Health Select Committee

The Health Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons. It oversees the operations of the Department of Health and its associated bodies.

Membership

Current

The latest changes were made on 26th Oct 2015 - Rachael Maskell, Liz McInnes and Emily Thornberry discharged - Ben Bradshaw, Julie Cooper and Emma Reynolds added.^[1]^[2]

	Party	Constituency
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Conservative	Totnes
Ben Bradshaw MP	Labour	Exeter
Julie Cooper MP	Labour	Burnley
Dr James Davies MP	Conservative	Vale of Clwyd
Andrea Jenkyns MP	Conservative	Morley and Outwood
Andrew Percy MP	Conservative	Brigg and Goole
Emma Reynolds MP	Labour	Wolverhampton North East
Paula Sherriff MP	Labour	Dewsbury
Maggie Throup MP	Conservative	Erewash
Helen Whately MP	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent
Dr Philippa Whitford MP	Scottish National Party	Central Ayrshire

At the start of the 2015-2016 session of parliament

Dr Sarah Wollaston was elected as current Chair of the Health Committee on Thursday 18 June 2015. The remaining members of the Committee were elected by the House on Wednesday 8 July 2015.^[3]

	Party	Constituency
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Conservative	Totnes
Dr James Davies MP	Conservative	Vale of Clwyd
Andrea Jenkyns MP	Conservative	Morley and Outwood
Liz McInnes MP	Labour	Heywood and Middleton
Rachael Maskell MP	Labour (Co-op)	York Central
Andrew Percy MP	Conservative	Brigg and Goole
Paula Sherriff MP	Labour	Dewsbury
Emily Thornberry MP	Labour	Islington South and Finsbury
Maggie Throup MP	Conservative	Erewash
Helen Whately MP	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent
Dr Philippa Whitford MP	Scottish National Party	Central Ayrshire

In the 2014-2015 session of parliament

	Party	Constituency
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Conservative	Totnes
Rosie Cooper MP	Labour	West Lancashire
Andrew George MP	Liberal Democrat	St Ives
Robert Jenrick MP	Conservative	Newark
Barbara Keeley MP	Labour	Worsley and Eccles South
Charlotte Leslie MP	Conservative	Bristol North West
Grahame Morris MP	Labour	Easington
Andrew Percy MP	Conservative	Brigg and Goole
Virendra Sharma MP	Labour	Ealing Southall
David Tredinnick MP	Conservative	Bosworth
Valerie Vaz MP	Labour	Walsall South

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		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour)	Slough	→	Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour)	Makerfield	Hansard
27 June 2011	Nadine Dorries MP (Conservative)	Mid Bedfordshire	→	Daniel Poulter MP (Conservative)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Hansard
24 October 2011	Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour)	Makerfield	→	Barbara Keeley MP (Labour)	Worsley and Eccles South	Hansard
29 October 2012	Daniel Poulter MP (Conservative)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	→	Andrew Percy MP (Conservative)	Brigg and Goole	Hansard
17 June 2013	Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative)	Kingswood	→	Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative)	Bristol North West
June 2014	Stephen Dorrell MP (Conservative)	Charnwood	→	Robert Jenrick MP (Conservative)	Newark

References

External links

Health select committee website

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Exiting the European Union International Trade Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union International Relations Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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