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AoC Summer Reception 2010 - John Hayes MPHouse of Commons Select Committees

Select Committees are established by Parliament after each General Election to shadow the work of each Government department. The Committees are free to decide which areas of policy they investigate and produce about five reports each year. Following the changes to the Machinery of Government in June 2007 new Committees were established to monitor the work of the two new Government departments.

You can now read AoC Submissions to Select Committee enquiries online.

The following MPs are members of the Education Select Committee:

Graham Stuart, (Cons, Beverley and Holderness, Chair)
Neil Carmichael, (Cons, Stroud)
Nic Dakin, (Lab, Scunthorpe)
Bill Esterson, (Lab, Sefton Central)
Pat Glass, (Lab, North West Durham)
Damian Hinds, (Cons, East Hampshire)
Charlotte Leslie, (Cons, Bristol North West)
Ian Mearns, (Lab, Gateshead)
Tessa Munt, (Lib Dem, Wells)
Lisa Nandy, (Lab, Wigan)
Craig Whittaker, (Cons, Calder Valley)
 

You can read about their current inquiry on NEETs on the Parliamentary website.


You can also find out more about the Committee's work on the Parliamentary website.


The following MPs are members of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee :

Adrian Bailey, (Lab/Co-op, West Bromwich West, Chair)
Brian Binley, (Cons, Northam)
Paul Blomfield (Lab, Sheffield Central)
Katy Clark (Lab, North Ayrshire and Arran)
Rebecca Harris, (Cons, Castle Point)
Margot James, (Cons, Stourbridge)
Simon Kirby (Cons, Brighton Kemptown)
Gregg McClymont (Lab, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Ian Murray (Lab, Edinburgh South)
David Ward, (Lib Dem, Bradford East)
Nadhim Zahawi, (Cons, Stratford-on-Avon)

You can read more about their current inquiry into Further Education Funding and the Skills Funding Agency on the Parliamentary website. 
 
You can find out more about this Committee's work on the Parliamentary website.

As part of their inquiries Select Committees can call on anybody to give oral evidence and any organisation or individual is free to submit written evidence. The last witness is usually the responsible Minister. Once the report is published Government is obliged to respond within two months however they are under no obligation to do what the Committee recommends.