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The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs 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 Wales Office, and relations with the Welsh Assembly.[1]

Membership

As at June 2015, the Committee's only member is its Chair, David T C Davies.[2] On 13 July 2015 the remaining members were formally appointed:

Member Party Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David T C Davies MP (Chair) Conservative Monmouth
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Byron Davies MP Conservative Gower
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Davies MP Conservative Brecon and Radnorshire
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Dr James Davies MP Conservatives Vale of Clwyd
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carolyn Harris MP Labour Swansea East
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gerald Jones MP Labour Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Christina Rees MP Labour Neath
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Antoinette Sandbach MP Conservative Eddisbury
bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" | Liz Saville-Roberts MP Plaid Cymru Dwyfor Meirionnydd
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Craig Williams MP Conservative Cardiff North
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Mark Williams MP Liberal Democrat Ceredigion

Source: Welsh 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 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) Montgomeryshire bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) Pudsey Hansard
22 November 2010 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nia Griffith MP (Labour) Llanelli bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Siân James MP (Labour) Swansea East Hansard
27 June 2011 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alun Cairns MP (Conservative) Vale of Glamorgan bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) Worcester Hansard
28 November 2011 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Owen Smith MP (Labour) Pontypridd bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nia Griffith MP (Labour) Llanelli Hansard
5 November 2012 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) Pudsey bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) Montgomeryshire Hansard
26 November 2012 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Susan Jones MP (Labour) Clwyd South bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Doughty MP (Labour) Cardiff South and Penarth Hansard
3 December 2012 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) Worcester bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Hart MP (Conservative) Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Hansard

See also

References

  1. ^ UK Parliament - Welsh Affairs Select Committee Home Page
  2. ^ "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.