This post updates our earlier one here.

The wonderful aspect of being a parliamentary party that is substantial in size is that we have had to have a set of internal appointments that matter greatly in terms of parliament and what our parliament prioritises over the next 5 years.

These appointments fit into two categories; select committee appointments, and front bench (spokesperson) appointments.

Now completed, the two sets of appointments will make a crucial difference to how we form a constructive opposition to the new government. You can view our spokesperson team here.

What are parliamentary committees?

Parliamentary Committees are committees with specific remits, challenged with the task of holding the government to account.

So who is who on the committees?

Committee on Standards

Remit: oversee the role of the Parliamentary Commissioner on Standards

1. Anna Sabine

Committee on Privileges

Remit: to oversee parliamentary privilege. An example of their work was their investigation into the conduct of Boris Johnson

1. Anna Sabine

Administration  Committee

Remit: how services provided to MPs and their staff work and how they are offered.

1. Tessa Munt
2. Max Wilkinson

Backbench Business Committee

Remit: deciding the business of the commons for roughly a day a week.

No Lib Dem nominations

Business and Trade Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Business and Trade

1. Joshua Reynolds
2. Charlie Maynard

Culture Media and Sport

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

1. Zoë Franklin
2. Liz Jarvis

Defence Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Ministry of Defence

1. Ian Roome
2. Mike Martin

Education Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Education.

1. Manuela Perteghella
2. Caroline Voaden

Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Energy and Net Zero

1. Wera Hobhouse
2. Claire Young

Environmental Audit Committee

Remit: to scrutinise how government policies impact the environment

1. Cameron Thomas
2. Sarah Gibson

DEFRA Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. One of three committees chaired by a Lib Dem.

1. Alistair Carmichael (Chair)
2. Sarah Dyke

Finance Committee

Remit: To consider expenditure on services for the House of Commons and has particular responsibility for the preparation and detailed scrutiny of the House’s budgets.

1. Clive Jones
2. James McCleary

Foreign Affairs Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the FCDO and foreign relations of the United Kingdom

1. Richard Foord
2. Edward Morello

Health and Social Care Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for HSC. One of three committees chaired by a Liberal Democrat.

1. Layla Moran (Chair)
2. Andrew George

Home Affairs Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Home Office

1. Paul Kohler
2. Ben Maguire (also Shadow Attorney General)

Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the DHCLG.

1. Lee Dillon
2. Will Forster

International Development Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise international development spending

1. Monica Harding
2. Brian Mathew

Justice Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the MOJ and other linked bodies

1. Josh Babarinde (also justice spokesperson)
2. Tessa Munt

Northern Ireland Affairs

Remit: to scrutinise Northern Irish affairs and the NI Office

1. Al Pinkerton (also NI spokesperson)

Petitions Committee

Remit: to review E-petitions submitted on the parliamentary website. One of three committees chaired by a Lib Dem.

1. Jamie Stone (Chair)
2. Roz Savage

Procedure Committee

Remit: to consider the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of its public business

1. Lee Dillon
2. Tom Morrison

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Remit: examine constitutional issues and performance of the civil service

1. Luke Taylor
2. Charlotte Cane

Science Innovation and Technology Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

1. Tom Gordon
2. Martin Wrigley

Scottish Affairs Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Scottish Office and related matters.

1. Angus MacDonald
2. Susan Murray

Transport Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Department for Transport

1. Steff Aquarone
2. Olly Glover

Treasury Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the treasury and linked bodies such as HMRC

1. Bobby Dean
2. Chris Coghlan

Welsh Affairs Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the Wales Office

1. David Chadwick (also Spokesperson for Wales).

Women and Equalities Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise government equalities work and the Minister for Women and Equalities

1. Christine Jardine (also Spokesperson for Women and Equalities)
2. Alex Brewer

Work and Pensions Select Committee

Remit: to scrutinise the work of the Department of Work and Pensions

1. Steve Darling

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