Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee is a committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. The committee consists of the chairs of the 32 Commons select committees and the chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
The role of the committee is to consider general matters relating to the work of select committees. It advises the House of Commons Commission on select committees as well as choosing select committee reports for debate in the chamber.
Since 2002, the Prime Minister has appeared annually before the Liaison Committee in order to give evidence on matters of public policy. The Liaison Committee is the only Commons committee that questions the prime minister and generally meets twice a year.
Membership
As of 22 May 2020, the members of the committee are as follows:Member | Party | Constituency | Committee | |
Sir Bernard Jenkin | Conservative | Harwich and North Essex | Jenkin serves on three additional committees but does not serve as a chairperson on any except the Liaison Committee. | |
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn | Labour | Leeds Central | Future Relationship with the European Union | |
Clive Betts | Labour | Sheffield South East | Housing, Communities and Local Government | |
Karen Bradley | Conservative | Staffordshire Moorlands | Procedure | |
Chris Bryant | Labour | Rhondda | Standards and Privileges | |
Sir William Cash | Conservative | Stone | European Scrutiny | |
Sarah Champion | Labour | Rotherham | International Development | |
Greg Clark | Conservative | Tunbridge Wells | Science and Technology | |
The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper | Labour | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Home Affairs | |
Stephen Crabb | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Welsh Affairs | |
Philip Dunne | Conservative | Ludlow | Environmental Audit | |
Tobias Ellwood | Conservative | Bournemouth East | Defence | |
Lilian Greenwood | Labour | Nottingham South | Finance | |
The Rt Hon Robert Halfon | Conservative | Harlow | Education | |
The Rt Hon Harriet Harman | Labour | Camberwell and Peckham | Human Rights | |
Meg Hillier | Labour Co-op | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Public Accounts | |
Simon Hoare | Conservative | North Dorset | Northern Irish Affairs | |
The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt | Conservative | South West Surrey | Health and Social Care | |
Andrew Jones | Conservative | Harrogate and Knaresborough | European Statutory Instruments | |
Darren Jones | Labour | Bristol North West | Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
Julian Knight | Conservative | Solihull | Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
Angus MacNeil | SNP | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | International Trade | |
Catherine McKinnell | Labour | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Petitions | |
Stephen McPartland | Conservative | Stevenage | Regulatory Reform | |
Ian Mearns | Labour | Gateshead | Backbench Business | |
Huw Merriman | Conservative | Bexhill and Battle | Transport | |
Jessica Morden | Labour | Newport East | Statutory Instruments | |
Sir Bob Neill | Conservative | Bromley and Chislehurst | Justice | |
The Rt Hon Caroline Nokes | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | Women and Equalities | |
Neil Parish | Conservative | Tiverton and Honiton | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
The Rt Hon Mel Stride | Conservative | Central Devon | Treasury | |
The Rt Hon Stephen Timms | Labour | East Ham | Work and Pensions | |
Tom Tugendhat | Conservative | Tonbridge and Malling | Foreign Affairs | |
Sir Charles Walker | Conservative | Broxbourne | Administration | |
Bill Wiggin | Conservative | North Herefordshire | Selection | |
Pete Wishart | SNP | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish Affairs | |
William Wragg | Conservative | Hazel Grove | Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs |
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