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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists 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.
Membership
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, a new chair and members of committees were elected:[2]
Changes since 2024
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Chris Evans MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Gill German MP (Labour) | Clwyd North | Hansard |
| 13 January 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Aphra Brandreth MP (Conservative) | Chester South and Eddisbury | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Simon Hoare MP (Conservative) | North Dorset | Hansard |
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.[3][4]
Changes 2019-2024
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) | Cardiff North | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard |
| 27 June 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | Hansard |
| 22 January 2024 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | Hansard |
Membership 2017–2019
The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[5][6]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | David Davies MP (Chair) | Conservative | Monmouth |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Labour | Gower |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Guto Bebb MP | Conservative | Aberconwy |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Geraint Davies | Labour | Swansea West |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Susan Elan Jones MP | Labour | Clwyd South |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Ben Lake MP | Plaid Cymru | Ceredigion |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Jack Lopresti MP | Conservative | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Anna McMorrin MP | Labour | Cardiff North |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Jonathan Edwards MP | Plaid Cymru | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |
Changes 2017-2019
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2017 | New seat | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | Hansard | ||
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Simon Hoare MP (Conservative) | North Dorset | ||||||
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) | Cardiff North | ||||||
| 23 October 2017 | New seat | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) | Aberavon | Hansard | ||
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru) | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | ||||||
| 8 January 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) | Aberavon | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Thelma Walker MP (Labour) | Colne Valley | Hansard |
| 5 February 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Thelma Walker MP (Labour) | Colne Valley | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour) | Clwyd South | Hansard |
| 22 October 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Guto Bebb MP (Conservative) | Aberconwy | Hansard |
| 26 November 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Simon Hoare MP (Conservative) | North Dorset | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative) | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Hansard |
| 17 February 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | → | Vacant | Death of member[7] | ||
| 11 March 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru) | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru) | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Hansard |
| 21 June 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Chris Davies MP (Conservative) | Brecon and Radnorshire | → | Vacant | Recall petition against member[8] | ||
Membership 2015–2017
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.[9][10]
Changes 2015-2017
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Christina Rees MP (Labour) | Neath | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) | Aberavon | Hansard |
| 25 April 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Antoinette Sandbach MP (Conservative) | Eddisbury | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Aberavon | Hansard |
| 18 July 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) | Swansea East | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Chris Elmore MP (Labour) | Ogmore | Hansard |
| 21 November 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Gerald Jones MP (Labour) | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard |
Membership 2010–2015
At the dissolution of the 2010–2015 Parliament, the committee's membership was:[11]
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.
Membership 2005–2010
At the start of the 2005–2010 Parliament, the committee's membership was:[12]
2005–2010 changes
Changes between 2005 and 2010 are not known.
List of chairs
| Member | Party | Constituency | From | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Leo Abse | Labour | Pontypool | 25 January 1980 | 20 November 1981[13] |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Donald Anderson | Labour | Swansea East | 20 November 1981 | 13 May 1983[13] |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Gareth Wardell | Labour | Gower | 9 June 1983 | 21 March 1997[13] |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Martyn Jones | Labour | Clwyd South | 14 July 1997 | 13 July 2005[13] |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Hywel Francis | Labour | Aberavon | 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | David Davies | Conservative | Monmouth | 10 June 2010 | 6 November 2019Template:Efn |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Stephen Crabb | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | 28 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | tbc | Labour[14] | 2024 | ||
See also
Notes
References
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External links
- Records of the Welsh Affairs Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives
- UK Parliament: Welsh Select Committee
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