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 at June 2015, the Committee's only member is its Chair, David T C Davies.^[2] On 13 July 2015 the remaining members were formally appointed:

	Party	Constituency
David T C Davies MP (Chair)	Conservative	Monmouth
Byron Davies MP	Conservative	Gower
Chris Davies MP	Conservative	Brecon and Radnorshire
Dr James Davies MP	Conservatives	Vale of Clwyd
Carolyn Harris MP	Labour	Swansea East
Gerald Jones MP	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Christina Rees MP	Labour	Neath
Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative	Eddisbury
Liz Saville-Roberts MP	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Craig Williams MP	Conservative	Cardiff North
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		Constituency	→		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

List of Chairs

	From	Until
David T C Davies	10 June 2010	Present ^[1]
Hywel Francis	13 July 2005	6 May 2010
Martyn Jones	14 July 1997	13 July 2005 ^[3]
Gareth Wardell	9 June 1983	21 March 1997 ^[4]
Donald Anderson	20 November 1981	13 May 1983^[5]
Leo Abse	25 January 1980	20 November 1981 ^[6]

^{[Note 1]} Office officially vacant from 30 March 2015 - 18 June 2015 and from 3 May 2017 - 7 July 2017.

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References

External links

UK Parliament: Welsh Select Committee

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Exiting the European Union Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development International Trade 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 Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee Legislative Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance 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 International Relations 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

Devolution in the United Kingdom

Devolved areas

National level	Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Regional level (in England)	Combined authorities Directly elected mayoralties Greater London Authority

Referendums¹

English mayoral referendums
- London, 1998
- 2012
North East England
- 2004
Northern Ireland
- 1998
Scotland
- 1979
- 1997
Wales
- 1979
- 1997
- 2011

Heads of devolved governments

Devolved legislatures²

Devolved administrations³

Organisations and laws of the
legislatures and governments
of the UK and the devolved areas

Commissions (UK Parliament)	Kilbrandon Commission Holtham Commission Silk Commission McKay Commission
Commissions (devolved legislatures)	National Assembly for Wales Richard Commission Holtham Commission Scottish Parliament Calman Commission Smith Commission
Referendum & Devolution acts	Greater London Authority Acts 1999 2007 Northern Ireland Acts 1998 2006 Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997 Wales Acts 1998 2006 2014 2017 Scotland Acts 1998 2012 2016
Select committees	Northern Ireland Affairs Scottish Affairs Welsh Affairs
Grand committees	Legislative Grand Committee Northern Ireland Scottish Welsh
Departments and Territorial Offices (MOJ)	Cabinet Office - Devolution Secretariat Ministry of Justice - Devolution Directorate-General Office of the Advocate General for Scotland Northern Ireland Office Scotland Office Wales Office

Elections

Current	Agreements/Treaties Anglo-Irish Treaty Good Friday Agreement Budget Barnett formula Block grant Constitution of the United Kingdom Reserved and excepted matters West Lothian question
Proposals	Cornwall Cornish Assembly Cornish Constitutional Convention Mebyon Kernow Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament Devolved English parliament Campaign for an English Parliament Northern England Campaign for the North Yorkshire First Other parts of Southern England Wessex Regionalist Party Scotland Full fiscal autonomy
Historical	Administrations of England English Regional Assemblies, 1998-2010 Administrations of London London County Council Greater London Council Administrations of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1974 Legislatures of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1973–74 1982–86 Northern Ireland-related legislation of the UK Parliament Ireland, 1886 Ireland, 1893 Ireland, 1914 Ireland, 1920 Irish Free State, 1922 Northern Ireland, 1974 Irish Home Rule movement Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Scotland Act 1978 Scottish Office Sunningdale Agreement Wales Act 1978 Welsh Office

1. Rejected referendums are italicised. The others were fully or partially approved.
2. There is no law-making body for any regionally devolved area.
3. Administrations of regionally devolved areas are omitted.

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