Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
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The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Northern Ireland Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee's remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office. Select Committees work in both houses and report on governmental departments and economic affairs.[1]
Membership
As of 5 November 2012, the members of the committee are as follows:
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Laurence Robertson MP (Chair) | Conservative | Tewkesbury | |
David Anderson MP | Labour | Blaydon | |
Joe Benton MP | Labour | Bootle | |
Oliver Colvile MP | Conservative | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | |
Stephen Hepburn MP | Labour | Jarrow | |
Sylvia Hermon MP | Independent | North Down | |
Kate Hoey MP | Labour | Vauxhall | |
Naomi Long MP | Alliance | Belfast East | |
Jack Lopresti MP | Conservative | Filton and Bradley Stoke | |
Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP | Social Democratic and Labour | Belfast South | |
Nigel Mills MP | Conservative | Amber Valley | |
Ian Paisley, Jr. MP | Democratic Unionist | North Antrim | |
Andrew Percy MP | Conservative | Brigg and Goole | |
David Simpson MP | Democratic Unionist | Upper Bann |
Source: Northern Ireland 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. Such changes are shown below.
Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
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2 November 2010 | Stephen Pound MP (Labour) | Ealing North | → | Kate Hoey MP (Labour) | Vauxhall | Hansard | ||
24 October 2011 | Ian Lavery MP (Labour) | Wansbeck | → | David Anderson MP (Labour) | Blaydon | Hansard | ||
28 November 2011 | Mel Stride MP (Conservative) | Central Devon | → | Kris Hopkins MP (Conservative) | Keighley | Hansard | ||
Gavin Williamson MP (Conservative) | South Staffordshire | Nigel Mills MP (Conservative) | Amber Valley | |||||
5 November 2012 | Kris Hopkins MP (Conservative) | Keighley | → | Andrew Percy MP (Conservative) | Brigg and Goole | Hansard |
See also
- List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
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