Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs - Jan 27

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 07:58

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing): The House will be aware that the deadline for nominations of Select Committee Chairs was 4 pm today. The following Committees received a single nomination, and therefore the following candidates will be elected unopposed: Committee Elected Backbench Business...Request free trial

Committee	Elected
Backbench Business	Ian Mearns
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Rachel Reeves
Education	Robert Halfon
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Neil Parish
Exiting the European Union	Hilary Benn
Home Affairs	Yvette Cooper
Housing, Communities and Local Government	Mr Clive Betts
Public Accounts	Meg Hillier
Scottish Affairs	Pete Wishart
Standards	Kate Green
Treasury	Mel Stride
Welsh Affairs	Stephen Crabb
Women and Equalities	Caroline Nokes

I congratulate all Members who have thus been elected. The ballot for the remaining posts will take place on Wednesday 29 January between 10 am and 4 pm in Committee Room 16, and a final list of candidates and their supporters will be available shortly in the Vote Office.