Exiting the European Union Select Committee

The Exiting the European Union Select Committee is one of a number of select committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Department for Exiting the European Union. The Department was launched by Prime Minister Theresa May in July 2016, following the 'Leave' vote in the UK's referendum on membership of the European Union.^[1]

Membership

On 19 October 2016, Hilary Benn was elected as the first chair of the committee.^[2] Labour MPs voted for their remaining four representatives from a shortlist on 25 October.^[3] The Conservatives selected their representatives on 26 October.^[4] The remaining members were published in the House of Commons Order Paper for the 27th October, except the SDLP's choice.^[5]

	Party	Constituency
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP (Chair)	Labour	Leeds Central
The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP	Conservative	North East Bedfordshire
The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP	Liberal Democrats	Orkney and Shetland
Maria Caulfield MP	Conservative	Lewes
Joanna Cherry QC MP	Scottish National	Edinburgh South West
Mark Durkan MP	Social Democratic and Labour	Foyle
Jonathan Edwards MP	Plaid Cymru	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP	Conservative	Surrey Heath
Peter Grant MP	Scottish National	Glenrothes
Andrea Jenkyns MP	Conservative	Morley and Outwood
Jeremy Lefroy MP	Conservative	Stafford
The Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP	Conservative	Hitchin and Harpenden
Seema Malhotra MP	Labour	Feltham and Heston
Karl McCartney MP	Conservative	Lincoln
The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP	Labour	Wolverhampton South East
Craig Mackinlay MP	Conservative	South Thanet
Dominic Raab MP	Conservative	Esher and Walton
Emma Reynolds MP	Labour	Wolverhampton North East
The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP	Labour	East Ham
The Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP	Conservative	Maldon
Sammy Wilson MP	Democratic Unionist	East Antrim

References

↑ "Department for Exiting the European Union has forty staff — with view to taking on a "couple of hundred"". Civil Service World. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
↑ "Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper win select committee chair elections". BBC News. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
↑ Isaby, Jonathan (26 October 2016). "The names in the frame for the Brexit Select Committee". Brexit Central. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
↑ "Soubry Kept Off Brexit Committee". Euro Guido. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
↑ "Thursday 27th October 2016 Order Paper No. 51 Part 2" (PDF). p. 37.

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Exiting the European Union International Trade Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union International Relations Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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