Liaison Committee

The Liaison Committee is a topical committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. It includes the Chairmen of the 30 Select Committees.

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 hear evidence on matters of public policy.

As of July 2005, membership of the committee has been as follows:

* Alan Williams (chairman), Labour
* James Arbuthnot, Conservative
* Kevin Barron, Labour
* Alan Beith, Liberal Democrats
* Sir Stuart Bell, Labour
* Malcolm Bruce, Liberal Democrats
* Michael Connarty, Labour
* Sir Patrick Cormack, Conservative
* Andrew Dismore, Labour
* Frank Doran, Labour
* Gwyneth Dunwoody, Labour
* Hywel Francis, Labour
* Mike Gapes, Labour Co-operative
* Michael Jack, Conservative
* Greg Knight, Conservative
* Edward Leigh, Conservative
* Peter Luff, Conservative
* John McFall, Labour Co-operative
* Rosemary McKenna, Labour
* David Maclean, Conservative
* Andrew Miller, Labour
* Terry Rooney, Labour
* Mohammad Sarwar, Labour
* Barry Sheerman, Labour Co-operative
* Phyllis Starkey, Labour
* John Whittingdale, Conservative
* Phil Willis, Liberal Democrats
* Tony Wright, Labour
* Tim Yeo, Conservative
* Sir George Young, Conservative

ee also

*List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References

[http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/liaison_committee.cfm Liaison Committee Homepage]