Welsh Affairs Select Committee
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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[edit]
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:
Source: Welsh Affairs Committee
Changes[edit]
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 | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | → | Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) | Pudsey | Hansard | ||
22 November 2010 | Nia Griffith MP (Labour) | Llanelli | → | Siân James MP (Labour) | Swansea East | Hansard | ||
27 June 2011 | Alun Cairns MP (Conservative) | Vale of Glamorgan | → | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) | Worcester | Hansard | ||
28 November 2011 | Owen Smith MP (Labour) | Pontypridd | → | Nia Griffith MP (Labour) | Llanelli | Hansard | ||
5 November 2012 | Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) | Pudsey | → | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | Hansard | ||
26 November 2012 | Susan Jones MP (Labour) | Clwyd South | → | Stephen Doughty MP (Labour) | Cardiff South and Penarth | Hansard | ||
3 December 2012 | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) | Worcester | → | Simon Hart MP (Conservative) | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Hansard |
List of Chairs[edit]
Member | From | Until | |
---|---|---|---|
David T C Davies | 10 June 2010 | Present [1] | |
Hywel Francis | 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 | |
Martyn Jones | 14 July 1997 | 13 July 2005 [3] | |
Gareth Wardell | 9 June 1983 | 21 March 1997 [4] | |
Donald Anderson | 20 November 1981 | 13 May 1983[5] | |
Leo Abse | 25 January 1980 | 20 November 1981 [6] |
[Note 1] Office officially vacant from 30 March 2015 - 18 June 2015 and from 3 May 2017 - 7 July 2017.
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ UK Parliament - Welsh Affairs Select Committee Home Page
- ^ "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmwelaf/1054/8072801.htm
- ^ https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmwelaf/1054/8072801.htm
- ^ https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmwelaf/1054/8072801.htm
- ^ https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmwelaf/1054/8072801.htm
- ^ https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/welsh-affairs-committee/chair-nominations-2017/