Work and Pensions Select Committee

The Work and Pensions 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 Work and Pensions and its associated public bodies.

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Membership

As of 25 October 2011, the membership of the committee is as follows:

Member Party Constituency
Debbie Abrahams MP Labour Oldham East and Saddleworth
Anne Begg MP (Chair) Labour Aberdeen South
Harriett Baldwin MP Conservative West Worcestershire
Andrew Bingham MP Conservative High Peak
Karen Bradley MP Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands
Sheila Gilmore MP Labour Edinburgh East
Oliver Heald MP Conservative North East Hertfordshire
Glenda Jackson MP Labour Hampstead and Kilburn
Brandon Lewis Conservative Great Yarmouth
Stephen Lloyd MP Liberal Democrat Eastbourne
Teresa Pearce MP Labour Erith and Thamesmead

Source: 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. Such changes are shown below.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party
Constituency New Member
& Party
Constituency Source
2 November 2010 Karen Buck MP (Labour) Westminster North Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) Stockton North Hansard
Margaret Curran MP (Labour) Glasgow East Glenda Jackson MP (Labour) Hampstead and Kilburn
Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour) Birmingham Ladywood Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) Erith and Thamesmead
29 November 2010 Richard Graham MP (Conservative) Gloucester Andrew Bingham MP (Conservative) High Peak Hansard
Sajid Javid MP (Conservative) Bromsgrove Brandon Lewis MP (Conservative) Great Yarmouth
27 June 2011 Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) Stockton North Debbie Abrahams MP (Labour) Oldham East and Saddleworth Hansard
25 October 2011 Kate Green MP (Labour) Stretford and Urmston Sheila Gilmore MP (Labour) Edinburgh East Hansard

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