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Not to be confused with Canadian House of Commons Liaison Committee.

The Liaison Committee is a committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. The committee consists of the chairs of the 32 Commons select committees and the chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

The role of the committee is to consider general matters relating to the work of select committees. It advises the House of Commons Commission on select committees as well as choosing select committee reports for debate in the chamber.

Since 2002, the Prime Minister has appeared annually before the Liaison Committee in order to give evidence on matters of public policy. The Liaison Committee is the only Commons committee that questions the prime minister and generally meets twice a year.[1][2]

Membership

As of 22 May 2020, the members of the committee are as follows:[3]

  Member Party Constituency Committee
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Bernard Jenkin (Chair) Conservative Harwich and North Essex Jenkin serves on three additional committees but does not serve as a chairperson on any except the Liaison Committee.
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Hilary Benn Labour Leeds Central Future Relationship with the European Union
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Clive Betts Labour Sheffield South East Housing, Communities and Local Government
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Karen Bradley Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands Procedure
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Bryant Labour Rhondda Standards and Privileges
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir William Cash Conservative Stone European Scrutiny
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sarah Champion Labour Rotherham International Development
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Greg Clark Conservative Tunbridge Wells Science and Technology
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper Labour Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Home Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Crabb Conservative Preseli Pembrokeshire Welsh Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Philip Dunne Conservative Ludlow Environmental Audit
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tobias Ellwood Conservative Bournemouth East Defence
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lilian Greenwood Labour Nottingham South Finance
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Robert Halfon Conservative Harlow Education
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Harriet Harman Labour Camberwell and Peckham Human Rights (Joint)
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Meg Hillier Labour Co-op Hackney South and Shoreditch Public Accounts
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Hoare Conservative North Dorset Northern Irish Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt Conservative South West Surrey Health and Social Care
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Jones Conservative Harrogate and Knaresborough European Statutory Instruments
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Darren Jones Labour Bristol North West Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Julian Knight Conservative Solihull Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Angus MacNeil SNP Na h-Eileanan an Iar International Trade
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Catherine McKinnell Labour Newcastle upon Tyne North Petitions
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen McPartland Conservative Stevenage Regulatory Reform
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ian Mearns Labour Gateshead Backbench Business
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Huw Merriman Conservative Bexhill and Battle Transport
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jessica Morden Labour Newport East Statutory Instruments
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Bob Neill Conservative Bromley and Chislehurst Justice
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Caroline Nokes Conservative Romsey and Southampton North Women and Equalities
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neil Parish Conservative Tiverton and Honiton Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Mel Stride Conservative Central Devon Treasury
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | The Rt Hon Stephen Timms Labour East Ham Work and Pensions
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tom Tugendhat Conservative Tonbridge and Malling Foreign Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Charles Walker Conservative Broxbourne Administration
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bill Wiggin Conservative North Herefordshire Selection
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Pete Wishart SNP Perth and North Perthshire Scottish Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Wragg Conservative Hazel Grove Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

See also

References

  1. ^ Defence, Dan Sabbagh; editor, security (2020-05-26). "Boris Johnson to face minimal questions on Cummings' conduct". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-27. The liaison body is the only Commons committee that has the power to question the prime minister and used to meet twice a year before Johnson became prime minister last July. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Johnson to face senior MPs amid Cummings row". BBC News. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-05-27. It marks the first time he has appeared before the Commons Liaison Committee - the only committee that gets to question the PM - since taking office.
  3. ^ "Liaison Committee Membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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