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]

 MemberPartyConstituencyCommittee
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Chair)ConservativeHarwich and North EssexJenkin serves on three additional committees but does not serve as a chairperson on any except the Liaison Committee.
Harriett BaldwinConservativeWest WorcestershireTreasury
Clive BettsLabourSheffield South EastLevelling Up, Housing and Communities
Karen BradleyConservativeStaffordshire MoorlandsProcedure
Steve BrineConservativeWinchesterHealth and Social Care
Sir Robert BucklandConservativeSouth SwindonNorthern Irish Affairs
Liam ByrneLabourBirmingham Hodge HillBusiness and Trade
Sir William CashConservativeStoneEuropean Scrutiny
Sarah ChampionLabourRotherhamInternational Development
Joanna CherrySNPEdinburgh South WestHuman Rights (Joint)
Greg ClarkConservativeTunbridge WellsScience, Innovation and Technology
Stephen CrabbConservativePreseli PembrokeshireWelsh Affairs
Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeGosportCulture, Media and Sport
Philip DunneConservativeLudlowEnvironmental Audit
Sir Robert GoodwillConservativeScarborough and WhitbyEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meg HillierLabour Co-opHackney South and ShoreditchPublic Accounts
Sharon HodgsonLabourWashington and Sunderland WestFinance
Dame Diana JohnsonLabourKingston upon Hull NorthHome Affairs
Andrew JonesConservativeHarrogate and KnaresboroughEuropean Statutory Instruments
Alicia KearnsConservativeRutland and MeltonForeign Affairs
Angus MacNeilIndependentNa h-Eileanan an IarEnergy Security and Net Zero
Ian MearnsLabourGatesheadBackbench Business
Jessica MordenLabourNewport EastStatutory Instruments
Sir Bob NeillConservativeBromley and ChislehurstJustice
Caroline NokesConservativeRomsey and Southampton NorthWomen and Equalities
Sir Jeremy QuinConservativeHorshamDefence
Cat SmithLabourLancaster and FleetwoodPetitions
Iain StewartConservativeMilton Keynes SouthTransport
Stephen TimmsLabourEast HamWork and Pensions
Robin WalkerConservativeWorcesterEducation
Sir Charles WalkerConservativeBroxbourneAdministration
Bill WigginConservativeNorth HerefordshireSelection
Pete WishartSNPPerth and North PerthshireScottish Affairs
William WraggConservativeHazel GrovePublic Administration and Constitutional Affairs

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