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Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)

The Liaison Committee is a committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. The committee consists of the chairs of the 32 Commons select committees and the chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

The role of the committee is to consider general matters relating to the work of select committees. It advises the House of Commons Commission on select committees as well as choosing select committee reports for debate in the chamber.

Since 2002, the Prime Minister has appeared annually before the Liaison Committee in order to give evidence on matters of public policy. The Liaison Committee is the only Commons committee that questions the prime minister and generally meets twice a year.[1][2]

Membership edit

As of 6 February 2024, the members of the committee are as follows:[3]

  Member Party Constituency Committee
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Chair) Conservative Harwich and North Essex Jenkin serves on three additional committees but does not serve as a chairperson on any except the Liaison Committee.
Harriett Baldwin Conservative West Worcestershire Treasury
Clive Betts Labour Sheffield South East Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Karen Bradley Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands Procedure
Steve Brine Conservative Winchester Health and Social Care
Sir Robert Buckland Conservative South Swindon Northern Irish Affairs
Liam Byrne Labour Birmingham Hodge Hill Business and Trade
Sir William Cash Conservative Stone European Scrutiny
Sarah Champion Labour Rotherham International Development
Joanna Cherry SNP Edinburgh South West Human Rights (Joint)
Greg Clark Conservative Tunbridge Wells Science, Innovation and Technology
Stephen Crabb Conservative Preseli Pembrokeshire Welsh Affairs
Dame Caroline Dinenage Conservative Gosport Culture, Media and Sport
Philip Dunne Conservative Ludlow Environmental Audit
Sir Robert Goodwill Conservative Scarborough and Whitby Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meg Hillier Labour Co-op Hackney South and Shoreditch Public Accounts
Sharon Hodgson Labour Washington and Sunderland West Finance
Dame Diana Johnson Labour Kingston upon Hull North Home Affairs
Andrew Jones Conservative Harrogate and Knaresborough European Statutory Instruments
Alicia Kearns Conservative Rutland and Melton Foreign Affairs
Angus MacNeil Independent Na h-Eileanan an Iar Energy Security and Net Zero
Ian Mearns Labour Gateshead Backbench Business
Jessica Morden Labour Newport East Statutory Instruments
Sir Bob Neill Conservative Bromley and Chislehurst Justice
Caroline Nokes Conservative Romsey and Southampton North Women and Equalities
Sir Jeremy Quin Conservative Horsham Defence
Cat Smith Labour Lancaster and Fleetwood Petitions
Iain Stewart Conservative Milton Keynes South Transport
Stephen Timms Labour East Ham Work and Pensions
Robin Walker Conservative Worcester Education
Sir Charles Walker Conservative Broxbourne Administration
Bill Wiggin Conservative North Herefordshire Selection
Pete Wishart SNP Perth and North Perthshire Scottish Affairs
William Wragg Conservative Hazel Grove Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (26 May 2020). "Boris Johnson to face minimal questions on Cummings' conduct". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2020. The liaison body is the only Commons committee that has the power to question the prime minister and used to meet twice a year before Johnson became prime minister last July.
  2. ^ "Johnson to face senior MPs amid Cummings row". BBC News. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020. It marks the first time he has appeared before the Commons Liaison Committee - the only committee that gets to question the PM - since taking office.
  3. ^ "Liaison Committee Membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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