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The Education Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education and any associated public bodies.

The Chair of the Committee is Neil Carmichael MP. He was elected on 18 June 2015.^[1] Previous Chairs include Graham Stuart MP (2010-2015) and Barry Sheerman MP (2001 - 2010).

Membership

Members in the 2016/17 session of Parliament are as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Neil Carmichael MP (Chair)	Conservative	Stroud
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lucy Allan MP	Conservative	Telford
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ian Austin MP	Labour	Dudley North
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Michelle Donelan MP	Conservative	Chippenham
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Marion Fellows MP	SNP	Motherwell and Wishaw
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Suella Fernandes MP	Conservative	Fareham
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lucy Frazer MP	Conservative	South East Cambridgeshire
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lillian Greenwood MP	Labour	Nottingham South
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Catherine McKinnell MP	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne North
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ian Mearns MP	Labour	Gateshead
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Wragg MP	Conservative	Hazel Grove

Source: Education Committee

Changes

On 6 July 2015, the Committee's members were elected. Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to the 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
1 February 2016	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kate Osamor MP (Labour)	Edmonton	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour)	Newcastle upon Tyne North
1 February 2016	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kate Hollern MP (Labour)	Blackburn	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (Labour)	East Ham
22 February 2016	bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative)	Romsey and Southampton North	bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Wragg MP (Conservative)	Hazel Grove
31 October 2016	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (Labour)	East Ham	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lillian Greenwood MP (Labour)	Nottingham South

Publications

Session 2016-17

Date	Title	Government response
25 April 2017	Ninth Report of Session 2016-17: Exiting the EU: challenges and opportunities for higher education	Awaited
31 March 2017	Eighth Report of Session 2016-17: Apprenticeships	Awaited
28 February 2017	Seventh Report of Session 2016-17: Multi-academy trusts	Awaited
24 February 2017	Sixth Report of Session 2016-17: Appointment of the Chair of the Office for Students	N/A
21 February 2017	Fifth Report of Session 2016-17: Recruitment and retention of teachers	Awaited
13 February 2017	Fourth Report of Session 2016-17: Evidence check: Grammar schools	Awaited
13 July 2016	Third Report of Session 2016-17: Social work reform	Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2016-17
7 July 2016	Second Report of Session 2016-17: Appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills	Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2016-17
5 July 2016	First Report of Session 2016-17: Careers education, information, advice and guidance	Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2016-17

Session 2015-16

Date	Title	Government response
28 April 2016	Fourth Report of Session 2015-16: Mental health and well-being of looked-after children	Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2015–16
20 March 2016	Third Report of Session 2015–16: Appointment of the Chief Regulator of Ofqual	N/A
24 January 2016	Second Report of Session 2015–16: Holocaust education	Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2015–16
20 January 2016	First Report of Session 2015–16: The role of Regional Schools Commissioners	Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2015–16

References

^ http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/

External links

Education Committee

[1] ttp://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/

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