Education Select Committee

The Education Select 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 Department for Education and any associated public bodies.

The Chair of the Committee is Neil Carmichael MP. He was elected on 18 June 2015.^[1] Previous Chairs include Graham Stuart MP (2010-2015) and Barry Sheerman MP (2001 - 2010).

Membership

Members in the 2016/17 session of Parliament are as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Neil Carmichael MP (Chair)	Conservative	Stroud
Lucy Allan MP	Conservative	Telford
Ian Austin MP	Labour	Dudley North
Michelle Donelan MP	Conservative	Chippenham
Marion Fellows MP	SNP	Motherwell and Wishaw
Suella Fernandes MP	Conservative	Fareham
Lucy Frazer MP	Conservative	South East Cambridgeshire
Lillian Greenwood MP	Labour	Nottingham South
Catherine McKinnell MP	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne North
Ian Mearns MP	Labour	Gateshead
William Wragg MP	Conservative	Hazel Grove

Source: Education Committee

Changes

On 6 July 2015, the Committee's members were elected.^[2] Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to the membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency		Constituency
1 February 2016	Kate Osamor MP (Labour)	Edmonton	Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour)	Newcastle upon Tyne North
1 February 2016	Kate Hollern MP (Labour)	Blackburn	Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (Labour)	East Ham
22 February 2016	Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative)	Romsey and Southampton North	William Wragg MP (Conservative)	Hazel Grove
31 October 2016	Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (Labour)	East Ham	Lillian Greenwood MP (Labour)	Nottingham South

Publications

Date	Title	Government response
20 January 2016	First Report of Session 2015–16: The role of Regional Schools Commissioners	Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2015–16
24 January 2016	Second Report of Session 2015–16: Holocaust education	Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2015–16
20 March 2016	Third Report of Session 2015–16: Appointment of the Chief Regulator of Ofqual	N/A
28 April 2016	Fourth Report of Session 2015-16: Mental health and well-being of looked-after children	Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2015–16
5 July 2016	First Report of Session 2016-17: Careers education, information, advice and guidance	Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2016-17
7 July 2016	Second Report of Session 2016-17: Appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills	Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2016-17
13 July 2016	Third Report of Session 2016-17: Social work reform	Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2016-17

References

↑ http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/
↑ "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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