Membership of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee announced
10 July 2015
The House of Commons formally appointed the members of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 8 July 2015.
Full membership of the Committee:
| Name | Party | Constituency |
| Neil Parish (Chair) | Conservative | Tiverton and Honiton |
| Sarah Champion | Labour | Rotherham |
| Chris Davies | Conservative | Brecon and Radnorshire |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Labour | Poplar and Limehouse |
| Harry Harpham | Labour | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough |
| Simon Hart | Conservative | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
| Dr Paul Monaghan | Scottish National Party | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
| Rebecca Pow | Conservative | Taunton Deane |
| Margaret Ritchie | Social Democratic & Labour Party | South Down |
| David Simpson | Democratic Unionist Party | Upper Bann |
| Rishi Sunak | Conservative | Richmond |
The committee will meet for the first time next week to begin considering its inquiry programme for the coming months.
Background
Neil Parish was elected as Chair of the EFRA Committee on 17 June 2015. The other members of the select committee were nominated by a motion before the House on 6 July 2015. Their names were put forward by each political party.
Further Information
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