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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.

1 Membership
- 1.1 Changes
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Membership

As of 28 November 2011, the members of the committee are as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Laurence Robertson MP (Chair)	Conservative	Tewkesbury
Joe Benton MP	Labour	Bootle
Oliver Colvile MP	Conservative	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Stephen Hepburn MP	Labour	Jarrow
Sylvia Hermon MP	Independent	North Down
Kate Hoey MP	Labour	Vauxhall
David Anderson MP	Labour	Blaydon
Kris Hopkins MP	Conservative	Keighley
Naomi Long MP	Alliance	Belfast East
Jack Lopresti MP	Conservative	Filton and Bradley Stoke
Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP	Social Democratic and Labour	Belfast South
Nigel Mills MP	Conservative	Amber Valley
Ian Paisley, Jr. MP	Democratic Unionist	North Antrim
David Simpson MP	Democratic Unionist	Upper Bann

Source: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

[edit] 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		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Stephen Pound MP (Labour)	Ealing North	→	Kate Hoey MP (Labour)	Vauxhall	Hansard
24 October 2011	Ian Lavery MP (Labour)	Wansbeck	→	David Anderson MP (Labour)	Blaydon	Hansard
28 November 2011	Mel Stride MP (Conservative)	Central Devon	→	Kris Hopkins MP (Conservative)	Keighley	Hansard
28 November 2011	Gavin Williamson MP (Conservative)	South Staffordshire	→	Nigel Mills MP (Conservative)	Amber Valley	Hansard

[edit] See also

List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

[edit] External links

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Homepage

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