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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

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As of 19 December 2024, the members of the committee are as follows:[3]

  Member Party Constituency Committee
Dame Meg Hillier Labour Co-op Hackney South & Shoreditch Treasury
Debbie Abrahams Labour Oldham East and Saddleworth Work and Pensions
Tonia Antoniazzi Labour Gower Northern Irish Affairs
Bob Blackman Conservative Harrow East Backbench Business
Dame Karen Bradley Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands Home Affairs
Liam Byrne Labour Birmingham Hodge Hill & Solihull North Business and Trade
Ruth Cadbury Labour Brentford & Isleworth Transport
Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrats Orkney & Shetland Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sarah Champion Labour Rotherham International Development
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative North Cotswolds Public Accounts
Alberto Costa Conservative South Leicestershire Standards
Tan Dhesi Labour Slough Defence
Dame Caroline Dinenage Conservative Gosport Culture, Media and Sport
Florence Eshalomi Labour Co-op Vauxhall & Camberwell Green Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Bill Esterson Labour Sefton Central Energy Security and Net Zero
Patricia Ferguson Labour Glasgow West Scottish Affairs
Helen Hayes Labour Dulwich and West Norwood Education
Simon Hoare Conservative North Dorset Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Sir Bernard Jenkin Conservative Harwich and North Essex Statutory Instruments
Ruth Jones Labour Newport West & Islwyn Welsh Affairs
Layla Moran Liberal Democrats Oxford West & Abingdon Health and Social Care
Jessica Morden Labour Newport East Selection
Chi Onwurah Labour Newcastle upon Tyne Central & West Science, Innovation and Technology
Sarah Owen Labour Luton North Women and Equalities
Toby Perkins Labour Chesterfield Environmental Audit
Andy Slaughter Labour Hammersmith and Chiswick Justice
Cat Smith Labour Lancaster & Wyre Procedure
Jamie Stone Liberal Democrats Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Petitions
Emily Thornberry Labour Islington South & Finsbury Foreign Affairs

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (26 May 2020). "Boris Johnson to face minimal questions on Cummings' conduct". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2020. 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.
  2. ^ "Johnson to face senior MPs amid Cummings row". BBC News. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020. 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 19 December 2024.
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