Welsh_Affairs_Committee
The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Wales Office, as well as relations with the Senedd.[1] The members of the committee are usually Welsh MPs.
As of January 2024, the membership of the committee is as follows:[2][3]
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| Member | Party | Constituency | |
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| Stephen Crabb MP (Chair) | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |
| Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Labour | Gower | |
| Simon Baynes MP | Conservative | Clwyd South | |
| Virginia Crosbie MP | Conservative | Ynys Mon | |
| Geraint Davies MP | Independent[lower-alpha 1] | Swansea West | |
| Ruth Jones MP | Labour | Newport West | |
| Ben Lake MP | Plaid Cymru | Ceredigion | |
| Robin Millar MP | Conservative | Aberconwy | |
| Rob Roberts MP | Independent[lower-alpha 2] | Delyn | |
| Jamie Wallis MP | Conservative | Bridgend | |
| Beth Winter MP | Labour | Cynon Valley | |
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- Suspended from Labour Party
- Suspended from Conservative Party
Changes since 2019
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| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) | Cardiff North | → | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard | ||
| 27 June 2022 | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | → | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | Hansard | ||
| 22 January 2024 | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | → | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | Hansard | ||
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The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[4][5]
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| Member | Party | Constituency | |
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| David Davies MP (Chair) | Conservative | Monmouth | |
| Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Labour | Gower | |
| Guto Bebb MP | Conservative | Aberconwy | |
| Geraint Davies | Labour | Swansea West | |
| Susan Elan Jones MP | Labour | Clwyd South | |
| Ben Lake MP | Plaid Cymru | Ceredigion | |
| Jack Lopresti MP | Conservative | Filton and Bradley Stoke | |
| Anna McMorrin MP | Labour | Cardiff North | |
| Jonathan Edwards MP | Plaid Cymru | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |
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Changes 2017-2019
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The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.[8][9]
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Changes 2015-2017
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| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
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| 1 February 2016 | Christina Rees MP (Labour) | Neath | → | Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) | Aberavon | Hansard | ||
| 25 April 2016 | Antoinette Sandbach MP (Conservative) | Eddisbury | → | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Aberavon | Hansard | ||
| 18 July 2016 | Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) | Swansea East | → | Chris Elmore MP (Labour) | Ogmore | Hansard | ||
| 21 November 2016 | Gerald Jones MP (Labour) | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | → | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard | ||
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At the dissolution of the 2010–2015 Parliament, the committee's membership was:[10]
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2010–2015 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.
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At the start of the 2005–2010 Parliament, the committee's membership was:[11]
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| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Hywel Francis MP (Chair) | Labour | Aberavon | |
| Stephen Crabb MP | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |
| David Davies MP | Conservative | Monmouth | |
| Nia Griffith MP | Labour | Llanelli | |
| Sian James MP | Labour | Swansea East | |
| David Jones MP | Conservative | Clwyd West | |
| Martyn Jones MP | Labour | Clwyd South | |
| Madeleine Moon MP | Labour | Bridgend | |
| Betty Williams MP | Labour | Conwy | |
| Mark Williams MP | Liberal Democrat | Ceredigion | |
| Hywel Williams MP | Plaid Cymru | Caernarfon | |
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2005–2010 changes
Changes between 2005 and 2010 are not known.
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| Member | Party | Constituency | From | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Abse | Labour | Pontypool | 25 January 1980 | 20 November 1981[12] | |
| Donald Anderson | Labour | Swansea East | 20 November 1981 | 13 May 1983[12] | |
| Gareth Wardell | Labour | Gower | 9 June 1983 | 21 March 1997[12] | |
| Martyn Jones | Labour | Clwyd South | 14 July 1997 | 13 July 2005[12] | |
| Hywel Francis | Labour | Aberavon | 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 | |
| David Davies | Conservative | Monmouth | 10 June 2010 | 6 November 2019 [1] [13] | |
| Stephen Crabb | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | 28 January 2020 | Present | |
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[Note 1] Office officially vacant from 30 March 2015 to 18 June 2015 and from 3 May 2017 to 7 July 2017.[14]
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- "Welsh Affairs Committee - membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- "Business without Debate Volume 744: debated on Monday 22 January 2024". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
That Wayne David be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Tonia Antoniazzi be added.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
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- "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
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- "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. 13 July 2015.
- "Welsh Affairs Committee membership at the end of Parliament 2010-15". UK Parliament. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee (28 July 2005). Manufacturing and Trade in Wales and Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill: Government Responses to the Committee's Second and Third Reports of Session 2004–05 (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- Dissolution date of the 57th Parliament
- "Chair nominations for Welsh Affairs Committee - UK Parliament". www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018.