Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for National Heritage.

Membership

As of 12 December 2011, the membership of the committee is as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	John Whittingdale MP (Chair)	Conservative	Maldon
	Therese Coffey MP	Conservative	Suffolk Coastal
	Damian Collins MP	Conservative	Folkestone and Hythe
	Philip Davies MP	Conservative	Shipley
	Paul Farrelly MP	Labour	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	Louise Mensch MP	Conservative	Corby
	Steve Rotheram MP	Labour	Liverpool Walton
	Adrian Sanders MP	Liberal Democrat	Torbay
	Jim Sheridan MP	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	Gerry Sutcliffe MP	Labour	Bradford South
	Tom Watson MP	Labour	West Bromwich East

Source: Culture, Media and Sport Committee

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
9 May 2011		David Cairns MP (Labour)	Inverclyde	→	Vacant			Hansard
19 July 2011	Vacant			→		Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Hansard
24 October 2011		Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	→		Steve Rotheram MP (Labour)	Liverpool Walton	Hansard
10 November 2011		Alan Keen MP (Labour Co-op)	Feltham and Heston	→	Vacant			Hansard
12 December 2011	Vacant			→		Gerry Sutcliffe MP (Labour)	Bradford South

See also

List of committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

External links

• Culture, Media and Sport Committee