Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
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The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Northern Ireland Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee's remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office.

1 Members
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

Members

The committee consists of 13 Members of Parliament. Members are nominated by the House of Commons Selection Committee at the beginning of each Parliamentary session, and serve for the duration of that parliament. The membership reflects the strengths of parties in the House of Commons as a whole. The Committee appoints one of its number as Chairman.¹

The current members of the committee, as of 17 November 2008, are

Member		Party	Constituency
	Sir Patrick Cormack MP, (Chair)	Conservative	South Staffordshire
	David Anderson MP	Labour	Blaydon
	Rosie Cooper MP	Labour	West Lancashire
	Christopher Fraser MP	Conservative	South West Norfolk
	John Grogan MP	Labour	Selby
	Stephen Hepburn MP	Labour	Jarrow
	Lady Sylvia Hermon MP	Ulster Unionist	North Down
	Kate Hoey MP	Labour	Vauxhall
	Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP	Social Democratic and Labour	Belfast South
	Denis Murphy MP	Labour	Wansbeck
	Stephen Pound MP	Labour	Ealing North
	Iris Robinson MP	Democratic Unionist	Strangford
	David Simpson MP	Democratic Unionist	Upper Bann

Source: Parliament Website

References

^ UK Parliament - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Terms of Reference

External links

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Homepage

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Members

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