s email address is hsccom@parliament.uk.
Published: 26 February 2019