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.

Membership

As of 10 June 2013, the membership of the committee is as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Dame Anne Begg MP (Chair)	Labour	Aberdeen South
Debbie Abrahams MP	Labour	Oldham East and Saddleworth
Jane Ellison MP	Conservative	Battersea
Graham Evans MP	Conservative	Weaver Vale
Mike Freer MP	Conservative	Finchley and Golders Green
Sheila Gilmore MP	Labour	Edinburgh East
Glenda Jackson MP	Labour	Hampstead and Kilburn
Stephen Lloyd MP	Liberal Democrat	Eastbourne
Nigel Mills MP	Conservative	Amber Valley
Anne Marie Morris	Conservative	Newton Abbot
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		Constituency	→		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
29 November 2010	Sajid Javid MP (Conservative)	Bromsgrove	→	Brandon Lewis MP (Conservative)	Great Yarmouth	Hansard
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
29 October 2012	Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative)	West Worcestershire	→	Aidan Burley MP (Conservative)	Cannock Chase	Hansard
	Andrew Bingham MP (Conservative)	High Peak		Jane Ellison MP (Conservative)	Battersea
	Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)	Staffordshire Moorlands		Graham Evans MP (Conservative)	Weaver Vale
	Oliver Heald MP (Conservative)	North East Hertfordshire		Nigel Mills MP (Conservative)	Amber Valley
	Brandon Lewis MP (Conservative)	Great Yarmouth		Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative)	Newton Abbot
10 June 2013	Aidan Burley MP (Conservative)	Cannock Chase	→	Mike Freer MP (Conservative)	Finchley and Golders Green	Hansard

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See also

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