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

Recent inquiries have focused on:

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.

Member 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 Southgate
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

See also

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