Liaison Committee

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 Chairmen of the 32 Commons Select Committees and the chairman 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. David Cameron went before the liaison committee for the first time after the United Kingdom general election, 2010 on 18 November 2010.^[1]

Membership

As of 10 December 2012, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member	Party	Constituency	Committee
The Rt Hon. Sir Alan Beith MP (Chair)	Liberal Democrat	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Justice
Graham Allen MP	Labour	Nottingham North	Political and Constitutional Reform
The Rt Hon. James Arbuthnot MP	Conservative	North East Hampshire	Defence
Adrian Bailey MP	Labour Co-op	West Bromwich	Business, Innovation and Skills
The Rt Hon. Kevin Barron MP	Labour	Rother Valley	Standards and Privileges
Dame Anne Begg MP	Labour	Aberdeen South	Work and Pensions
Clive Betts MP	Labour	Sheffield South East	Communities and Local Government
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown FRICS MP	Conservative	Cotswold	Selection
The Rt Hon. Sir Malcolm Bruce MP	Liberal Democrat	Gordon	International Development
Bill Cash MP	Conservative	Stone	European Scrutiny
Ian Davidson MP	Labour	Glasgow South West	Scottish Affairs
David TC Davies MP	Conservative	Monmouth	Welsh Affairs
The Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell MP	Conservative	Charnwood	Health
James Duddridge MP	Conservative	Rochford and Southend East	Regulatory Reform
Louise Ellman MP	Labour Co-op	Liverpool Riverside	Transport
Natascha Engel MP	Labour	North East Derbyshire	Backbench Business
Hywel Francis MP	Labour	Aberavon	Human Rights (Joint)
The Rt Hon. Sir Alan Haselhurst MP	Conservative	Saffron Walden	Administration
The Rt Hon. Margaret Hodge MP	Labour	Barking	Public Accounts
The Honourable Bernard Jenkin MP	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	Public Administration
Anne McIntosh MP	Conservative	Thirsk and Malton	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Andrew Miller MP	Labour	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Science and Technology
George Mudie MP	Labour	Leeds East	Statutory Instruments
Richard Ottaway MP	Conservative	Croydon South	Foreign Affairs
Laurence Robertson MP	Conservative	Tewkesbury	Northern Ireland Affairs
Graham Stuart MP	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	Education
The Rt Hon. John Thurso MP	Liberal Democrat	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Finance and Services
Andrew Tyrie MP	Conservative	Chichester	Treasury
The Rt Hon. Keith Vaz MP	Labour	Leicester East	Home Affairs
Charles Walker	Conservative	Broxbourne	Procedure
Joan Walley MP	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North	Environmental Audit
John Whittingdale OBE MP	Conservative	Maldon	Culture, Media and Sport
Tim Yeo MP	Conservative	South Suffolk	Energy and Climate Change

Source: Liaison Committee

References

↑ "PM quizzed by MPs over spending review". BBC News. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills

Other	Security

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

Liaison Committee

Membership

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