Home Affairs Select Committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a Committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Remit

The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons Select Committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure, administration and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies".

The Committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster.

At the end of each inquiry, the Committee will normally agree a Report based on the evidence received. Such Reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the Government and other bodies. The Government by convention responds to reports within about two months of publication. These responses are also published.

Inquiries

Current inquiries are focusing on

Reform of the Police Funding Formula
Countering extremism
The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q2 2015)
Police investigations and the role of the CPS
The work of the Home Office
Migration crisis
Immigration: skill shortages
The work of the Home Secretary
Psychoactive substances

Recent inquiries have focused on:

Asylum
European Union Justice and Home Affairs opt-out
e-Crime
Leadership and standards in the police
Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming
Drugs

Membership

Keith Vaz was elected as Chair of the Home Affairs Committee on Thursday 18 June 2015.

The remaining members of the Committee were formally appointed on 8 July 2015

	Party	Constituency
Keith Vaz MP (Chair)	Labour	Leicester East
Victoria Atkins MP	Conservative	Louth and Horncastle
James Berry MP	Conservative	Kingston and Surbiton
David Burrowes MP	Conservative	Enfield
Nusrat Ghani MP	Conservative	Wealden
Ranil Jayawardena MP	Conservative	North East Hampshire
Tim Loughton MP	Conservative	East Worthing and Shoreham
Stuart McDonald MP	Scottish National Party	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Naz Shah MP	Labour	Bradford West
Chuka Umunna MP	Labour	Streatham
David Winnick MP	Labour	Walsall North

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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		Mary Macleod MP (Conservative)	Brentford and Isleworth	→		James Clappison MP (Conservative)	Hertsmere	Hansard
14 February 2011		Aidan Burley MP (Conservative)	Cannock Chase	→		Michael Ellis MP (Conservative)	Northampton North	Hansard
22 October 2012		Rt Hon Alun Michael MP (Labour Co-op)	Cardiff South and Penarth	→	Vacant			Vote & Proceedings
26 November 2012	Vacant			→		Karl Turner MP (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull East	Hansard
4 February 2012		Karl Turner MP (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull East	→		Chris Ruane MP (Labour)	Vale of Clwyd	Hansard
4 November 2013		Steve McCabe MP (Labour)	Birmingham, Selly Oak	→		Ian Austin MP (Labour)	Dudley North	Hansard
4 November 2013		Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour)	Houghton and Sunderland South	→		Paul Flynn MP (Labour)	Newport West	Hansard
4 November 2013		Chris Ruane MP (Labour)	Vale of Clwyd	→		Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour)	Bolton South East	Hansard

References

External links

Home Affairs Committee

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 Women and Equalities

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 English 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 Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

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

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