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

The Committee can examine any area of work related to the Home Office and its associated public bodies, such as HM Prison Service and United Kingdom Passport Agency.

Recent inquiries have focused on

• Rehabilitation of prisoners
• Sexual Offences Act 2003
• Immigration Control
• Terrorism
• Sentencing for Robbery
• Corporate manslaughter
• The News International phone hacking scandal

Membership

As of 2 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Keith Vaz MP (Chair)	Labour	Leicester East
	Nicola Blackwood MP	Conservative	Oxford West and Abingdon
	James Clappison MP	Conservative	Hertsmere
	Lorraine Fullbrook MP	Conservative	South Ribble
	Dr Julian Huppert MP	Liberal Democrat	Cambridge
	Steve McCabe MP	Labour	Birmingham Selly Oak
	Rt Hon Alun Michael MP	Labour Co-op	Cardiff South and Penarth
	Bridget Phillipson MP	Labour	Houghton and Sunderland South
	Mark Reckless MP	Conservative	Rochester and Strood
	David Winnick MP	Labour	Walsall North

Source: Home Affairs 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
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

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

External links

• Home Affairs Committee