Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)

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.^[1]^[2]

Membership

As of 6 February 2024, the members of the committee are as follows:^[3]

Member	Party	Constituency	Committee
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Chair)	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	Jenkin serves on three additional committees but does not serve as a chairperson on any except the Liaison Committee.
Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	Treasury
Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Karen Bradley	Conservative	Staffordshire Moorlands	Procedure
Steve Brine	Conservative	Winchester	Health and Social Care
Sir Robert Buckland	Conservative	South Swindon	Northern Irish Affairs
Liam Byrne	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill	Business and Trade
Sir William Cash	Conservative	Stone	European Scrutiny
Sarah Champion	Labour	Rotherham	International Development
Joanna Cherry	SNP	Edinburgh South West	Human Rights (Joint)
Greg Clark	Conservative	Tunbridge Wells	Science, Innovation and Technology
Stephen Crabb	Conservative	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Welsh Affairs
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Gosport	Culture, Media and Sport
Philip Dunne	Conservative	Ludlow	Environmental Audit
Sir Robert Goodwill	Conservative	Scarborough and Whitby	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meg Hillier	Labour Co-op	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Public Accounts
Sharon Hodgson	Labour	Washington and Sunderland West	Finance
Dame Diana Johnson	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North	Home Affairs
Andrew Jones	Conservative	Harrogate and Knaresborough	European Statutory Instruments
Alicia Kearns	Conservative	Rutland and Melton	Foreign Affairs
Angus MacNeil	Independent	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Energy Security and Net Zero
Ian Mearns	Labour	Gateshead	Backbench Business
Jessica Morden	Labour	Newport East	Statutory Instruments
Sir Bob Neill	Conservative	Bromley and Chislehurst	Justice
Caroline Nokes	Conservative	Romsey and Southampton North	Women and Equalities
Sir Jeremy Quin	Conservative	Horsham	Defence
Cat Smith	Labour	Lancaster and Fleetwood	Petitions
Iain Stewart	Conservative	Milton Keynes South	Transport
Stephen Timms	Labour	East Ham	Work and Pensions
Robin Walker	Conservative	Worcester	Education
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

References

^ Sabbagh, Dan (26 May 2020). "Boris Johnson to face minimal questions on Cummings' conduct". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2020. The liaison body is the only Commons committee that has the power to question the prime minister and used to meet twice a year before Johnson became prime minister last July.
^ "Johnson to face senior MPs amid Cummings row". BBC News. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020. It marks the first time he has appeared before the Commons Liaison Committee - the only committee that gets to question the PM - since taking office.
^ "Liaison Committee Membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

External links

[1] Sabbagh, Dan (26 May 2020). "Boris Johnson to face minimal questions on Cummings' conduct". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2020. The liaison body is the only Commons committee that has the power to question the prime minister and used to meet twice a year before Johnson became prime minister last July.

[2] "Johnson to face senior MPs amid Cummings row". BBC News. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020. It marks the first time he has appeared before the Commons Liaison Committee - the only committee that gets to question the PM - since taking office.

[3] "Liaison Committee Membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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