originating in the Westminstersystem of parliamentary democracy . Select committees exist in the Parliament of the United Kingdom British Parliament , as well as in other parliaments based on the Westminster ... Democracywiki Unlock Democracy Category Westminstersystem Category Select committees references ...about Parliamentary select committees in the United Kingdom parliament the Select Committees in the U.S. Select or special committee United States A selectcommittee is a committee made up of a small number ... Select Committees came into being in 1979, following the recommendations of a Procedure SelectCommittee, set up in 1976, which reported in 1978. It recommended the appointment of a series of select committees ... special advisers as the committees deemed appropriate. It also suggested that committee members should be selected independently of the party whips, as chosen by the SelectCommittee of Selection ... Kingdom House of Commons , like the Foreign Affairs SelectCommittee , from the House of Lords , like the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee , or as a Joint Committee drawn from both, such as the Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform. Note that the Intelligence and Security Committee is not a selectcommittee, though it contains members from both houses. It is a unique committee ... Committee Administration SelectCommittee was instituted, replacing the five Domestic ... of Westminster from 1991 to 2005. The new committee thus deals with issues as diverse as catering ... language English accessdate 2009 05 22 ref Some English local authorities also have a selectcommittee ... in the New Zealand Parliament Select or special committee External links http www.parliament.uk about .... The Commons Select Committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments ... Union directive s. Select committees of the Commons Rarely, there are also select committees of the Commons ... Bill proposed law Bill s. Most Bills are referred, since the 2006 07 session, to public bill committee ... more details
A Selectcommittee is a special subcommittee of a legislature or assembly goverened under a committeecommitteesystem , like Robert s Rules of Order. They are oftentimes investigative in nature, collecting data or evidence for a law or problem, and will desolve immediately after they report their findings to their superiors. ref http student.education2020.com activities vocab.aspx?keystr 12810&order 03010405&stbl 2196465 Education 2020, definition of selectcommittee ref These are very common in legislature government legislatures , and are used to solve special problems, hence their name. United States congressional committee In the United States , notable select committees include the SelectCommittee on Presidential Campaign Activites for investigating Senate Watergate Committee Nixon s role in Watergate , and the 9 11 Commission for uncovering further details on the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centers . References references See also United States congressional committeeSelectcommitteeWestminstersystem Special prosecutor Standing committeeCommitteeSelect or special committee United States Congress br USCongress government stub category Terminology of the United States Congress ... more details
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Primarysources date July 2007 The SelectCommittee on Statutory Instruments is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the committee is to scrutinise statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament where the instrument has been laid before the House of Commons only. The committee s responsibilities are those the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has with respect to instruments laid before both Houses, and its members are the Commons members of the joint committee. Membership As of 14 July 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px valign top Constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color George Mudie MP Chair Labour Party UK Labour Leeds East UK Parliament constituency Leeds East bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Robert Buckland MP Conservative Party UK Conservative South Swindon UK Parliament constituency South Swindon bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Michael Ellis British politician Michael Ellis MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Northampton North UK Parliament constituency Northampton North bgcolor Liberal Democrats meta color John Hemming politician John Hemming MP Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Birmingham Yardley UK Parliament constituency Birmingham Yardley bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta ... UK Parliament constituency Chesterfield Source http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees selectcommittee on statutory instruments selectcommittee on statutory instruments members.cfm Parliament ... of select committees, as proposed by the Commons SelectCommittee of Selection Selection Committee ... links http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees selectcommittee on statutory instruments.cfm SelectCommittee on Statutory Instruments UKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the British ... more details
The Education & Skills SelectCommittee was a Committee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The official name was the House of Commons, Education and Skills Committee . The committee was abolished as a result of the abolition of the Department for Education and Skills United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills , whose responsibilities were split between the new Department for Children, Schools and Families and the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills . Committees were subsequently set up in line with the new departments. Remit The Education and Skills Committee was one of the House of Commons SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemSelect Committees related to government departments its terms of reference were to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education and Skills United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills and its associated public bodies . The Committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invited written evidence from interested parties and held public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it did have the power to meet away from Westminster. At the end of each inquiry, the Committee would normally agree a Report based on the evidence received. Such reports were published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contained recommendations to the Government and other bodies. The Government by convention responded to reports within about two months of publication. These responses were also published. Inquiries The Committee could examine any area of work related to the Department for Education and Skills and its associated public bodies, such as the Learning and Skills Council and Ofsted . The inquiries that the committee carried out included Bullying Citizenship ... Education & Skills Committee FormerUKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the British House ... more details
The SelectCommittee on Import Duties was a SelectcommitteeWestminstersystemselectcommittee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom British House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom appointed in 1840. The Radical MP Joseph Hume , on 5 May 1840, moved for the appointment of a selectcommittee on import duties. The Whig British political party Whigs consented and Hume chaired the committee, and he was able to ensure that the committee was made up of ten free traders and five protectionists. The Report of the committee consequently advised on lowering tariffs. ref Ronald K. Huch and Paul R. Ziegler, Joseph Hume The People s MP Philadelphia The American Philosophical Society, 1985 , pp. 118 119. ref The Report stated blockquote The Tariff often aims at incompatible ends the duties are sometimes meant to be both productive of revenue and for protective objects, which are frequently inconsistent with each other hence they sometimes operate to the complete exclusion of foreign produce, and in so far no revenue can of course be received and sometimes, when the duty is inordinately high, the amount of revenue becomes gradually trifling. ref F. W. Hirst, From Adam Smith to Philip Snowden. A History of Free Trade in Great Britain London T. Fisher Unwin, 1925 , p. 26. ref blockquote The historian Norman Gash has claimed that the Report had been based on singularly slender and biased evidence, and bore all the marks of a doctrinaire thesis . ref Norman Gash, Sir Robert Peel. The Life of Sir Robert Peel after 1830 London Longman, 1972 , pp. 304 305. ref Notes reflist Category Committees of the British House of Commons Category Economic history of the United Kingdom ... more details
The Communications Committee is a selectcommitteeWestminstersystemselectcommittee of the House of Lords with the broad remit to consider communications . In recent years, the Committee has held inquiries into the Chairmanship of the BBC , the focus and structure of Government communications with the public and the media, ownership of news media outlets, and the Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom Digital switchover digital television and Digital radio in the United Kingdom Analogue switch off radio switchovers . ref http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z lords select communications committee publications previous sessions Communications Committee Reports from previous sessions ref Members As of 7 March 2011, the members of the committee are as follows Richard Fletcher Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood Lord Inglewood Chairman Melvyn Bragg Lord Bragg Timothy Clement Jones Lord Clement Jones Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech Baroness Deech Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes Baroness Fookes James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane Lord Gordon of Strathblane Gus Macdonald Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow Earl of Onslow Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall Lord Razzall Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso Lord St John of Bletso Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Roger Bootle Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale Lord Skelmersdale Reference reflist UKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the House of Lords ... more details
The London Regional SelectCommittee was one of nine regional SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on June 25, 2009 ref name hansard1 http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200809 cmhansrd cm090625 debtext 90625 0008.htm 09062552000003 House of Commons Hansard Debates from 25 June 2009 London Regional SelectCommittee Motion ref , following the establishment of regional select committees for the eight other regions of England in November 2008 ref http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200708 cmhansrd cm081112 debtext 81112 0016.htm 08111228000014 House of Commons Hansard Debates from 12 Nov 2008 Regional Select Committees Motion ref , and the appointment of regional minister s by Gordon Brown on his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Prime Minister in June 2007 ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi uk politics 6255914.stm BBC News In full Brown s government ref . The committee came into existence on 1 January 2009 and ceased to exist upon the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010. ref http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200708 cmvote 81112v01.htm Votes and Proceedings for 12 November 2010, Item 10 . ref ref http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200910 cmstords 539 539.pdf Standing Orders of the House of Commons , Standing Order 152F. ref The purpose of the committee, which was slightly different to the remit of the other regional select committees, was to examine the Government s regional policies for London and the Government s relationship with the Greater London Authority and regional bodies ref name hansard1 . Membership The committee ... of the eight other regional affairs select committees. The committee only contained 5 Labour Party ... various parties as was agreed in the original regional committee establishment motion of 12 November ... more details
The Health SelectCommittee is one of the SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemSelectCommittee s of the British House of Commons . It oversees the operations of the Department of Health United Kingdom Department of Health and its associated bodies. Membership As of 2 November 2010, the current members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative Charnwood UK Parliament constituency Charnwood bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Rosie Cooper MP Labour Party UK Labour West Lancashire UK Parliament constituency West Lancashire bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Nadine Dorries MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Mid Bedfordshire UK Parliament constituency Mid Bedfordshire bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Yvonne Fovargue MP Labour Party UK Labour Makerfield UK Parliament constituency Makerfield bgcolor Liberal Democrats meta color Andrew George politician Andrew George MP Liberal Democrats LIberal Democrat St Ives UK Parliament constituency St Ives bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Grahame Morris MP Labour Party UK Labour Easington UK Parliament constituency Easington bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Virendra Sharma MP Labour Party UK Labour Ealing Southall UK Parliament constituency Ealing Southall bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Chris Skidmore MP Conservative ... http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees health committee.cfm Health selectcommittee website ... Totnes Source http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select health committee membership Health Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes are shown below. class wikitable valign top Date ... more details
The Education SelectCommittee , previously the Children, Schools and Families SelectCommittee , is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education United Kingdom Department for Education and any associated public bodies. The Children, Schools and Families SelectCommittee was formed after the Department for Children, Schools and Families was setup on 6 November 2007. The new department was formed after the disbanding of the former Department for Education and Skills. It works in close collaboration with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills . It was renamed after the Department was renamed the Department for Education without any change in ministerial responsibilities. The current Secretary of State for Education is The Right Honourable The Rt Hon. Michael Gove Member of Parliament MP . Membership As of 2 November 2010, the membership of the committee is as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Graham Stuart UK politician Graham Stuart MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative Beverley and Holderness UK Parliament constituency Beverley and Holderness bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Neil Carmichael MP Conservative ... business committees committees a z commons select education committee membership Education Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Commons SelectCommittee of Selection Selection Committee . Such changes ... www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select education committee Education Committee UKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the British House of Commons ... more details
The Home Affairs SelectCommittee is a Committee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Remit The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemSelect Committees related to government departments its terms of reference are to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies . The Committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster. At the end of each inquiry, the Committee will normally agree a Report based on the evidence received. Such Reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the Government and other bodies. The Government by convention responds to reports within about two months of publication. These responses are also published. Inquiries The Committee can examine any area of work related to the Home Office and its associated public bodies, such as HM Prison Service and United Kingdom Passport Agency . Recent inquiries have focused on Rehabilitation of prison ers Sexual Offences Act 2003 Immigration Control Terrorism Sentencing for Robbery Corporate manslaughter Membership As of 2 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px ... business committees committees a z commons select home affairs committee membership Home Affairs Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection ... External links http www.parliament.uk homeaffairscom Home Affairs Committee UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
The Work and Pensions SelectCommittee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Work and Pensions and its associated public bodies. Membership As of 29 November 2010, the membership of the committee is as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px valign top Constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Anne Begg MP Chair Labour Party UK Labour Aberdeen South UK Parliament constituency Aberdeen South bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Harriett Baldwin MP Conservative Party UK Conservative West Worcestershire UK Parliament constituency West Worcestershire bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Andrew Bingham MP Conservative Party UK Conservative High Peak UK Parliament constituency High Peak bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Karen Bradley MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands UK Parliament constituency Staffordshire Moorlands bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Tony Cunningham MP Labour Party UK Labour Workington UK Parliament constituency Workington bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Kate Green MP Labour Party UK Labour Stretford and Urmston UK Parliament constituency Stretford and Urmston bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Oliver Heald MP Conservative Party UK ... business committees committees a z commons select work and pensions committee membership Work and Pensions Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee ... meta color Karen Buck MP Labour Party UK Labour Westminster North UK Parliament constituency Westminster ... parliamentary committees work and pensions committee.cfm Work and Pensions Committee UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
The Welsh Affairs SelectCommittee or simply the Welsh Affairs Committee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Wales Office , and relations with the Welsh Assembly ref http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees welsh affairs committee.cfm UK Parliament Welsh Affairs SelectCommittee Home Page ref . Membership As of 22 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable colspan 2 valign top Member valign top Party valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color David Davies Welsh politician David T C Davies MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative Monmouth UK Parliament constituency Monmouth bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Guto Bebb MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Aberconwy UK Parliament constituency Aberconwy bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Alun Cairns MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Vale of Glamorgan UK Parliament constituency Vale of Glamorgan bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Geraint Davies Labour politician Geraint Davies MP Labour Party UK Labour Swansea West UK Parliament constituency Swansea West bgcolor Plaid Cymru meta color Jonathan Edwards Welsh politician Jonathan Edwards MP Plaid Cymru Carmarthen East and Dinefwr UK Parliament constituency Carmarthen East and Dinefwr bgcolor Labour Party ... select welsh affairs committee membership Welsh Affairs Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes are shown below ... links http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees welsh affairs committee welshaffairscommitteeremitandhowthecommitteeworks.cfm UK Parliament Welsh SelectCommittee UKParliamentCommittees Devolution ... more details
committees committees a z commons select public administration selectcommittee Public Administration SelectCommittee page on UK Parliament website UKParliamentCommittees Category Westminstersystem Category Committees of the British House of Commons UK org stub ...The Public Administration SelectCommittee is a SelectCommittee appointed by the British House of Commons to examine the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and to consider matters relating to the quality and standards of administration provided by civil service departments, and other matters relating to the civil service. The Committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within its overall terms of reference. Membership As of 2 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable colspan 2 Member Party Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Bernard Jenkin MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative Harwich and North Essex UK Parliament constituency Harwich and North Essex bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Kevin Brennan politician Kevin Brennan MP Labour Party UK Labour Cardiff West UK Parliament constituency Cardiff West bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Nick de Bois MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Enfield North UK Parliament constituency Enfield North bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Michael Dugher MP Labour Party UK Labour Barnsley East UK Parliament constituency Barnsley East bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Charlie Elphicke MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Dover UK Parliament constituency ... www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select public administration selectcommittee membership Public Administration Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes are shown below. class wikitable valign ... more details
The Science and Technology SelectCommittee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The original Science and Technology was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on November 6, 2007. However, just 19 months later, the government announced that it was re establishing the committee following the recommendation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee ref http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees ius ius 120609 .cfm UK Parliament MPs call for government to establish a House of Commons Science and Technology Committee following DIUS BERR merger ref after the merging of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in June 2009. The House of Commons approved the re establishment of the committee on June 25, 2009 ref http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200809 cmhansrd cm090625 debtext 90625 0011.htm 09062552000004 Hansard 25 June 2009 Standing Orders etc. Machinery of Government Changes ref . The committee was officially re established on October 1, 2009 and has a remit to examine the work of the Government Office for Science . Membership As of 14 February 2011, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable ... www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select science and technology committee membership Science and Technology Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes are shown below. class wikitable valign top ... Hansard See also List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament Science and Technology Committee ... parliamentary committees science technology.cfm Science and Technology Committee web page UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
The SelectCommittee on Scientific Instruction was a selectcommitteeWestminstersystemselectcommittee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sat from 1867 to 1868. Its chairman was Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 1st Baronet Sir Bernhard Samuelson . ref name ODNB W. F. Spear, http www.oxforddnb.com view article 35930 Samuelson, Sir Bernhard, first baronet 1820 1905 , rev. Ian St John, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 Dec 2010 . ref The Report of the Committee concluded in July 1868 blockquote 1. Efficient elementary instruction should be available to every child to enable the working class to benefit from scientific instruction. br 2. In order for this to be effective, regular attendance of the child for a sufficient period must be obtained. br 3. Elementary schools should teach drawing, physical geography and the phenomena of nature . br 4. All those who are not obliged to leave school before the age of 14 should be taught science. br 5. Parliament and the nation should consider immediately the reorganization of secondary education and the introduction of more scientific teaching. br 6. Certain endowed schools in the relevant districts should be reconstituted as science schools. Exhibitions open to public competition would enable children of every grade to rise from the lowest to the highest school. br 7. Fees alone cannot adequately fund colleges of science and schools of scientific education the State, the localities, endowments or other benefactors could contribute. br 8. Centres of industry are the ideal locations for such colleges and schools due to the possibilities of combining science with practice, and also because some pupils would not be able to live far away from home. br 9. The agricultural districts in particular and the provinces of England in general do not enjoy sufficient State grants for scientific education. br 10. These provinces of England ... more details
The Treasury SelectCommittee sometimes referred to as the House of Commons Treasury Committee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of HM Treasury , with all of its agencies and associated bodies, including HM Revenue and Customs , the Bank of England , the Financial Services Authority , the Royal Mint , and so on. Membership As of 29 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px colspan 1 valign top Party width 160px colspan 2 valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Andrew Tyrie MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative Chichester UK Parliament constituency Chichester bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color John Cryer MP Labour Party UK Labour Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency Leyton and Wanstead bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Michael Fallon MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Sevenoaks UK Parliament constituency Sevenoaks bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Mark Garnier MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Wyre Forest UK Parliament constituency Wyre Forest bgcolor Scottish National Party meta color Stewart Hosie MP Scottish National Party Dundee East UK Parliament constituency Dundee East bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Andrea Leadsom MP Conservative Party UK Conservative South Northamptonshire UK Parliament constituency South Northamptonshire ... select treasury committee membership Treasury Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes are shown below. class wikitable ... business committees committees a z commons select treasury committee Treasury Committee UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
politics of Scotland The Scottish Affairs SelectCommittee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Scotland Office and prior to that, the Scottish Office , and relations with the Scottish Parliament . It also looks at the administration and expenditure of the Advocate General for Scotland ref http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees scottish affairs committee.cfm UK Parliament Scottish Affairs SelectCommittee Home Page ref . Unlike the Scottish Grand Committee , MPs from constituencies outwith Scotland can, and do, sit on the Scottish Affairs Committee. Membership As of 12 July 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px colspan 1 valign top Party width 160px colspan 2 valign top Constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Ian Davidson Scottish politician Ian Davidson MP Chair Labour Party UK Labour Glasgow South West UK Parliament constituency Glasgow South West bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Fiona Bruce politician Fiona Bruce MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Congleton UK Parliament constituency Congleton bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Mike Freer MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Finchley and Golders Green UK Parliament constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Cathy Jamieson MP Labour Party UK Labour Kilmarnock and Loudoun UK Parliament constituency Kilmarnock ... Source http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select scottish affairs committee membership Scottish Affairs Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection ... Committee UKParliamentCommittees Devolution in the United Kingdom Category Committees of the British ... more details
The International Development SelectCommittee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for International Development and its associated public bodies. Membership As of 14 February 2011, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 250px valign top Constituency bgcolor Liberal Democrats UK meta color Malcolm Bruce MP Chair Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Gordon UK Parliament constituency Gordon bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Hugh Bayley MP Labour Party UK Labour York Central UK Parliament constituency York Central bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Richard Burden MP Labour Party UK Labour Birmingham Northfield UK Parliament constituency Birmingham Northfield bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Sam Gyimah MP Conservative Party UK Conservative East Surrey UK Parliament constituency East Surrey bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Richard Harrington politician Richard Harrington MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Watford UK Parliament constituency Watford bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Pauline Latham MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Mid Derbyshire UK Parliament constituency Mid Derbyshire bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Jeremy Lefroy MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Stafford UK Parliament constituency Stafford bgcolor Labour Party UK meta ... select international development committee membership International Development Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes ... a z commons select international development committee International Development Committee UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
The Business and Enterprise SelectCommittee was a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee was to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and any associated public bodies. The committee was dissolved on September 30, 2009 and replaced by the Business, Innovation and Skills SelectCommittee following the abolition of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and its replacement with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills . ref http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200809 cmhansrd cm090625 debtext 90625 0011.htm 09062552000004 Hansard 25 June 2009 Standing Orders etc. Machinery of Government Changes ref Membership The membership of the committee at the time of its dissolution was class wikitable bgcolor CCCCCC width 160px colspan 2 rowspan 1 align center valign top Member width 160px colspan 1 rowspan 1 align center valign top Party width 160px colspan 2 rowspan 1 align center valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Peter Luff MP Chairman Conservative Party UK Conservative Mid Worcestershire UK Parliament constituency Mid Worcestershire bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Adrian Bailey MP Labour Party UK Labour West Bromwich West UK Parliament constituency West Bromwich West bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Roger Berry MP Labour Kingswood UK Parliament constituency Kingswood bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Brian Binley MP Conservative Northampton South UK Parliament constituency Northampton South bgcolor ..., the House of Commons ordered changes to be made in terms of membership of the selectcommittee, as proposed by the Commons SelectCommittee of Selection Selection Committee . Such changes are shown ... and Regulatory Reform Committee FormerUKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the British ... more details
The Foreign Affairs SelectCommittee is one of many SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemSelect Committees of the British House of Commons , which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . Inquiries The Foreign Affairs Committee carries out many inquiries, and publishes a variety of reports, including an annual Human Rights Report. During its inquiry into the government s decision to 2003 Invasion of Iraq invade Iraq , Dr David Kelly famously gave evidence to the committee on 15 July 2003, two days before his death. Membership As of 2 November 2010, the current members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Richard Ottaway MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative Croydon South UK Parliament constituency Croydon South bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Bob Ainsworth MP Labour Party UK Labour Coventry North East UK Parliament constituency Coventry North East bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color John Baron politician John Baron MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Basildon and Billericay UK Parliament constituency Basildon and Billericay bgcolor Liberal Democrats UK meta color Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell QC MP Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat North East Fife UK Parliament constituency North East Fife bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP Labour Party UK Labour Cynon Valley UK Parliament ... committees a z commons select foreign affairs committee membership Foreign Affairs Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes ... External links http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select foreign affairs committee Official site UKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the British House of Commons ... more details
The Defence SelectCommittee is one of the SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemSelectCommittee s of the British House of Commons , having been established in 1979. It oversees the operations of the Ministry of Defence United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the armed forces . Membership As of 2 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party width 160px valign top Constituency bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP Chair Conservative Party UK Conservative North East Hampshire UK Parliament constituency North East Hampshire bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Julian Brazier MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Canterbury UK Parliament constituency Canterbury bgcolor Democratic Unionist Party meta color Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson MP Democratic Unionist Party Democratic Unionist Lagan Valley UK Parliament constituency Lagan Valley bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Thomas Docherty politician Thomas Docherty MP Labour Party UK Labour Dunfermline and West Fife UK Parliament constituency Dunfermline and West Fife bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color John Glen MP John Glen MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Salisbury UK Parliament constituency Salisbury bgcolor Liberal Democrats UK meta color Mike Hancock UK politician Mike Hancock MP Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Portsmouth South UK Parliament constituency ... committees committees a z commons select defence committee Official website UKParliamentCommittees ... Edgbaston Source http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select defence committee membership Defence Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes are shown below. class wikitable valign top Date ... more details
The Transport SelectCommittee is a SelectCommitteeWestminsterSystemselectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies. Membership As of 21 March 2011, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable colspan 2 valign top Member colspan 1 valign top Party colspan 2 valign top Constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Louise Ellman MP Chair Labour Party UK Labour Co operative Party Co op Liverpool Riverside UK Parliament constituency Liverpool Riverside bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Steve Baker UK politician Steve Baker MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Wycombe UK Parliament constituency Wycombe bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Jim Dobbin MP Labour Party UK Labour Co operative Party Co op Heywood and Middleton UK Parliament constituency Heywood and Middleton bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Tom Harris politician Tom Harris MP Labour Party UK Labour Glasgow South UK Parliament constituency Glasgow South bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Julie Hilling MP Labour Party UK Labour Bolton West UK Parliament constituency Bolton West bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Kwasi Kwarteng MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Spelthorne UK Parliament constituency Spelthorne bgcolor Liberal Democrats UK meta color John Leech politician John Leech MP Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Manchester Withington UK Parliament constituency Manchester ... committees committees a z commons select transport committee membership Transport Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection . Such changes ... Kingdom Parliament External links http www.parliament.uk transcom Transport Committee UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
The Justice SelectCommittee of the United Kingdom is a selectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons which scrutinizes the policy, administration, and spending of the Ministry of Justice United Kingdom Ministry of Justice . In addition, the committee examines the work of the Law Officers of the Crown , the Serious Fraud Office UK , and the Crown Prosecution Service . The committee also reviews draft Sentencing Guidelines issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council . ref cite web url http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select justice committee title Official committee website accessdate 2007 12 19 ref Membership As of 29 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px colspan 1 valign top Party width 160px colspan 2 valign top Constituency bgcolor Liberal Democrats UK meta color Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP Chair Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Berwick upon Tweed UK Parliament constituency Berwick upon Tweed bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Robert Buckland MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Swindon South UK Parliament constituency Swindon South bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Chris Evans UK politician Chris Evans MP Labour Party UK Labour Islwyn UK Parliament constituency Islwyn bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Helen Grant politician Helen Grant MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Maidstone and the Weald UK Parliament constituency ... business committees committees a z commons select justice committee membership Justice Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection House of Commons Committee of Selection ... http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select justice committee Official ... House of Commons Justice Committee ... more details
The Environmental Audit SelectCommittee is a SelectCommittee United Kingdom selectcommittee of the British House of Commons House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the committee is to examine how government department s policies and programmes will affect both the environment and sustainable development . ref name hoc http parliament.uk parliamentary committees environmental audit committee.cfm Environmental Audit SelectCommittee ref Membership As of 26 July 2010, the members of the committee are as follows class wikitable width 160px colspan 2 valign top Member width 160px valign top Party valign top Constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Joan Walley MP Chair Labour Party UK Labour Stoke on Trent North UK Parliament constituency Stoke on Trent North bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Peter Aldous MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Waveney UK Parliament constituency Waveney bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Richard Benyon MP sup 1 sup Conservative Party UK Conservative Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Neil Carmichael Conservative politician Neil Carmichael MP Conservative Party UK Conservative Stroud UK Parliament constituency Stroud bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Martin Caton MP Labour Party UK Labour Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Katy Clark MP Labour Party UK Labour North Ayrshire and Arran UK Parliament constituency North Ayrshire and Arran bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Zac Goldsmith MP Conservative Party ... Source http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z commons select environmental audit committee membership Environmental Audit Committee Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection ... committee.cfm Environmental Audit SelectCommittee home page References references UKParliamentCommittees ... more details
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