Welsh Affairs Select Committee

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The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs 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 Wales Office, and relations with the Welsh Assembly.[1]

Membership

As of 3 December 2012, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member Party Constituency
David T C Davies MP (Chair) Conservative Monmouth
Guto Bebb MP Conservative Aberconwy
Geraint Davies MP Labour Co-op Swansea West
Glyn Davies MP Conservative Montgomeryshire
Stephen Doughty MP Labour Cardiff South and Penarth
Jonathan Edwards MP Plaid Cymru Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Nia Griffith MP Labour Llanelli
Simon Hart MP Conservative Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Siân James MP Labour Swansea East
Karen Lumley MP Conservative Redditch
Jessica Morden MP Labour Newport East
Mark Williams MP Liberal Democrat Ceredigion

Source: Welsh 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
2 November 2010 Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) Montgomeryshire Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) Pudsey Hansard
22 November 2010 Nia Griffith MP (Labour) Llanelli Siân James MP (Labour) Swansea East Hansard
27 June 2011 Alun Cairns MP (Conservative) Vale of Glamorgan Robin Walker MP (Conservative) Worcester Hansard
28 November 2011 Owen Smith MP (Labour) Pontypridd Nia Griffith MP (Labour) Llanelli Hansard
5 November 2012 Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) Pudsey Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) Montgomeryshire Hansard
26 November 2012 Susan Jones MP (Labour) Clwyd South Stephen Doughty MP (Labour) Cardiff South and Penarth Hansard
3 December 2012 Robin Walker MP (Conservative) Worcester Simon Hart MP (Conservative) Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Hansard

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