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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 and its associated public bodies.^[1] Select Committees work in both houses and report on governmental departments and economic affairs.^[2]

Membership

As at May 2020, the Committee's membership is as follows:^[3]

Member		Party	Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Simon Hoare MP (Chair)	Conservative	North Dorset
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Gregory Campbell MP	Democratic Unionist	East Londonderry
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Caroline Ansell MP	Conservative	Eastbourne
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Karin Smyth MP	Labour	Bristol South
bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Claire Hanna MP	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Belfast South
bgcolor="Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Stephen Farry MP	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	North Down
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Robert Goodwill MP	Conservative	Scarborough and Whitby
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conor McGinn MP	Labour	St Helens North
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ian Paisley, Jr. MP	Democratic Unionist	North Antrim
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Scott Benton MP	Conservative	Blackpool South
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Bob Stewart MP	Conservative	Beckenham

List of chairs

Member		Party	Constituency	Term	Parliament
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Patrick Cormack	Conservative	South Staffordshire	2005 – 12 April 2010	54th Parliament
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Laurence Robertson	Conservative	Tewkesbury	9 June 2010 – 12 July 2017	55th and 56th Parliament
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	12 July 2017 – 9 May 2019	57th Parliament
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kate Hoey	Labour	Vauxhall	15 May 2019 – 12 June 2019	57th Parliament
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	12 June 2019 to present	57th and 58th Parliament

References

^ "Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - role". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "Select Committees". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "Membership - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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