The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Remit
editThe Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons select committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies".[1]
The committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster.
At the end of each inquiry, the committee will normally agree on a report based on the evidence received. Such reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the government and other bodies. By convention, the government responds to reports within about two months of publication. These responses are also published.
Inquiries
editRecent inquiries have included:[2]
- Brexit-related preparations[3]
- Counter-terrorism[4]
- Domestic abuse[5]
- Hate crime and its violent consequences[6]
- Immigration detention[7]
- Islamophobia[8]
- Modern slavery[9]
- Policing for the future[10]
- Windrush children[11]
Membership
editFollowing the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.[12]
2019-2024 Parliament
editDiana Johnson was elected chair on 15 December 2021.[13] The members were as follows:[14][15][16]
Changes since 2019
edit2017–2019 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[27][28]
Changes 2017–2019
editDate | Outgoing member | Constituency | → | New member | Constituency | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 October 2017 | New seat | → | Rehman Chishti (Conservative) | Gillingham and Rainham | Hansard | |||
4 December 2017 | Esther McVey (Conservative) | Tatton | → | Douglas Ross (Conservative) | Moray | Hansard | ||
5 February 2018 | Preet Gill (Labour) | Birmingham Edgbaston | → | John Woodcock (Labour) | Barrow and Furness | Hansard | ||
20 February 2018 | Will Quince (Conservative) | Colchester | → | Kirstene Hair (Conservative) | Angus | Hansard | ||
18 June 2018 | Sarah Jones (Labour) | Croydon Central | → | Alex Norris (Labour and Co-op) | Nottingham North | Hansard | ||
23 July 2018 | Naz Shah (Labour) | Bradford West | → | Kate Green (Labour) | Stretford and Urmston | Hansard | ||
26 November 2018 | Kirstene Hair (Conservative) | Angus | → | Chris Green (Conservative) | Bolton West | Hansard | ||
8 May 2019 | Alex Norris (Labour and Co-op) | Nottingham North | → | Janet Daby (Labour) | Lewisham East | Hansard | ||
John Woodcock (Independent) | Barrow and Furness | Toby Perkins (Labour) | Chesterfield |
2015–2017 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[29][30]
Changes 2015–2017
editDate | Outgoing member | Constituency | → | New member | Constituency | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 October 2015 | Anna Turley (Labour) | Redcar | → | Naz Shah Labour) | Bradford West | Hansard | ||
Keir Starmer (Labour) | Holborn and St Pancras | Chuka Umunna (Labour) | Streatham | |||||
6 September 2016 | Keith Vaz (chair, Labour) | Leicester East | → | Vacant | Hansard | |||
19 October 2016 | Vacant | → | Yvette Cooper (chair, Labour) | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Hansard | |||
31 October 2016 | Victoria Atkins (Conservative) | Louth and Horncastle | → | Byron Davies Conservative) | Gower | Hansard |
2010–2015 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[31][32]
Changes 2010–2015
editChanges
editOccasionally, 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 | Outgoing member | → | New member | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2017 | Esther McVey (Con) | → | Douglas Ross (Con) | Hansard | ||
5 February 2018 | Preet Gill (Lab) | → | John Woodcock (Lab) | Hansard | ||
20 February 2018 | Will Quince (Con) | → | Kirstene Hair (Con) | Hansard | ||
8 May 2019 | Alex Norris (Lab Co-op) | → | Janet Daby (Lab) | Hansard | ||
8 May 2019 | John Woodcock (Ind) | → | Toby Perkins (Lab) | Hansard |
Chairs of the Home Affairs Select Committee
editChair | Term of office | Party | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Wheeler | June 1987 | 16 March 1992 | Conservative | ||
Ivan Lawrence | 15 July 1992 | 21 March 1997 | |||
Chris Mullin | 17 July 1997 | 19 October 1999 | Labour | ||
Robin Corbett | 19 October 1999 | 11 May 2001 | |||
Chris Mullin | 18 July 2001 | 14 July 2003 | |||
John Denham | 15 July 2003 | 25 July 2007 | |||
Keith Vaz | 26 July 2007 | 13 September 2016 | |||
Tim Loughton | September 2016 | October 2016 | Conservative | Acting | |
Yvette Cooper | 19 October 2016 | 1 December 2021 | Labour | ||
Tim Loughton | 1 December 2021 | 15 December 2021 | Conservative | Acting | |
Diana Johnson | 15 December 2021 | Incumbent | Labour |
Election results
editFrom June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes.[35] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[36]
9 June 2010[37] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
Keith Vaz | 336 | 58.1 | |
Alun Michael | 242 | 41.9 | |
Valid votes | 578 |
17 June 2015[38] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
Keith Vaz | 412 | 68.2 | |
Fiona Mactaggart | 192 | 31.8 | |
Valid votes | 604 |
19 October 2016[39] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Yvette Cooper | 216 | 39.9 | 235 | 45.4 | 281 | 58.9 | |
Caroline Flint | 149 | 27.5 | 161 | 31.1 | 196 | 31.2 | |
Chuka Umunna | 111 | 20.5 | 112 | 21.6 | Eliminated | ||
Paul Flynn | 65 | 12.0 | Eliminated | ||||
Not redistributed | 23 | 4.3 | 64 | 11.8 | |||
Valid votes | 541 | 518 | 477 |
12 July 2017[37] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
Yvette Cooper | Unopposed | ||
Valid votes | N/A |
30 January 2020[13] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
Yvette Cooper | Unopposed | ||
Valid votes | N/A |
15 December 2021[40] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Dame Diana Johnson | 145 | 45.6 | 154 | 53.8 | |
Dr Rupa Huq | 96 | 30.5 | 132 | 46.2 | |
Yasmin Qureshi | 74 | 23.5 | Eliminated | ||
Valid votes | 315 | 286 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Role - Home Affairs Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
The House of Commons appoints the Committee with the task of examining the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies.
- ^ "Home Affairs Committee - All inquiries". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Government preparations for Brexit inquiry". Committees - UK Parliament. 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Home Affairs Committee - All inquiries - counter-terrorism". Committees - UK Parliament.
- ^ "Domestic abuse inquiry". Committees - UK Parliament. 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Home Affairs Committee - All inquiries - hate crime and its violent consequences". Committees - UK Parliament.
- ^ "Immigration detention inquiry". Committees - UK Parliament. 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Islamophobia inquiry". Committees - UK Parliament. 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Modern slavery inquiry". 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Home Affairs Committee - All inquiries - policing for the future". Committees - UK Parliament.
- ^ "Windrush Children inquiry". Committees - UK Parliament. 18 April 2018.
- ^ kelly, Richard (3 July 2024). "What happens in the Commons after the general election?". UK parliament.
- ^ a b "Speaker's Statement - Volume 705". UK Parliament. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Home Affairs Committee - Membership". UK Parliament.
- ^ a b "Business without Debate Volume 741: debated on Monday 27 November 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
That Paula Barker be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Kim Johnson be added.—(Rebecca Harris, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
- ^ "Business without Debate Volume 750: debated on Tuesday 14 May 2024". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
That Lee Anderson be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Brendan Clarke-Smith be added.
- ^ "Committees - Volume 676". Hansard - UK Parliament. 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Business of the House (3 November) - Volume 702". Hansard - UK Parliament. 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement - Volume 704". Hansard - UK Parliament. 1 December 2021.
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- ^ "Business without Debate - Volume 710". Hansard - UK Parliament. 7 March 2022.
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- ^ "Business without Debate - Volume 725". Hansard - UK Parliament. 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Business without Debate - Volume 730". Hansard - UK Parliament. 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Alun Michael stands down as Cardiff South and Penarth MP today". WalesOnline. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Resignation of Mark Reckless MP". Gov.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". publications.parliament.uk.
- ^ Priddy, Sarah (16 October 2018). "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010" – via researchbriefings.parliament.uk.
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