The Education Select Committee, previously the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, is a select committee of the 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 and any associated public bodies.
The Children, Schools and Families Select Committee was formed after the Department for Children, Schools and Families was set up 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 Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP.
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As of 7 November 2011, the membership of the committee is as follows:
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Graham Stuart MP (Chair) | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | |
Neil Carmichael MP | Conservative | Stroud | |
Alex Cunningham MP | Labour | Stockton North | |
Bill Esterson MP | Labour | Sefton Central | |
Pat Glass MP | Labour | North West Durham | |
Damian Hinds MP | Conservative | East Hampshire | |
Charlotte Leslie MP | Conservative | Bristol North West | |
Ian Mearns MP | Labour | Gateshead | |
Tessa Munt MP | Liberal Democrat | Wells | |
Lisa Nandy MP | Labour | Wigan | |
Craig Whittaker MP | Conservative | Calder Valley |
Source: Education Committee
Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to the membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.
Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
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2 November 2010 | Conor Burns MP (Conservative) | Bournemouth West | → | Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative) | Stroud | Hansard | ||
Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | → | Bill Esterson MP (Labour) | Sefton Central | ||||
7 November 2011 | Nic Dakin MP (Labour) | Scunthorpe | → | Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) | Stockton North | Hansard |