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Dame Meg Hillier MP elected Chair of Liaison Committee

10 December 2024

At the first meeting of the Liaison Committee, Dame Meg Hillier MP was elected to chair the Committee in this parliament.

The Liaison Committee considers the overall work of select committees, promotes effective scrutiny of Government and chooses committee reports for debates.  It approves expenditure on overseas travel by select committees and decides how National Policy Statements should be scrutinised. With most of the powers of a departmental select committee, it can take written and oral evidence and regularly questions the Prime Minister.

One of the Committee’s first decisions is to invite the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer MP, to give evidence on December 19. Arrangements will be released in due course.

Thirty-one select committee chairs are eligible to take part in the committee’s work, ranging across departmental committees such as Defence and Education; cross-cutting committees such as Environmental Audit and Public Accounts; and those relating to House of Commons business, such as Procedure and Standards. The full list of committees and their chairs is set out below. The motion to create the Liaison Committee was laid on December 4. Dame Meg Hillier chairs the Treasury Committee.

Chair's comments

Dame Meg Hillier MP, said:

“I am privileged and honoured to chair the Liaison Committee. There is important work to be done to make sure the select committee corridor holds the Government to account. The Liaison Committee has a key role in supporting select committees to do their job as effectively as possible.”

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