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.

Membership

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

Member		Party	Constituency
	David T C Davies MP (Chair)	Conservative	Monmouth
	Byron Davies MP	Conservative	Gower
	Chris Davies MP	Conservative	Brecon and Radnorshire
	Dr James Davies MP	Conservatives	Vale of Clwyd
	Carolyn Harris MP	Labour	Swansea East
	Gerald Jones MP	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	Christina Rees MP	Labour	Neath
	Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative	Eddisbury
	Liz Saville-Roberts MP	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	Craig Williams MP	Conservative	Cardiff North
	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		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

Member		From	Until
	David T C Davies	10 June 2010	Present
	Hywel Francis	13 July 2005	6 May 2010
	Martyn Jones	14 July 1997	13 July 2005
	Gareth Wardell	9 June 1983	21 March 1997
	Donald Anderson	20 November 1981	13 May 1983
	Leo Abse	25 January 1980	20 November 1981

Office officially vacant from 30 March 2015 - 18 June 2015 and from 3 May 2017 - 7 July 2017.

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

External links

• UK Parliament: Welsh Select Committee