Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee's remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office and its associated public bodies.[1] Select Committees work in both houses and report on governmental departments and economic affairs.[2]
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Membership
As at May 2020, the Committee's membership is as follows:[3]
List of chairs
Member | Party | Constituency | Term | Parliament | |
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Patrick Cormack | Conservative | South Staffordshire | 2005 – 12 April 2010 | 54th Parliament | |
Laurence Robertson | Conservative | Tewkesbury | 9 June 2010 – 12 July 2017 | 55th and 56th Parliament | |
Andrew Murrison | Conservative | South West Wiltshire | 12 July 2017 – 9 May 2019 | 57th Parliament | |
Kate Hoey | Labour | Vauxhall | 15 May 2019 – 12 June 2019 | 57th Parliament | |
Simon Hoare | Conservative | North Dorset | 12 June 2019 to present | 57th and 58th Parliament |
References
- "Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - role". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- "Select Committees". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- "Membership - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
External links
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Homepage
- Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives
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