Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
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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]
Membership[]
As at May 2020, the Committee's membership is as follows:[3]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Simon Hoare MP (Chair) | Conservative | North Dorset | |
Gregory Campbell MP | Democratic Unionist | East Londonderry | |
Fay Jones MP | Conservative | Brecon and Radnorshire | |
Mary Kelly Foy MP | Labour | City of Durham | |
Claire Hanna MP | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Belfast South | |
Stephen Farry MP | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | North Down | |
Robert Goodwill MP | Conservative | Scarborough and Whitby | |
Stephanie Peacock MP | Labour | Barnsley East | |
Ian Paisley, Jr. MP | Democratic Unionist | North Antrim | |
Scott Benton MP | Conservative | Blackpool South | |
Bob Stewart MP | Conservative | Beckenham |
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 |
See also[]
- List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
- Northern Ireland Grand Committee
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
Categories:
- Select Committees of the British House of Commons
- United Kingdom government stubs
- Northern Ireland politics stubs